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Identity Change and Complexity

People in today's world have unprecedented access to different cultures and experiences, enabling them to develop identities that are highly complex and relatively dynamic. In order for people to effectively communicate with, collaborate with, and contribute to others... View Details
  • December 2020
  • Article

Taking Innovation to the Streets: Micro-geography, Physical Structure and Innovation

By: Maria P. Roche
In this paper, we analyze how the physical layout of cities affects innovation by influencing the organization of knowledge exchange. We exploit a novel data set covering all Census Block Groups in the contiguous United States with information on innovation outcomes,... View Details
Keywords: Microgeography; Innovation; Street Infrastructure; Knowledge Exchange; Interactions; Geography; City; Innovation and Invention; Knowledge Sharing
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Howard Raiffa: The Art, Science, and Humanity of a Legendary Negotiation Analyst

By: James K. Sebenius
Rightly known as the “father of negotiation analysis,” Howard Raiffa was my thesis advisor, colleague, and friend for over 30 years. The bulk of this article develops an account of his intellectual trajectory from game theory to statistical decision theory to decision... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Analysis; Bargaining; Howard Raiffa; Negotiation; Personal Development and Career
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  • April 1996 (Revised May 2000)
  • Case

Bed Bath & Beyond

By: Amy P. Hutton and James Weber
This case examines how accurately investors have incorporated information about the growth strategy of Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) into share price, especially given the changing competitive environment in the housewares industry and the recent Barron's article pointing... View Details
Keywords: Analysis; Valuation; Financial Statements; Consumer Products Industry; Retail Industry
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The Disintermediation of Financial Markets: Direct Investing in Private Equity

By: Lily Fang, Victoria Ivashina and Josh Lerner
We examine twenty years of direct private equity investments by seven large institutions. These direct investments perform better than public market indices, especially buyout investments and those made in the 1990s. Outperformance by the direct investments, however,... View Details
Keywords: Financial Intermediation; Direct Investment; Co-investment; Private Equity; Entrepreneurship; Financial Markets
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  • January 2014 (Revised November 2021)
  • Case

Filene's Basement: Inside a Fired Customer's Relationship

By: Jill Avery and Susan Fournier
How, in a business climate in which building relationships with customers has dominated both managerial thought and marketing budgets, could Filene's Basement have fired a loyal customer, one who was formally and informally recognized as a best customer? This case... View Details
Keywords: CRM; Retailing; Marketing; Consumer Behavior; Customer Relationship Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Marketing Strategy; Brands and Branding; Retail Industry; United States
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  • March–April 2013
  • Article

Unlocking Innovation Through Business Experimentation

By: Stefan Thomke
There is a downside to businesses that focus heavily on standardization, optimization, and driving out variability: Such organizations leave themselves vulnerable to underinvesting in experimentation and variation, which are the lifeblood of innovation. Good... View Details
Keywords: Experimentation; Innovation Management; Learning And Development; Research; Innovation and Management; Business Processes
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  • 2012
  • Chapter

Sustainable Cities: Oxymoron or the Shape of the Future?

By: Robert G. Eccles, Annissa Alusi, Amy C. Edmondson and Tiona Zuzul
Two trends are likely to define the 21st century: threats to the sustainability of the natural environment and dramatic increases in urbanization. This paper reviews the goals, business models, and partnerships involved in eight early "ecocity" projects to begin to... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; City; Urban Development; Infrastructure; Housing; Urban Scope; Business Ventures; Business Model; Green Technology Industry
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  • January 2004
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Cross-Border Listings and Depositary Receipts

By: Mihir A. Desai, Maria Raga-Frances, Ami Dave, Mark Veblen and Kathleen Luchs
This case describes the varied instruments that have evolved to facilitate investments in foreign corporations, emphasizing American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) and cross-border listings. It describes the different types of ADRs and the regulatory requirements foreign... View Details
Keywords: Financial Markets; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Business History; Research; Motivation and Incentives; United States
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Novelty and Disclosure in Patent Law

By: Suzanne Scotchmer and Jerry R. Green
The stringency of the novelty requirement in patent law affects the pace of innovation because it affects the amount of technical information that is disclosed among firms. It also affects ex ante profitability of research. We compare weak and strong novelty... View Details
Keywords: Patents; Law
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  • 13 Nov 2015
  • News

If CEOs Care About the Long Term, Why Don’t They Talk About It?

  • 04 Mar 2014
  • News

Social Media to the Rescue

  • 21 Mar 2018
  • News

Facebook critics assail CEO Zuckerberg

  • 02 Nov 2017
  • HBS Seminar

Florian Ederer, Yale University

  • TeachingInterests

Financial Reporting and Control

Throughout their careers, business leaders are required to measure and evaluate their organization's economic performance, improve resource allocation and strategy implementation within their organizations, and build accountability for performance through effective... View Details

    Consumers, Corporations and Public Health (Oxford University Press, 2016)

    The public health footprint associated with corporate behavior has come under increased scrutiny in the last decade, with an increased expectation that private profit not come at the expense of consumer welfare.

    Consumers, Corporations, and Public... View Details

      December Drug Approvals

      Absent explicit quotas, incentives, reporting, or fiscal year-end motives, drugapprovals around the world surge in December, at month-ends, and before respectivemajor national holidays. Drugs approved before these informal deadlines areassociated with significantly... View Details

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      Strategy - Faculty & Research

      Lachenauer More Harvard Business Publishing Seminars & Conferences There are no upcoming events. More Seminars & Conferences Faculty Positions Harvard Business School seeks candidates in all fields for full time positions. Candidates with outstanding records in PhD or... View Details
      • February 2016 (Revised February 2017)
      • Case

      Mattermark

      By: Jeffrey Bussgang and Annelena Lobb
      Mattermark, a software-as-a-service company that sold software allowing companies to access financial information about privately-held companies and startups, was at a turning point. CEO Danielle Morrill had to allocate investment funding from a Series A round. She... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Applications and Software; Business Startups; Marketing; Strategy; Technology Industry; United States
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      Strategy for Health Care Delivery—Virtual

      date. You may use our online form or download an application. HBS maintains all application information in strict confidentiality. We acknowledge receipt of applications via email. In the unlikely event that you do not receive an... View Details
      Keywords: Health Care; Health Care