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  • 2011
  • Book

Translating Empire: Emulation and the Origins of Political Economy

By: Sophus A. Reinert
Historians have traditionally used the discourses of free trade and laissez-faire to explain the development of political economy during the Enlightenment. But from Sophus Reinert's perspective, eighteenth-century political economy can be understood only in the context... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Government and Politics
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  • 15 Mar 2024
  • HBS Case

Let's Talk: Why It's Time to Stop Avoiding Taboo Topics at Work

organization’s ability to groom successors, threatening performance. “This leads many ambitious 50-year-olds to leave the company in search of better opportunities,” Wing says. Instead, companies would be wise to initiate an open dialogue about succession, job... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 26 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 26

religion—an increasing number of people are abandoning their faith. As commitment wanes, religious involvement may become detrimental to well-being, and individuals may be better off seeking new affiliations. Read the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2003 (Revised March 2004)
  • Case

P&G Japan: The SK-II Globalization Project

By: Christopher A. Bartlett
Traces changes in P&G's international strategy and structure, culminating in Organization 2005, a reorganization that places strategic emphasis on product innovation rather than geographic expansion and shifts power from local subsidiary to global business management.... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Trade; Globalization; Global Strategy; Innovation Strategy; Business or Company Management; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Hong Kong; Japan; Taiwan; Europe
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  • 21 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 21

the low achievement levels of these four countries and the incredible amount of heterogeneity within each of them. Salience in Quality Disclosure: Evidence from the U.S. News College Rankings Authors:Michael Luca and Jonathan Smith... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Oct 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

whooping crane, and the power company urgently needed new generating capacity and a greener image. After a costly legal impasse that threatened to last for years, the three groups designed a better deal that included a smaller dam built... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • Web

Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

Kodak Company, 1972–1983 William S. Farish Standard Oil of New Jersey, 1937–1942 James A. Farrell United States Steel Corporation, 1911–1932 Marshall Field III Field Enterprises (Chicago Sun/Parade Publications), 1941–1956 Marshall Field... View Details
  • 11 Apr 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Financial Services 24/7

cannot be ignored, nor can the volume of trades that discount firms, such as E*Trade and TDAmeritrade, are now handling. Clearly the more traditional players have learned that they must be able to compete in this View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
  • 19 Jul 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard

The News Corporation/News of the World scandal has been described as a case study in bad management. What was there about the company's organizational culture that led to "Murdoch's Mess"? Professor Michel Anteby, who studies... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Journalism & News; Journalism & News
  • 13 Oct 2006
  • Working Paper Summaries

Coerced Confessions: Self-Policing in the Shadow of the Regulator

Keywords: by Jodi L. Short & Michael W. Toffel
  • 2025
  • Working Paper

Tax Planning, Illiquidity, and Credit Risks: Evidence from DeFi Lending

By: Lisa De Simone, Peiyi Jin and Daniel Rabetti
This study establishes a plausible causal link between tax-planning-induced illiquidity and credit risks in lending markets. Exploiting an exogenous tax shock imposed by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on cryptocurrency gains, along with millions of transactions in... View Details
Keywords: Cryptocurrency; Taxation; Financial Liquidity; Credit; Financing and Loans; Financial Markets
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  • 15 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 15

we construct and analyze a new dataset that covers U.S. private equity transactions from 1980 to 2005. We track 3,200 target firms and their 150,000 establishments before and after acquisition, comparing outcomes to controls similar in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2012
  • Case

Qingdao TGOOD Electric Corporation

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Zheng Xiaoming, Chen Hao and Hong Zhang
Founded in 2004, TGOOD is now the largest specialized developer and producer of cubicle-type transformation and distribution equipment in China, with the main products of outdoor cubicle-type power equipment supplemented by indoor switchgear cabinets, offered mainly to... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Human Resource Management; Strategy; China; China
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  • Web

Finance - Faculty & Research

Trading Private Debt Re: David Scharfstein 29 May 2025 Harvard Business School Harvard Business School's MBA Class of 2025 Celebrates Class Day Re: Meg Rithmire, Edward (Ted) Berk, Andy Wu & Rawi Abdelal More Faculty View Details

    Reinventing State Capitalism

    In this book we study the evolution of corporate governance arrangements that governments have adopted for their state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the last 20 years. We show that the process of privatization and liberalization of the 1990s and early 2000s created... View Details

    • 2012
    • Teaching Note

    Qingdao TGOOD Electric Corporation (TN)

    By: F. Warren McFarlan, Zheng Xiaoming, Chen Hao and Hong Zhang
    Founded in 2004, TGOOD is now the largest specialized developer and producer of cubicle-type transformation and distribution equipment in China, with the main products of outdoor cubicle-type power equipment supplemented by indoor switchgear cabinets, offered mainly to... View Details
    Keywords: Human Resource Management; China; Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Strategy; China
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    • March–April 2023
    • Article

    Pricing for Heterogeneous Products: Analytics for Ticket Reselling

    By: Michael Alley, Max Biggs, Rim Hariss, Charles Herrmann, Michael Lingzhi Li and Georgia Perakis
    Problem definition: We present a data-driven study of the secondary ticket market. In particular, we are primarily concerned with accurately estimating price sensitivity for listed tickets. In this setting, there are many issues including endogeneity, heterogeneity in... View Details
    Keywords: Price; Demand and Consumers; AI and Machine Learning; Investment Return; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Sports Industry
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    • 21 Jul 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: July 21

      Cases & Course MaterialsAnalyzing New Venture Opportunities Harvard Business School Note 809-163 The note describes a systematic process for framing and researching the issues that should be analyzed in the course of considering a... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 17 Jan 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    Are Companies Getting Away with 'Cheap Talk' on Climate Goals?

    Companies regularly set ambitious climate goals, but these plans often end up like many people’s New Year’s resolutions: unmet aspirations that quietly fizzle out. While companies often gain positive media attention by trumpeting plans for reducing greenhouse gas... View Details
    Keywords: by Tim Gray
    • 02 Aug 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    Modern Indian Art: The Birth of a Market

    Creation of valuation metrics: This part of the process took place among the commercial players in the ecosystem. In order to generate trade in the art, auction houses translated the academic discourse into simple, straightforward... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne