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  • July 2023
  • Teaching Note

Belden and Digital Transformation: From Product Sales to Solutions Sales

By: Frank V. Cespedes
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 823-002. Belden manufactures devices such as switches, cables, adapters, and connectors. Faced with market changes, the firm initiated a new Enhanced Solutions Delivery (ESD) initiative. In November 2022 executives are evaluating the... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Digital Transformation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Sales; Marketing Channels; Manufacturing Industry
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  • 22 Jun 2007
  • Working Paper Summaries

Proprietary vs. Open Two-Sided Platforms and Social Efficiency

Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu; Video Game; Web Services

    Fiscal Risk and the Portfolio of Government Programs

    This paper proposes a new approach to social cost-benefit analysis using a model in which a benevolent government chooses risky projects in the presence of market failures and tax distortions.  The government internalizes market failures and therefore perceives project... View Details
    • November 2002 (Revised March 2006)
    • Case

    Inequality and the "American Model"

    By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
    Official data that suggest economic inequality has been mounting in the United States on various dimensions since 1979. Many causes of such inequality have been postulated: technological change, globalization, demographic factors, and changes in public policy (notably... View Details
    Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Wealth and Poverty; Corporate Governance; Social Issues; Government Administration; United States
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    • February 2021 (Revised March 2021)
    • Case

    AptDeco: Circular Economy Furniture Marketplace

    By: Ayelet Israeli and Jamie Merkrebs
    AptDeco, a used furniture marketplace, was growing rapidly in the tri-state area. The co-founders were confident that the business model, financial position, and unit economics positioned AptDeco for scaling in the massive $120 billion furniture market, despite its... View Details
    Keywords: E-Commerce Strategy; Mobile; Word-of-Mouth; Word-of-mouth Marketing; Word Of Mouth; Internet Marketing; Growth Strategy; Platform; Platforms; Two Sided Markets; Two-sided Market; Two-sided Marketplace; Two-Sided Markets; Two-sided Network; Black Entrepreneurs; Black Leadership; African Americans; Circular; Peer-to-peer Markets; Furniture Industry; Furniture; Growth Hacking; Monetization Strategy; African-American Protagonist; Growth Management; Marketing Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Digital Platforms; Marketing Channels; Digital Marketing; Consumer Behavior; Acquisition; Growth and Development Strategy; Customer Focus and Relationships; E-commerce; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Technology Industry; Web Services Industry; United States; North America; New York (city, NY); New York (state, US)
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    • October 2022
    • Article

    Sovereign Risk, Currency Risk, and Corporate Balance Sheets

    By: Wenxin Du and Jesse Schreger
    We provide a comprehensive account of the evolution of the currency composition of sovereign and corporate external borrowing by emerging markets from 2003 to 2017. We show that a higher reliance on foreign currency debt by the corporate sector is associated with... View Details
    Keywords: Currency; International Finance
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    • 06 Sep 2016
    • News

    Connecting Past and Present

    Family health was the impetus for Stanley Diamond (MBA 1958), founder of one of the world’s largest genealogy resources. “My family carries the beta thalassemia genetic trait,” a blood disorder. When my nephew was diagnosed, and we then... View Details
    • 09 Nov 2022
    • In Practice

    COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?

    The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details
    Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost
    • March 2016
    • Teaching Note

    Advanced Leadership Pathways: Laurent Adamowicz and Bon'App

    By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Tessa Natanay Hamilton and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
    After a successful career as Chairman and CEO of Paris-based luxury food company, Fauchon, Laurent Adamowicz sought to provide a solution to a large scale complex problem. Ultimately, Adamowicz created a mobile application to provide consumers with more accessible and... View Details
    Keywords: Leadership; Change Management; Social Entrepreneurship; Nutrition; Business and Community Relations
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    • February 2025
    • Case

    Abiomed: Clinical Trials and Tribulations

    By: Satish Tadikonda, Faith Robertson and William Marks
    After receiving 510(k) clearance for the Impella 2.5 device, Abiomed had proceeded to conduct a premarket approval (PMA) process as well to prove clinical superiority, earn greater protection, and extend commercial runway. However, in the middle of the clinical trial... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Disclosure; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Health Testing and Trials; Product Launch; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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    • 13 Jul 2016
    • HBS Case

    How Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy Attracted Their First 1,000 Customers

    quality service and then do the marketing for you,” says Teixeira. Etsy also pursued a decidedly non-scalable strategy in finding the right eggs with which to launch its business. The platform, which serves... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail; Service; Transportation
    • 2018
    • Book

    A Crisis of Beliefs: Investor Psychology and Financial Fragility

    By: Nicola Gennaioli and Andrei Shleifer
    The collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 caught markets and regulators by surprise. Although the government rushed to rescue other financial institutions from a similar fate after Lehman, it could not prevent the deepest recession in postwar history. A... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Fragility; Economic Risk; Investor Behavior; Behavioral Economics; Financial Crisis; Risk and Uncertainty; Financial Markets; Investment; Values and Beliefs; United States
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    • Research Summary

    Foreign Direct Investment, Finance, and Economic Development

    Research has sought to understand how foreign direct investment affects host economies. This paper reviews the empirical literature, specifically addressing the question: How does FDI affect economic development of host countries and what is the role of local financial... View Details
    Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Economic Development; Multinational Corporation; Finance
    • Web

    Data - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    reveals the share of industries serving a local market versus those competing with other regions; clusters of industries with particular local strength; and an area's performance in terms of employment,... View Details
    • November 2015
    • Article

    Multi-Sided Platforms

    By: Andrei Hagiu and Julian Wright
    We study the economic tradeoffs that drive organizations to position themselves closer to or further away from a multi-sided platform (MSP) business model, relative to three traditional alternatives: vertically integrated firms, resellers or input suppliers. These... View Details
    Keywords: Two Sided Markets; Reseller; Multi-Sided Platforms; Vertical Integration
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    • Web

    Creating Shared Value - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    of capitalism with the full potential to meet social needs. The Solution: Creating Shared Value The next transformation of business thinking lies in the principle of shared value: creating economic value in a way that also creates value for View Details
    • 31 Oct 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Beyond the 'Business Case' in DEI: 6 Steps Toward Meaningful Change

    Williams, a visiting fellow at Harvard Business School’s Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS). And perhaps even worse, DEI efforts based on the business case usually fail to address... View Details
    Keywords: by Katherine Hutt Scott and Barbara DeLollis
    • March 2011
    • Article

    Do Sell-Side Stock Analysts Exhibit Escalation of Commitment?

    By: John Beshears and Katherine L. Milkman
    This paper presents evidence that when an analyst makes an out-of-consensus forecast of a company's quarterly earnings that turns out to be incorrect, she escalates her commitment to maintaining an out-of-consensus view on the company. Relative to an analyst who was... View Details
    Keywords: Escalation Of Commitment; Stock Market; Updating; Behavioral Economics; Motivation and Incentives; Behavior; Consumer Behavior; Financial Markets; Forecasting and Prediction
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    • 01 Sep 2009
    • News

    Professor, Historian, and Storyteller

    some of the big inflection points and in particular, some of the events that did so much to define the story of American business: the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869, the crash of the stock View Details
    Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services
    • March 2014
    • Teaching Note

    Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.: Safety, Environment and Health

    By: John A. Quelch
    In January 2014, Gary Bald, senior vice president of Safety, Environment and Health at Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines (RCL), prepared for a review meeting with the company's chief executive, Adam Goldstein, and chairman, Richard Fain. Prior to joining RCL in 2006, Bald... View Details
    Keywords: Health Care; Public Health; Cruising; Cruise Lines; Royal Caribbean; Safety; Security; Biodefense; Epidemic; Norovirus; Fire Safety; Crew; Environmental Protection; Innovation; Ship Design; Vacation; Recreation
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