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      • 2015
      • Working Paper

      Full Substitutability

      By: John William Hatfield, Scott Duke Kominers, Alexandru Nichifor, Michael Ostrovsky and Alexander Westkamp
      Various forms of substitutability are essential for establishing the existence of equilibria and other useful properties in diverse settings such as matching, auctions, and exchange economies with indivisible goods. We extend earlier models' canonical definitions of... View Details
      Keywords: Market Design; Balance and Stability
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      Hatfield, John William, Scott Duke Kominers, Alexandru Nichifor, Michael Ostrovsky, and Alexander Westkamp. "Full Substitutability." Working Paper, May 2015.
      • April 2015 (Revised October 2024)
      • Case

      The German Export Engine

      By: Gunnar Trumbull, Jonathan Schlefer and Sophus A. Reinert
      In fall of 2018, Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel had logged significant successes. Germany was the largest exporter in the world, had maintained low unemployment through the 2008 financial crisis, and was gradually reforming its welfare state to meet future pension... View Details
      Keywords: Economy; Economic Growth; Success; Leadership; Problems and Challenges; Germany
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      Trumbull, Gunnar, Jonathan Schlefer, and Sophus A. Reinert. "The German Export Engine." Harvard Business School Case 715-045, April 2015. (Revised October 2024.)
      • March 26, 2015
      • Article

      A Wake-Up Call for Tomorrow's Top 1 Percent: Rebuild America's Middle Class

      By: Jan Rivkin and Michael E. Porter
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      Rivkin, Jan, and Michael E. Porter. "A Wake-Up Call for Tomorrow's Top 1 Percent: Rebuild America's Middle Class." Fortune.com (March 26, 2015).
      • March 2015
      • Supplement

      Interview: Iz-Lynn Chan at Far East Organization

      By: Linda A. Hill and Anthony Mayo
      Contains excerpts from an interview with Iz-Lynn Chan, former assistant director of retail business group and service quality and vice president of Far East retail consultancy for Far East Organization, a private real estate developer group in Singapore. Chan discusses... View Details
      Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Retail Industry; Real Estate Industry; Singapore
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      Hill, Linda A., and Anthony Mayo. "Interview: Iz-Lynn Chan at Far East Organization." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 415-708, March 2015.
      • January 2015 (Revised March 2015)
      • Case

      San Francisco, 2015 #tech #inequality

      By: Clayton Rose, Allison Ciechanover and Kunal Modi
      In December 2013 a group of angry protesters blocked one of the commuter buses provided by the large Silicon Valley firms (known as "Google buses") which was stopped in San Francisco on its way to the company's headquarters 40 miles south. The protests were a tangible... View Details
      Keywords: Income Inequality; Economic Inequalty; Technology; Silicon Valley; Income Characteristics; Equality and Inequality; Technology Industry; United States; California; San Francisco
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      Rose, Clayton, Allison Ciechanover, and Kunal Modi. "San Francisco, 2015 #tech #inequality." Harvard Business School Case 315-076, January 2015. (Revised March 2015.)
      • 2014
      • Report

      Bridge the Gap: Rebuilding America's Middle Skills

      By: Joseph B. Fuller, Jennifer Burrowes, Manjari Raman, Dan Restuccia and Alexis Young
      The market for middle-skills jobs—those that require more education and training than a high school diploma but less than a four-year college degree—is consistently failing to clear. That failure is inflicting a grievous cost on the competitiveness of American firms... View Details
      Keywords: Business or Company Management; Human Capital; Education; Competency and Skills; Macroeconomics; United States
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      Fuller, Joseph B., Jennifer Burrowes, Manjari Raman, Dan Restuccia, and Alexis Young. "Bridge the Gap: Rebuilding America's Middle Skills." Report, U.S. Competitiveness Project, Harvard Business School, November 2014. (This report was authored jointly by Accenture, Burning Glass Technologies, and Harvard Business School.)
      • December 2014 (Revised October 2015)
      • Case

      Iz-Lynn Chan at Far East Organization (Abridged)

      By: Linda A. Hill, Anthony J. Mayo and Dana M. Teppert
      This case describes how to champion and implement organizational change from the middle by recounting the experiences of Iz-Lynn Chan at Far East Organization. View Details
      Keywords: Iz-Lynn Chan; Far East Organization; Singapore; Far East Hospitality; Customer Centric Initiative; Hotels; Culture Change; Culture; Standard Operating Procedures; Serviced Residences; Service Quality And Standards Department; Service Operations; Service Delivery; Organizational Culture; Operations; Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Accommodations Industry; Singapore; China
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      Hill, Linda A., Anthony J. Mayo, and Dana M. Teppert. "Iz-Lynn Chan at Far East Organization (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 415-033, December 2014. (Revised October 2015.)
      • December 2014 (Revised January 2015)
      • Supplement

      Vehbi Koç and the Making of Turkey's Largest Business Group (B)

      By: Asli M. Colpan and Geoffrey Jones
      The case builds on the earlier (A) case, which described the origins of the Turkish business group established by Vehbi Koç before 1988. This case takes the story forward to 2012 as the Koç group was led by Vehbi's son Rahmi followed by his grandson Mustafa. It... View Details
      Keywords: Business Groups; Turkey; Entrepreneurship; Management; Manufacturing Industry; Transportation Industry; Auto Industry; Central Asia; Middle East
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      Colpan, Asli M., and Geoffrey Jones. "Vehbi Koç and the Making of Turkey's Largest Business Group (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 815-078, December 2014. (Revised January 2015.)
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      Aztec Castles and the dP3 Quiver

      By: Megan Leoni, Gregg Musiker, Seth Neel and Paxton Turner
      Bipartite, periodic, planar graphs known as brane tilings can be associated to a large class of quivers. This paper will explore new algebraic properties of the well-studied del Pezzo 3 (dP3) quiver and geometric properties of its corresponding brane tiling. In... View Details
      Keywords: Brane Tiling; Del Pezzo 3 Lattice; Dimer Model; Mathematical Methods
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      Leoni, Megan, Gregg Musiker, Seth Neel, and Paxton Turner. "Aztec Castles and the dP3 Quiver." Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 47, no. 47 (November 28, 2014).
      • November 2014
      • Teaching Note

      Marketing Marijuana in Colorado

      By: John A. Quelch
      The case, set in the middle of 2014, reviews the first six months of marketplace activity in Colorado, following the legalization of marijuana for recreational use and the expansion of marijuana retailing from medical dispensaries to recreational stores. The case... View Details
      Keywords: Marketing Innovations; Retail Government Services; Public Health; Agribusiness; Customers; Goods and Commodities; Government and Politics; Health; Marketing; Society; Consumer Products Industry; Distribution Industry; Health Industry; Public Administration Industry; North and Central America
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      Quelch, John A. "Marketing Marijuana in Colorado." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 515-048, November 2014.
      • November 2014 (Revised January 2017)
      • Case

      Micromax: Scaling the Largest Indian Mobile Handset Company

      By: Ranjay Gulati, Rachna Tahilyani and Alicia DeSantola
      It is January 2014 and Rahul Sharma, cofounder of Micromax Informatics (Micromax), the largest Indian mobile handset company, is preparing for an emergency conference call with his private equity investors. In the last six years, Micromax had grown its annual product... View Details
      Keywords: Mobile; Scaling; Indian Software Development; Consumer Behavior; Management Turnover; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Management; E-commerce; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; India
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      Gulati, Ranjay, Rachna Tahilyani, and Alicia DeSantola. "Micromax: Scaling the Largest Indian Mobile Handset Company." Harvard Business School Case 415-034, November 2014. (Revised January 2017.)
      • November 2014 (Revised July 2019)
      • Case

      Cravia: Launching High Growth Ventures in the Middle East

      By: Lynda Applegate and Michael Norris
      Walid Hajj (HBS '95), CEO of Dubai-based restaurant franchising company Cravia considers how best to expand his business in the fast-growing Gulf region. Should he add more American brands, expand to nearby countries, or open more of his current lineup of restaurants? View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship In Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurs; Middle East; Franchise; Food Retail Franchising; Franchise Ownership; Entrepreneurship; Emerging Markets; Expansion; Food and Beverage Industry; United Arab Emirates; Dubai
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      Applegate, Lynda, and Michael Norris. "Cravia: Launching High Growth Ventures in the Middle East." Harvard Business School Case 315-049, November 2014. (Revised July 2019.)
      • 2014
      • Working Paper

      Entrepreneurship and Business Groups: An Evolutionary Perspective on the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey

      By: Asli M. Coplan and Geoffrey Jones
      This working paper examines the origins and development of the Koç Group, which grew to be the largest business group in Turkey. This enterprise was an important actor in the emergence of modern business enterprise in the new state of the Republic of Turkey from the... View Details
      Keywords: Business Groups; Turkey; Entrepreneurship In Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; History; Government and Politics; Auto Industry; Banking Industry; Electronics Industry; Middle East; Europe
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      Coplan, Asli M., and Geoffrey Jones. "Entrepreneurship and Business Groups: An Evolutionary Perspective on the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-035, November 2014.
      • October 2014
      • Teaching Plan

      Havas: Change Faster

      By: Karim Lakhani and Greta Friar
      This teaching plan describes an 80 minute class plan for the case Havas: Change Faster. View Details
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      Lakhani, Karim, and Greta Friar. "Havas: Change Faster." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 615-004, October 2014.
      • October 2014 (Revised April 2015)
      • Teaching Plan

      Victors & Spoils: 'Born Open'

      By: Karim Lakhani and Greta Friar
      This teaching plan provides an 80 minute class plan for the case Victors & Spoils: "Born Open". View Details
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      Lakhani, Karim, and Greta Friar. "Victors & Spoils: 'Born Open'." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 415-020, October 2014. (Revised April 2015.)
      • 2014
      • Report

      An Economy Doing Half Its Job: Findings of Harvard Business School's 2013–14 Survey on U.S. Competitiveness

      By: Michael E. Porter and Jan Rivkin
      In 2013–14, Harvard Business School (HBS) conducted its third alumni survey on U.S. competitiveness. Our report on the findings focuses on a troubling divergence in the American economy: large and midsize firms have rallied strongly from the Great Recession, and highly... View Details
      Keywords: Competition; Economy; Financial Crisis; United States
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      Porter, Michael E., and Jan Rivkin. "An Economy Doing Half Its Job: Findings of Harvard Business School's 2013–14 Survey on U.S. Competitiveness." Report, Harvard Business School, September 2014. (With contributions from Joseph B. Fuller, Allen S. Grossman, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, and Kevin W. Sharer.)
      • 2014
      • Contribution

      Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets: Contextual Intelligence for the Study of Two Thirds of the World's Population

      By: Tarun Khanna
      In this paper, I review the concept of "institutional voids" that provides a way to understand the structure of emerging markets. These voids impede would-be buyers from getting together with would-be sellers, and hence compromise the functioning of markets.... View Details
      Keywords: Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship
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      Khanna, Tarun. "Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets: Contextual Intelligence for the Study of Two Thirds of the World's Population." Contribution to Multidisciplinary Insights from New AIB Fellows. Vol. 16, edited by Jean J. Boddewyn, 221–238. Research in Global Strategic Management. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing, 2014.
      • August 2014 (Revised March 2015)
      • Case

      Molycorp: Issuing the 'Happy Meal' Securities (B)

      By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield
      Molycorp, the Western hemisphere's only producer of rare earth minerals, was in the middle of a $1 billion capital expansion in its effort to become a vertically integrated supplier of rare earth minerals, oxides, and metals. After reporting lower than expected... View Details
      Keywords: Convertible Debt; Uncertainty; Startup; Growth; Rare Earth Minerals; Mining; Hedge Funds; Short Selling; Equity Capital; Capital Structure; Financial Strategy; Valuation; Metals and Minerals; Equity; Capital; Debt Securities; Stock Shares; Financial Management; Mining Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Canada; California
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      Esty, Benjamin C., and E. Scott Mayfield. "Molycorp: Issuing the 'Happy Meal' Securities (B)." Harvard Business School Case 215-014, August 2014. (Revised March 2015.)
      • July 2014 (Revised January 2017)
      • Course Overview Note

      Building Life Science Businesses Spring Term 2017: Course Outline and Syllabus

      By: Richard G. Hamermesh
      This Course Outline and Syllabus gives an overview of the Spring 2016 class Building Life Science Businesses.7 View Details
      Keywords: Healthcare Ventures; Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurs; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Medical Specialties; Health Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Asia; North America; Europe
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      Hamermesh, Richard G. "Building Life Science Businesses Spring Term 2017: Course Outline and Syllabus." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 815-003, July 2014. (Revised January 2017.)
      • 2014
      • Teaching Note

      Fine Harvest Restaurant Group

      By: Clara X. Chen, Kenneth A. Merchant, Tatiana Sandino and Wim Van der Stede
      The Fine Harvest Restaurant Group cases A and B examine a company's design of a new system to evaluate the performance (and determine the bonuses) for its restaurant managers. Fine Harvest had traditionally evaluated restaurant managers based on store margins and had... View Details
      Keywords: Incentive Systems; Relative Performance Evaluation; Restaurant Industry; Accounting; Economics; Human Resources; Measurement and Metrics; Labor; Performance; Salesforce Management; Retail Industry; North and Central America
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      Chen, Clara X., Kenneth A. Merchant, Tatiana Sandino, and Wim Van der Stede. "Fine Harvest Restaurant Group." University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business Teaching Note, 2014.
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