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  • August 1994 (Revised November 1994)
  • Case

Saturn: A Different Kind of Car Company

Saturn was General Motors' (GM) response to Japanese companies' dominance of the small car market during the mid-1980s. In the three-and-a-half years since its first sedan rolled off the assembly line, the Saturn Corp. had accumulated an impressive list of... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Auto Industry; Retail Industry
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  • 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 10 Nov 2016
  • Webinars: Trending@HBS

Impact Investing: Challenges and Opportunities

Never has there been a time when so many believed in both the ability and responsibility of the private sector to combat the world's greatest social challengesfrom poverty to climate change to accessible health care. Recent years have seen the creation of thousands of... View Details
  • 2020
  • Working Paper

The Impact of CEOs in the Public Sector: Evidence from the English NHS

By: Katharina Janke, Carol Propper and Raffaella Sadun
Abstract Governments worldwide have sought to reform the delivery of public services by mimicking private sector governance models that grant CEOs greater autonomy and give them responsibility for meeting key government targets. We examine the effectiveness of this... View Details
Keywords: CEOs; Management; Performance; Public Sector; Measurement and Metrics; Health Industry
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  • April 2002
  • Article

Internal Capital Markets and Firm-Level Compensation Incentives for Division Managers

By: Julie Wulf
Do multidivisional firms structure compensation contracts for division managers to mitigate incentive problems in their internal capital markets? I find evidence that compensation and investment incentives are substitutes: firms providing a stronger link to firm... View Details
Keywords: Capital Markets; Executive Compensation; Capital Budgeting; Motivation and Incentives; Profit; Decisions; Resource Allocation; Performance; Investment; Contracts
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    Robert C. Merton

    Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

    Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

    Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
    • Program

    Succeeding as a Strategic CFO

    on increased responsibilities Finance professionals—such as analysts, treasurers, controllers, and those in financial planning and analysis—seeking to enhance their strategic acumen Financial leaders from... View Details
    • 14 Oct 2016
    • Working Paper Summaries

    A Welfarist Role for Nonwelfarist Rules: An Example with Envy

    Keywords: by Matthew Weinzierl
    • August 2023
    • Article

    Anti-Corruption, Government Subsidies, and Innovation: Evidence from China

    By: Lily Fang, Josh Lerner, Chaopeng Wu and Qi Zhang
    We leverage an exogenous shock—the crackdown on corrupt Chinese officials beginning in 2012—and examine how the allocation of research subsidies and innovative outcomes were affected. We argue that the staggered removal of provincial heads on corruption charges during... View Details
    Keywords: Government Subsidies; Research and Development; Innovation and Invention; Crime and Corruption; Government and Politics; China
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    • 2017
    • Working Paper

    Threat of Platform-Owner Entry and Complementor Responses: Evidence from the Mobile App Market

    By: Feng Zhu
    We examine how app developers on the Android mobile platform adjust their innovation efforts (rate and direction) and value-capture strategies in response to Google’s entry threat and actual entry into their markets. We find that, after Google’s entry threat increases,... View Details
    Keywords: Platform-owner Entry; Entry Threat; Innovation; Complementors; Mobile App Industry; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Innovation Strategy; Market Entry and Exit
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    • 2008
    • Working Paper

    The Flattening Firm and Product Market Competition: The Effect of Trade Liberalization

    By: Maria Guadalupe and Julie Wulf
    This paper establishes a causal effect of competition from trade liberalization on various characteristics of organizational design. We exploit a unique panel dataset on firm hierarchies (1986-1999) of large U.S. firms and find that increasing competition leads firms... View Details
    Keywords: Trade; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy
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    • November 1993 (Revised March 1995)
    • Case

    Marsh Supermarkets, Inc. (A): The Marsh Super Study

    In response to recent trends in grocery retailing, Marsh Supermarkets has completed an intensive 65-week study of the activity at 5 superstores in the midwest United States. The study tracked the sales, profits, space, and promotion dynamics of the entire store: dry... View Details
    Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Analysis; Consumer Behavior; Retail Industry
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    • March 1995 (Revised December 1995)
    • Case

