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  • 2010
  • Working Paper

Law and Finance c. 1900

By: Aldo Musacchio
How persistent are the effects of legal institutions adopted or inherited in the distant past? A substantial literature argues that legal origins have persistent effects that explain clear differences in investor protections and financial development around the world... View Details
Keywords: Law; Finance; Corporate Governance; Practice; Growth and Development
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    John D. Dionne

    John D. Dionne has been a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School since 2014 and is a recently retired Senior Managing Director and Senior Advisor to Blackstone. He is also Managing Partner of Franconia Capital, a... View Details

    • August 2015 (Revised June 2021)
    • Case

    Amazon.com, 2021

    By: John R. Wells, Benjamin Weinstock, Gabriel Ellsworth and Galen Danskin
    In February 2021, Amazon announced 2020 operating profits of $22,899 million, up from $2,233 million in 2015, on sales of $386 billion, up from $107 billion five years earlier (see Exhibit 1). The shareholders expressed their satisfaction (see Exhibit 2), but not all... View Details
    Keywords: Strategic Analysis; Retail; E-commerce; Amazon; Internet; Amazon.com; AmazonFresh; Jeff Bezos; Cloud Computing; Marketplaces; Streaming; E-reader Market; Digital Media; Mobile App; Online Retail; Shipping; Database; Tablet; Kindle; Kindle Fire; Smartphone; Delivery; Digital Platforms; Competition; Internet and the Web; Corporate Strategy; Digital Marketing; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Profit; Revenue; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Taxation; Business History; Human Resources; Resignation and Termination; Books; Human Capital; Working Conditions; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Practices and Processes; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Media; Distribution; Distribution Channels; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Infrastructure; Logistics; Product Development; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Organizational Culture; Public Ownership; Work-Life Balance; Problems and Challenges; Labor and Management Relations; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Integration; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Price; Applications and Software; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Working Capital; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Value and Value Chain; Retail Industry; Advertising Industry; Distribution Industry; Electronics Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Information Technology Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Music Industry; Publishing Industry; Shipping Industry; Technology Industry; Video Game Industry; Web Services Industry; United States; Washington (state, US); Seattle
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    • 14 Sep 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: September 14, 2010

    lending data from a financial services organization that implemented a highly decentralized business model. I exploit variation in this organization in whether or not employees are selected via channels that are likely to sort on the... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 25 Sep 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: September 25, 2007

    Obscurity: An Individual-Level Examination of 'Long Tail' Consumption Author:Anita Elberse Abstract The idea that online channels facilitate the distribution of a vast assortment of products is undisputed, but what consequence the... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 24 Jun 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: June 24, 2008

    two recently identified bounds: bounded ethicality and bounded awareness. By organizing diverse theories into a clear framework, the taxonomy should aid researchers and educators in identifying new strategies for improving decision... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • Web

    Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

    Mays Clear Channel Communications, 1972–2004 Frederick L. Maytag II Maytag Corporation, 1940–1960 Elmer H. Maytag Maytag Corporation, 1926–1940 Frederick L. Maytag Maytag Corporation, 1909–1921 Thomas B.... View Details
    • February 1998 (Revised February 1999)
    • Case

    Amway Japan Limited

    In April 1997, the president of Amway Japan (AJL, Tokyo, Japan), pondered how to reverse the first performance decline the company has experienced since entering the Japanese direct selling market in 1979. Established as the tenth overseas subsidiary of Amway Corp. of... View Details
    Keywords: Strategic Planning; Motivation and Incentives; Business Subsidiaries; Distribution Channels; Customer Satisfaction; Consumer Products Industry; Michigan; Tokyo
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    Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

    turnover and share prices in Hong Kong and mainland Chinese markets, especially in large-cap portfolios. See Robin’s other research here , Toomas’s other research here , and Jeffrey’s other research here . More Info Loan types and the bank lending View Details
    • 30 Sep 2002
    • Research & Ideas

    Your Crisis Response Plan: The Ten Effective Elements

    command post located off-site in the event that evacuation is necessary. This could be located at a home or other location, so long as the necessary bandwidth for communication and other resources is put in place so that set-up can be swift. 7. View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Watkins
    • 08 Sep 2014
    • Research & Ideas

    The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team

    Google and Groupon, for instance, a higher percentage of employees work in sales than engineering or data mining. And at Facebook the salesforce's ability to translate 'likes' into advertisers will make or break that company's valuation and fortunes going... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
    • 01 Dec 2023
    • News

    Thinking Ahead

    data, while still ensuring the integrity and accuracy of the model, is one of many paths Neel is pursuing: “This will continue to be a tricky area for companies that want to harness generative AI tools based on customer data,” he says. “Given current systems, it’s not... View Details
    Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustrations by Chris Gash; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
    • 26 Aug 2019
    • Research & Ideas

    Lipstick Tips: How Influencers Are Making Over Beauty Marketing

    company advertisements least. And they said influencer marketing sways their purchasing decisions most, while direct-mail marketing is the least effective way to reach them. When asked which social media channels they visit most,... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products; Beauty & Cosmetics
    • 08 Jun 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: June 8

    partly a result of poor corporate governance. We also provide evidence of a channel through which the benefits of ownership concentration outweigh its costs. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-100.pdf   Cases &... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • Web

    Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

    and Data Are Revolutionizing Business By: Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani When Google bought Nest, a maker of digital thermostats, for $3.2 billion just a few months ago, it was a clear indication that digital transformation and... View Details
    • 08 Oct 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

    the possible exception of the first. Managers work within this system and their team members understand that they are constrained by it. Managers who succeed at meeting their team members’ drive to acquire: Set clear expectations by which... View Details
    Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
    • 05 Jul 2022
    • What Do You Think?

    Have We Seen the Peak of Just-in-Time Inventory Management?

    distribution channel on overall inventory levels and costs. One thing that may have helped generate the HBS offer was an experiment I performed using my own crude version of what would become known as the “beer game.” In my approach, my... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing; Shipping; Transportation
    • 21 Jul 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    Did Pandemic Stimulus Funds Spur the Rise of 'Meme Stocks'?

    While it’s not clear why the third payment didn’t show a similar bump, Greenwood notes markets tend to anticipate behavior ahead of an event. The stocks’ climb may have already been priced in. Several surveys of retail investors... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services
    • 12 Dec 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

    it in capsule form, and added tamper-evident packaging even though those steps could have been used against J&J as an admission of guilt in a lawsuit. When Intel first became dominant in its product market, top management instituted antitrust training that made it... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services
    • Web

    Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

    research here , and Jeffrey’s other research here . More Info Loan types and the bank lending channel By: Victoria Ivashina , Luc Laeven & Enrique Moral-Benito MAR 2022 There are four main types of commercial credit: asset-based loans,... View Details