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- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 15
an entrant needs to strategically choose whether to reveal its innovation by competing through the new business model or conceal it by adopting a traditional business model. We also show that the value of business model innovation may be...
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Sean Silverthorne
- March 2024 (Revised May 2024)
- Case
Masterpiece for the Masses: The First Art Exchange ARTEX
By: Lauren Cohen, Anastasiya Siroochenko (Siro) and Sophia Pan
Yassir Benjelloun-Touimi, CEO of ARTEX, aspired to marry the world of art and finance. Hoping to promote transparent, fractionalized ownership of renowned artwork, the founder had spent years contemplating the birth of an art stock market. This exchange would allow...
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Keywords:
Trading;
Art Market;
Art Fair;
Tokenization;
Democratization;
Exchange Traded Fund;
Price Monitoring;
Trends And Opportunities;
Financial Liquidity;
Financial Markets;
Arts;
Financial Strategy;
Initial Public Offering;
Investment Return;
Technological Innovation;
Business Model;
Trends;
Stocks;
Assets;
Diversification;
Trade;
Financial Services Industry;
Fine Arts Industry;
Paris;
France
Cohen, Lauren, Anastasiya Siroochenko (Siro), and Sophia Pan. "Masterpiece for the Masses: The First Art Exchange ARTEX." Harvard Business School Case 224-086, March 2024. (Revised May 2024.)
- 05 Jul 2004
- What Do You Think?
Work-Life: Is Productivity in the Balance?
acknowledge the value of spending time with one's family, but I do not discount the overall advantage a society enjoys when its members are at the peak of their productivity." Clearly, many organizations regard work-life benefits (as...
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by James Heskett
- Article
Unconventional Insights for Managing Stakeholder Trust
By: Michael Pirson and Deepak Malhotra
Initiatives to build and maintain trust with various stakeholders, including customers, employees, suppliers and investors, are at the top of the executive agenda at many organizations. But most companies don't really understand how to manage stakeholder trust...
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Values and Beliefs;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Organizational Culture;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Perspective;
Trust;
Cooperation
Pirson, Michael, and Deepak Malhotra. "Unconventional Insights for Managing Stakeholder Trust." MIT Sloan Management Review 49, no. 4 (Summer 2008): 43–50.
- September 1998 (Revised July 1999)
- Case
Integral Capital Partners
By: Andre F. Perold and Markus Mullarkey
Integral Capital Partners is a small firm with a very distinctive approach to investing in high-technology stocks. The firm invests privately in small start-ups as well as in publicly traded companies, and it develops important financial and advisory relationships with...
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Technology;
Value Creation;
Venture Capital;
Asset Management;
Partners and Partnerships;
Public Sector;
Private Sector;
Business Startups;
Corporate Finance;
Financial Services Industry
Perold, Andre F., and Markus Mullarkey. "Integral Capital Partners." Harvard Business School Case 299-019, September 1998. (Revised July 1999.)
- 03 Sep 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?
that "most high value employee(s), if they decide to leave an organization, will negotiate an equivalent sign-on bonus." JA said, "I have found the best investment to be a solid severance...
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by Jim Heskett
- November 2001 (Revised February 2010)
- Case
Intel Corporation: 1997-2000
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Michael G. Rukstad
Describes Intel's diversification strategy initiated in 1998 by CEO Craig Barrett. Initially, Barrett's strategy worked well, as market value reached $510 billion in September 2000. Just three months later, however, investor pessimism over a slowing economy and recent...
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Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
Investment;
Corporate Strategy;
Diversification;
Valuation;
Technology Industry
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Michael G. Rukstad. "Intel Corporation: 1997-2000." Harvard Business School Case 702-420, November 2001. (Revised February 2010.)
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?
As a professor of decision making and negotiation, I often receive unsolicited phone calls from relatives, friends, and acquaintances seeking my advice on consumer matters such as negotiating for a house, bidding on eBay, and investing in...
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by Max H. Bazerman
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
Working PapersThe Business of Free Software: Enterprise Incentives, Investment, and Motivation in the Open Source Community Authors:Marco Iansiti and Gregory L. Richards Abstract In this paper, we examine the motivations of large information technology...
