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- 2012
- Article
Patent Policy, Patent Pools, and the Accumulation of Claims in Sequential Innovation
By: Gaston Llanes and Stefano Trento
We present a dynamic model where the accumulation of patents generates an increasing number of claims on sequential innovation. We compare innovation activity under three regimes—patents, no-patents, and patent pools—and find that none of them can reach the first best.... View Details
Llanes, Gaston, and Stefano Trento. "Patent Policy, Patent Pools, and the Accumulation of Claims in Sequential Innovation." Economic Theory 50, no. 3 (August 2012): 703–725.
- 06 Feb 2019
- HBS Seminar
Mohammad Akbarpour, Stanford University
- 01 May 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Revisiting the Classical View of Benefit-Based Taxation
Keywords: by Matthew Weinzierl
- October 1991 (Revised November 1993)
- Case
Philips' Compact Disc Introduction (A)
Asks that students adopt the perspective of Philips in 1979, after technical development of the CD was complete, but three years before it was introduced commercially. At that time, Philips' management had to decide whether to attempt to establish a CD standard through... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Market Entry and Exit; Product Launch; Standards; Product Development; Technology Industry
McGahan, Anita M. "Philips' Compact Disc Introduction (A)." Harvard Business School Case 792-035, October 1991. (Revised November 1993.)
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
- 09 Apr 2019
- News
How Amazon is both friend and foe to small business
- November 2009
- Case
Finance Myopia in a Systems Business
By: J. Bruce Harreld
This short case describes the tensions that often arise between finance executives attempting to curtail unproductive activities and strategy executives trying to optimize overall firm performance. View Details
Keywords: Finance; Managerial Roles; Performance Improvement; Performance Productivity; Conflict and Resolution; Strategy; Competition
Harreld, J. Bruce. "Finance Myopia in a Systems Business." Harvard Business School Case 810-071, November 2009.
- April 2020 (Revised August 2021)
- Case
Singapore: 'Facing Challenges Together'
Since its expulsion from Malaysia in 1965, Singapore had transformed itself from a third world island nation into a vibrant city-state with one of the highest levels of GDP per capita in the world. However, sluggish demand among Singapore's major trade partners began... View Details
Keywords: Savings; Productivity Growth; Productivity; Economic Institutions; Economic Development; Government And Business; Government Policy; Economic Policy; Country Analysis; Investment And Savings; Institutions; Economic Growth; Macroeconomics; Development Economics; Investment; Government and Politics; Trade; Policy; Research and Development; Analysis; Economics; Business and Government Relations; Asia; Singapore; Southeast Asia
Vietor, Richard H.K. "Singapore: 'Facing Challenges Together'." Harvard Business School Case 720-036, April 2020. (Revised August 2021.)
- Research Summary
Overview
Professor Schwartzstein uses the lens of behavioral economics to build more psychologically accurate assumptions into economic models, and he applies these models to create a more realistic understanding of market outcomes and optimal public policy. View Details
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Multi-Echelon Inventory Management Under Short-Term Take-or-Pay Contracts
By: Joel Goh and Evan L. Porteus
We extend the Clark–Scarf serial multi-echelon inventory model to include procuring production inputs under short-term take-or-pay contracts at one or more stages. In each period, each such stage has the option to order/process at two different cost rates; the cheaper... View Details
Keywords: Inventory Management; Multi-echelon Inventory Theory; Karush Lemma; Clark-Scarf Model; Convex Ordering Cost; Advance Commitments; Supply Chain
Goh, Joel, and Evan L. Porteus. "Multi-Echelon Inventory Management Under Short-Term Take-or-Pay Contracts." Production and Operations Management 25, no. 8 (August 2016): 1415–1429. (Finalist for 2014 POMS College of Supply Chain Management Student Paper Award.)
- April 2005
- Case
The University of Chicago Investment Office: Investing in Timber
In 2005, the University of Chicago Investment office was deciding how much capital to allocate toward timber investing. Explores the challenges associated with optimal portfolio construction when one of the invested assets is illiquid with limited historical price... View Details
Keywords: Investment Portfolio; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Services Industry; Education Industry
Hecht, Peter A., and David Mace. "The University of Chicago Investment Office: Investing in Timber." Harvard Business School Case 205-101, April 2005.
- 27 Mar 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Capital Requirements, Risk Choice, and Liquidity Provision in a Business Cycle Model
- March 1996 (Revised July 1996)
- Case
Service Corporation International
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Craig F Schreiber
The CFO of a high-growth company in the low-growth and fragmented funeral services industry must decide how to optimize capital structure and earnings growth while maximizing the company's market value. View Details
Keywords: Financial Management; Value Creation; Business Growth and Maturation; Consolidation; Industry Growth; Capital Structure; Expansion; Service Industry; United States; North and Central America
Esty, Benjamin C., and Craig F Schreiber. "Service Corporation International." Harvard Business School Case 296-080, March 1996. (Revised July 1996.)
- Video
Nicky Newton-King
Nicky Newton-King, former CEO of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, expresses her optimism for South African business today but emphasizes that much progress remains particularly as it relates to government policies. View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Wie Manager und Mitarbeiter in die Zukunft blicken
- 02 Oct 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Gradualism in Monetary-Policy: A Time Consistency Problem?
- July 2023
- Article
Design and Analysis of Switchback Experiments
By: Iavor I Bojinov, David Simchi-Levi and Jinglong Zhao
In switchback experiments, a firm sequentially exposes an experimental unit to a random treatment, measures its response, and repeats the procedure for several periods to determine which treatment leads to the best outcome. Although practitioners have widely adopted... View Details
Bojinov, Iavor I., David Simchi-Levi, and Jinglong Zhao. "Design and Analysis of Switchback Experiments." Management Science 69, no. 7 (July 2023): 3759–3777.
- 28 Mar 2018
- Blog Post
Event Planning for Recruiting Success - Part 1
optimize your time and choose an effective event format? Is a Company Presentation right for us? At HBS, Company Presentations are held either off-campus at a local hotel or restaurant or on-campus in a classroom. Our classrooms seat up... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- March 2024
- Case
Hippo: Weathering the Storm of the Home Insurance Crisis
By: Lauren Cohen, Grace Headinger and Sophia Pan
Rick McCathron, CEO of Hippo, considered how the firm’s underwriting model could account for the effects of climate change. Along with providing smart home packages, targeting risk-friendly customers, and using data-driven pricing, the Insurtech used technologically... View Details
Keywords: Fintech; Underwriters; Big Data; Insurance Companies; Business Model Design; Weather Insurance; Business Model; Forecasting and Prediction; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Technological Innovation; Natural Environment; Natural Disasters; Weather; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Business Earnings; Insurance; Social Issues; Insurance Industry; United States; California
- 2020
- Working Paper
Design and Analysis of Switchback Experiments
By: Iavor I Bojinov, David Simchi-Levi and Jinglong Zhao
In switchback experiments, a firm sequentially exposes an experimental unit to a random treatment, measures its response, and repeats the procedure for several periods to determine which treatment leads to the best outcome. Although practitioners have widely adopted... View Details
Bojinov, Iavor I., David Simchi-Levi, and Jinglong Zhao. "Design and Analysis of Switchback Experiments." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-034, September 2020.