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  • July 2008 (Revised September 2009)
  • Supplement

Arauco (B): "Papel" in Brazil

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Jorge Tarzijan and Jordan Mitchell
This is Part B to the "Arauco: Forward Integration or Horizontal Expansion?" case. This short case looks at the company in late 2007 after it has decided to invest in a Brazilian joint venture involving forests, saw mills, and a paper mill. The case acts as an epilogue... View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Investment; Vertical Integration; Forest Products Industry; Forest Products Industry; Brazil; Chile
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  • 2021
  • Working Paper

MLS as a Sports Product—The Prominence of the World's Game in the U.S.

By: Stephen A. Greyser and Kenneth Cortsen
The purpose of this Working Paper is to analyze how soccer at the professional level in the U.S., with Major League Soccer as a focal point, has developed over the span of a quarter of a century. It is worthwhile to examine the growth of Major League Soccer (MLS) from... View Details
Keywords: Soccer; Major League Soccer; Sports; Growth and Development; Organizational Structure; Business Model; Sports Industry; United States
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    Rajiv Lal

    Rajiv Lal, is the Stanley Roth, Sr. Professor of Retailing at Harvard Business School. He is currently teaching an elective MBA course on the Business of Smart Connected Products/IOT. He has been responsible for the retailing curriculum and has served as the course... View Details

    • 2018
    • Working Paper

    Creativity Under Fire: The Effects of Competition on Creative Production

    By: Daniel P. Gross
    Though fundamental to innovation and essential to many industries and occupations, individual creativity has received limited attention as an economic behavior and has historically proven difficult to study. This paper studies the incentive effects of competition on... View Details
    Keywords: Incentives; Tournaments; Radical Vs. Incremental Innovation; Motivation and Incentives; Competition; Creativity; Innovation and Invention
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    • 2013
    • Working Paper

    Improving Store Liquidation

    By: Nathan Craig and Ananth Raman
    Store liquidation is the time-constrained divestment of retail outlets through an in-store sale of inventory. The retail industry depends extensively on store liquidation, not only as a means for investors to recover capital from failed ventures, but also to allow... View Details
    Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Financial Condition; Operations; Retail Industry
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      Gary P. Pisano

      Gary Pisano is the Harry E. Figgie, Jr. Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School where he has been on the faculty since 1988. From 2018-2023, Pisano was Harvard Business School’s Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Promotion and... View Details

      Keywords: biotechnology; electronics; health care; manufacturing; pharmaceuticals
      • 27 Sep 2006
      • Working Paper Summaries

      How Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Economic Growth? Exploring the Effects of Financial Markets on Linkages

      Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Areendam Chanda, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan & Selin Sayek
      • 2023
      • Working Paper

      The Politics of Philanthropy in China

      By: Geoffrey Jones and Yuhai Wu
      This working paper looks historically at business philanthropy in China. In the West, the literature has distinguished between entrepreneurial and customary philanthropy, while the phenomenon of spiritual philanthropy has been identified in many emerging markets. This... View Details
      Keywords: China; Philanthropy; Ethics; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Moral Sensibility; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Economic Systems; Economic Sectors; China
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      • 2017
      • Working Paper

      A Historical Approach to Clustering in Emerging Economies

      By: Valeria Giacomin
      Clusters are defined as geographically concentrated agglomerations of specialized firms in a particular domain. The cluster concept in its broader meaning of industrial agglomeration has been the focus of longstanding debates in the social sciences. This working paper... View Details
      Keywords: Industry Clusters; Research; Theory; Developing Countries and Economies; History; Analysis; Globalization
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      • Research Summary

      Do Prices Determine Vertical Integration?*

      By: Laura Alfaro
      What is the relationship between product prices and vertical integration? While the literature has focused on how integration affects prices, this paper provides evidence that prices can affect integration. Many theories in organizational economics and industrial... View Details
      • 02 Dec 2002
      • Research & Ideas

      The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top

      off by disruptive technologies. Critics often argue that Microsoft can't innovate its way out of a paper bag—instead it has used its monopoly position to stamp out competition and force an View Details
      Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
      • June 2013 (Revised August 2020)
      • Case

      Bonnie Road

      By: Arthur I Segel, John H. Vogel, Jr. and Lisa Strope
      Victor Alexander was intrigued by the packet of papers that lay in front of him. The papers comprised a brochure that Garden State Bank had put together in an effort to sell the Bonnie Road Distribution Center in Somerset, New Jersey, for $9.7 million. It was April... View Details
      Keywords: Real Estate; Investment; Acquisition; Buildings and Facilities; Property; Partners and Partnerships; Decision Choices and Conditions; Distribution Industry; Distribution Industry; Texas
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      • October 2011
      • Article

      Concentrating on Governance

      By: Dalida Kadyrzhanova and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
      This paper develops a novel trade-off view of corporate governance. Using a simple model that integrates agency costs and bargaining benefits of management friendly provisions, we identify the economic determinants of the resulting trade-offs for shareholder value.... View Details
      Keywords: Market Participation; Corporate Governance; Business and Shareholder Relations
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      • 2007
      • Other Unpublished Work

      Effects of Inventory on Demand for Rentals in the Home Video Market

      By: Ioannis Ioannou, Julie Mortimer and Richard Mortimer
      Retailer inventory decisions can greatly influence observed demand for a product by affecting, among other things, product availability (stock-outs) and product visibility in the store. These inventory decisions are affected by numerous factors including vertical... View Details
      Keywords: Decisions; Demand and Consumers; Supply Chain Management; Competition; Contracts; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States
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      • 08 Nov 2018
      • HBS Seminar

      Jun Li, University of Michigan Ross School of Business

      • June 1999 (Revised April 2003)
      • Case

      Zucamor S.A.: Global Competition in Argentina

      By: V. Kasturi Rangan
      Describes the evolution of Zucamor and its business strategy, particularly after the opening of the Argentine economy in 1992 and 1993. Traces the action that led to its association with U.S. paper giant Union Camp. Poses some of the critical challenges faced by the... View Details
      Keywords: Business Strategy; Global Strategy; Value; Problems and Challenges; Business or Company Management; Goods and Commodities; Alliances; Pulp and Paper Industry; Argentina; United States
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      • 2009
      • Working Paper

      India Transformed: Insights from the Firm Level 1988-2005

      By: Laura Alfaro and Anusha Chari
      Using firm-level data this paper analyzes, the transformation of India's economic structure following the implementation of economic reforms. The focus of the study is on publicly-listed and unlisted firms from across a wide spectrum of manufacturing and services... View Details
      Keywords: Transformation; Economic Sectors; Economy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Growth and Development Strategy; India
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      • 2023
      • Working Paper

      No Revenge for Nerds? Evaluating the Careers of Ivy League Athletes

      By: Natee Amornsiripanitch, Paul A. Gompers, George Hu, Will Levinson and Vladimir Mukharlyamov
      This paper compares the careers of Ivy League athletes to those of their non-athlete classmates. Combining team-level information on all Ivy League athletes from 1970 to 2021 with resume data for all Ivy League graduates, we examine both post-graduate education and... View Details
      Keywords: Outcome or Result; Higher Education; Personal Development and Career; Human Capital
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      • Research Summary

      Research Overview

      Eddie Riedl's research focuses on two primary topics: fair value accounting, and international accounting settings. 

      Regarding fair value accounting, his research examines both the critical reporting choices that managers make, as well as... View Details

      • 13 Nov 2012
      • First Look

      First Look: November 13

      analyses of data covering 69 two-digit SIC industries at two points in time, 1991 and 1999. In both years, approximately half of advertisers of all sizes operated an in-house agency. Across industries, we... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne