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- August 2016
- Teaching Note
Augustine Heard & Co.: Building a Family Business in the China Trade (A) and (B)
By: William C. Kirby and Joycelyn W. Eby
Teaching Note for cases 316-185 and 316-186. View Details
- August 1987
- Supplement
Semiconductor Industry Association and the Trade Dispute with Japan, The: Digital Equipment Corp. Profile, Supplement
By: David B. Yoffie
Yoffie, David B. "Semiconductor Industry Association and the Trade Dispute with Japan, The: Digital Equipment Corp. Profile, Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 388-013, August 1987.
- June 1987
- Supplement
The Semiconductor Industry Association and the Trade Dispute with Japan: Advanced Micro Devices Profile, Supplement
By: David B. Yoffie and John J. Coleman
Yoffie, David B., and John J. Coleman. "The Semiconductor Industry Association and the Trade Dispute with Japan: Advanced Micro Devices Profile, Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 387-193, June 1987.
- 2024
- Working Paper
The Retail Habitat
By: Toomas Laarits and Marco Sammon
Retail investors trade hard-to-value stocks. Controlling for size, stocks with a high share of retail-initiated trades are composed of more intangible capital, have longer duration cash-flows and a higher likelihood of being mispriced. Consistent with retail-heavy... View Details
Keywords: Retail; Retail Trade; Intangible Capital; Mispricing; Investment; Valuation; Business Earnings
Laarits, Toomas, and Marco Sammon. "The Retail Habitat." Working Paper, October 2024.
- 2009
- Other Unpublished Work
The Flattening Firm and Product Market Competition: The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Corporate Hierarchies
By: Maria Guadalupe and Julie Wulf
This paper establishes a causal effect of product market competition on various characteristics of organizational design. Using a unique panel-dataset on firm hierarchies of large U.S. firms (1986-1999) and a quasi-natural experiment (trade liberalization), we find... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy
Guadalupe, Maria, and Julie Wulf. "The Flattening Firm and Product Market Competition: The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Corporate Hierarchies." December 2009.
- August 1987 (Revised October 1987)
- Supplement
Semiconductor Industry Association and the Trade Dispute with Japan, The: National Semiconductor Profile, Supplement
By: David B. Yoffie
Yoffie, David B. "Semiconductor Industry Association and the Trade Dispute with Japan, The: National Semiconductor Profile, Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 388-021, August 1987. (Revised October 1987.)
- June 1987 (Revised February 1989)
- Supplement
Semiconductor Industry Association and the Trade Dispute with Japan, The: Harris Corp. Profile, Supplement
By: David B. Yoffie and John J. Coleman
Yoffie, David B., and John J. Coleman. "Semiconductor Industry Association and the Trade Dispute with Japan, The: Harris Corp. Profile, Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 387-194, June 1987. (Revised February 1989.)
- October 2010
- Journal Article
The Flattening Firm and Product Market Competition: The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Corporate Hierarchies
By: Maria Guadalupe and Julie Wulf
This paper establishes a causal effect of product market competition on various characteristics of organizational design. Using a unique panel-dataset on firm hierarchies of large U.S. firms (1986-1999) and a quasi-natural experiment (trade liberalization), we find... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Product; Markets; Competition; Organizational Design; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Rank and Position; Organizational Structure; Decision Choices and Conditions; Change; Trade; United States
Guadalupe, Maria, and Julie Wulf. "The Flattening Firm and Product Market Competition: The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Corporate Hierarchies." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 2, no. 4 (October 2010).
- December 2014
- Case
Louis Dreyfus Commodities
By: David E. Bell
Louis Dreyfus Commodities (LDC or Dreyfus) is the D of the ABCD grain-trading giants. The case describes how their business works and details the strategy by which management turned the company around in recent years. The case presents a number of issues facing the... View Details
Keywords: Commodities; Commodity Trading; Agriculture; Agribusiness; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Goods and Commodities; Financial Markets; Business Strategy; Product Marketing
Bell, David E. "Louis Dreyfus Commodities." Harvard Business School Case 515-065, December 2014.
- December 2013 (Revised March 2014)
- Case
Beidahuang
By: Ray A. Goldberg and David Lane
Beidahuang is a major new Chinese player in global grain trading that in 2013 is seeking access to grain both to help assure China's food security and in pursuit of its own commercial goals. Focusing on potential trade in Brazilian soybeans, the case asks students to... View Details
Keywords: China; Brazil; International Trade; Grain; Soybeans; Agribusiness; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Globalized Markets and Industries; Cooperation; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; China; Brazil
Goldberg, Ray A., and David Lane. "Beidahuang." Harvard Business School Case 914-412, December 2013. (Revised March 2014.)
