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Reshaping Competition

Where can I find resources for my Reshaping Competition paper? Company Research: Capital IQ: Database by provider detailed company information (financials, market performance, deals and... View Details
  • 30 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds

corporate governance. “When you think of the factors that have made capitalism such a successful model for economic growth, the separation between management and ownership, with the ability to disperse ownership and risk over many... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • 2012
  • Article

The Architecture of Transaction Networks: A Comparative Analysis of Hierarchy in Two Sectors

By: Jianxi Luo, Carliss Y. Baldwin, Daniel E. Whitney and Christopher L. Magee
Many products are manufactured in networks of firms linked by transactions, but comparatively little is known about how or why such transaction networks differ. This article investigates the transaction networks of two large sectors in Japan at a single point in time.... View Details
Keywords: Transactions; Hierarchy; Industry Architecture; Innovation; Networks; Market Transactions; Vertical Integration; Industry Structures; Innovation and Invention; Auto Industry; Electronics Industry; Japan
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  • October 2010
  • Case

Dubai Duty Free

By: Rajiv Lal and David Kiron
In mid-February 2009, Dubai Duty Free Managing Director Colm McLoughlin received the January sales report. He left the report lying on his desk unopened and went to walk around the shops as he did every morning. When he returned, he sat down at his desk, looked at the... View Details
Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Marketing Strategy; Emerging Markets; Value Creation; Retail Industry; Dubai
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  • 01 Jun 2010
  • News

Merton Receives Prestigious Award

University Professor Robert Merton, a member of the HBS faculty since 1988 and cowinner of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Economics, recently received the Kolmogorov Medal from the University of London. He was honored for his distinguished work in the fields of research... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance
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Andres Sarmiento

perform as a product manager in a top organization. While at HBS I met peers that had worked in Venture Capital who cleared my understanding of those career paths. I also participated in technology industry panels and felt inspired by the... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology; Services
  • 16 Dec 2008
  • First Look

First Look: December 16, 2008

while Columbia Nobel laureate Edmund Phelps argues that a little altruism might be the right prescription for a variety of market imperfections. Creative Capitalism is not just a book for philanthropists.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Sep 2024
  • Blog Post

2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

in wind and solar power generation and is committed to driving the transition to a decarbonized energy future. As one of the top five largest capital deployers in the U.S., NextEra has been a driving force behind significant investments... View Details
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Real Property - Course Catalog

select public infrastructure (e.g., power, water, and transit), highlighting how they compare with core Real Estate asset classes in terms of risk, opportunity, and investor interest. Module 3: Capital View Details
  • 21 Jul 2010
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation

research on financial markets and regulation and who, in many cases, have held leadership positions in the financial sector, think about the bill and its intended (and unintended) consequences? Below, HBS faculty members Robert Steven... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 15 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 15, 2008

resource allocation within the group. In this way, the results are consistent with models where firm interlocks facilitate coordination across firms and are also consistent with models where relationships affect View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Nov 2014
  • Op-Ed

A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform

stronger, more durable system, private capital would take the "first loss" in the event of a housing market downturn. After a multiyear transition period, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should wind... View Details
Keywords: by Nicolas Retsinas & Rob Couch; Construction; Real Estate
  • November 1993 (Revised September 1994)
  • Case

Food Distribution in Russia: The Harris Group and the LUX Store

By: David E. Bell, Walter J. Salmon and Dinny Starr
Discusses the challenges facing businesses entering the Russian business environment, especially focusing on food retailing and distribution in that country. Highlights one small, entrepreneurial company, The Harris Group, which, with the help of both Russian partners... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Marketing Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Distribution; Partners and Partnerships; Expansion; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry; Russia
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  • October 1995 (Revised June 1996)
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ABN-AMRO Holding N.V. and Smit Transformatoren N.V. (A)

By: Peter Tufano
ABN-AMRO, the largest bank in the Netherlands, must decide whether to take any action in regard to the poor performance of Smit Transformatoren, a Dutch transformer manufacturer. ABN-AMRO acted as lead underwriter for the IPO of Smit, and also released a favorable... View Details
Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Capital Markets; Investment Banking; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Netherlands
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  • 16 Sep 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation

chose to host conference calls in English, placing themselves on shaky linguistic ground. The recent working paper Capital Market Consequences of Non-Plain English in Conference Calls of Foreign Firms... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 17 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 17

recommendations for stocks with larger market capitalizations and lower return volatility than their sell-side peers, consistent with their facing fewer conflicts of interest and having a preference for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1

of Campbell, Viceira, and White (2003), updating their evidence, and reviews the evidence of Campbell, Serfaty-de Medeiros, and Viceira (2010) in detail. Consistent with the intuition that an integrated capital View Details
  • 12 Jan 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Does Your HQ Operation Fit With Corporate Strategy?

that U.S. headquarters were leaner than European ones because of the capital market pressures on U.S. firms. Instead, European firms' headquarters are smaller. As expected, Japanese firms had very large... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 2019
  • Working Paper

Managing Churn to Maximize Profits

By: Aurelie Lemmens and Sunil Gupta
Customer defection threatens many industries, prompting companies to deploy targeted, proactive customer retention programs and offers. A conventional approach has been to target customers either based on their predicted churn probability, or their responsiveness to a... View Details
Keywords: Churn Management; Defection Prediction; Loss Function; Stochastic Gradient Boosting; Customer Relationship Management; Consumer Behavior; Profit
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  • 01 Sep 2014
  • News

Case Study: Declawing the Competition

in subscriber growth and customer feedback. However, the lucrative market opportunity ($8 billion, growing at 4 percent year-over-year) and the low costs of entry are attracting new competition. New cat-focused subscription boxes have... View Details