Supply Contracts - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 13

by deviating frequently and in predictable ways from the recommendations offered by a centralized capacity planning model. Finally, we document that these discretionary capacity supply decisions exhibit a strong learning effect whereby... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 12

become more fundamental as advertisers target their advertisements with greater precision. In the paper that follows, the author attempts to identify the circumstances that make advertisers most vulnerable, notes adjusted contract... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2009
News

Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion

more Americans were willing to borrow. Chimerica, in other words, was the underlying cause of the surge in bank lending, bond issuance, and new derivative contracts that “Planet Finance” witnessed after 2000. It was the underlying cause... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

03 Oct 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

have higher management quality, more MBA trained managers, and lower mortality rates. This is true compared to the distance to universities that offer only business or medical education (or neither). We argue that supplying joint... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

27 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 27

Tanzania are more expensive than comparable hotels, and that this difference in price cannot be accounted for by differences in supply constraints. Further, using cross-country panel data, I show that upscale hotel prices account for a... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

08 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 8

bonds. We find no evidence that bond supply shocks generate return predictability. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1785842 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 114-007 BMVSS: Changing Lives, One... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Dec 2015
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The Year in Ideas 2015

large food brands have earned accolades for recent decisions to eliminate GMOs from their supply chain. It was into this market that Haven Baker (MBA 2009), Simplot’s VP of plant sciences, launched the first direct-to-consumer produce... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna, Christine Lejeune, Dan Morrell, and April White

02 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019

recognition over its contract life (for HMM12). As Bills and Wan discussed the accounting change, they recognized that its impact on Corporate Learning’s and HBP’s performance could be material and would have to be reflected in the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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13 Nov 2007
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Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

innovation and the opportunity to participate in the "white coat" economy and life sciences revolution of the 21st century. Writes a new social contract based on real family values, creating fair and flexible workplaces that are... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

13 Jan 2021
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Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”

fundraise, honestly. So we raised a bit of money in 2015, just a friends-and-family round. We raised from an angel in 2016, and we closed a seed round in 2020, after a pretty long slog of raising money. Morrell: Without an influx of VC money, Energicity grew... View Details

20 Jan 2017
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Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

get significant tax breaks under a Trump administration, to give more of their supply chain contracts to U.S.-based small businesses. In addition, National Federation of Independent Business surveys show... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese

15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15

Much of the success of microfinance has been attributed to attempts to overcome the challenges of information asymmetries in uncollateralized lending. However, very little is known about the optimal contract structure of these loans, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

expenditures under the entry of new generation lab managers. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46697 Executive Education in the Digital Matrix: The Disruption of the Supply Landscape By: Moldoveanu,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015

compensation incentives for CSR. We test our predictions using novel executive compensation contract data and find that firms with more shareholder friendly corporate governance are more likely to provide compensation to executives linked... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2023
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Clearing the Air

actually containing the CO2 molecules, then the economic mechanisms and the contracts about carbon trading won’t work. “We are at a tipping point.” “We are at a tipping point.” What makes Project Bison different from other DAC projects?... View Details

Keywords: April White and Dan Morrell; Illustrations by Richard Borge

24 Sep 2020
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The Race for a Vaccine

country, manufacturing capacity, supply chains, and money, lots of money. As the head of the United Kingdom’s new Vaccine Taskforce, Kate Bingham (MBA 1991) has a bird's-eye view of the whole process. A life science venture capitalist... View Details

Keywords: April White; COVID-19; Scientific Research and Development Services

11 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 11

plant stock, fertilizers, and pesticides; and began directly paying them a premium for better beans. Higher yields and quality increased the growers' incomes, the environmental impact of farms shrank, and Nestlé's reliable supply of good... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7

this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/412053-PDF-ENG Samasource: Give Work, Not Aid Francesca Gino and Bradley R. StaatsHarvard Business School Case 912-011 Samasource sought to use work, not aid, for economic development. The company secured View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

November 2004 (Revised September 2019)
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The U.S. Health Club Industry in 2004

By: John R. Wells, Gabriel Ellsworth and Benjamin Weinstock

In 2004, the $16.8 billion U.S. health club industry continued its strong record of growth. There were almost 27,000 health clubs in the United States, up from 6,700 two decades earlier, and these clubs claimed 41 million members, over 14% of the U.S. population.... View Details