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  • May 2010
  • Article

Does Product Market Competition Lead Firms to Decentralize?

By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
There is a widespread sense that over the last two decades firms have been decentralizing decisions to employees further down the managerial hierarchy. Economists have developed a range of theories to account for delegation, but there is less empirical evidence,... View Details
Keywords: Product; Markets; Competition; Business Ventures; Geographic Location; Employees; Research; Programs; Decisions
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  • July 2010
  • Supplement

Marketing Analysis Toolkit: Customer Lifetime Value Analysis (CW)

By: Thomas J. Steenburgh and Jill Avery
Customers are increasingly being viewed as assets that bring value to the firm. Customer lifetime value is a metric which allows managers to understand the overall value of their customer base and relate it to three customer strategies firms employ: asset acquisition -... View Details
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Customer Relationship Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Decisions; Framework; Management Practices and Processes; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Strategic Planning; Mathematical Methods; Value
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  • 29 May 2009
  • Research Event

Business Summit: Introduction to the Future of Market Capitalism

research project exploring the views of global business leaders and HBS faculty on what might threaten the world's economic progress. The spread of market capitalism around the world over the past 100 years... View Details
Keywords: Re: Joseph L. Bower
  • Article

Fly-by-Night Firms and the Market for Product Reviews

By: Gerald R. Faulhaber and Dennis A. Yao
This paper presents a model that permits third-party information provision in a market characterized by information asymmetries and reputation formation. The model is used to examine how the market for information provision affects prices and supply in the primary... View Details
Keywords: Markets; Reputation; SWOT Analysis; Mathematical Methods; Price Bubble; Inflation and Deflation; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Cost; Information; Quality; Price; Competitive Advantage; Information Industry
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Research in Black and White | Baker Library

Corporation Research & Development Records, b. III.350, f. 3. In addition to the original Land Camera Model 95, Polaroid introduced the Pathfinder Model 110, marketed for professional use, in 1952; the... View Details
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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

“Online Marketing at Big Skinny” with Ben Edelman (HBS Case 911-033). Josh Lerner : Appointed Vice Chair, Global Agenda Council on Future of Investing, World Economic Forum, 2014-2016. Natalia Rigol : Recipient of a United States Agency... View Details
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Frequently Asked Questions - Creating Emerging Markets

assemble high quality local camera crews and co-ordinate with interviewees, we need a local support base. We have made particular use of Harvard Business School’s network of global research centers . We have also benefitted from the... View Details
  • October 2020
  • Article

Comparative Statics for Size-Dependent Discounts in Matching Markets

By: David Delacretaz, Scott Duke Kominers and Alexandru Nichifor
We prove a natural comparative static for many-to-many matching markets in which agents’ choice functions exhibit size-dependent discounts: reducing the extent to which some agent discounts additional partners leads to improved outcomes for the agents on the other side... View Details
Keywords: Size-dependent Discounts; Path-independence; Respect For Improvements; Market Design; Mathematical Methods
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Clinical Trials as a setting for Health Policy and Management Research

The clinical trial marketplace is in flux. A decade ago, pharmaceutical firms almost exclusively conducted the study of their novel drug compounds within major academic medical centers. But today, industry-sponsored clinical trials are increasingly using community... View Details
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Business, Government & the International Economy - Faculty & Research

and Rafael Di Tella About the Unit The BGIE Unit conducts research on, and teaches about, the economic, political, social, and legal environment in which business operates. The Unit includes scholars trained in economics, political... View Details
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Making Markets Work: An Executive Education Program for Africa

By: Debora L. Spar
In the last decades of the 20th century economic growth was distributed unevenly across the world. While some countries experienced sustained and unprecedented prosperity, others fell further and further behind. This widening gap was particularly evident in Africa,... View Details

    Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance in Emerging Markets

    Emerging markets play an increasingly important role in the global economy, accounting for 31% of global GDP and more than 50% of global foreign direct investment in 2012. However, doing business in emerging markets remains subject to a high degree of "policy risk,"... View Details

    • 14 Mar 2014
    • News

    NFL Players Association Will Independently Fund Medical School Research Initiative

    • 25 Aug 2022
    • News

    Research Brief: Paying the Price for Remote Work

    research also measured “offshorability” across occupations; those that require specialized local knowledge are more difficult to perform remotely, he found. Cavallo hopes to dig deeper over time, with particular interest in how wages and... View Details
    Keywords: Jill Radsken; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services
    • December 2010
    • Article

    Implications for GAAP from an Analysis of Positive Research in Accounting

    By: S.P. Kothari, Karthik Ramanna and Douglas J. Skinner
    Based on extant literature, we review the positive theory of GAAP. The theory predicts that GAAP's principal focus is on control (performance measurement and stewardship) and that verifiability and conservatism are critical features of a GAAP shaped by market forces.... View Details
    Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; Standards; International Accounting; Financial Markets; Financial Reporting
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    • Fall 2017
    • Article

    An Empirical Analysis of Investment Return Dispersion in Emerging Markets Private Equity

    By: Josh Lerner and Mark Baker
    The authors use transaction-level data to compare the dispersion of private equity (PE) returns in emerging markets (EMs) to the same in developed markets (DMs). They regress within-market absolute deviation from the mean on an EM indicator and controls. They find... View Details
    Keywords: Private Equity; Emerging Markets; Investment Return; Analysis
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    Drinking water purification technology: market overview

    Where do I find market overviews of drinking water purification technologies? Top resources: BCC Research provides market reports with good technical background information.... View Details
    • November 2012
    • Case

    CSIRO: The Light Metals Flagship Decision

    By: Willy Shih, Margaret P. Pierson and Dawn Lau
    This case explores the challenge of investing in basic research as a public good. CSIRO was Australia's leading science and research agency, and it was chartered to enhance national prosperity through R&D. Its Flagships program was designed to align research interests... View Details
    Keywords: R＆D; Basic Research; Government-funded Research; Public Goods; Extractive Industries; Metals; Metals Processing; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Globalized Markets and Industries; Growth and Development; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Research and Development; Science-Based Business; Technology Adoption; Technology Platform; Manufacturing Industry; Mining Industry; Oceania; Australia
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    Accounting & Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

    the 2012 Initiative on Global Markets Research Grant from the University of Chicago. Aiyesha Dey : Recipient of the 2012 Institute for Fraud Prevention Research Grant. Eugene... View Details
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    Faculty & Research | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

    Publications Khabar Lahariya By: Ranjay Gulati and Kanika Jain June 2025 | Faculty Research Founded and run entirely by women, Khabar Lahariya was a leading digital media portal, known for its uniquely feminist perspective and rural... View Details