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- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
A&P lost that position. This fact it learned the hard way in 1972 when it launched a price war. The hostilities were conducted under the banner of WEO, which was supposed to stand for "Where Economy Originates." This ugly, clumsy... View Details
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
was in crisis—with bank suspensions running at near record levels. At the same time, the broader economy was sputtering, and U.S. gold reserves had come under severe pressure after Britain abandoned its gold standard in mid-September. As... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
economy will stabilize. “And then,” Brooks says, “we'll look back on this and say, ‘Hey, remember when we were all home together?’” About the Author Dina Gerdeman is senior writer at Harvard Business School Working Knowledge, and Danielle... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
economy and the history of ideas. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53906 2017 Advances in Strategic Management Capturing Value from Intellectual Property (IP) in a Global Environment By: Alcácer, Juan,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 9, 2008
the global economy and the emergence of Global Value Chains (GVCs) have raised the interest in understanding the specific conditions and cross-company interactions within and across locations. For companies, the need to choose the right... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
identified in the education and skill system, labor market incentives and flexibility, the ability to translate R&D outcomes into economic value creation, and in preparing the economy for the new realities of globalization. Maybe most... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
government-business relations. It is typically assumed that such groups were much less common in developed economies and largely disappeared during the twentieth century. This working paper contests this assumption with evidence from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
Publications 2014 AMACOM Own Your Future: How to Think Like an Entrepreneur and Thrive in an Unpredictable Economy By: Brown, Paul B., Charles F. Kiefer, and Leonard A. Schlesinger Abstract—It used to be that if you studied and worked... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
its own functionality with the target's in a multi-platform bundle that leverages shared user relationships. We build upon the traditional view of bundling for economies of scope and price discrimination and extend this view to include... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
10, 2008, just before the financial crisis in September 2008. The focus of the case is on what happened after the financial crisis turned into a global economic crisis. Dow, like all chemical producers, suffered as the global economy fell... View Details
- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
fallen, unemployment was high, and bank deposits and gold were being withdrawn from the country at a rapid pace, threatening the value of the German mark. The country's third largest bank, the Danatbank, was especially hard hit by the flagging View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet
to do something different to get it to happen. Q: What connections did the students make to business? A: One of the characteristics of what we call creative economy firms—design firms, media firms, etc.—which is uncomfortable for many... View Details
- February 2022 (Revised May 2022)
- Case
Jaypee Infratech and the Indian Bankruptcy Code
By: Kristin Mugford, William Vrattos and Radhika Kak
In 2016, India passed a new bankruptcy law (IBC) to counter a brewing bank crisis and increased corporate distress. Homebuilder Jaypee Infratech, one of India largest distressed companies (the “dirty dozen”) began restructuring under the IBC in 2017. Two years later,... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Decisions; Judgments; Voting; Developing Countries and Economies; Financial Crisis; Public Sector; Asset Pricing; Borrowing and Debt; Corporate Finance; Credit; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Debt Securities; Bonds; Investment Return; Price; Government Legislation; Laws and Statutes; Bids and Bidding; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Valuation; Real Estate Industry; India; Delhi
Mugford, Kristin, William Vrattos, and Radhika Kak. "Jaypee Infratech and the Indian Bankruptcy Code." Harvard Business School Case 222-071, February 2022. (Revised May 2022.)
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
PublicationsTeaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy Author:Amy C. Edmondson Publication:Jossey-Bass, in press Abstract Continuous improvement, understanding complex systems, and promoting... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 5, 2008
highlight the substantive role of senior teams in building dynamic capabilities. The Implications of Unverifiable Fair-value Accounting: Evidence from the Political Economy of Goodwill Accounting Author:Karthik Ramanna Periodical:Journal... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
the political elite, which integrated Argentina into the trading and financial networks of the first global economy. Provides an opportunity to understand why Argentina was such a successful economy at this time, and to debate whether its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
forthcoming Journal of Political Economy CEO Behavior and Firm Performance By: Bandiera, Oriana, Stephen Hansen, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract— We measure the behavior of 1,114 CEOs in six countries parsing granular CEO diary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
value-added tax. We're the only developed economy that doesn't do it. We have state and local sales taxes, but we don't have any broad-based value-added tax. I think most tax economists have long thought it's a strange arrow to have kept... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1
Economy Ray A. Goldberg and Matthew PrebleHarvard Business School Case 911-409 CHS—the largest farm cooperative in the U.S.—was planning its 2020 vision statement and the role the cooperative should play in the food system. Purchase this... View Details
- 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008
related to whether the poor should be helped by the government or if they should help themselves, while the measure of luck is the share of the oil industry in the state's economy multiplied by the price of oil. The correlation is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace