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  • 20 Aug 2015
  • Blog Post

AVICII: REFLECTIONS ON MANAGING THE BRAND OF A GLOBAL SUPERSTAR

After ten weeks (eight in Stockholm and two in New York City) working for a company that does this very thing, I can confidently say that I would like to continue down this path after I graduate Harvard Business School. At Night / PRMD is... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
  • March 2024
  • Article

Investigation of Divergent Thinking among Surgeons and Surgeon Trainees in Canada (IDEAS): A Mixed-methods Study

By: Alex Thabane, Tyler McKechnie, Vikram Arora, Goran Calic, Jason W Busse, Ranil Sonnadara and Mohit Bhandari
Objective: To assess the creative potential of surgeons and surgeon trainees, as measured by divergent thinking. The secondary objectives were to identify factors associated with divergent thinking, assess confidence in creative problem-solving and the perceived effect... View Details
Keywords: Creativity; Cognition and Thinking; Surveys; Health Industry
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Thabane, Alex, Tyler McKechnie, Vikram Arora, Goran Calic, Jason W Busse, Ranil Sonnadara, and Mohit Bhandari. "Investigation of Divergent Thinking among Surgeons and Surgeon Trainees in Canada (IDEAS): A Mixed-methods Study." BMJ Open 14, no. 3 (March 2024).

    Archie L. Jones

    Archie Jones is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at the Harvard Business School, where he currently teaches Venture Capital and Private Equity, Field... View Details

    • June 2013
    • Article

    Opting-in: Participation Bias in Economic Experiments

    By: Robert Slonim, Carmen Wang, Ellen Garbarino and Danielle Merrett
    Assuming individuals rationally decide whether to participate or not to participate in lab experiments, we hypothesize several non-representative biases in the characteristics of lab participants. We test the hypotheses by first collecting survey and experimental data... View Details
    Keywords: Participation Bias; Laboratory Experiments; Prejudice and Bias; Research
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    Slonim, Robert, Carmen Wang, Ellen Garbarino, and Danielle Merrett. "Opting-in: Participation Bias in Economic Experiments." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 90 (June 2013): 43–70.
    • December 2012
    • Case

    Blink Booking

    By: William R. Kerr, Magnus Thor Torfason and Alexis Brownell
    Rebeca Minguela hopes to create an arbitrage platform, similar to Rocket Internet, that can bring start-up ideas and opportunities to Spain. However, Blink Booking, her first venture and proof of concept, is rocked by a co-founder's breach of confidence and departure.... View Details
    Keywords: Clones; Cloning; Rocket Internet; Start-up; Equity Split; Arbitrage; Incubator; Mobile App; Expansion; Spain; Europe; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Internet and the Web; Information Technology Industry; Accommodations Industry; Travel Industry; Spain; Europe
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    Kerr, William R., Magnus Thor Torfason, and Alexis Brownell. "Blink Booking." Harvard Business School Case 813-121, December 2012.
    • 2010
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    Buy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down

    By: John P. Kotter and Lorne A. Whitehead
    You've got a good idea. You know it could make a crucial difference for you, your organization, your community. You present it to the group but get confounding questions, inane comments, and verbal bullets in return. Before you know what's happened, your idea is dead,... View Details
    Keywords: Communication Intention and Meaning; Cost vs Benefits; Problems and Challenges; Interests; Value
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    Kotter, John P., and Lorne A. Whitehead. Buy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down. Harvard Business Review Press, 2010.
    • September 1993
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    Rhone-Poulenc (A)

    Rhone-Poulenc, France's largest chemical firm, with revenues of more than $7 billion in 1985, seeks to dramatically expand its presence in the United States. From 1986 to 1990, Rhone-Poulenc undertakes 18 separate acquisitions, ranging from small entrepreneurial firms... View Details
    Keywords: Integration; Globalized Firms and Management; Acquisition; Chemical Industry; France
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    Rosenzweig, Philip M. "Rhone-Poulenc (A)." Harvard Business School Case 394-040, September 1993.
    • August 2024
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    Heuristics on Call: The Impact of Mobile-Phone-Based Business-Management Advice

