Unit Economics - Publications - Faculty & Research

September 2021 (Revised October 2022)
Supplement

Hester Pharmaceuticals (B): Securing Supply

Supplements the (A) case. In late 2020, demand for Hester Pharmaceutical’s (Hester’s) breakthrough oncology drug Akrozumab was outstripping the company’s most optimistic projections. In order to increase manufacturing capacity and meet the demand, Hester was... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Cost vs Benefits; Trade; Supply Chain; Global Strategy; Buildings and Facilities; Operations; Health Care and Treatment; Demand and Consumers; Global Range; Globalized Markets and Industries; Pharmaceutical Industry; Italy; China; United States; Germany

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Purchase

December 2004 (Revised February 2005)
Case

Exporting Spanish Olive Oil to the U.S. Market

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Hal Hogan and Miguel Angel Llano Irusta

Spain is the largest olive oil producer, yet it sells much of its product to Italy, where it is repackaged as Italian olive oil. The decision maker in the case wants to develop Spain as the olive oil leader not just in production but in quality and value added. He... View Details

Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Trade; Goods and Commodities; Demand and Consumers; Supply and Industry; Brands and Branding; Decisions; Customization and Personalization; Product Design; Product Development; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Spain; United States; Italy

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Educators

17 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 17

Publications March 2015 Journal of Financial Economics Banks as Patient Fixed-Income Investors By: Hanson, Samuel G., Andrei Shleifer, Jeremy C. Stein, and Robert W. Vishny Abstract—We examine the business model of traditional... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?

world trade system founders it's going to founder in food." Other options were also discussed: moving out of California and buying land in more politically, geographically, and economically friendly countries; planting less thirsty... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Agriculture & Agribusiness

23 Sep 2014
First Look

First Look: September 23

for ideal pay ratios. Moreover, data from 16 countries reveals that people dramatically underestimate actual pay inequality. In the United States-where underestimation was particularly pronounced-the actual pay ratio of CEOs to unskilled... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Jul 2015
What Do You Think?

Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?

would have you, and themselves, believe in how 'hard' they work it's about productivity in spite of how workers report about how hard any of us 'feel' we work." TNoble101, arguing for better economic justice for overtime workers,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

07 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs

present-day administrative structures, legal norms, cultural forms, questions about ethnicity and race, and, of course, ongoing economic relations between the former colonized and colonizer.” Related information: Kenya: White Terror, a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

10 Nov 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again

sellout. It's sacrilegious." Levy understood that his primary goal had to be bringing the various Lincoln Center constituents together to build consensus around continuation of the redevelopment project and making Lincoln Center View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

06 Sep 2016
First Look

September 6, 2016

1959 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Honda Motor Company to facilitate sales and distribution in the United States. The details of American Honda’s early history have long served as evidence in debates among scholars and practitioners... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

29 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 29

organizations. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2426674 Firms and the Economics of Skilled Immigration By: Pekkala Kerr, Sari, William R. Kerr, and William F. Lincoln Abstract—Firms play a central role in the selection,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 May 2013
Research & Ideas

A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity

identify, validate, and implement change. During analysis phases, outside experts provide credibility; during action phases, they offer accountability. The future of work As the authors suggest, technology and growing economic pressures... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting

22 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients

industrial washer in the spin cycle, putting entire industries (arts and entertainment, tourism, food and hospitality) at risk even as others (real estate, construction, and home services) experienced record demand. In the United States,... View Details

Keywords: by Robin Abrahams, Boris Groysberg, and Steven L. Manchel

18 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 18

(CHF). CHF's mission was to eradicate lead poisoning in children in the United States. The case provides an overview of lead poisoning in the U.S., including how it is measured, its causes, and legislation enacted to prevent it. The case... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

July 2024
Case

Wizards of the Coast and Magic: The Rebounding

By: Boris Groysberg and Tom Quinn

This case traces the history and growth of the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. From its development in 1993 by tiny studio Wizards of the Coast, to Wizards’ acquisition by toy giant Hasbro in 1999, to its evolution into a billion-dollar brand in 2023,... View Details