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  • November 2002 (Revised February 2009)
  • Teaching Note

Value Retail (TN)

By: Arthur I Segel and Ani M Vartanian
Teaching Note for (9-803-008). View Details
Keywords: Investment; Risk and Uncertainty; Performance Effectiveness; Brands and Branding; Planning; Strategy; Luxury; Milan
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Segel, Arthur I., and Ani M Vartanian. "Value Retail (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 803-081, November 2002. (Revised February 2009.)
  • 18 Jul 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?

the true picture of how firms are actually performing. As such, enforcing uniformity could reduce uncertainty over the level of true profits thereby furthering the interests of unsure investors, tax authorities, View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
  • 17 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 17

Working Papers Putting Skin in the Game: Managerial Ownership and Bank Risk-Taking By: Bouwens, Jan, and Arnt Verriest Abstract—This paper examines the relation between managerial ownership View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Nov 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Judgment Calls

industrial location, talking and asking about the question with the nervous energy for which his team had always known him. By his own words, LaMagna was "a risk addict View Details
Keywords: by Thomas H. Davenport & Brook Manville; Consumer Products
  • 16 Feb 2023
  • Blog Post

The Rituals of Case Method Teaching

Pre-performance rituals are the stuff of legend for musicians and athletes—Keith Richards eats Shepherd’s pie before every Rolling Stones concert (and must be the one to break the crust); Beyoncé prays and... View Details
  • 29 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 29

crisis, several commentators concluded that the continuing expansion of risk measurement is dysfunctional (Taleb, 2007; Power, 2009). This paper asks whether the expansion of measurement-based risk... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • December 2007 (Revised August 2014)
  • Case

Xanadu on Broadway

By: Anita Elberse
Can one of Hollywood's biggest flops magically turn into a Broadway hit? Xanadu, an adaptation of a 1980 Olivia Newton-John roller-disco film described by one critic as "the epic failure to end all epic failures," opened on Broadway in July 2007. Producer Rob Ahrens,... View Details
Keywords: Theater Entertainment; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Demand and Consumers; Risk and Uncertainty; Creativity; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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Elberse, Anita. "Xanadu on Broadway." Harvard Business School Case 508-062, December 2007. (Revised August 2014.)
  • 27 Jan 2015
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  Publications January 2015 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Do Strict Capital Requirements Raise the Cost of Capital? Bank Regulation, Capital Structure, and the Low View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • December 1993 (Revised November 2009)
  • Case

Manville Corporation Fiber Glass Group (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Sarah Gant
Manville Corp.'s senior managers must decide how to respond to a new scientific study suggesting that fiberglass, the source of 75% of the company's profits, may be another asbestos and must act under conditions of great uncertainty. In particular, when should a... View Details
Keywords: Communication Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Ethics; Health Disorders; Risk Management; Marketing Communications; Product; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Safety; Consumer Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry
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Paine, Lynn S., and Sarah Gant. "Manville Corporation Fiber Glass Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 394-117, December 1993. (Revised November 2009.)
  • 23 Apr 2019
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Propel Your Career Forward with Some of Our Favorite Books

reflect on your values and motivations, build an effective team, and stay grounded. Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd How can your company stand out to consumers? Youngme Moon suggests that the key is... View Details
  • 03 Mar 2009
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The Fall of Enron Harvard Business School Case 109-039 The case traces the rise of Enron, covering the company's business innovations, personnel management, and risk management processes. It then examines... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Oct 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?

savings they achieve from reduced energy use, rather than taking risks with more ambitious sustainability plans. "Many organizations are afraid to raise the stakes and make bigger bets," Serafeim... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Manufacturing
  • April 1993 (Revised May 1993)
  • Case

Northern Telecom (A): Greenwich Investment Proposal

By: Robert J. Dolan
The business products division has developed a business proposal asking for $50 million to fund the creation of a new telephone system for the small business market. The company's last entry into this marketplace lost $70 million. The new product would face 100... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Communication Technology; Market Entry and Exit; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Investment; Product Development; Telecommunications Industry; Canada
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Dolan, Robert J. "Northern Telecom (A): Greenwich Investment Proposal." Harvard Business School Case 593-103, April 1993. (Revised May 1993.)
  • 05 Mar 2013
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issuers deteriorates during credit booms, and that this deterioration forecasts low excess returns to corporate bondholders. The key insight is that changes in the pricing of credit risk disproportionately... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Sep 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured

cope with uncertainty about their task, and I'm working on a theory piece delving into the conceptual foundations linking teams' context to their use of expertise from members View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • 23 May 2016
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Advice for Prospective Students from Africa

like the natural choice for a couple of reasons. I wanted a program that was focused on delivering a solid general management and business education, and one that had a history of developing leaders.  I also... View Details
  • 11 Feb 2015
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Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans

only to see the rates skyrocket when the crisis hit. Many mayors cried foul, insisting that they had been hoodwinked. But were the local politicians really unwitting fools? “The question is, Did local politicians get fooled into engaging in risky transactions, or did... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
  • 29 Apr 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Are First-Time Buyers Left Out of Real Estate’s Rebound?

Recent reports that sales of new single-family homes rose in March are proof points that "the housing market recovery remains on track." We asked Nicolas P. Retsinas to reflect on the re-emergence of the housing industry, what it means to the rental market,... View Details
Keywords: Construction; Real Estate
  • 02 Aug 2024
  • HBS Case

How a Mission to Cut Food Waste Launched a Multimillion-Dollar Venture

focused on his mission to reduce waste—and eight years later, his risk has paid off. The Flashfood app is now being tapped by customers in more than 2,000 supermarkets in the United States and Canada. What’s... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Technology; Information Technology
  • 08 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 8, 2010

contract from a fixed menu. Then, agents "choose to work" for a principal by selecting one of the available contracts. We find that i) (heterogeneous) social preferences are significant determinants of choices, ii) for both principals View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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