- 18 Jan 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
The Ties that Bind: Railroad Gauge Standards, Collusion, and Internal Trade in the 19th Century US
- 2018
- Working Paper
Ethical Hedonism? The Diffusion of Fair Trade and Ecological Certifications to Luxury, Lifestyle and Illicit Goods.
By: Kristin Sippl
Book project exploring ethical consumption options in four understudied lifestyle sectors: jewelry, cannabis, pets and plastics. View Details
- December 2016 (Revised November 2024)
- Case
Rajat Gupta
By: Paul Healy and Eugene Soltes
Rajat Gupta, former managing director of McKinsey & Company; a director of Goldman Sachs, Procter & Gamble, and AMR; and a well-known philanthropist, was convicted of engaging in insider trading. The case explores Gupta’s rise and the later legal problems he faced. View Details
Healy, Paul, and Eugene Soltes. "Rajat Gupta." Harvard Business School Case 117-004, December 2016. (Revised November 2024.)
- August 1984 (Revised June 1985)
- Teaching Note
Federal Trade Commission and the Shared Monopoly Case against the Ready-to-Eat Cereal Manufacturers, Teaching Note
- 24 Jun 2015 - 27 Jun 2015
- Conference Presentation
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and State-Building: Trade Associations, Antitrust Reform, and the Administrative State, 1912-1925
By: Laura Phillips Sawyer
Phillips Sawyer, Laura. "The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and State-Building: Trade Associations, Antitrust Reform, and the Administrative State, 1912-1925." Paper presented at the Business History Conference Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, June 24–27, 2015.
- February 1988 (Revised May 1998)
- Teaching Note
Semiconductor Industry Association and the Trade Dispute with Japan, The, (A), (B), (C), and Supplements, TN
By: David B. Yoffie
- June 1987
- Supplement
Semiconductor Industry Association and the Trade Dispute with Japan, The: Chart of Arguments/SIA's Section 301, Supplement
By: David B. Yoffie and John J. Coleman
Yoffie, David B., and John J. Coleman. "Semiconductor Industry Association and the Trade Dispute with Japan, The: Chart of Arguments/SIA's Section 301, Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 387-206, June 1987.
- April 2018 (Revised July 2018)
- Case
Maersk: Betting on Blockchain
By: Rajiv Lal and Scott Johnson
In March 2018, international shipping giant Maersk is getting ready to debut a trade digitization platform. Maersk hopes the platform will help streamline global trade since shipping goods internationally is an extraordinarily complicated and inefficient process.... View Details
Keywords: Maersk; IBM; Blockchain; Shipping; Shipping Line; Trade; Bitcoin; Digitization; Container Shipping; Joint Ventures; Ship Transportation; Transportation Networks; Digital Platforms; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Applications and Software; Shipping Industry; Technology Industry
Lal, Rajiv, and Scott Johnson. "Maersk: Betting on Blockchain." Harvard Business School Case 518-089, April 2018. (Revised July 2018.)
- 2025
- Working Paper
Pulp Friction: The Value of Quantity Contracts in Decentralized Markets
By: Olivier Darmouni, Simon Essig Aberg and Juha Tolvanen
Firms in decentralized markets often trade using quantity contracts, agreements that specify quantity prior to the point of sale. These contracts are valuable because they provide quantity assurance, as trading frictions could prevent a buyer and seller from matching... View Details
Keywords: Decentralized Markets; Trading Frictions; Market Structure; Transaction Costs; Contracts; Market Transactions; Pulp and Paper Industry
Darmouni, Olivier, Simon Essig Aberg, and Juha Tolvanen. "Pulp Friction: The Value of Quantity Contracts in Decentralized Markets." Working Paper, May 2025.
- April 2014
- Case
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.: Taking on Seasonal Starvation in Latin America
By: Christopher Marquis and Zoe Yang
A company with a strong commitment toward corporate social responsibility since its founding days, Green Mountain faced an ethical decision point in 2007 as new information from the field uncovered a chronic dire problem facing coffee communities—seasonal starvation.... View Details
Keywords: Fair Trade; Coffee; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Food and Beverage Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Latin America; Central America; Mexico; Guatemala; Nicaragua
Marquis, Christopher, and Zoe Yang. "Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.: Taking on Seasonal Starvation in Latin America." Harvard Business School Case 414-065, April 2014.