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    Christopher T. Stanton

    Christopher Stanton is Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit. Professor Stanton's research streams focus on personnel economics, organizational economics, labor markets, and entrepreneurship. His MBA... View Details

    • August 2006 (Revised October 2012)
    • Case

    Natura: Global Beauty Made in Brazil

    By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho
    Explores the globalization strategies of Natura, Brazil's largest cosmetics company. Founded in 1969, Natura grew using a direct selling model. Led by its three founders, the firm made distinctive use of Brazil's diversity and became characterized by high ethical and... View Details
    Keywords: Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Brazil
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    • June 2024
    • Article

    Information Spillovers in Experience Goods Competition

    By: Zhuoqiong Charlie Chen, Christopher Stanton and Catherine Thomas
    When experience goods compete, consuming one product can be informative about value for similar untried products. We study a two-period model of duopoly competition in markets that have this feature and where firms can price discriminate between consumers based on... View Details
    Keywords: Experience Goods; Competition; Information; Demand and Consumers; Profit; Price
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      Michael L. Tushman

      Michael Tushman holds degrees from Northeastern University (B.S.E.E.), Cornell University (M.S.), and the Sloan School of Management at M.I.T. (Ph.D.). Tushman was on the faculty of the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, from 1976 to 1998 where he was... View Details

      • 01 Feb 2018
      • News

      Ignore environmental, social and governance risks at your peril

      • Research Summary

      Entry deterrence via strategic litigation

      This paper analyzes the use of litigation by incumbents to deter entry by new firms. Specifically, I look at a context where incumbent firms own patents that confer a limited monopoly period in the market. In the US pharmaceutical industry, regulation provides for... View Details
      • October 2019
      • Case

      Kaspi.kz IPO

      By: Victoria Ivashina and Esel Çekin
      This case follows Kaspi.kz, a private equity (Baring Vostok) co-owned retail bank in Central Asia that evolved into a fintech, payments and e-commerce company. It provides insights into private equity financing, portfolio company management, and initial public offering... View Details
      Keywords: Finance; Private Equity; Initial Public Offering; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Central Asia
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      • 2009
      • Working Paper

      Does Competition Favor Delegation?

      By: Christian Alejandro Ruzzier
      This paper studies the consequences of product-market competition on firms' decisions to delegate more or fewer decision-making responsibilities to managers. By simultaneously addressing the choice of both competitive actions and organizational design, the paper makes... View Details
      Keywords: Business or Company Management; Competition; Decision Making
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      • 24 Oct 2016
      • News

      Apple Has Designs on Stifling Innovation

      • August 2024
      • Technical Note

      Measuring Concentrated Ownership

      By: Christina R. Wing, Everett Alexander and Justin Huang
      Firms with strong governance practices exhibit lower control premiums due to reduced risks and more efficient operations. Conversely, poorly governed firms may exhibit higher control premiums as new owners anticipate the need for substantial governance improvements.... View Details
      Keywords: Concentrated Ownership; Ownership; Corporate Governance; Valuation
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      Owner/President Management

      enduring network with OPM peers worldwide Who Should Attend OPM is designed for business owners and founders who meet the following criteria: You (or your family) hold a significant equity stake in the View Details
      • April 2004 (Revised March 2008)
      • Case

      Precise Software

      By: Paul A. Gompers and Sara Bergson
      Yossi Sela, general partner at Gemini Venture capital, considers a new investment in Precise Software. The firm is at a crisis point, and Sela needs to decide whether he will fire the firm's chief executive officer. Conflicts between the American CEO and the Israeli... View Details
      Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment; Resignation and Termination; Crisis Management; Managerial Roles; Conflict and Resolution; Israel; United States
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      • 20 Oct 2009
      • First Look

      First Look: October 20

      Shareholders Using a Geographic Instrument Authors:Bo Becker, Henrik Cronqvist, and Rüdiger Fahlenbrach Abstract Large shareholders may play an important role for firm performance and policies, but identifying this empirically presents a... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 03 Oct 2013
      • HBS Seminar

      Yanbo Wang, Boston University

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      Talent and Ownership on Corporate Boards

      By: Cynthia A. Montgomery

      This research, with co-author Emilie Feldman,  examines the performance of firms whose boards include directors with sizeable ownership stakes and relatively low levels of business experience. In contrast to theories that predict a strong... View Details

      • 30 Oct 2013
      • HBS Seminar

      Ryan McDevitt, Fuqua School of Business at Duke University

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      Energy Strategy

      By: Forest L. Reinhardt
      Forest L. Reinhardt is writing cases and other materials on the strategic problems and opportunitites faced by firms in the energy industry. Significant economies of scale and scope, combined with rapid technological change, present firms in the industry with a... View Details
      • 13 Sep 2013
      • HBS Seminar

      Nirupama Rao, NYC Wagner School of Public Service

      • 13 Sep 2013
      • HBS Seminar

      Nirupama Rao, NYU Wagner School of Public Service

      • 03 Nov 2009
      • First Look

      First Look: Nov. 3

      with our predictions, fragility strongly predicts future price volatility, and co-fragility predicts cross-stock return comovement. Download the paper via SSRN: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1490734  ... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace