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      • 2000
      • Working Paper

      Resources, Power and Prestige: Formulation of Structural Inequality in Social Exchange Networks

      By: Bharat Anand and M.J. Piskorski
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      Anand, Bharat, and M.J. Piskorski. "Resources, Power and Prestige: Formulation of Structural Inequality in Social Exchange Networks." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 00-070, January 2000. (Formerly Titled: Why Are Networks Important.)
      • December 1999 (Revised November 2001)
      • Background Note

      Note on Private Equity Securities, A

      By: G. Felda Hardymon and Josh Lerner
      Provides an overview of the primary securities used in private equity, their structures, and the economic motivation behind their designs. View Details
      Keywords: Design; Private Equity; Debt Securities; Industry Structures; Motivation and Incentives
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      Hardymon, G. Felda, and Josh Lerner. "Note on Private Equity Securities, A." Harvard Business School Background Note 200-027, December 1999. (Revised November 2001.)
      • November 1999
      • Case

      Long-Term Capital Management, L.P. (A)

      By: Andre F. Perold
      Long-Term Capital Management, L.P. (LTCM) was in the business of engaging in trading strategies to exploit market pricing discrepancies. Because the firm employed strategies designed to make money over long horizons--from six months to two years or more--it adopted a... View Details
      Keywords: Fluctuation; Capital; Financial Liquidity; Financing and Loans; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Management; Risk Management; Marketing; Motivation and Incentives; Financial Services Industry
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      Perold, Andre F. "Long-Term Capital Management, L.P. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 200-007, November 1999.
      • November 1999
      • Case

      Long-Term Capital Management, L.P. (C)

      By: Andre F. Perold
      Long-Term Capital Management, L.P. (LTCM) was in the business of engaging in trading strategies to exploit market pricing discrepancies. Because the firm employed strategies designed to make money over long horizons--from six months to two years or more--it adopted a... View Details
      Keywords: Fluctuation; Capital; Financial Liquidity; Financing and Loans; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Management; Risk Management; Markets; Motivation and Incentives; Financial Services Industry
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      Perold, Andre F. "Long-Term Capital Management, L.P. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 200-009, November 1999.
      • April 1999
      • Case

      French Pension System, The: On The Verge Of Retirement? (Abridged)

      By: David A. Moss
      Surveys the French pension system, its particular institutional characteristics, and some of the critical challenges and opportunities facing French reformers. Like almost every other industrialized country, France has a large pay-as-you-go public pension system that... View Details
      Keywords: Retirement; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Economic Growth; Economics; Capital Markets; Wages; Public Administration Industry; France
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      Moss, David A. "French Pension System, The: On The Verge Of Retirement? (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 799-143, April 1999.
      • January 1999 (Revised March 2004)
      • Case

      AMB Consolidation, The

      By: William J. Poorvu and Daniel J. Rudd
      Anne Shea, assistant vice president at the Curators' Fund (The Fund), is responsible for investing roughly $80 million in real-estate assets. Less than three years ago, Anne invested $40 million into a commingled fund run by AMB Institutional Realty Advisors, Inc., a... View Details
      Keywords: Private Ownership; Conflict of Interests; Industry Structures; Property; Investment; Public Ownership; Real Estate Industry
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      Poorvu, William J., and Daniel J. Rudd. "AMB Consolidation, The." Harvard Business School Case 899-144, January 1999. (Revised March 2004.)
      • 1999
      • Article

      Effects of Instructional Style on Problem-Solving Creativity

      By: A. M. Ruscio and T. M. Amabile
      This study sought to determine the impact of 2 differing instructional approaches on creative problem-solving performance. Eighty-two college students completed a novel structure-building task after receiving algorithmic instruction (providing a rote, step-by-step... View Details
      Keywords: Training; Creativity; Cognition and Thinking; Performance; Learning
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      Ruscio, A. M., and T. M. Amabile. "Effects of Instructional Style on Problem-Solving Creativity." Creativity Research Journal 12, no. 4 (1999): 251–266.
      • December 1998 (Revised May 1999)
      • Case

