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  • 03 Oct 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator

counterparts, we work with them to carefully consider whether the other side is truly irrational. Almost always, the answer is no. In most cases, behavior that appears to be irrational has a rational—albeit... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman
  • 17 Dec 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Rise of Medical Tourism

quoted, all saying, in effect, "I had a great time, and now I'm well." The most common treatments seem to be for cardiovascular issues, bone-related issues such as hip replacements, and general... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies
  • 01 Mar 2024
  • News

Case Study: Testing the Waters

Illustration by Christina Spano Endurance training was nothing new to Lauren Picasso (MBA 2014), who’d raced through her younger years as a cross-country runner and swimmer. In 2017, when she was director of marketing at Jet.com and looking for a physical challenge,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
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Excusing Selfishness in Charitable Giving: The Role of Risk

By: Christine L. Exley
Decisions involving charitable giving often occur under the shadow of risk. A common finding is that potential donors give less when there is greater risk that their donation will have less impact. While this behavior could be fully rationalized by standard economic... View Details
Keywords: Charitable Giving; Prosocial Behavior; Altruism; Risk Preferences; Risk and Uncertainty; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Behavior
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Exley, Christine L. "Excusing Selfishness in Charitable Giving: The Role of Risk." Review of Economic Studies 83, no. 2 (April 2016): 587–628.
  • 2021
  • Working Paper

Going by the Book: Valuation Ratios and Stock Returns

By: Ki-Soon Choi, Eric So and Charles C.Y. Wang
We study the use of firms’ book-to-market ratios (B/M) in value investing and its implications for comovements in firms’ stock returns and trading volumes. We show B/M has become increasingly detached from common alternative valuation ratios over time while also... View Details
Keywords: Valuation Ratios; Book-to-market Ratios; Investment Return; Investment; Decision Making
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Choi, Ki-Soon, Eric So, and Charles C.Y. Wang. "Going by the Book: Valuation Ratios and Stock Returns." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-126, May 2021.
  • 2020
  • Case

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation: Accelerating a Circular Economy for Plastic Packaging

By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Plastic has become essential to global day-to-day activities, yet it is also causing extreme environmental degradation. Many leaders in the plastics industry are starting to question its sustainability. This case presents insights into the future of the plastic... View Details
Keywords: Plastic Waste; Environmental Sustainability; Cooperation; Supply Chain Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Consumer Products Industry
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Hoffman, Andrew J. "The Ellen MacArthur Foundation: Accelerating a Circular Economy for Plastic Packaging." William Davidson Institute Case 9-550-406, 2020.
  • 17 Apr 2012
  • News

From founder to CEO: How companies' big thinkers transition to the boardroom

    Deals: The Economic Structure of Business Transactions

    Business transactions take widely varying forms―from multibillion-dollar corporate mergers to patent licenses to the signing of an all-star quarterback. Yet every deal shares the same goal, or at least should: to maximize the joint value created and to distribute... View Details
    • January 2016 (Revised April 2017)
    • Case

    The Galaxy Dividend Income Growth Fund's Option Investment Strategies

    By: W. Carl Kester
    This case is designed to provide an elementary introduction to options and option pricing for beginning finance students. Analysis of the case requires students to compare the prices of put and call options with various exercise prices and maturity dates on two... View Details
    Keywords: Options; Option Contract; Option Pricing; Derivatives; Mutual Funds; Call Options; Put Options; Stock Options; Risk and Uncertainty; Volatility; Financial Services Industry; United States
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    Kester, W. Carl. "The Galaxy Dividend Income Growth Fund's Option Investment Strategies." Harvard Business School Case 216-041, January 2016. (Revised April 2017.)
    • 12 Jun 2015
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    Powerful lessons from the careers of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs & Andy Grove

    • 2010
    • Book

    Wealth and Justice: The Morality of Democratic Capitalism

    By: Peter Wehner and Arthur C. Brooks
    Popular opinion would have us believe that America's free market system is driven by greed and materialism, resulting in gross inequalities of wealth, destruction of the environment, and other social ills. Even proponents of capitalism often refer to the free market as... View Details
    Keywords: Capitalism; Economic Systems; Ethics; Moral Sensibility
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    Wehner, Peter, and Arthur C. Brooks. Wealth and Justice: The Morality of Democratic Capitalism. Washington, DC: AEI Press, 2010.
    • 16 Feb 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service

    necessarily lead to a collaborative environment, a hallmark of systemic integration. That requires the lever of cooperation—the alignment of goals. When members of disparate or competing silos cooperate around a View Details
    Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products
    • 12 May 2015
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    Bill Gates, Andy Grove and Steve Jobs: The Strategies They Shared

    • 19 Apr 2004
    • Research & Ideas

    Birth of the American Salesman

    the salesman's role in promoting goods was different from that of advertising. To use a military analogy common in the early twentieth century, advertising was a weapon for... View Details
    Keywords: by Laura Linard
    • 2021
    • Working Paper

    Quantifying the Inefficiency of Multi-unit Auctions for Normal Goods

    By: Brian Baisa and Simon Essig Aberg
    We study multi-unit auctions for homogenous goods in a private value setting where bidders have non-quasilinear preferences. Several recent impossibility results study this setting and find there is no mechanism that retains the Vickrey auction’s desired incentive and... View Details
    Keywords: Multi-unit Auctions; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Value
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    Baisa, Brian, and Simon Essig Aberg. "Quantifying the Inefficiency of Multi-unit Auctions for Normal Goods." Working Paper, August 2021.
    • 07 Feb 2007
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Value of Openness in Scientific Problem Solving

    Keywords: by Karim R. Lakhani, Lars Bo Jeppesen, Peter A. Lohse & Jill A. Panetta
    • June 2010
    • Article

    The China Rules: A Practical Guide for CEOs Managing Multinational Corporations in the People's Republic

    By: Lynn S. Paine
    To achieve growth and profitability in the world's third-largest economy, multinationals need strong leadership--but China is tough on top executives. Pulsating with opportunity, China attracts foreigners, yet HR professionals continue to rank it as one of the most... View Details
    Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Multinational Firms and Management; Leadership; Management Skills; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Adaptation; China
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    Paine, Lynn S. "The China Rules: A Practical Guide for CEOs Managing Multinational Corporations in the People's Republic." Harvard Business Review 88, no. 6 (June 2010).
    • 03 Oct 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping

    transportation service."5 A section of the Interstate Commerce Act stated that it "was unlawful for anyone to take control or management in a common interest of two or more carriers without getting... View Details
    Keywords: by Anthony J. Mayo & Nitin Nohria; Manufacturing; Transportation; Aerospace
    • 26 Mar 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    The Office of Strategy Management

    perspective on the organization. Since our focus reflects the preeminence of the Balanced Scorecard as the vehicle through which strategy is... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
    • 05 Jul 2006
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Cycles of Theory Building in Management Research

    Keywords: by Paul R. Carlile & Clayton M. Christensen
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