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      • January 2009 (Revised June 2014)
      • Case

      CityCenter (A): Vision and Design

      By: A. Eugene Kohn, John D. Macomber and Ben Creo
      CityCenter is a $9 billion project for MGM MIRAGE. The project's star architects have a major disagreement about a critical design issue. Bill Smith, head of the MGM MIRAGE Design Group, must resolve this issue to the satisfaction of all the project's stakeholders.... View Details
      Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Cost vs Benefits; Design; Construction; Projects; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Conflict Management; Value Creation
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      Kohn, A. Eugene, John D. Macomber, and Ben Creo. "CityCenter (A): Vision and Design." Harvard Business School Case 209-052, January 2009. (Revised June 2014.)
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      Debt Maturity: Is Long-Term Debt Optimal?

      By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk
      We model and calibrate the arguments in favor and against short-term and long-term debt. These arguments broadly include: maturity premium, sustainability, and service smoothing. We use a dynamic equilibrium model with tax distortions and government... View Details
      Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Investment Return; Development Economics; Taxation; Risk and Uncertainty; Cost; Interest Rates; Developing Countries and Economies; Welfare; United States; Brazil
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      Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk. "Debt Maturity: Is Long-Term Debt Optimal?" Review of International Economics 17, no. 5 (November 2009): 890–905. (Also Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 06-005 and NBER Working Paper No. 13119.)
      • December 2008
      • Article

      Which Kind of Collaboration Is Right for You?

      By: Roberto Verganti and Gary P. Pisano
      Nowadays, virtually no companies innovate alone. Firms team up with a variety of partners, in a wide number of ways, to create new technologies, products, and services. But what is the best way to leverage the power of outsiders? To help executives answer that... View Details
      Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Framework; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Partners and Partnerships; Social and Collaborative Networks; Strategy
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      Verganti, Roberto, and Gary P. Pisano. "Which Kind of Collaboration Is Right for You?" Harvard Business Review 86, no. 12 (December 2008).
      • August 2008 (Revised May 2009)
      • Case

      Kmart and ESL Investments (A)

      By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah Abbott
      A major bankrupt retailer is poised to emerge from Chapter 11. Two activist hedge funds ("vulture investors") will own over 50% of reorganized Kmart's common stock, based on prior investments in Kmart's debt claims, and an infusion of new equity financing. The Chapter... View Details
      Keywords: Restructuring; Capital Structure; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Investment; Investment Activism; Valuation; Financial Services Industry; Retail Industry; United States
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      Gilson, Stuart C., and Sarah Abbott. "Kmart and ESL Investments (A)." Harvard Business School Case 209-044, August 2008. (Revised May 2009.)
      • July 2008
      • Teaching Note

      Yale University Investments Office: August 2006 (TN)

      By: Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
      Teaching Note for [807073]. View Details
      Keywords: Investment Funds; Strategy; Cost vs Benefits; Resource Allocation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Venture Capital; Assets; Leveraged Buyouts
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      Lerner, Josh, and Ann Leamon. "Yale University Investments Office: August 2006 (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 809-015, July 2008.
      • June 2008 (Revised August 2008)
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      The Suzlon Edge

      By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Juliana Seminerio
      With prices of oil, coal and gas at historically high levels, the wind industry had installed more than 20,000 MW of wind energy, representing a $37 billion investment in 2007. Besides high prices, wind energy represented a solution for consumers seeking an energy... View Details
      Keywords: Family Business; Cost vs Benefits; Renewable Energy; Globalized Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Integration; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Industry; India
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      Vietor, Richard H.K., and Juliana Seminerio. "The Suzlon Edge." Harvard Business School Case 708-051, June 2008. (Revised August 2008.)
      • May 2008
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      Regulation and Bonding: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Flow of International Listings

      By: Suraj Srinivasan and Joseph Piotroski
      In this paper, we examine the economic impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) by analyzing foreign listing behavior onto U.S. and U.K. stock exchanges before and after the enactment of the Act in 2002. Using a sample of all listing events onto U.S. and U.K. exchanges... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Stocks; Government Legislation; Market Transactions; Motivation and Incentives; United Kingdom; United States
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      Srinivasan, Suraj, and Joseph Piotroski. "Regulation and Bonding: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Flow of International Listings." Journal of Accounting Research 46, no. 2 (May 2008).
      • February 2008 (Revised November 2008)
      • Case

