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Creating Firm Disclosures

By: Amir Amel-Zadeh, Alexandra Scherf and Eugene F. Soltes
Managers expend significant time and effort preparing disclosures about firm performance and strategy. Although prior literature has explored how variation in the style and presentation of disclosures impacts investors' perceptions of firms, little is known about how... View Details
Keywords: Disclosure; Earnings Conference Call; Field Study; MD&A; Textual Analysis; Corporate Disclosure
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Amel-Zadeh, Amir, Alexandra Scherf, and Eugene F. Soltes. "Creating Firm Disclosures." Journal of Financial Reporting 4, no. 2 (Fall 2019): 1–31.
  • November 2018
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The National Hockey League

By: Robert F. Higgins, John Masko and James Weber
In 2015, National Hockey League (NHL) commissioner Gary Bettman was weighing two major decisions: whether to expand the league to a new city, and whether to conclude a digital media rights deal with Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM). Expansion required a... View Details
Keywords: NHL Expansion; Digital Media Rights; Sports; Expansion; Media; Decisions; Sports Industry; Canada
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Higgins, Robert F., John Masko, and James Weber. "The National Hockey League." Harvard Business School Case 819-036, November 2018.
  • November 2017 (Revised February 2019)
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Kurt Summers: Investing in Our Chicago (Abridged)

By: Joshua Margolis and Michael Norris
In 2016, Kurt Summers, the Chicago City Treasurer, considered his future in Chicago politics. With an unpopular governor and mayor soon up for reelection, should Summers consider running for higher office? Summers reflects on his time growing up in gang-controlled... View Details
Keywords: Personal Development; Career Journey; Career; Career Management; Leadership; Leadership Development; Government and Politics; Personal Development and Career; Public Administration Industry; United States; Chicago
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Margolis, Joshua, and Michael Norris. "Kurt Summers: Investing in Our Chicago (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 418-034, November 2017. (Revised February 2019.)
  • May 2017
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Street League Skateboarding

By: Robert F. Higgins and Christine Snively
In 2013, Street League Skateboarding, a professional skateboarding league founded in 2010, just concluded its annual Street League World Tour. The growing action-sports property had purchased time on ESPN2 to air its events, and though ESPN was the most-watched sports... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Television Entertainment; Sports; Product Launch; Sports Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States
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Higgins, Robert F., and Christine Snively. "Street League Skateboarding." Harvard Business School Case 817-145, May 2017.
  • May 2015
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Venture Republic, 2011

By: W. Carl Kester and Mayuka Yamazaki
In December 2011, the founders of Venture Republic, a Japanese developer and operator of on-line search engines for shopping and travel, faced a decison about whether or not to take the company private in a management buyout transaction just three years after an... View Details
Keywords: Management Buyout; MBO; Valuation Methodologies; Financing Decisions; Conflicts Of Interest; Governance; Japan; Search Engines; Going Private; Conflict of Interests; Internet and the Web; Valuation; Privatization; Financing and Loans; Corporate Governance; Web Services Industry; Japan
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Kester, W. Carl, and Mayuka Yamazaki. "Venture Republic, 2011." Harvard Business School Case 215-076, May 2015.
  • September 2014 (Revised March 2022)
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Samuel Colt: An American Gun Maker

By: Tom Nicholas and Casey Verkamp
Samuel Colt not only perfected and patented the technology for a gun that could fire multiple times without reloading, but he also developed and applied early principles of mass production more completely than anyone had done before. Until the nineteenth century,... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Product Positioning; Machinery and Machining; Production; Independent Innovation and Invention; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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Nicholas, Tom, and Casey Verkamp. "Samuel Colt: An American Gun Maker." Harvard Business School Case 815-061, September 2014. (Revised March 2022.)
  • 2012
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Wider dem sauren Mund. Beiersdorfs U.S.-Geschaeft mit der Zahnpastamarke Pebeco

By: G. Jones and Christina Lubinski
This article examines the growth and ultimate demise of the toothpaste brand Pebeco, which was created by the German personal care company Beiersdorf in 1903. The brand was an enormous international success, becoming for a time the largest toothpaste brand in the... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development; Market Entry and Exit; Problems and Challenges; Marketing Strategy; Markets; Change; Customers; Social Psychology; Science; Brands and Branding; Competitive Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; United States; Germany
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Jones, G., and Christina Lubinski. "Wider dem sauren Mund. Beiersdorfs U.S.-Geschaeft mit der Zahnpastamarke Pebeco." Hamburger Wirtschafts-Chronik 9 (2012): 141–165.
  • November 2011
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Comfort Class Transport: Does Customer Service Need an Overhaul?