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Sean Silverthorne
- December 2015 (Revised May 2017)
- Case
Corning, 2002
By: Malcolm Baker
Corning, with large investments in fiber optic technology, was hit particularly hard by the collapse of the telecommunications industry in 2001. With over $4 billion in debt, the firm's survival appears to rest on raising additional equity capital. James Flaws, the...
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- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
Often overlooked in essays on leadership is the role of the organization's measurement and management system. Effective leaders, however, know that measurement and management systems play a critical role in communication; in establishing the culture and View Details
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by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 20 Aug 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Hedge Fund Investor Activism and Takeovers
- December 2003 (Revised October 2006)
- Case
Globalizing the Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting at AES
By: Mihir A. Desai and Douglas Kurt Schillinger
With electricity generating businesses around the world, AES Corp. is seeking a methodology for calculating the cost of capital for its various businesses and potential projects. In the past, AES used the same cost of capital for all of its capital budgeting, but the...
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Keywords:
International Finance;
Risk Management;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Cost of Capital;
Valuation;
Emerging Markets;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Capital Budgeting;
Energy Industry;
South America
Desai, Mihir A., and Douglas Kurt Schillinger. "Globalizing the Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting at AES." Harvard Business School Case 204-109, December 2003. (Revised October 2006.)
- 14 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 14
research on firm entry into new domains by examining heterogeneity in firms' framing and feature-level entry choices. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-007.pdf Modularity for Value Appropriation—How to Draw the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?
indicates the answer is yes. That is, by enhancing employee value managers can potentially add significant value to an organization. This research is particularly important to recall this week, when, with the close of the NFL’s regular...
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- 21 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Missing the Wave in Ship Transport
Like investing in a mansion when the real-estate market is at its peak, buying a dry bulk ship in a boom time is a terrible long-term investment, according to new research that predicts cycles in the shipping industry. The contrarian...
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- June 2018
- Background Note
Introduction to Life Settlements
By: Alexander Braun, Lauren H. Cohen, Christopher J. Malloy and Jiahua Xu
Life insurance is an asset owned by the majority of American adults (61%). Note that this 61% penetration rate is essentially at parity with home ownership (64%) and higher than that of 401(k) retirement account ownership (53%). Life settlements, or life insurance...
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Braun, Alexander, Lauren H. Cohen, Christopher J. Malloy, and Jiahua Xu. "Introduction to Life Settlements." Harvard Business School Background Note 218-127, June 2018.
- November 1999
- Case
Long-Term Capital Management, L.P. (C)
By: Andre F. Perold
Long-Term Capital Management, L.P. (LTCM) was in the business of engaging in trading strategies to exploit market pricing discrepancies. Because the firm employed strategies designed to make money over long horizons--from six months to two years or more--it adopted a...
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Keywords:
Fluctuation;
Capital;
Financial Liquidity;
Financing and Loans;
Investment Funds;
Investment Portfolio;
Corporate Governance;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Management;
Risk Management;
Markets;
Motivation and Incentives;
Financial Services Industry
Perold, Andre F. "Long-Term Capital Management, L.P. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 200-009, November 1999.
- September 2010 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
B Lab: Building a New Sector of the Economy
By: Christopher Marquis, Andrew David Klaber and Bobbi Thomason
The founders of B Lab are on a mission to create a new sector of the economy and are specifically focused on a three objectives: 1) building a community of Certified B Corporations (B=Benefit) that legally expand their corporate responsibilities to include...
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Keywords:
Economic Sectors;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Investment;
Policy;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Business and Government Relations;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Social Enterprise;
Value Creation
Marquis, Christopher, Andrew David Klaber, and Bobbi Thomason. "B Lab: Building a New Sector of the Economy." Harvard Business School Case 411-047, September 2010. (Revised September 2011.)
- August 2004 (Revised September 2004)
- Background Note
Note on Bond Valuation and Returns
All securities can be evaluated based on certain common characteristics: value, rate of return, risk, maturity, and so forth. This case examines how bonds are valued and how their rates of return are computed. It begins with basic definitions and features of...
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Chacko, George C., Peter A. Hecht, Vincent Dessain, and Monika Stachowiak. "Note on Bond Valuation and Returns." Harvard Business School Background Note 205-008, August 2004. (Revised September 2004.)