      Radical Collaboration: IBM Microelectronics Joint Development Alliances

      By: Willy Shih, Gary Pisano and Andrew A. King
      IBM's "Radical Collaboration" model has been an innovative approach to meeting the challenges of the huge R&D and capital investments that are needed to stay competitive in the global semiconductor industry. This model has required a rethinking of what is proprietary,... View Details
      Keywords: Cost Management; Investment; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Problems and Challenges; Alliances; Networks; Partners and Partnerships; Research and Development; Competitive Advantage; Semiconductor Industry
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      Shih, Willy, Gary Pisano, and Andrew A. King. "Radical Collaboration: IBM Microelectronics Joint Development Alliances." Harvard Business School Case 608-121, February 2008. (Revised November 2008.)
      • November 2007 (Revised February 2011)
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      The Ice King

      By: Tom Nicholas and Sandra Nicholas
      Provides an opportunity to examine the risk-reward tradeoff and the travails of entrepreneurial venturing in the nascent U.S. economy. Traces the origins and development of Frederic Tudor's Ice Company, a business which developed during the 19th century to hack chunks... View Details
      Keywords: Business Startups; Cost vs Benefits; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Business History; Operations; Risk and Uncertainty; United States
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      Nicholas, Tom, and Sandra Nicholas. "The Ice King." Harvard Business School Case 808-094, November 2007. (Revised February 2011.)
      • October 2007 (Revised May 2009)
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      Offering the Right Service in the Right Place: Growing Orthopedics at the Brigham and Women's/Faulkner (BW/F) Hospitals

      By: V.G. Narayanan, Michael G. Wilson and Rachel Gordon
      After the merger of two local hospitals, hospital leaders much decide how to reorganize services to take advantage of newly created efficiencies. Focuses on the Orthopedics department at one of the hospitals. View Details
      Keywords: Cost Accounting; Mergers and Acquisitions; Cost vs Benefits; Service Operations; Organizational Structure; Performance Efficiency; Competitive Advantage; Health Industry
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      Narayanan, V.G., Michael G. Wilson, and Rachel Gordon. "Offering the Right Service in the Right Place: Growing Orthopedics at the Brigham and Women's/Faulkner (BW/F) Hospitals." Harvard Business School Case 108-016, October 2007. (Revised May 2009.)
      • September 2007 (Revised January 2009)
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      Reading Rehabilitation Hospital: Implementing Patient-Focused Care (A) (Abridged)

      By: Roy D. Shapiro
      Reading Rehab Hospital has experimented with a popular concept in health care--patient-focused care--intended to increase quality and reduce costs by organizing care delivery around particular diagnoses or "service lines," rather than around the functions or... View Details
      Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Quality; Cost; Management Practices and Processes; Business Strategy; Service Delivery; Health Industry
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      Shapiro, Roy D. "Reading Rehabilitation Hospital: Implementing Patient-Focused Care (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 608-070, September 2007. (Revised January 2009.)
      • September 2007
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      (Noisy) Communication

      By: Bharat Anand and Ron Shachar
      Communication is central to many settings in marketing and economics. A focal attribute of communication is miscommunication. We model this key characteristic as a noise in the messages communicated, so that the sender of a message is uncertain about its perception by... View Details
      Keywords: Communication Intention and Meaning; Interpersonal Communication; Cost vs Benefits; Marketing Communications; Performance Improvement; Mathematical Methods
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      Anand, Bharat, and Ron Shachar. "(Noisy) Communication." Quantitative Marketing and Economics 5, no. 3 (September 2007): 211–237. (Lead Article.)
      • August 2007 (Revised September 2007)
      • Background Note

      Negotiation Strategy: Pattern Recognition Game

      By: Gregory M. Barron and Michael A. Wheeler
      In negotiation, correctly identifying your counterpart's strategy is vital. Only then can you constructively influence their behavior-or adapt appropriately to what they are doing. This case-and its related computer-based exercise (Negotiation Strategy... View Details
      Keywords: Negotiation; Behavior; Conflict and Resolution; Power and Influence; Strategy; Competition; Cooperation
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      Barron, Gregory M., and Michael A. Wheeler. "Negotiation Strategy: Pattern Recognition Game." Harvard Business School Background Note 908-015, August 2007. (Revised September 2007.)
      • February 2007 (Revised October 2007)
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      BASIX