By: Michael J Roberts and Paul E. Morrison
The general manager of a chauffeured limousine transport company is concerned about underperformance at the company's customer service call center. The eight-person call center handles almost all customer interaction including discussing company services with... View Details
Keywords: Capacity Utilization; Supply & Demand; Operations Management; Customer Service; Management; Demand and Consumers; Service Operations; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Performance Capacity; Customer Satisfaction; Transportation Industry
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Roberts, Michael J., and Paul E. Morrison. "Comfort Class Transport: Does Customer Service Need an Overhaul?" Harvard Business School Brief Case 114-374, November 2011.
  • 2008
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On Best-Response Bidding in GSP Auctions

By: Matthew Cary, Aparna Das, Benjamin Edelman, Ioannis Giotis, Kurtis Heimerl, Anna R. Karlin, Claire Mathieu and Michael Schwarz
How should players bid in keyword auctions such as those used by Google, Yahoo! and MSN? We model ad auctions as a dynamic game of incomplete information, so we can study the convergence and robustness properties of various strategies. In particular, we consider... View Details
Keywords: Online Advertising; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Game Theory; Mathematical Methods; Competitive Strategy
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Cary, Matthew, Aparna Das, Benjamin Edelman, Ioannis Giotis, Kurtis Heimerl, Anna R. Karlin, Claire Mathieu, and Michael Schwarz. "On Best-Response Bidding in GSP Auctions." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-056, January 2008.
  • July 2000
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Dawn Riley at America True (C1)

By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty
This version of the (C) case can be taught independently of the (A) and (B) cases. Dawn Riley, CEO/Captain of America True, the first coed syndicate to race for the America's Cup, is based in Auckland, New Zealand, where racing will begin in six weeks. Riley has built... View Details
Keywords: Management Style; Leadership; Groups and Teams; Decision Making; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Gender; Management Teams; Sports; Business Startups; New Zealand; North and Central America
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Hill, Linda A., and Kristin Doughty. "Dawn Riley at America True (C1)." Harvard Business School Case 401-011, July 2000.
  • February 1987 (Revised January 1989)
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SmithKline Consumer Products: The Contac Relaunch

In March 1986, a tamperer contaminated CONTAC Cold Capsules, SmithKline Consumer Product's most popular product. To relaunch CONTAC after withdrawing it from the market, the management team had to present a plan of action to the corporation board. They knew CONTAC's 25... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Crisis Management; Product Launch; Pharmaceutical Industry
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Kosnik, Thomas J. "SmithKline Consumer Products: The Contac Relaunch." Harvard Business School Case 588-046, February 1987. (Revised January 1989.)
  • 15 Apr 2015
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2015 Best 40 Under 40 Professors: Francesca Gino, Harvard Business School

  • 06 Oct 2017
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Making Patients and Doctors Happier — The Potential of Patient-Reported Outcomes

    World Reimagined: The Power of Connection with Dr. Vivek Murthy and Tsedal Neeley

    In this episode, host Gautam Mukunda is joined by President Biden's nominee for Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, and Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and award-winning author, Tsedal Neeley to discuss how humans will thrive in... View Details

      Preparing High-Earning Athletes for their Post-Play LIves

      The average NFL player makes upwards of a million dollars a year. Even rookies are guaranteed a minimum of $325,000, which is seven times the average starting salary of a college grad. It’s a lot of money, but with the career of an NFL player averaging just... View Details

        Wall Street Research: Past, Present, and Future

        Wall Street Research: Past, Present, and Future provides a timely account of the dramatic evolution of Wall Street research, examining its rise, fall, and reemergence. Despite regulatory, technological, and global forces that have transformed equity... View Details
        • 2024
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        The Seeds of Ideology: Historical Immigration and Political Preferences in the United States

        By: Paola Giuliano and Marco Tabellini
        We study the long run effects of immigration on American political ideology. Exploiting cross-county variation in the presence of European immigrants between 1900 and 1930, we establish a novel result: historical European immigration is associated with stronger... View Details
        Keywords: Political Ideology; Preferences For Redistribution; Cultural Transmission; Immigration; History; Values and Beliefs; Welfare; United States
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        Giuliano, Paola, and Marco Tabellini. "The Seeds of Ideology: Historical Immigration and Political Preferences in the United States." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-118, May 2020. (Revised July 2024. Conditionally accepted at the Journal of the European Economic Association. Available also from VOX, UCLA Anderson Review, Weekendavisen, Cato Institute, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), World Financial Review, and Newsweek.)
        • 09 Jun 2022
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        The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back

        career exploration. You may come into HBS wanting to pursue something specific, but this is the time to test uncharted waters and learn from all your peers who have worked in diverse fields! What is your favorite memory of your View Details
        • 13 Mar 2023
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        What Would It Take to Unlock Microfinance's Full Potential?

        timing of repayment obligations. The standard microfinance contract has very little discretion in terms of when you repay your loan, so Natalia and her collaborators did one of the earliest studies to look at what happens if we relax that... View Details
        Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint; Financial Services
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