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- 26 Jun 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Contracting in the Self-reporting Economy
- December 1993 (Revised April 2006)
- Case
Marriott Corporation (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Charles A. Nichols
Marriott Corp.'s chairman and CEO must decide whether to recommend a restructuring of the company to the board of directors. The proposal he is considering would split the Marriott Corp., a premier hotel developer, owner, and manager, into two separate companies by a... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Restructuring; Governing and Advisory Boards; Decision Making; Ethics; Management Teams; Business and Shareholder Relations; Accommodations Industry
Paine, Lynn S., and Charles A. Nichols. "Marriott Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 394-085, December 1993. (Revised April 2006.)
- March 1993 (Revised July 1994)
- Case
Gerber Products Company: Investing in the New Poland
By: Debora L. Spar
Examines Gerber Products Co.'s evaluation of Alima S.A., one of Poland's largest food processing plants, as a potential overseas investment in 1991. Factors that influenced Gerber's decision are discussed in detail: property rights, taxation issues, and Poland's... View Details
Spar, Debora L. "Gerber Products Company: Investing in the New Poland." Harvard Business School Case 793-069, March 1993. (Revised July 1994.)
- 26 Mar 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Managed Ecosystems and Translucent Institutional Logics: Engaging Communities
- 20 Apr 2021
- Working Paper Summaries
The Emergence of Mafia-like Business Systems in China
Keywords: by Meg Rithmire and Hao Chen
- Forthcoming
- Article
Visual Uniqueness in Peer-to-Peer Marketplaces: Machine Learning Model Development, Validation, and Application
By: Flora Feng, Charis Li and Shunyuan Zhang
Peer-to-peer (P2P) marketplaces have seen exponential growth in recent years, featuring unique offerings from individual providers. However, scalable quantification of visual uniqueness and their impacts on platforms like Airbnb remain largely unexplored. We address... View Details
Keywords: Peer-to-peer Markets
Feng, Flora, Charis Li, and Shunyuan Zhang. "Visual Uniqueness in Peer-to-Peer Marketplaces: Machine Learning Model Development, Validation, and Application." Journal of Consumer Research (forthcoming). (Pre-published online April 8, 2025.)
- 2016
- Working Paper
Pros vs Joes: Agent Pricing Behavior in the Sharing Economy
By: Jun Li, Antonio Moreno and Dennis J. Zhang
One of the major differences between markets that follow a “sharing economy” paradigm and traditional two-sided markets is that the supply side in the sharing economy often includes individual nonprofessional decision makers, in addition to firms and professional... View Details
Keywords: Two-sided Market; Sharing Economy; Behavioral Economics; Revenue Management; Hospitality; Two-Sided Platforms; Price; Behavior; Experience and Expertise
Li, Jun, Antonio Moreno, and Dennis J. Zhang. "Pros vs Joes: Agent Pricing Behavior in the Sharing Economy." Michigan Ross School of Business Working Paper, No. 1298, August 2016.
- September 2007 (Revised May 2011)
- Case
Commercializing an MRI Breakthrough
The challenges and best strategies for the commercialization of university technologies are illustrated in this case which documents an MRI breakthrough that arose from the Charles Marcus laboratory at Harvard. Students discuss the interdependencies of intellectual... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Decision Choices and Conditions; Higher Education; Patents; Research and Development; Science-Based Business; Commercialization
Fleming, Lee. "Commercializing an MRI Breakthrough." Harvard Business School Case 608-064, September 2007. (Revised May 2011.)
- November 1997 (Revised December 1998)
- Case
Woodmere Properties, Inc.
By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.
In 1996, Woodmere Properties, a REIT owning 198 office and industrial properties in the southeast, is about to acquire Lanier Realty Trust. Nina Zanger, a potential investor in Woodmere, attempts to analyze the stock value of Woodmere both with and without the... View Details
Poorvu, William J., and John H. Vogel Jr. "Woodmere Properties, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 898-069, November 1997. (Revised December 1998.)
- November 1999 (Revised December 2009)
- Case
The IBET Pension Fund
By: Arthur I Segel
Marisa Caris oversees real estate investments for the IBET Pension Fund. She must value each of the existing eight properties and determine a strategy for going forward. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Keywords: Financial Strategy; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Valuation; Real Estate Industry
Segel, Arthur I. "The IBET Pension Fund." Harvard Business School Case 800-133, November 1999. (Revised December 2009.)
- December 1994 (Revised December 1995)
- Case
The JKJ Pension Fund
By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.
The JKJ pension fund currently has $187 million invested in 14 properties. Sarah Griffin, the portfolio manager for real estate, needs to value each of the properties and recommend which ones should be sold and which ones to hold. She further needs to recommend... View Details
Keywords: Property; Investment Portfolio; Valuation; Investment Funds; Financial Management; Real Estate Industry; Financial Services Industry
Poorvu, William J., and John H. Vogel Jr. "The JKJ Pension Fund." Harvard Business School Case 395-133, December 1994. (Revised December 1995.)
- December 2000
- Background Note
Intellectual Asset Valuation
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Gavin Clarkson
Discusses the shortcomings of the current "rules of thumb" for intellectual asset valuation in the context of intellectual property licensing transactions. As an alternative to the present scheme, this note proposes quantitative methods for such valuations in order to... View Details
Applegate, Lynda M., and Gavin Clarkson. "Intellectual Asset Valuation." Harvard Business School Background Note 801-192, December 2000.
- March 2001 (Revised March 2016)
- Case
Charlene Barshefsky (A)
By: James K. Sebenius and Rebecca Hulse
Describes the challenges former U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky faced while negotiating a trade agreement with China to improve its domestic intellectual property rights enforcement. After briefly describing Barshefsky's past experience with trade... View Details
Keywords: Trade; International Relations; Copyright; Negotiation Style; Negotiation Tactics; Alliances; Business and Government Relations; China; United States
Sebenius, James K., and Rebecca Hulse. "Charlene Barshefsky (A)." Harvard Business School Case 801-421, March 2001. (Revised March 2016.)
- 15 Feb 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Replicating Private Equity with Value Investing, Homemade Leverage, and Hold-to-Maturity Accounting
- June 2016 (Revised January 2018)
- Case
Airbnb, Etsy, Uber: Growing from One Thousand to One Million Customers
By: Thales S. Teixeira and Morgan Brown
By 2016, two-sided online platforms (or marketplaces) were pervasive among the highest growing internet startups around. These marketplaces sought to match suppliers of assets for rent, physical products or services with customers demanding them. Among the most notable... View Details
Keywords: Airbnb; Etsy; Uber; Growth Hacking; Two Sided Markets; Digital Platforms; Marketing; Digital Marketing; Growth Management; Service Industry
Teixeira, Thales S., and Morgan Brown. "Airbnb, Etsy, Uber: Growing from One Thousand to One Million Customers." Harvard Business School Case 516-108, June 2016. (Revised January 2018.)
- April 2014 (Revised July 2017)
- Case
The Park Hotels: Revitalizing an Iconic Indian Brand
By: Jill Avery and Chekitan S. Dev
Priya Paul, chairperson of The Park Hotels, an award-winning portfolio of thirteen boutique hotels scattered across India, was in the midst of a brand revitalization program. Landor Associates, a leading brand consultancy had identified three areas of concern: the... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Product Positioning; Competition; Brands and Branding; Accommodations Industry; India
Avery, Jill, and Chekitan S. Dev. "The Park Hotels: Revitalizing an Iconic Indian Brand." Harvard Business School Case 314-114, April 2014. (Revised July 2017.)
- January 2005 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Edwin W. Parkinson III
Molecular Insight has developed a novel biopharmaceutical to detect heart attacks. The company's unique approach to intellectual property protection uses the Hatch Waxman Act and the Orphan Drug Act. The company is struggling to raise $7 million in Series B financing.... View Details
Keywords: Intellectual Property; Health Care and Treatment; Pharmaceutical Industry; Health Industry
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Edwin W. Parkinson III. "Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 805-067, January 2005. (Revised March 2006.)
- March 2007
- Article
Internet Advertising and the Generalized Second Price Auction: Selling Billions of Dollars Worth of Keywords
By: Benjamin Edelman, Michael Ostrovsky and Michael Schwarz
We investigate the "generalized second-price" auction (GSP), a new mechanism used by search engines to sell online advertising. Although GSP looks similar to the Vickrey-Clarke-Groves (VCG) mechanism, its properties are very different. Unlike the VCG mechanism, GSP... View Details
Edelman, Benjamin, Michael Ostrovsky, and Michael Schwarz. "Internet Advertising and the Generalized Second Price Auction: Selling Billions of Dollars Worth of Keywords." American Economic Review 97, no. 1 (March 2007): 242–259. (Winner of the 2013 Prize in Game Theory and Computer Science from the Game Theory Society - for "the best paper at the interface of game theory and computer science in the last decade." Winner of the 2018 SIGecom Test of Time Award from the ACM Special Interest Group on E-Commerce - for "an influential paper or series of papers published between ten and twenty-five years ago that has significantly impacted research or applications exemplifying the interplay of economics and computation.")
- May 2011 (Revised December 2011)
- Case
Stuyvesant Town - Peter Cooper Village: America's Largest Foreclosure
By: Arthur I Segel, Gregory S. Feldman, James T. Liu and Elizabeth C. Williamson
In July 2010, William Ackman, the founder of Pershing Square, is considering a potential new opportunity: the acquisition of the distressed Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village ("ST /PCV") complex. The property had recently been abandoned by its owners and had come... View Details
Keywords: Property; Risk Management; Opportunities; Valuation; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Investment; Outcome or Result; Acquisition; North and Central America
Segel, Arthur I., Gregory S. Feldman, James T. Liu, and Elizabeth C. Williamson. "Stuyvesant Town - Peter Cooper Village: America's Largest Foreclosure." Harvard Business School Case 211-106, May 2011. (Revised December 2011.)
- February 1990 (Revised December 1993)
- Case
Fusion Systems Corp. in Japan (A)
Describes the international business of Fusion Systems Corp., a small high technology American firm, and a five-year patent dispute the company has in Japan with Mitsubishi Electric. Also describes key features of the intellectual property systems in Japan and related... View Details
Gomes-Casseres, Benjamin. "Fusion Systems Corp. in Japan (A)." Harvard Business School Case 390-021, February 1990. (Revised December 1993.)