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- February 2015
- Article
Location Choices under Strategic Interactions
By: Juan Alcacer, Cristian Dezso and Minyuan Zhao
The literature on location choices has mostly emphasized the impact of location and firm characteristics. However, most industries with a significant presence of multi-location firms are oligopolistic in nature, which suggests that strategic interaction among firms... View Details
Keywords: Location Strategies; Multinational Strategy; Oligopolistic Competition; Firm Heterogeneity; Geographic Location; Multinational Firms and Management; Balance and Stability; Decision Choices and Conditions; Game Theory
Alcacer, Juan, Cristian Dezso, and Minyuan Zhao. "Location Choices under Strategic Interactions." Strategic Management Journal 36, no. 2 (February 2015): 197–215.
- January 2006
- Tutorial
Alternative Choice Decisions Analysis
By: David F. Hawkins, V.G. Narayanan, Jacob Cohen and Michele Jurgens
Shows how managers use information on costs and revenues to decide between possible alternative courses of action. Presents two case examples of differential cost analysis. The first, a make or buy decision, examines two alternatives in which only costs vary. The... View Details
- May 2019
- Supplement
Amazon's HQ2 (C): Choices
By: Karen Mills and Jan W. Rivkin
This supplement discusses Amazon’s 2018 decision to split its HQ2 between two locations--Long Island City in New York and National Landing outside Washington, DC—as well as the ensuing response from local politicians and the public. View Details
Keywords: Economic Development; Headquarters; Local Government; Incentives; Business Headquarters; Business and Government Relations; Development Economics
Mills, Karen, and Jan W. Rivkin. "Amazon's HQ2 (C): Choices." Harvard Business School Supplement 719-465, May 2019.
- March 2012
- Article
A 2-phase Labeling and Choice Architecture Intervention to Improve Healthy Food and Beverage Choices
By: Anne Thorndike, Lilian Sonnenberg, Jason Riis, Susan Barraclough and Douglas E. Levy
Objectives: We assessed whether a 2-phase labeling and choice architecture intervention increased sales of healthy food and beverages in a large hospital cafeteria. Methods: Phase 1 was a 3-month color-coded labeling intervention (red="unhealthy" yellow="less healthy"... View Details
Thorndike, Anne, Lilian Sonnenberg, Jason Riis, Susan Barraclough, and Douglas E. Levy. "A 2-phase Labeling and Choice Architecture Intervention to Improve Healthy Food and Beverage Choices." American Journal of Public Health 102, no. 3 (March 2012): 527–533.
- May 2011 (Revised March 2013)
- Background Note
Location Choice for New Ventures: Cities
By: William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
Location choice is a critical decision for entrepreneurs. This note explores how entrepreneurs should think about different city options through a systematic framework that encompasses professional and personal issues. We use the intellectual frameworks of the cluster... View Details
Kerr, William R., and Ramana Nanda. "Location Choice for New Ventures: Cities." Harvard Business School Background Note 811-106, May 2011. (Revised March 2013.)
- Research Summary
Superfluous Choices and the Persistence of Preference
Superfluous choices are unnecessary choice steps that could be removed without affecting the final choice context and outcome. They are introduced in this article in order to study the mere effects of consumer participation. Superfluous choices have no immediate impact... View Details
- 09 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
Career Choices for the Class of 2017
The Harvard Business School MBA Class of 2017 data is now live! We are excited about the many different choices our graduates have made for their first position after business school - our students joined 360 different organizations this... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- February 2000 (Revised January 2008)
- Case
Merrill Lynch: Integrated Choice
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell
Merrill Lynch, a full-service brokerage firm with $1.5 trillion in client assets, is under attack from both discount and electronic brokerage firms. It responds with Integrated Choice, a suite of products designed to capture clients from the do-it-yourself investor who... View Details
Keywords: Distribution Channels; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Risk and Uncertainty; Financial Services Industry
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Marie Bell. "Merrill Lynch: Integrated Choice." Harvard Business School Case 500-090, February 2000. (Revised January 2008.)
- July 1993
- Case
Gurcharan Das's Career Choices
By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
Keywords: Personal Development and Career
Uyterhoeven, Hugo. "Gurcharan Das's Career Choices." Harvard Business School Case 394-026, July 1993.
- July 1997
- Article
Choice in Computer-Mediated Environments
By: John A. Deighton
Deighton, John A. "Choice in Computer-Mediated Environments." Marketing Letters 8, no. 3 (July 1997).
- Article
Making Choices Without Deliberating
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions
Dijksterhuis, Ap, Maarten W. Bos, Loran F Nordgren, and Rick B. Van Baaren. "Making Choices Without Deliberating." Science 312, no. 5779 (June 9, 2006): 1472.
- March 2018
- Case
McKinsey & Company: Early Career Choices (A)
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Nathaniel Schwalb
This case profiles the early career choices faced by three McKinsey associates. The (A) case profiles the dilemma faced by each individual and sets up the class discussion. View Details
Keywords: Early Career Experiences; Career Progression; Experiences; Personal Development and Career; Decision Choices and Conditions; Consulting Industry
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Nathaniel Schwalb. "McKinsey & Company: Early Career Choices (A)." Harvard Business School Case 618-034, March 2018.
- April 2002
- Supplement
Merrill Lynch: Integrated Choice
Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Merrill Lynch: Integrated Choice." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 502-802, April 2002.
- March 2018
- Supplement
McKinsey & Company: Early Career Choices (B)
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Nathaniel Schwalb
The (B) case outlines the choices made by the associates in real life and the consequences of such choices. View Details
Keywords: Early Career Experiences; Career Progression; Experiences; Personal Development and Career; Decisions; Outcome or Result; Consulting Industry
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Nathaniel Schwalb. "McKinsey & Company: Early Career Choices (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 618-038, March 2018.
- 19 Feb 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Relative Performance Transparency: Effects on Sustainable Choices
- September 1995
- Teaching Note
Choice Hotels International,1995 TN
By: Tarun Khanna
Teaching Note for (9-795-165). View Details
Keywords: United States
- 08 Jun 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Location Choices Under Strategic Interactions
Keywords: by Juan Alcacer
- 1 May 2007
- Conference Presentation
The Tao of Choice in Leading: How empowerment through choice affects leadership perceptions
By: Roy Y.J. Chua and S. S. Iyengar
- Research Summary
Relative Thinking and Consumer Choice
Fixed differences appear smaller when compared to large differences. Professor Schwartzstein has proposed a model of relative thinking, in which a person weighs a given change by less when he compares it to a larger range. Relative thinking implies that a person is... View Details
- November 2003 (Revised December 2003)
- Background Note
Note on School Choice in U.S. Public Education
This note surveys school choice in the United States. School choice characterizes the school assignment of approximately 56% of U.S. school-aged children and, in order of popularity, can be categorized into seven types: residential choice, private schools, intra- and... View Details
Leschly, Stig. "Note on School Choice in U.S. Public Education." Harvard Business School Background Note 804-091, November 2003. (Revised December 2003.)