Publications

September 2010
Case

Angie's List

Angie's List is a paid subscription-based service that gives consumers online access to member-submitted reviews of plumbers, electricians, and other home service providers. Customer and revenue growth are strong, but customer acquisition costs are high and the company... View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Price; Competitive Advantage; Product Launch; Service Industry; United States

04 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

anyway. On the contrary, citizens registered due to the visits became more interested in and knowledgeable about the elections as a result of being able to participate in them, and 93% voted at least once in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Adjusting the Fit for Government

The role of government in Africa must be to establish an "investor friendly" environment, according to Obiageli Ezekwesili, a panelist at the Africa Business Conference's debate on "Government... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

29 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 29, 2007

change in the organization? Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807149 Habitat for Humanity—Egypt Harvard Business School Case 307-001 Habitat for Humanity—Egypt (HFHE), has grown in just seven years to become View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 15, 2008

that, at the aggregate level, is similar to the one sector neoclassical growth model, while, at the disaggregate level, has implications for the path of observable measures of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Dec 2008
What Do You Think?

Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?

books, by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, maintains that too much economic theory, formed by "Econs," is based on the behavior of homo economicus (economic man, someone with the knowledge and... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

Web

2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

success and seeking perfection in our professional and personal lives, and we have all paid its price in some form—and impose costs on others. Most of us are "OK to not be OK"... View Details

18 Dec 2012
First Look

First Look: December 18

puts the increasingly complex job of Chief Executive in a very real context. It serves as a practical guide by allowing you to walk alongside Jim as he takes on his new role and all its attendant challenges.... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

23 Sep 2014
First Look

First Look: September 23

double-digit drop in stock price overnight. Questions were raised on the company's strategies pursued to meet such targets and on the validity of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017

forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics The Effects of Media Slant on Firm Behavior By: Baloria, Vishal P., and Jonas Heese Abstract—The media can impose reputational costs... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

and regulation of insurance markets, including the interaction between consumer choice difficulties or biases and adverse selection. We then document evidence on consumer mistakes in health-care utilization... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2002
Case

Price-Fixing Vignettes

By: Guhan Subramanian and Michelle Kalka

This case escribes the antitrust prosecutions in the United States and abroad of the international bulk vitamins cartel. Both the civil and criminal fines were historically high, and it was the first time the United States prosecuted foreign nationals for U.S. criminal... View Details

Keywords: Price; Lawsuits and Litigation; Governance Compliance; Auctions; Laws and Statutes; Monopoly; Globalized Markets and Industries; Retail Industry; Health Industry; United States

30 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 30, 2007

to evaluate the link between dismissal costs and productivity. Drawing on establishment-level data from the Annual Survey of Manufacturers and the Longitudinal Business Database, our estimates suggest that... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 3

goal of residency training. The Confederacy of Heterogeneous Software Organizations and Heterogeneous Developers: Field Experimental Evidence on Sorting and Worker Effort... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

26 Apr 2016
First Look

April 26

Harm By: Minor, Dylan Abstract—We explore the relationship between managerial incentives and environmental harm. We find that high-powered executive compensation packages can increase the odds of environmental View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

September 2002 (Revised May 2003)
Case

X-IT and Kidde (A)

By: Constance E. Bagley and David Lane

Involves a start-up, X-IT Products LLC, whose founders had designed an innovative, lightweight, and easy-to-use--yet strong--escape ladder. After X-IT had filed a patent application for the ladder in the United States, X-IT was approached by Kidde PLC, one of the... View Details

Keywords: Patents; Negotiation Process; Agreements and Arrangements; Ethics; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business Startups; Consumer Products Industry

August 2024 (Revised November 2024)
Case

Mercado Bitcoin: M&A, IPO, or Series B?

By: Raymond Kluender, Emanuele Colonnelli, Sabrina T. Howell and Karina Souza

In April 2021, Brazilian cryptocurrency platform Mercado Bitcoin had to decide how to scale: go public, M&A with a bank, or take a VC big check. In a highly volatile market, Roberto Dagnoni, chairman of the board, viewed the unprecedent crypto momentum as a window of... View Details