Marketing Partnerships - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017

supply chain profitability in emerging markets and understand the impact of e-intermediaries. Academic / Practical Relevance: In practice, much attention has been given to e-intermediaries, and they have often been touted as for-profit... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

October 2001 (Revised August 2005)
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Zipcar

By: Myra M. Hart and Wendy Carter

Provides a detailed description of the processes and tasks associated with creating a new venture in an emerging industry (subscription car-sharing for urban dwellers). Chronicles the entrepreneur's concept development, industry analysis, market research, identity... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Leadership Development; Venture Capital; Business Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Plan; Budgets and Budgeting; Management Teams; Partners and Partnerships; Marketing Strategy; Brands and Branding; Auto Industry; Service Industry

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Keywords: Textiles

January 2021
Supplement

A Half-Deal

By: Marco Di Maggio, Pedro Levindo and Carla Larangeira

In June 2020, XP and Itaú faced intensified competition and tension in their partnership, with the latter owning a minority stake at XP. Two years earlier, in May 2017, Itaú had announced it would acquire 49.9% of XP for $1.8 billion, followed by three additional... View Details

Keywords: Fintech; Financing Strategy; Competition; Partners and Partnerships; Financing and Loans; Strategy; Latin America; Brazil

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Fellowships - Business History

pedagogical efforts such as the Creating Emerging Markets (CEM) Project, outstanding archival services through the Baker Library Special Collections, and a wonderful atmosphere of collegiality...HBS provided the perfect setting to pursue... View Details

January 1999 (Revised July 2003)
Case

Shady Trail

By: Arthur I Segel

Holt Lunsford was intrigued by the packet of papers that lay in front of him. The papers comprised a brochure that Lonestar Bank had put together in an effort to sell the Shady Trail Distribution Center in Dallas, Texas. Shady Hill was a five-year-old,... View Details

Keywords: Investment; Acquisition; Buildings and Facilities; Property; Partners and Partnerships; Decision Choices and Conditions; Distribution Industry; Real Estate Industry; Texas

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30 Nov 2021
In Practice

What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?

The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details

Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman

17 Jan 2023
In Practice

8 Trends to Watch in 2023

As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

19 Oct 2022
Op-Ed

Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup

particular field your venture intends to address, you may need a cofounder with domain specific expertise. Having domain expertise will not only inform the product strategy, but will also help the venture gain credibility in the market... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

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HBS - The year in Review

experienced colleagues. Assistant Professors Anjali M. Bhatt Organizational Behavior Julian De Freitas Marketing Summer R. Jackson Organizational Behavior Jung Koo Kang Accounting & Management Rebecca A. Karp Strategy Shirley Lu... View Details

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

describes its co-founders' motivations and their strategy for disrupting an industry in the midst of dramatic structural change; and asks whether a16z's success to date has been due to its novel organization structure. a16z's 22 investment professionals are supported... View Details

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Finance - Faculty & Research

Article Expectations of Returns and Expected Returns By: Robin Greenwood and Andrei Shleifer We analyze time-series of investor expectations of future stock market returns from six data sources between 1963 and 2011. The six measures of... View Details

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Europe - Global

Europe’s Green Transition In October 2024, Harvard Business School’s Institute for Business in Global Society (BiGS), in partnership with the Europe Research Center (ERC), brought together corporate leaders, sustainability officers,... View Details

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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

heterogeneous telecommunication costs arising from different regulatory regimes) strengthens our results. 2014 Working Paper Bridging Science and Technology Through Academic-Industry Partnerships By: Sen Chai and Willy C. Shih Scientific... View Details

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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

concentration—can lower prices by prompting the leader to expand output and competitors to aggressively defend market shares. However, large transfers prove anticompetitive, as sizable capacity differences discourage price undercutting.... View Details

02 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 2

stick with practicing medicine. This essay argues that physicians currently in practice could be equipped over time with the management skill necessary to develop and implement new models of primary care. A Choice Prediction Competition for View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

11 Dec 2012
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First Look: Dec. 11

and Efficiency in the Market for IP Addresses Authors:Edelman, Benjamin, and Michael Schwarz Abstract We consider market rules for the transfer of IP addresses, numeric identifiers required by all computers... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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HBS - The year in Review

Marketing Faculty Promotions Two faculty members were promoted. Full Professor Full Professor Scott Duke Kominers Entrepreneurial Management Associate Professor Associate Professor Mark L. Egan Finance Faculty & Staff Demographics HBS has... View Details

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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

the future of the field. Turning the Great Resignation into the Great Attraction Associate Professor Ethan Bernstein (MBA 2002, DBA 2013) + More Info – Less Info Talent markets are shifting. Until recently, job seekers focused mainly on... View Details

September 2017 (Revised February 2018)
Case

Becton Dickinson: Global Health Strategy

By: Mark R. Kramer and Sarah Mehta

Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) was a medical technology firm headquartered in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, with 43,000 employees and 2016 revenues of $12.5 billion. For several years, the company had pursued developing products that created shared value, defined as... View Details