      By: Shawn A. Cole and Peter Tufano
      BASIX, an Indian microfinance corporation, must decide whether to continue to sell weather insurance to its clients. A brand-new financial product, weather insurance pays if measured rainfall during the growing season falls below a pre-specified limit. Mr. Sattaiah,... View Details
      Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Microfinance; Insurance; Risk Management; Banking Industry; India
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      Cole, Shawn A., and Peter Tufano. "BASIX." Harvard Business School Case 207-099, February 2007. (Revised October 2007.)
      • February 2007 (Revised March 2007)
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      UBS and Climate Change--Warming Up to Global Action?

      By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Forest L. Reinhardt and Elizabeth Raabe
      Marco Suter, Executive Vice-Chairman, UBS Board of Directors, carefully studied the chart on his desk. It showed the public commitment of major financial institutions to help mitigate global warming. Evidently, UBS lagged behind its competitors. The graph was part of a... View Details
      Keywords: Climate Change; Energy Conservation; Cost vs Benefits; Law; Financial Institutions; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Accountability; Financial Services Industry
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      Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Forest L. Reinhardt, and Elizabeth Raabe. "UBS and Climate Change--Warming Up to Global Action?" Harvard Business School Case 707-511, February 2007. (Revised March 2007.)
      • December 2006 (Revised October 2007)
      • Case

      Embrapa

      By: David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman
      Brazil's national agricultural research corporation, Embrapa, has developed an integrated crop and livestock production system that will allow farmers and ranchers to intensify production and improve profitability. Broad adoption of the technology would provide the... View Details
      Keywords: Agribusiness; Policy; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Technology Adoption; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Brazil
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      Bell, David E., and Mary L. Shelman. "Embrapa." Harvard Business School Case 507-019, December 2006. (Revised October 2007.)
      • December 2006
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      Europe vs America: Institutional Hysteresis in a Simple Normative Model

      By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
      We show how the differences in US and European institutions can arise in a normative model. The paper focuses on the labor market and the government's decision to set unemployment benefits in response to an unemployment shock. The government balances insurance... View Details
      Keywords: Optimal Unemployment Benefits; Labor Market Institutions; Hysteresis; Europe; United States
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      Di Tella, Rafael, and Robert MacCulloch. "Europe vs America: Institutional Hysteresis in a Simple Normative Model." Journal of Public Economics 90, no. 12 (December 2006): 2161–86.
      • November 2006
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      The Costs and Benefits of Undoing Egocentric Responsibility Assessments in Groups

      By: E. Caruso, N. Epley and M. H. Bazerman
      Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Groups and Teams
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      Caruso, E., N. Epley, and M. H. Bazerman. "The Costs and Benefits of Undoing Egocentric Responsibility Assessments in Groups." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 91, no. 5 (November 2006): 857–871.
      • October 2006
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      Location Choices across the Value Chain: How Activity and Capability Influence Collocation

      By: Juan Alcacer
      There has been a recent revival of interest in the geographic component of firm strategy. Recent research suggests that two opposing forces—competition costs and agglomeration benefits—determine whether firms collocate in a given geographic market. Unexplored is (1)... View Details
      Keywords: Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Sales; Research and Development; Cost Accounting; Cost Management; Markets; Production; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Distribution; Cost vs Benefits; SWOT Analysis; Telecommunications Industry
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      Alcacer, Juan. "Location Choices across the Value Chain: How Activity and Capability Influence Collocation." Management Science 52, no. 10 (October 2006): 1457–1471.
      • September 2006
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      Stedman Place: Buy or Rent?

      By: Andre F. Perold and David S. Scharfstein
      A couple has to decide whether to continue renting a townhouse or buy the one next door. Allows for a discussion of net present value, internal rate of return, and the costs and benefits of homeownership. View Details
      Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Decisions; Asset Pricing; Investment Return; Housing; Family Ownership; Renting or Rental; Valuation
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      Perold, Andre F., and David S. Scharfstein. "Stedman Place: Buy or Rent?" Harvard Business School Case 207-063, September 2006.
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