      Specialty Medical Chemicals

      By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Lucinda Doran
      A new general manager is supposed to rekindle growth. Seven months later, he questions the abilities of his direct reports. An organizational psychologist is brought in to assess his people. The general manager now has to decide who to keep and how to structure his... View Details
      Keywords: Decisions; Employees; Leadership Development; Management Teams; Organizational Structure; Cognition and Thinking
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      Hamermesh, Richard G., and Lucinda Doran. "Specialty Medical Chemicals." Harvard Business School Case 399-094, December 1998. (Revised May 1999.)
      • 1998
      • Book

      The Multinational Traders

      By: Geoffrey Jones
      This book examines the history and theory of multinational trading companies. The essays in this volume demonstrate the importance of trading companies in trade and investment flows in the world economy from the nineteenth century to the present day. The empirical... View Details
      Keywords: Company History; Trade; Globalization; Books; Organizational Structure; Perspective; Diversification; Theory; Asia; Europe; United States
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      Jones, Geoffrey, ed. The Multinational Traders. Routledge International Studies in Business History. London: Routledge, 1998.
      • August 1998 (Revised October 1998)
      • Case

      Disney's "The Lion King" (A): The $2 Billion Movie

      By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
      In 1994, just 10 years after its filmed entertainment division lost $33 million, Disney's animated creation "The Lion King" became the second highest grossing film ever. In addition to drawing $740 million in worldwide box office sales, its merchandise sales exceeded... View Details
      Keywords: Value Creation; Marketing Strategy; Expansion; Creativity; Film Entertainment; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Product Development; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Retail Industry
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      Rayport, Jeffrey F., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Cate Reavis. Disney's "The Lion King" (A): The $2 Billion Movie. Harvard Business School Case 899-041, August 1998. (Revised October 1998.)
      • August 1998 (Revised October 1998)
      • Case

      Disney's "The Lion King" (B): The Synergy Group

      By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
      In the late 1980s, Disney CEO Michael Eisner introduced a synergy group to the company's organizational structure. The synergy group was responsible for keeping all of Disney's divisions informed and updated on company projects and marketing strategies. View Details
      Keywords: Entertainment; Creativity; Value; Organizational Structure; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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      Rayport, Jeffrey F., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Cate Reavis. Disney's "The Lion King" (B): The Synergy Group. Harvard Business School Case 899-042, August 1998. (Revised October 1998.)
      • 1998
      • Chapter

      Sticky Ties and Bad Attitudes: Relational and Individual Bases of Resistance to Changes in Organizational Structure

      By: K. L. Valley and T. A. Thompson
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Attitudes; Prejudice and Bias; Motivation and Incentives; Relationships
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      Valley, K. L., and T. A. Thompson. "Sticky Ties and Bad Attitudes: Relational and Individual Bases of Resistance to Changes in Organizational Structure." In Power and Influence in Organizations, edited by R. M. Kramer and M. A. Neale, 39–66. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 1998.
      • May 1998 (Revised May 2001)
      • Case

      Merchandising at Nine West Retail Stores

      By: Ananth Raman and Colin S Welch
      Describes the merchandising decision process (organization, structure, and incentives) at Nine West retail stores, a large footwear retailer in the United States. Also describes changes currently occurring at Nine West and thus provides a context in which students can... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Structure; Situation or Environment; Motivation and Incentives; Decision Making; Change; Budgets and Budgeting; Forecasting and Prediction; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Retail Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States
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      Raman, Ananth, and Colin S Welch. "Merchandising at Nine West Retail Stores." Harvard Business School Case 698-098, May 1998. (Revised May 2001.)
      • May 1998
      • Article