    Dividend Policy at FPL Group, Inc. (A)

    By: Benjamin C. Esty and Craig F Schreiber
    A Wall Street analyst has just learned that FPL (the holding company for Florida's largest electric utility) may cut its dividend in several days despite a 47-year streak of consecutive dividend increases. In response to the deregulation of the electric utility... View Details
    Keywords: Investment Return; Corporate Strategy; Policy; Competitive Strategy; Financial Strategy; Fluctuation; Energy Sources; Emerging Markets; Utilities Industry; Energy Industry; Florida
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    • 11 Feb 2022
    • Lecture

    Explaining the Persistence of Gender Inequality: The Work-Family Narrative as a Social Defense Against the 24/7 Work Culture

    By: Irene Padavic and Robin J. Ely
    Are women’s family responsibilities the reason for their stalled advancement?

    Conventional wisdom says “yes.” But is it true? When companies create solutions to address work-life conflict instead of rethinking the 24/7 work culture, they find their... View Details
    Keywords: Gender; Equality and Inequality; Work-Life Balance
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    • June 10, 2021
    • Article

    Preparing Hospitals for the Next Pandemic

    By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Barak D. Richman
    The COVID-19 epidemic response has shown that the U.S. is blessed with heroic physicians and other health care providers, researchers, and facilities. But it has also revealed a health care system that was woefully unprepared for the surge of pandemic patients. In the... View Details
    Keywords: Hospital; Hospital Management; Hospitals—administration; Health Care; Health Care Industry; Health Care Investment; Health Care Operations; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Operations; Performance Improvement; Investment; Health Industry; United States
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    • March 2013
    • Case

    Singapore Metals Limited

    By: John T. Gourville
    Singapore Metals Limited (SML) has declining sales but has developed a new product (curled metal pile driver pads) that, in field tests, delivers customer benefits that are many times SML's manufacturing costs. Jonathan Lee and Alex Tan of SML's Engineered Products... View Details
    Keywords: Metals and Minerals; Marketing Strategy; Price; Business Strategy; Product Development; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Singapore
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    • December 2008
    • Article

    The Political Economy of 'Natural' Disasters

    By: Charles Cohen and Eric D. Werker
    Natural disasters occur in a political space. Although events beyond our control may trigger a disaster, the level of government preparedness and response greatly determines the extent of suffering incurred by the affected population. We use a political economy model... View Details
    Keywords: History; Demographics; Natural Disasters; Policy; Economy; Government and Politics
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    • August 2006 (Revised May 2007)
    • Case

    Management Levels at Staples (A): Company and Organization

    By: David A. Garvin and Lynne Levesque
    One of six cases that describe the roles and responsibilities of managers at each of the hierarchical levels of management within the U.S. Stores business unit of Staples, the world's largest office supply company. Together, the cases form a complete integrated... View Details
    Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Leadership; Management Practices and Processes; Managerial Roles; Operations; Performance Effectiveness; Strategic Planning; Perspective; Retail Industry
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    • 10 Jun 2021
    • News

    Preparing Hospitals for the Next Pandemic

      Preparing Hospitals for the Next Pandemic

      The Covid-19 epidemic response has shown that the U.S. is blessed with heroic physicians and other health care providers, researchers, and facilities. But it has also revealed a health care system that was woefully unprepared for the surge of pandemic patients. In the... View Details
      • February 2010
      • Supplement

      Organization and Strategy at Millennium (B)

      By: Julie M. Wulf and Scott Waggoner
      This case examines Millennium's strategic and organizational responses to the rapid evolution of the biopharmaceutical industry. In the early 2000s, as Millennium's competitive advantage in early-stage research slipped away and its losses mounted, founder CEO Mark... View Details
      Keywords: Leading Change; Transformation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Crisis Management; Competitive Advantage; Commercialization; Selection and Staffing; Product Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Pharmaceutical Industry
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