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  • 1999
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How Financial Firms Decide on Technology

By: Lorin M. Hitt, Frances X. Frei and Patrick T. Harker
Keywords: Financial Institutions; Decision Making; Technology; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry
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Hitt, Lorin M., Frances X. Frei, and Patrick T. Harker. "How Financial Firms Decide on Technology." In Brookings Wharton Papers on Financial Services, 1999, edited by Robert E. Litan and Anthony M. Santomero, 93–146. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 1999.
  • Nov 2014
  • Conference Presentation

Crowdsourced Digital Goods and Firm Productivity

By: Frank Nagle
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Nagle, Frank. "Crowdsourced Digital Goods and Firm Productivity." Paper presented at the INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 2014.
  • Apr 2014
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Crowdsourced Digital Goods and Firm Productivity

By: Frank Nagle
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Nagle, Frank. "Crowdsourced Digital Goods and Firm Productivity." Paper presented at the Consortium on Competitiveness and Cooperation, Boston, MA, April 2014.
  • April 1995 (Revised June 1996)
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Note on Building the Self-Sustaining Firm

Describes the strategic and organizational challenges of turning a fledgling enterprise into a self-sustaining business. In contrast to traditional life-cycle models, the note argues that businesses evolve in idiosyncratic ways. Therefore the leaders of young... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy
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Bhide, Amar. "Note on Building the Self-Sustaining Firm." Harvard Business School Background Note 395-200, April 1995. (Revised June 1996.)
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The Benefits of Selective Disclosure: Evidence from Private Firms

This paper explores an unexplored benefit of being privately-held: Non-SEC-filing private firms’ ability to disclose confidential information to selected investors minimizes the scope for information asymmetry between the firms and their investors. This decreases... View Details

  • March–April 2020
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An Institutional Approach to Gender Diversity and Firm Performance

By: Letian Zhang
This study examines data from 35 countries and 24 industries to understand the relationship between gender diversity and firm performance. Previous studies report conflicting evidence: some find that gender-diverse firms experience more positive performance and others... View Details
Keywords: Institutional Theory; Cross-cultural; Diversity; Gender; Organizations; Performance; Situation or Environment; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues
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Zhang, Letian. "An Institutional Approach to Gender Diversity and Firm Performance." Organization Science 31, no. 2 (March–April 2020): 439–457.
  • August 1974
  • Background Note

Note on Capitalization of Broker/Dealer Firms

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Claudine B. B. Malone
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Baldwin, Carliss Y., and Claudine B. B. Malone. "Note on Capitalization of Broker/Dealer Firms." Harvard Business School Background Note 175-046, August 1974.
  • 2006
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Nonprofit Firms in the Performing Arts

By: Arthur C. Brooks
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Brooks, Arthur C. "Nonprofit Firms in the Performing Arts." In Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture, Volume 1, edited by Victor Ginsburgh and C. David Throsby, 473–506. Handbooks in Economics. Amsterdam: Elsevier/North-Holland, 2006.
  • Sep 2014
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Crowdsourced Digital Goods and Firm Productivity

By: Frank Nagle
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Nagle, Frank. "Crowdsourced Digital Goods and Firm Productivity." Paper presented at the Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, Madrid, Spain, September 2014. (Nominated for Best Conference Paper.)
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Guarantees Come to Professional Service Firms

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Christopher L. Hart and Dan Maher
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Schlesinger, Leonard A., Christopher L. Hart, and Dan Maher. "Guarantees Come to Professional Service Firms." MIT Sloan Management Review 33, no. 3 (Spring 1992): 19–29.
  • December 2007 (Revised February 2009)
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Don Jenkins: Resigning from the Firm

By: Boris Groysberg, Geoff Eckman Marietta and Steven Manchel
Don Jenkins, a star event planner at a large firm, resigns to take a position at a boutique firm. However, Don may have made some mistakes when departing that could be trouble later on down the road. The case can be used to teach the business and legal aspects of... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Resignation and Termination; Retention; Law; Service Industry
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Groysberg, Boris, Geoff Eckman Marietta, and Steven Manchel. "Don Jenkins: Resigning from the Firm." Harvard Business School Case 408-094, December 2007. (Revised February 2009.)
  • March 2005
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Staffing in Professional Service Firms (CW)

By: Ashish Nanda
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Nanda, Ashish. "Staffing in Professional Service Firms (CW)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 905-701, March 2005.
  • January 2021 (Revised March 2021)
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E-Commerce Analytics for CPG Firms (C): Free Delivery Terms

By: Ayelet Israeli and Fedor (Ted) Lisitsyn
The E-Commerce Analytics group at the traditional CPG firm was in charge of compiling various online sales reports, as well as making data-driven recommendations for sales and marketing tactics. In a series of exercises, students address different data challenges for... View Details
Keywords: Data; Data Analysis; Data Analytics; Data Sharing; CPG; Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG); Delivery Planning; Customer Lifetime Value; Online Channel; Retail; Retail Analytics; Retailing Industry; Ecommerce; Grocery; Grocery Delivery; Margins; Analytics and Data Science; Retention; E-commerce; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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Israeli, Ayelet, and Fedor (Ted) Lisitsyn. "E-Commerce Analytics for CPG Firms (C): Free Delivery Terms." Harvard Business School Exercise 521-080, January 2021. (Revised March 2021.)
  • 2019
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When Gender Diversity Makes Firms More Productive

By: Stephen Turban, Dan Wu and Letian Zhang
Does diversity make a company more productive? Many say yes—some researchers argue that gender diversity leads to more innovative thinking and signals to investors that a company is competently run. Others say no—conflicting research indicates that gender diversity can... View Details
Keywords: Gender; Diversity; Performance; Performance Productivity
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Turban, Stephen, Dan Wu, and Letian Zhang. "When Gender Diversity Makes Firms More Productive." Harvard Business Review (website) (February 11, 2019).
  • 11 May 2015
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What Do Private Equity Firms Say They Do?

Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers, Steven N. Kaplan & Vladimir Mukharlyamov; Financial Services
  • April 2006 (Revised April 2012)
  • Background Note

The Role of Private Equity Firms in Merger and Acquisition Transactions

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
Explores the importance of private equity firms in merger and acquisitions activity around the globe. In many countries, these firms now account for one quarter of the total merger and acquisition activity of all firms. The larger private equity firms generate fees for... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; Investment Funds; Value Creation
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Fruhan, William E., Jr. "The Role of Private Equity Firms in Merger and Acquisition Transactions." Harvard Business School Background Note 206-101, April 2006. (Revised April 2012.)
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The Cross Section of Expected Firm (Not Equity) Returns

This paper provides the first comprehensive study of expected firm (unlevered equity) returns. After accounting for the debt component of the firm return, I find that many of the cross sectional determinants of expected equity returns, such as the book-to-market... View Details
  • 09 Mar 2012
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Causes and Consequences of Firm Disclosures of Anticorruption Efforts

Keywords: by Paul Healy & George Serafeim
  • January – February 2009
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Content vs. Advertising: The Impact of Competition on Media Firm Strategy

By: David Godes, Elie Ofek and Miklos Sarvary
Media firms compete in two connected markets. They face rivalry for the sale of content to consumers, and at the same time, they compete for advertisers seeking access to the attention of these consumers. We explore the implications of such two-sided competition on the... View Details
Keywords: Monopoly; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Business Model; Price; Media; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Advertising; Profit; Media and Broadcasting Industry
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Godes, David, Elie Ofek, and Miklos Sarvary. "Content vs. Advertising: The Impact of Competition on Media Firm Strategy." Marketing Science 28, no. 1 (January–February 2009): 20–35.
  • 2025
  • Working Paper

Public Displays of Alignment: Firm Speech in Autocratic Regimes

By: Joris Mueller, Jaya Y. Wen and Cheryl Wu
Political speech by firms is increasingly common around the world. This paper examines the government as an important, yet understudied, audience for such speech, focusing on how Chinese firms rhetorically align with the state. We introduce novel, general, and... View Details
Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Economic Systems; Power and Influence; Government Administration; Policy; China
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Mueller, Joris, Jaya Y. Wen, and Cheryl Wu. "Public Displays of Alignment: Firm Speech in Autocratic Regimes." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-064, June 2025.
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