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When Should Public Programs Be Privately Administered? Theory and Evidence from the Paycheck Protection Program

By: Alexander W. Bartik, Zoë Cullen, Edward L. Glaeser, Michael Luca, Christopher Stanton and Adi Sunderam
What happens when public resources are allocated by private companies whose objectives may be imperfectly aligned with policy goals? We study this question in the context of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which relied on private banks to disburse aid to small... View Details
Keywords: Paycheck Protection Program; Targeting; Impact; Entrepreneurship; Health Pandemics; Small Business; Financing and Loans; Outcome or Result; United States
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  • 27 Mar 2007
  • First Look

First Look: March 27, 2007

  Working PapersFrom Manufacturing to Design: An Essay on the Work of Kim B. Clark Authors:Sylvain Lenfle and Carliss Y. Baldwin Abstract Kim Clark occupies a unique place in management scholarship. As a member of the Technology and Operations Management unit of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • October 2002 (Revised October 2003)
  • Case

Aspen Aerogels

By: William A. Sahlman and Taslim Pirmohamed
Describes a newly formed manufacturer of insulation materials. The company has developed and patented a new insulation material that can be used in a wide range of markets. Capital must be raised to finance building a manufacturing facility and fund early market... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Patents; Production; Financing and Loans; Business Startups; Construction Industry; Manufacturing Industry
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  • 10 Sep 2014
  • Blog Post

A Summer Reflection

Looking back on my summer internship at Walmart, I have four main takeaways about the company: Walmart cares A LOT about maintaining the culture that Sam Walton initially put in place. It’s actively and constantly managed- 4 core values, 10 rules of doing business,... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Consumer Products / Retail
  • September – October 2008
  • Article

Care Platforms: A Basic Building Block for Care Delivery

By: Richard Bohmer and David Lawrence
Without significant operational reform within the nation's health care delivery organizations, new financing models, payment systems, or structures are unlikely to realize their promise. Adapting insights from high-performing companies in other high-risk, high-cost,... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Management Systems; Standards; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Business Processes; Organizational Design; Customization and Personalization; Health Industry
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  • June 1990 (Revised August 1990)
  • Supplement

Sun Microsystems, Inc.--1987 (B)

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin
Describes a specific opportunity to seek financing from AT&T as part of a proposed technological joint venture. Students must consider the price paid and control rights attached to a large block of shares and outline a negotiating position for each side. View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Stock Shares; Financing and Loans; Price; Governance Controls; Rights; Negotiation; Opportunities; Computer Industry
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    Roy D. Shapiro

    Roy D. Shapiro is the Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.  He is currently the faculty co-chair of the School's Technology and Operations Management Unit... View Details

    • February 2001
    • Case

    Bang Networks, Inc.

    By: Paul A. Gompers and Sergio Rattner
    Bob Rosin, president and CEO of Bang Networks, must decide how much debt financing to take on. The company is a raw start-up and is considering taking on $10 million in debt. The firm has six offers and needs to identify the best one. View Details
    Keywords: Business Startups; Restructuring; Decisions; Borrowing and Debt; Venture Capital
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    • August 1999 (Revised May 2001)
    • Case

    Catanese and Vulcan (A)

    By: V.G. Narayanan and Sanjay Pothen
    A small CPA firm puts in a new performance measurement system, and profits increase by 350% in less than a year. This case illustrates the reasons for improved profitability as well as the sustainability of levels of growth, the opportunities, and the threats that... View Details
    Keywords: Cost Accounting; Performance Evaluation; SWOT Analysis; Profit
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    • January 1997 (Revised November 1997)
    • Case

    Fojtasek Companies and Heritage Partners, The: March 1995

    By: Samuel L. Hayes III and Josh Lerner
    The Fojtasek Companies, a family business, faces several financing choices to address generational succession issues. Several buyouts have expressed interest in acquiring the firm outright; an investment bank has proposed a leveraged recapitalization; and a private... View Details
    Keywords: Family Ownership; Financing and Loans; Private Equity; Mergers and Acquisitions; Investment Banking; Partners and Partnerships; Management Succession; Capital Structure; Financial Strategy
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    • 15 Mar 2020
    • News