    By: Shawn Cole, Mukta Joshi and Antoinette Schoar
    There is growing evidence that business training for micro-entrepreneurs can be effective. However, in-person training can be expensive and imposes costs on the target beneficiaries. This paper presents the results of a two-site randomized evaluation of a light-touch,... View Details
    Keywords: Training; Entrepreneurship; Mobile and Wireless Technology; India; Philippines
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    Cole, Shawn, Mukta Joshi, and Antoinette Schoar. "Heuristics on Call: The Impact of Mobile-Phone-Based Business-Management Advice." World Bank Economic Review 38, no. 3 (August 2024): 580–597.
    • November 2012
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    Are You Ready for the 'Hardest Question'?

    By: James K. Sebenius
    Negotiation preparation entails assessing each side's interests and no-deal options, imagining possible agreements, factoring in personality and culture, thinking through moves and possible countermoves, and so forth. Yet standard preparation often neglects the... View Details
    Keywords: Tactics; Hard Bargaining; Negotiation
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    Sebenius, James K. "Are You Ready for the 'Hardest Question'?" Negotiation 15, no. 11 (November 2012): 4–5.
    • April 2015 (Revised January 2020)
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    Japan's Missing Arrow?

    By: Laura Alfaro and Hilary White
    In late December 2014, Shinzo Abe was elected to another term as the prime minister of Japan. His re-election was largely interpreted as a vote of confidence for his economics policies, collectively referred to as "Abenomics." Comprised of three "arrows," including... View Details
    Keywords: Currency; Bonds; Government Bonds; Government Debt; Public Finance; Quantitative Easing; Stimulus; Fiscal Policy; Fiscal Deficits; Debt Management; Debt Reduction; Abenomics; Exchange Rate; Exports; Reform; Economics; Macroeconomics; Policy; Government Legislation; Government and Politics; Asia; Japan
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    Alfaro, Laura, and Hilary White. "Japan's Missing Arrow?" Harvard Business School Case 715-050, April 2015. (Revised January 2020.)
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    When Feeling Skillful Impairs Coordination in a Lottery Selection Task

    By: Anna Dorfman, Yoella Bereby-Meyer and Simone Moran
    Choosing a major field of study to secure a good job after graduation is a tacit coordination problem that requires considering others' choices. We examine how feeling skillful, either induced (Experiment 1) or measured (Experiment 2), affects coordination in this type... View Details
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    Dorfman, Anna, Yoella Bereby-Meyer, and Simone Moran. "When Feeling Skillful Impairs Coordination in a Lottery Selection Task." PLoS ONE 8, no. 6 (June 2013): 1–6.
    • July 2007 (Revised March 2009)
    • Case

    Berkshire Partners: Purchase of Rival Company (A)

    Berkshire Partners, a private equity firm in Boston, was pleased with their recent investment in the Holmes Group, a home comfort consumer electronics company. The portfolio company was exceeding key financial targets and Berkshire Partners was confident that it would... View Details
    Keywords: Private Equity; Capital Structure; Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment; Acquisition; Financial Services Industry; Boston
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    El-Hage, Nabil N., Andre Baillargeon, and Stephen Parks. "Berkshire Partners: Purchase of Rival Company (A)." Harvard Business School Case 208-023, July 2007. (Revised March 2009.)
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    Crises and Capital Requirements in Banking

    previously entitled: The Role of Capital Adequacy Requirements in Sound Banking Systems

    Joint work with Alan Morrison, Saïd Business School, Oxford.