      Assessing Long-Term Promotional Influences on Market Structure

      By: Carl Mela, Sunil Gupta and Kamel Jedidi
      Keywords: Power and Influence; Markets; Product Marketing
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      Mela, Carl, Sunil Gupta, and Kamel Jedidi. "Assessing Long-Term Promotional Influences on Market Structure." Lead Article. International Journal of Research in Marketing 15, no. 2 (May 1998): 89–108. (Winner of International Journal of Research in Marketing. Best Paper Award​.)
      • 1998
      • Working Paper

      Some Evidence on the Optimal Welfare State Based on Subjective Data

      By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
      It is often difficult to evaluate all the costs and benefits of the welfare state. This paper suggests an alternative approach based on surveys of citizen satisfaction with welfare programs. In the first part of the paper we estimate the level of unemployment benefits... View Details
      Keywords: Personal Characteristics; Employment; Surveys; Programs; Government and Politics; Age; Income; Residency; Welfare; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Cost vs Benefits; Satisfaction; United Kingdom
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      Di Tella, Rafael, and Robert MacCulloch. "Some Evidence on the Optimal Welfare State Based on Subjective Data." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 98-092, March 1998.
      • January 1998 (Revised February 1998)
      • Case

      Sideco Americana S.A. (A)

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Harold F. Hogan Jr
      This case focuses on a decision the Sideco management team faces when customers of its newly acquired and privatized water and sewer company neglect to pay its bills. Describes the effort to transform an old-style Argentine construction and engineering company into a... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Transformation; Business or Company Management; Values and Beliefs; Argentina
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      Paine, Lynn S., and Harold F. Hogan Jr. "Sideco Americana S.A. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 398-081, January 1998. (Revised February 1998.)
      • November 1997
      • Case

      National Pork Producers Council

      By: Ray A. Goldberg and Tom Clay
      Al Tank, CEO of the National Pork Products Council, is facing an environmental and structural crisis in the U.S. pork industry. Can he resolve the environmental and image problems of his industry in time? Can he receive the support of both his growers and the... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Situation or Environment; Crisis Management; Environmental Sustainability; Business and Community Relations; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Industry Structures; Reputation; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States
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      Goldberg, Ray A., and Tom Clay. "National Pork Producers Council." Harvard Business School Case 598-053, November 1997.
      • September 1997 (Revised October 1997)
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      French Pension System, The: On the Verge of Retirement?

      By: David A. Moss, Anne Dias and Bertrand O. Stephann
      Surveys the French pension system, its particular institutional characteristics, and some of the critical challenges and opportunities facing French reformers. Like almost every other industrialized country, France has a large pay-as-you-go public pension system that... View Details
      Keywords: Retirement; Compensation and Benefits; Capital Markets; Economic Growth; Labor; Problems and Challenges; Opportunities; Welfare; Investment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Public Administration Industry; France
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      Moss, David A., Anne Dias, and Bertrand O. Stephann. "French Pension System, The: On the Verge of Retirement?" Harvard Business School Case 798-032, September 1997. (Revised October 1997.)
      • 1997
      • Chapter

      Winners and Losers--Industry Structure in the Converging World of Telecommunications, Computing, and Entertainment

      By: D. J. Collis, P. W. Bane and S. P. Bradley
      Keywords: Supply and Industry; Communication; Information Technology; Entertainment; Competition; Conflict and Resolution; Telecommunications Industry; Information Technology Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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      Collis, D. J., P. W. Bane, and S. P. Bradley. "Winners and Losers--Industry Structure in the Converging World of Telecommunications, Computing, and Entertainment." In Competing in the Age of Digital Convergence, edited by D. B. Yoffie. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1997.
      • December 1995
      • Article

      Social Structure and Alliance Formation Patterns: A Longitudinal Analysis

      By: Ranjay Gulati
      Keywords: Alliances; Society; Theory
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      Gulati, Ranjay. "Social Structure and Alliance Formation Patterns: A Longitudinal Analysis." Administrative Science Quarterly 40, no. 4 (December 1995): 619–652. (This paper was part of my dissertation, which received the Free Press Best Dissertation Award at the Academy of Management in 1994.)
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