    ‘Experimentation Works’ and ‘The Power of Experiments’ Review: Test, Test and Test Again

      HBS Case: SANY — Going Global

      April 17, 2012, was a special day for SANY Group and for its founder Liang Wen'gen. Headquartered in Changsha, SANY Group had transformed itself in two decades from a small welding material factory in 1989 to a leading global construction equipment manufacturer with... View Details

      • October 2014 (Revised December 2018)
      • Case

      Jean-Claude Biver (A): The Reemergence of the Swiss Watch Industry

      By: Ryan Raffaelli
      In the early 1980s, the Swiss watch industry was near collapse after failing to adapt to Japanese competition from battery-powered quartz technology. In 1982, Jean-Claude Biver purchased Blancpain, a watch company that had been out of business since 1961 but had once... View Details
      Keywords: Re-emergence; Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Transformation; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Switzerland
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      Publications - Faculty & Research

      Replace Our Workforce?" Harvard Business Review (July–August 2025). August 2025 Article Revenue Collapses and the Consumption of Small Business Owners in the COVID-19 Pandemic... View Details
      • November 2009 (Revised October 2010)
      • Case

      AME Learning Inc.

      By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Ann Leamon
      Justin Joffe is about to graduate from HBS in Spring 2009. He must decide whether to join his father's company, Toronto-based AME Learning, as president working alongside his father who will be CEO. AME has been in business for 12 years, mostly as a small consulting... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Family Business; Age; Private Equity; Financing and Loans; Growth and Development Strategy; Family and Family Relationships
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      • July 2003 (Revised September 2003)
      • Case

      Refinancing of Shanghai General Motors (B), The

      By: Mihir A. Desai and Mark Veblen
      This case provides the outcome to "The Refinancing of Shanghai General Motors (A)" in which the CFO of General Motors' joint venture in Shanghai, Shanghai General Motors (SGM), wants to refinance almost $900 million of project finance it raised to begin operations. The... View Details
      Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Multinational Firms and Management; Joint Ventures; Financing and Loans; Auto Industry; Shanghai
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      • September 2016
      • Case

      Hotel Vertu: Analyzing the Opportunity in the Boutique Hotel Industry

      By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts DBA
      Two soon-to-be MBA graduates are considering a business opportunity in the boutique hotel industry. Having found a seemingly attractive property in Savannah, Georgia, Yvonne D'Arcy and Elisabeth Whiting face questions about career issues, planning, financing, and the... View Details
      Keywords: Business Ventures; Entrepreneurship; Planning; Accommodations Industry
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      • 27 Jun 2005
      • Research & Ideas

      Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?

      Political connections and family control are more common in Asian businesses than in the United States. In addition, says HBS professor D. Quinn Mills, American CEOs tend to use one of five leadership styles: directive, participative,... View Details
      Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
      • December 1992 (Revised March 1997)
      • Case

      Peoria Engine Plant (A)

      By: Robert S. Kaplan and Amy P. Hutton
      Describes the cost control system used at an automobile engine plant for labor and overhead costs. The finance staff prepares daily, weekly, and monthly variance reports against budgets. Department supervisors, finance staff, and the plant manager discuss the use and... View Details
      Keywords: Cost Management; Cost Accounting; Budgets and Budgeting; Earnings Management; Reports; Financial Reporting; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Performance Improvement; Performance Productivity; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Auto Industry
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      • October 2008 (Revised February 2011)
      • Case

      Apple's Core

      By: Noam T. Wasserman
      Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak are best friends who enjoy pulling pranks together and talking about electronics. After several small collaborations, Jobs pitches Wozniak on starting a company together to sell computers based on Wozniak's design for a personal computer.... View Details
      Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Equity; Managerial Roles; Partners and Partnerships; Conflict Management
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