Profit - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 1

short-term profits and returns to shareholders at the expense of worker safety and health, the environment, and society in general. In this article, I argue that a very different logic informs the practices of most high-performing and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 18

Controlling for these effects and other determinants, we find that firms with lower residual ratings have relatively higher subsequent media allegations of corruption. They also report higher future sales growth and show a negative relation between View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Nov 2016
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November 8, 2016

Project No abstract available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/616002-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 117-105 Management Control Systems Module 5: Building a Profit Plan This module explores how to build... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2006 (Revised March 2010)
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Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and the Market for Digital Information Goods

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Andres Hervas and Jordan Mitchell

We study competitive interaction between two alternative models of digital content distribution over the Internet: peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing and centralized client-server distribution. We present microfoundations for a stylized model of p2p file sharing where all... View Details

Keywords: Price; Profit; Distribution; Competition; Internet and the Web; Information Infrastructure

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January 2008
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Do Well by Doing Good? Don't Count on It

By: Joshua D. Margolis, Hillary Anger Elfenbein and James P. Walsh

Research over 35 years shows only a weak link between socially responsible corporate behavior and good financial performance. However, there's no evidence of risk in doing good, only in being exposed for misdeeds. View Details

Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Profit; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Effectiveness; Behavior

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August 2000 (Revised August 2018)
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The Atchison Corporation (A)

By: Joseph L. Bower

A new general manager uses a profit-center-based system to shake up an old line company. He then faces the task of placating a board member upset by the human consequences. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Profit; Human Resources; Change Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Design

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the negativity associated with the firm’s labor struggles, Whitney Stevens invested in many new and profitable operations, the most notable of which was a partnership with Ralph Lauren to make home décor, that allowed View Details

Keywords: Fabric & Apparel

20 Sep 2011
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A Taxing Question

subsidiaries of US firms is supposed to be taxed at the corporate rate of 35 percent. But the law provides a huge loophole that allows companies to sidestep paying any tax on foreign profits as long as the money stays outside the US.... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Accounting, Tax, Bookkeeping, Payroll Services; Professional Services

01 Feb 2002
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New Porter Prize Awarded in Japan

honors and highlights companies that have maintained superior profitability by implementing unique strategies based on innovation in products, processes, and management techniques. Matsui Securities was chosen for its ability to define... View Details

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Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry - Course Catalog

requires a focus on both hospitality and profitability – how can cultures be developed to deliver both consistently? Among the most significant challenges facing the industry are the decreasing availability, increasing cost, and high... View Details

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