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  • 22 Dec 2006
  • Research & Ideas

What’s Behind the Private Equity Boom?

Podcast with: Josh Lerner Interviewer: James Aisner Running Time: 15 min., 56 sec. View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Financial Services
  • December 1994 (Revised July 1996)
  • Case

USSR 1988, The: The Search for Growth

For decades after the revolution of 1917, Communist Party leaders claimed that the socialist economic system was superior to the capitalist system on both moral and economic grounds. By 1985, when Mikhail Gorbachev became general secretary of the Communist Party of the... View Details
Keywords: Economic Systems; Economic Growth; Government and Politics; Soviet Union
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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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  • 2008
  • Working Paper

Do Legal Origins Have Persistent Effects Over Time? A Look at Law and Finance around the World 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: History; Law; Development Economics; Investment; Corporate Governance; Finance; Business and Government Relations
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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

    • Article

    Healthy Buildings in 2070

    By: John D. Macomber and Joseph G. Allen
    Fifty years seems a very long time in the future for most industries. Not so in buildings and real estate; built structures routinely last decades if not hundreds of years, as long as they are economically competitive. Any discussion of the 50-year future has to... View Details
    Keywords: Health ＆ Wellness; Real Estate; Architectural Innovation; Public Health; Health; Buildings and Facilities; Well-being
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    • 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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    • 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
    • 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
    • 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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    • Web

    Entrepreneurial Management - Faculty & Research

    in facilitating adaptation. These results highlight the vulnerability of small businesses, which represent a significant share of US economic activity, to rapid trade policy changes and suggest the need for clear policy communication and... View Details
    • 14 Feb 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    When a Vacation Isn’t Enough, a Sabbatical Can Recharge Your Life—and Your Career

    he needed to take a break—and not just a one-week vacation. He decided to take time off and explore neglected interests in the outdoors and in spirituality—by spending six weeks walking 900 miles as part of a Buddhist pilgrimage in Japan.... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • Web

    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
    • 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
    • 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