    We analyse a... View Details

    • February 2022 (Revised September 2022)
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    Lilium: Preparing for Takeoff

    By: Navid Mojir, Vincent Dessain, Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej and Emer Moloney
    Lilium is a German company focused on developing electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) that can be used to offer air taxi services. The company went public in September 2021 through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deal, raising more than... View Details
    Keywords: SPACs; Business Model; Forecasting and Prediction; Green Technology; Capital Markets; Venture Capital; Initial Public Offering; Rural Scope; Urban Scope; City; Disruptive Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Technological Innovation; Demand and Consumers; Market Timing; Industry Growth; Infrastructure; Logistics; Product Design; Product Development; Production; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Strategic Planning; Partners and Partnerships; Risk and Uncertainty; Urban Development; Sustainable Cities; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Air Transportation; Aerospace Industry; Air Transportation Industry; Green Technology Industry; Transportation Industry; Travel Industry; Germany; Munich; Brazil; United States; Florida
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    Mojir, Navid, Vincent Dessain, Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej, and Emer Moloney. "Lilium: Preparing for Takeoff." Harvard Business School Case 522-084, February 2022. (Revised September 2022.)
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    Digital Innovation and Transformation – MBA Elective Curriculum

    By: Feng Zhu
     

    Digital Innovation and Transformation is designed to equip students to confidently help conceive, lead and execute digital innovation initiatives and develop new business models for existing and insurgent organizations. The basic premise of the course... View Details

    • February 2018
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    Laboratory Evidence on the Effects of Sponsorship on the Competitive Preferences of Men and Women

    By: Nancy R. Baldiga and Katherine Baldiga Coffman
    Sponsorship programs have been proposed as one way to promote female advancement in competitive career fields. A sponsor is someone who advocates for a protégé, and in doing so, takes a stake in her success. We use a laboratory experiment to explore two channels... View Details
    Keywords: Economics; Behavior And Behavioral Decision Making; Laboratory Experiment; Competition; Organizations; Gender; Behavior
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    Baldiga, Nancy R., and Katherine Baldiga Coffman. "Laboratory Evidence on the Effects of Sponsorship on the Competitive Preferences of Men and Women." Management Science 64, no. 2 (February 2018): 888–901.
    • January 2022 (Revised December 2022)
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    TotalEnergies’ Investment in Hyzon Motors

    By: Vikram S. Gandhi and David Lane
    In November 2021, Girish Nadkarni, the head of TotalEnergies’ corporate venture capital arm (TEV) was considering whether, and on what terms, to exit an investment in Hyzon Motors, a start-up supplier of hydrogen-powered trucks. TEV had invested $4 million in Hyzon,... View Details
    Keywords: Business Units; Communication Intention and Meaning; Renewable Energy; Venture Capital; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Design; Standards; Commercialization; Investment Portfolio; Market Transactions; Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry; Transportation Industry; Europe; New York (city, NY)
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    Gandhi, Vikram S., and David Lane. "TotalEnergies’ Investment in Hyzon Motors." Harvard Business School Case 822-019, January 2022. (Revised December 2022.)
    • September 2011
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    On Testing Business Models

    By: D. Huelsbeck, K. Merchant and Tatiana Sandino
    This study explored management decisions regarding formal empirical testing of business models. It documented a test of one company's business model under seemingly favorable conditions for such a test – a successful single product firm following a consistent strategy... View Details
    Keywords: Performance Measurement; Non-financial Performance Measures; Business Models; Management Control; Decisions; Business Model; Performance Evaluation
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    Huelsbeck, D., K. Merchant, and Tatiana Sandino. "On Testing Business Models." Accounting Review 86, no. 5 (September 2011): 1631–1654. (Awarded a Research Grant from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.)
    • 18 Aug 2021
    • News

    ‘The Power of Trust’ Review: When Reliable Is Profitable

    • February 2014
    • Teaching Note

    Olympus (A)

    By: Jay W. Lorsch and Suraj Srinivasan
    As 2012 approached the woes of the financial crisis seemed to be fading, companies were resuming business as usual and some of the scrutiny on corporate governance practices began to recede as well. That is until another major financial scandal emerged in Japan in the... View Details
    Keywords: Accounting; Corporate Governance; Corporate Accountability; Electronics Industry; Japan
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    Lorsch, Jay W., and Suraj Srinivasan. "Olympus (A)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 114-072, February 2014.
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