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- 13 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 13
PublicationsRegulation and UK Retailing Productivity: Evidence from Microdata Authors:Jonathan Haskel and Raffaella Sadun Publication:Economica (September 2011) Abstract We explore the effects of planning regulation on View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
3 Ways to Gain a Competitive Advantage Now: Lessons from Amazon, Chipotle, and Facebook
understood what people were really willing to pay for,” Karp says. “Having great features is different than having features that will incentivize people to use your product.” As mixed economic signals and View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
What You Don't Know About Making Decisions
Most executives think of decision making as a singular event that occurs at a particular point in time. In reality, though, decision making is a process fraught with power plays, politics, personal nuances, and institutional history. Leaders who recognize this make... View Details
- 16 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 16, 2008
Working PapersSilent Saboteurs: How Implicit Theories of Voice Inhibit the Upward Flow of Knowledge in Organizations Authors:James R. Detert and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract This article examines, in a series of three studies, how people... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- July 2018 (Revised January 2019)
- Teaching Note
MC Tool
By: Richard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff and Ahron Rosenfeld
Sean Witty and Jason Premo acquired MC Tool, a machine shop located in South Carolina in 2007 with the intent to transform it into a precision manufacturer. Witty and Premo were able to more than double revenue to $6 million in their first year of managing MC by... View Details
- February 2001 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Ducati & Texas Pacific Group - A "Wild Ride" Leveraged Buyout
Describes the attempt of Texas Pacific Group (TPG), a buyout firm, to purchase a controlling stake in Ducati Motor, the world's leading high-performance motorcycle company, based in Bologna, Italy. Ducati is part of Cagiva Group, a family-controlled industrial group.... View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Leveraged Buyouts; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Manufacturing Industry; Motorcycle Industry; Texas; Italy
Kuemmerle, Walter, and William J. Coughlin Jr. Ducati & Texas Pacific Group - A "Wild Ride" Leveraged Buyout. Harvard Business School Case 801-359, February 2001. (Revised March 2004.)
- 22 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Forgiving Student Loan Debt Leads to Better Jobs, Stronger Consumers
asking Working Knowledge readers to share their thoughts about student loans and debt forgiveness. Take the poll “This would be a great way of attracting talent,” he says. “I think there are opportunities... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Jan 2019
- News
Gillette, Brexit and Molasses
- February 2009 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
Shanghai Diligence Law Firm (A)
By: Robert G. Eccles and Catherine Zhang
Shanghai Diligence Law Firm, started in January 2006, is a rapidly growing law firm in China's burgeoning legal services market. In addition to the usual challenges facing all professional service firms (picking and retaining talent and building a desired client... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Operations; Motivation and Incentives; Legal Services Industry; China
Eccles, Robert G., and Catherine Zhang. "Shanghai Diligence Law Firm (A)." Harvard Business School Case 409-065, February 2009. (Revised March 2013.)
- June 2004 (Revised September 2005)
- Case
Cox Communications, Inc.
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Jonathan Gibbons
Cox Communications, the third largest U.S. cable television system operator, is confronting strategy decisions in mid-2004. Cox managers must decide whether to speed its deployment of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), which offers capital and operating costs savings... View Details
Keywords: Customers; Information Technology; Competition; Product Development; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Telecommunications Industry; United States
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Jonathan Gibbons. "Cox Communications, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 804-192, June 2004. (Revised September 2005.)
- 28 Aug 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
How Can Decision Making Be Improved?
- 29 Oct 2014
- HBS Seminar
Richard B. Freeman, Harvard University
- 2009
- Book
Let Me Explain: Eugene G. Fubini's Life in Defense of America
By: David G. Fubini
There is no necessary relationship between fame and power, and great influence is often wielded in willful obscurity. So it was with the irascible, indomitable Eugene Fubini. A physics prodigy who fled Italy when the fascists came to power, his searing intelligence and... View Details
Fubini, David G. Let Me Explain: Eugene G. Fubini's Life in Defense of America. Santa Fe: Sunstone Press, 2009.
- 15 Feb 2022
- Book
When Working Harder Doesn’t Work, Time to Reinvent Your Career
Decades ago, a talented young musician pursued his childhood dream of becoming the world’s greatest French horn player, studying with great teachers, attending music festivals, and always earning first... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- August 2005 (Revised July 2014)
- Case
Can Bollywood Go Global?
By: Geoffrey Jones, Namrata Arora, Surachita Mishra and Alexis Lefort
Considers the opportunities and challenges facing Indian film producers in accessing the global film market. Provides a historical context by describing the history of the cinema and the rise of Hollywood to global dominance by the 1920s. Although film industries... View Details
Keywords: History; Competition; Film Entertainment; Globalized Markets and Industries; Product Development; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; India
Jones, Geoffrey, Namrata Arora, Surachita Mishra, and Alexis Lefort. "Can Bollywood Go Global?" Harvard Business School Case 806-040, August 2005. (Revised July 2014.)
- February 2001 (Revised October 2002)
- Background Note
Entrepreneurial History: A Conceptual Overview
By: Nancy F. Koehn
Analyzes HBS cases on five entrepreneurs and the companies they built: Josiah Wedgwood, Henry Heinz, Marshall Field, Howard Schultz of Starbucks, and Michael Dell. These five cases and their accompanying teaching notes comprise a course module on entrepreneurial... View Details
Keywords: Transition; Demand and Consumers; Competition; Business History; Entrepreneurship; Customer Focus and Relationships; Business Strategy; Society
Koehn, Nancy F. "Entrepreneurial History: A Conceptual Overview." Harvard Business School Background Note 801-368, February 2001. (Revised October 2002.)
- 13 Apr 2021
- News
Managing a Top Performer Who Alienates Their Colleagues
"Learning Through Noticing: Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment"
We consider a model of technological learning under which people "learn through noticing": they choose which input dimensions to attend to and subsequently learn about from available data. Using this model, we show how people with a great deal of experience may... View Details
- 22 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
Working With Organizations That Recruit at HBS: An Interview with Mary-Kate Johnson
What is your favorite part about working with employers? I get asked a lot of the same questions throughout the day but what I love most about my job is that, in many cases, View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail