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  • 08 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 8

http://hbr.org/2013/10/fergusons-formula/ar/1 August 2013 Harvard Business Review Corporate Venturing By: Lerner, Josh Abstract—For decades, large companies have been wary of corporate venturing. But as R&D organizations face pressure to rein in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Feb 2019
  • Research & Ideas

The Business of Saving the Planet

"The fact that the benefits of addressing the problem of climate change almost certainly outweigh the costs ... does not make concerted global action to address the problem easy." —Climate Change in 2018: Implications for... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Green Technology
  • September 1992 (Revised March 1997)
  • Case

Summit Distributors (A)

By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Amy P. Hutton
Summit Distributors was in danger of violating loan covenants because of slow economic activity and forecasted losses and was faced with a choice. Changing the inventory valuation method from LIFO to FIFO would avoid default but would require higher future income... View Details
Keywords: Taxation; Cost Accounting; Cash Flow; Interest Rates; Economic Systems; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Statements; Valuation; Accounting Audits; Financing and Loans; Accounting Industry; Legal Services Industry
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  • 21 Jun 2017
  • Blog Post

Agricultural Investing: Where Boots Meet Suits

investment standpoint, the cost of emissions and resource scarcity, particularly water, is largely yet to been priced in, and I believe there are plenty of strong buying... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
  • September 1986 (Revised November 1994)
  • Case

Lotus Development Corp. Channel Choice: Direct vs. Distribution

By: V. Kasturi Rangan
Lotus Development Corp., the number one microsoftware firm has traditionally sold to its customers through a distributor-retail dealer network. In early 1986, the company is considering the option of selling direct to large corporate customers. Students are expected to... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Marketing Channels; Distribution Channels; Sales; Software; Information Technology Industry; United States
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  • 13 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 13

radical or not. While greater market share promotes adoption of all types of business process innovations, this effect is outweighed by additional co-invention and coordination costs whenever a technological... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • October 2023 (Revised April 2024)
  • Case

Accounting Red Flags or Red Herrings at Catalent? (A)

By: Joseph Pacelli, ZeSean Ali and Tom Quinn
Fund manager Janet Curie asked for a recommendation about the pharmaceutical company Catalent. The company seemed like a solid investment. However, a pair of research reports issued over the previous two months complicated this narrative. GlassHouse Research, a short... View Details
Keywords: Accounting Audits; Budgets and Budgeting; Earnings Management; Cost Accounting; Fair Value Accounting; Revenue Recognition; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Government Legislation; Conflict of Interests; Announcements; Blogs; Debates; Investment; Trust; Business and Shareholder Relations; Pharmaceutical Industry; Accounting Industry; United States
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  • 06 Oct 2009
  • First Look

First Look: October 6

for a new business can have unintended legal consequences and expectations about founder status and ownership shares may diverge widely. Using facts from a litigated case, the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 8, 2016

significant effect on firm value. This paper examines and replies to the Amihud-Stoyanov challenge. We question their methodological claims, study the consequences of following their suggestions, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Mar 2013
  • Research & Ideas

How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy

to vote for the plan once the firm is in Chapter 11. The advantage of either type of filing is that it allows companies to avoid steep costs associated with spending months in bankruptcy court and to take... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Financial Services
  • 01 Sep 2015
  • First Look

First Look -- September 1, 2015

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49520 2015 Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research Comparative Costs of Advanced Proton and Photon Radiation Therapies: Lessons from Time-driven... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 May 2005
  • What Do You Think?

Where is Consumer Generated Marketing Taking Us?

of bloggers who speak in both whispers and shouts. Combined with the low cost of Web site and even crude advertising design, inhabitants of the Web can achieve wonders in... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 03 Jul 2012
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling

employers as varied as Medtronic, Exxon, General Mills and Whole Foods, all of which are self-insured, have already moved forward with such systems, and their rewards are reflected in the lower View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Health
  • 20 Apr 2016
  • Research & Ideas

When CEOs Become Activists

gasoline rather than Mobil if they disagreed with the Mobil CEO’s views on a social issue that’s not directly related to the business? When do the costs of CEO activism outweigh the benefits? And when can... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Publishing
  • 14 Mar 2007
  • Op-Ed

Government’s Misguided Probe of Private Equity

diversification. Are there costs of syndication? Undoubtedly. When venture groups team up, it may "soften the competition." In many technologies and regions, there are only a handful of leading... View Details
Keywords: by Josh Lerner; Financial Services
  • 06 May 2008
  • First Look

First Look: May 6, 2008

situations, for example; and being in the spotlight—that is, working in the presence of an audience. Individually, these factors can seriously impair managerial decision making; together, their consequences... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Dec 2016
  • First Look

December 6, 2016

2016 Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press Slavery's Capitalism: A New History of American Economic Development By: Beckert, Sven, and Seth Rockman, eds. Abstract—During the nineteenth century, the United States entered the ranks... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Jul 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Renewable Energy: Winds at Our Back?

off Massachusetts' coastline is the subject of HBS professor Richard Vietor's case study "Cape Wind: Offshore Wind Energy in the USA." The case highlights the challenges and opportunities that face green businesses as they attempt to... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities
  • 01 Jun 2005
  • News

Faculty Research Online

who bid on everything from chips to consultants, should be wary in bidding wars of the consequences of competitive arousal and of wanting to win at any cost. View Details
Keywords: nonprofit; social impact; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
  • 07 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 7

concentration of entrepreneurship and innovation in the United States. We discuss rationales for the agglomeration of these activities and the economic consequences of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel