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- Fall 2020
- Article
Sizing Up Corporate Restructuring in the COVID Crisis
By: Robin Greenwood, Benjamin Iverson and David Thesmar
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the financial and legal system will need to deal with a surge of financial distress in the business sector. Some firms will be able to survive, while others will face bankruptcy and thus need to be liquidated or reorganized. Many... View Details
Greenwood, Robin, Benjamin Iverson, and David Thesmar. "Sizing Up Corporate Restructuring in the COVID Crisis." Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (Fall 2020). (Also NBER Working Paper, No. 28104.)
- 08 Feb 2012
- News
Sizing Up the Super Bowl Ads
- 13 Sep 2009
- News
HBS Ups Size of Entrepreneurs-in-Residence Program
- February 2010
- Supplement
Marketing Analysis Toolkit: Market Size and Market Share Analysis (CW)
By: Thomas J. Steenburgh and Jill Avery
This Excel worksheet contains sample problems, prebuilt Excel models to run market sizing and market share analyses, and charts and graphs which help visualize the results. It is designed to accompany Marketing Analysis Tookit: Market Size and Market Share Analysis.... View Details
- September 1998 (Revised May 1999)
- Case
Walnut Venture Associates (C): RBS Due Diligence--Market Size
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Business Plan; Research; Applications and Software; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Information Technology Industry
Roberts, Michael J. "Walnut Venture Associates (C): RBS Due Diligence--Market Size." Harvard Business School Case 899-064, September 1998. (Revised May 1999.)
- 11 Aug 2009
- News
GM And Why Size No Longer Matters
- March 17, 2021
- Other Article
Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper
By: Ayelet Israeli, Eva Ascarza and Laura Castrillo
A first look at how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted e-commerce apparel shopping in the US and the UK. Extensive analysis and interactive graphics utilizing millions of transactions.
While the pandemic is still playing out, our preliminary investigations... View Details
While the pandemic is still playing out, our preliminary investigations... View Details
Keywords: Retail; Retail Analytics; Consumer; Pandemic; COVID; COVID-19; Apparel; Ecommerce; Online Shopping; Online Apparel; Online Sales; Returns; CRM; Customer Retention; Customer Experience; Customer Value; Digital; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customers; Health Pandemics; Consumer Behavior; Customer Relationship Management; Internet and the Web; Behavior; E-commerce; Retail Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Technology Industry; United States; United Kingdom
Israeli, Ayelet, Eva Ascarza, and Laura Castrillo. "Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (March 17, 2021).
- 2013
- Article
Minimal S-Universality Criteria May Vary in Size
By: Noam D. Elkies, Daniel M. Kane and Scott Duke Kominers
In this note, we give simple examples of sets $\mathcal{S}$ of quadratic forms that have minimal $\mathcal{S}$-universality criteria of multiple cardinalities. This answers a question of Kim, Kim, and Oh [KKO05] in the negative. View Details
Elkies, Noam D., Daniel M. Kane, and Scott Duke Kominers. "Minimal S-Universality Criteria May Vary in Size." Journal de Théorie des Nombres de Bordeaux 25, no. 3 (2013): 557–563.
- September 2008
- Case
Harrington Collection: Sizing Up the Active-Wear Market
By: Richard S. Tedlow and Heather Beckham
In the wake of slumping sales and sagging profit margins, a leading manufacturer and retailer of high-end women's apparel, Harrington Collection, must evaluate an opportunity to expand into the high-growth active-wear market. Sara Huey, Vice President of Strategic... View Details
Keywords: Breakeven Analysis; Product Introduction; Expansion; Consumer Behavior; Supply and Industry; Product Launch; Apparel and Accessories Industry
Tedlow, Richard S., and Heather Beckham. "Harrington Collection: Sizing Up the Active-Wear Market." Harvard Business School Brief Case 083-258, September 2008.
- February 1998
- Background Note
The Size of the Global Poverty Sector
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Patricia Walker
Keywords: Wealth and Poverty
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Patricia Walker. "The Size of the Global Poverty Sector." Harvard Business School Background Note 598-067, February 1998.
- 2021
- Working Paper
Regulatory Approval and Expanded Market Size
By: Benjamin Berger, Amitabh Chandra and Craig Garthwaite
Regulatory review of new medicines is often viewed as a hindrance to innovation by increasing the hurdle to bring products to market. However, a more complete accounting of regulation must also account for its potential market expanding effects through quality... View Details
Keywords: New Medicines; Regulatory Approval; Health Care and Treatment; Research and Development; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Markets; Expansion; Pharmaceutical Industry
Berger, Benjamin, Amitabh Chandra, and Craig Garthwaite. "Regulatory Approval and Expanded Market Size." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 28889, June 2021.
- Research Summary
Corporate Debt, Firm Size and Financial Fragility in Emerging Markets
By: Laura Alfaro
The post-Global Financial Crisis period shows a surge in corporate leverage in emerging markets and a number of countries with deteriorated corporate financial fragility indicators (Altman’s Z-score). Firm size plays a critical role in the relationship between... View Details
- September 2012
- Article
The Size and Composition of Corporate Headquarters in Multinational Companies: Empirical Evidence
By: David J. Collis, David Young and Michael Goold
Based on a six-country survey of nearly 250 multinationals (MNCs), this paper is the first empirical analysis to describe the size and composition of MNC headquarters and to account for differences among them. Findings are as follows: MNC corporate headquarters are... View Details
Keywords: Headquarters; Subsidiaries; Multinational Corporations; Organization Design; Administrative Heritage; International Strategy; Business Subsidiaries; Organizational Design; Multinational Firms and Management; Size; Business Headquarters; Global Strategy
Collis, David J., David Young, and Michael Goold. "The Size and Composition of Corporate Headquarters in Multinational Companies: Empirical Evidence." Journal of International Management 18, no. 3 (September 2012): 260–275.
- Fast Answer
Target List: screen for companies by industry, location, and size
industry. Select Industry Classification to limit to particular SIC, NAICS, or NACE codes. Or, select Activity text search to search business descriptions using keywords. Click OK after making your selection(s). Click on Financials, then select... View Details
- 19 Apr 2010
- News
One Size Does Not Fit All in Innovation
- Article
The Effects of Increased Serving Sizes on Consumption
By: Chris Hydock, Anne Wilson and Karthik Easwar
Hydock, Chris, Anne Wilson, and Karthik Easwar. "The Effects of Increased Serving Sizes on Consumption." Appetite 101 (June 2016): 71–79.
- April 2005
- Article
Strength in Numbers: Group Size and Political Mobilization
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Joel Waldfogel
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Joel Waldfogel. "Strength in Numbers: Group Size and Political Mobilization." Journal of Law & Economics 48, no. 1 (April 2005): 73–91.
Group Size and Incentives to Contribute: A Natural Experiment at Chinese Wikipedia
The literature on the private provision of public goods suggests an inverse relationship between incentives to contribute and group size. We find, however, that after an exogenous reduction of group size at Chinese Wikipedia, the nonblocked contributors decrease... View Details
- 17 Mar 2021
- News