Unit Economics - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 12, 2008

Working Papers Direct versus Indirect Colonial Rule in India: Long-term Consequences (revised) Author: Lakshmi Iyer Abstract This paper compares economic outcomes across areas in India which were under direct British colonial rule with... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Dec 2011
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of firms just above and just below the investment-grade cutoff. These firms have similar observables, including average investment rates. However, flows into high-yield mutual funds have an economically significant effect on the issuance... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2013
Working Paper

Did Bank Distress Stifle Innovation During the Great Depression?

By: Ramana Nanda and Tom Nicholas

We find a negative relationship between bank distress and the level, quality and trajectory of firm-level innovation during the Great Depression, particularly for R&D firms operating in capital intensive industries. However, we also show that because a sufficient... View Details

Keywords: Great Depression; R＆D; Bank Distress; Patents; Research and Development; Financial Crisis; Innovation and Invention; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; United States

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January 2011 (Revised December 2017)
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Tombstones

By: Timothy A. Luehrman and David Lane

This case consists primarily of excerpts from term sheets and prospectuses for six securities offerings made by US companies during 2009-2010, just after the financial crisis and recession of 2008-09. There are three issues of senior unsecured notes, one floating rate... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Equity; Debt Securities; Bonds; Motivation and Incentives; United States

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03 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 3

in the United States and focuses on the strategic goal of transforming food safety from a "necessary evil" to a brand-enhancing differentiator. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/814014-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 5, 2010

hypothesis that perceived network benefits from the extant worldwide adoption of IFRS influences a country's shift away from local accounting standards. That is, as more jurisdictions with economic ties to a given country adopt IFRS,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss

As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller

10 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 10, 2008

Group has navigated through the significantly different political and economic changes in China to succeed as a global leader in the auto parts industry and to develop into a broad business conglomerate. Beginning in 1994, when it first... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

March 2021
Supplement

Facebook's Libra (B): The Privatization of Money?

By: Marco Di Maggio, Ethan Rouen, George Serafeim and Amy Klopfenstein

This case addresses the events that took place following the conclusion of the case “Facebook’s Libra (A): The Privatization of Money?” In October 2019, several months after the conclusion of the A case, multiple members of the Libra Association announced that they... View Details

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March 2007
Teaching Note

Canyon Johnson Urban Fund (TN)

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee

Teaching note to 706442. View Details

Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Investment; Projects; Urban Development; Business and Community Relations; Price; Economics; Financial Services Industry; Los Angeles

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15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008

decrease them during the downturn. Both results are in line with the behavior of inexperienced investors in experimental asset markets. The economic significance of young managers' actions is amplified by large inflows into their funds... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

March 2010
Teaching Note

Rosetree Mortgage Opportunity Fund (TN)

By: Victoria Ivashina and Andre F. Perold

Teaching Note for [209088]. View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Crisis Management; Capital; Mortgages; Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Borrowing and Debt; Cash Flow; Bids and Bidding; Financing and Loans; Restructuring; Financial Markets; United States

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02 Apr 2010
What Do You Think?

Why Are Fewer and Fewer U.S. Employees Satisfied With Their Jobs?

Wegrzyn cited (1) "incredible pressure from the economic side," (2) "incredible instability," and (3) a resulting "dog-eat-dog attitude." Dennis Hopwood said, "In the end, it's all about making the... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

07 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

Election 2024: Why Demographics Won't Predict the Next President

California, Berkeley. “Any prediction that says there’s going to be a long-term advantage to one party is inevitably going to be wrong.” Pons and Calvo teamed with Jesse Shapiro, the George Gund Professor of Economics and Business... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

February 2009 (Revised March 2009)
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AFSCME vs. Mozilo...and "Say on Pay" for All! (A)

By: Fabrizio Ferri and James Weber

Union seeks to protect its pension funds through shareholder activism focused on corporate governance and executive compensation. The case uses Countrywide Financial as an example. Richard Ferlauto, director of pensions and benefits policy at the AFSCME, the largest... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Mortgages; Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Labor Unions; Business and Shareholder Relations; United States

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28 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

the West will fail. To succeed, they need to build trust within the existing structures—and this book shows how it's done Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53925 in press Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

17 Nov 2008
Research & Ideas

Decoding the Artful Sidestep

There are two findings that we find most interesting. First, it is striking that participants failed to punish the speaker when he dodged the question asked. For example, the speaker paid no price for answering a question about the illegal drug use problem in the View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Where Does Apple Go From Here?

generated during the boom, and since that time, they've continued to lose share. The second problem is related to the underlying economics of one of the core components in the Macintosh—the operating system. The last generation of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

March 2024
Case

Teamworks: Tackling a Forecasting Fumble (A)

By: N. Louis Shipley and Stacy Straaberg

In late March 2018, Teamworks CEO Zach Maurides learned Q1 2018 sales were at risk for a large forecasting miss. Founded in 2004, Teamworks’s software application assisted support staff in messaging, scheduling, and sharing documents with collegiate and professional... View Details