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  • 20 Oct 2015
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October 20, 2015

profit than a constant emissions price under an emissions tax, which contradicts popular arguments that the greater uncertainty under cap-and-trade will erode value. We further show that two operational drivers underlie this result: i)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 26, 2006

leaders from Harvard Business School who discuss theory with practices from the world's top corporations to show how businesses, NGOs and government organizations can use business solutions to add social value to the world's poorest... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Jun 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?

for Linux to take over Windows. The questions that we address are: Is Linux's superior demand-side learning sufficient to win out? What is the effect of forced procurement by governments and some large corporations on the long-run... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology
  • 15 Apr 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Calderón: Economic Arguments Needed to Fight Climate Change

the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate. Calderón chairs the initiative, which comprises corporate executives, local politicians, and former heads of state from 14 countries. ''If we provide economic arguments, we will win this... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing
  • 25 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 25

reduction in monopoly price leads to the production of units that cost less than their value to consumers (standard channel); (ii) regulation calms down existing consumers because a reduction in the profits of an "unkind" firm... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 16

Managing such a firm in the era of globalization posed enormous challenges. The book covers the company's strategies and provides compelling evidence of its decision making, marketing, brand management, innovation, acquisition strategies, View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 24

  PublicationsThe Need for Sector-Specific Materiality and Sustainability Reporting Standards Authors:Robert G. Eccles, Jr., Michael P. Krzus, Jean Rogers, and George Serafeim Publication:Journal of Applied Corporate Finance (forthcoming)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Feb 2015
  • What Do You Think?

Is There a Stanford-Google-Silicon Valley School of Management?

globe which match (this) School of Management and produce high quality talent." Winfried Hermann Schoepf expressed concerns about whether we will be admiring Google's approach to management in the future. "I have some doubt about this being a sustainable... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Education
  • 03 Aug 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Why Fierce Competitors Apple and Amazon Became ’Frenemies’ Over eReaders

researchers use a complex mathematical model to get to the bottom of just why enemies might decide to share a locker. It boils down to a difference in how they make their money. "Even though both [companies] make money from hardware and content, their View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information; Publishing; Technology
  • 19 Jul 2016
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July 19, 2016

chains have engaged in private political strategies prompting transnational corporations (TNCs) to adopt codes of conduct and monitor their suppliers for compliance, but it is not clear whether organizational structures established by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Apr 2005
  • Research & Ideas

New Learning at American Home Products

drug business. They relied, however, on licensing rather than building their own in-house capabilities for drug discovery and commercialization. In the low-tech OTC [over-the-counter] sector, they consistently maintained a strong profit... View Details
Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Chemical; Health; Manufacturing; Pharmaceutical
  • November 1999
  • Case

Seminis Inc.

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Jonathan West, Carin-Isabel Knoop and David Benedict Pearcy
Seminis became the world leader in vegetable seeds through a series of acquisitions. This case describes the Seminis strategy toward capturing value, biotechnology, and international operations. View Details
Keywords: Business Earnings; Acquisition; Profit; Global Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Valuation; Value Creation; Biotechnology Industry
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  • October 2015
  • Case

Clearwater Seafoods

By: Forest L. Reinhardt
Clearwater sought to market value-added shellfish products in a traditionally commodities based industry, while facing supply uncertainties and regulatory, environmental, and foreign exchange challenges. Clearwater harvested lobsters, clams, scallops, shrimp, and other... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Profit; Goods and Commodities; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Product Marketing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Canada
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  • 22 Feb 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade

disbelieving music industry with their findings that illegal music downloads don't hurt CD sales. Oberholzer discusses what the industry should do next. A Balanced Scorecard Approach to Measure Customer Profitability Published: August 8,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Nov 2016
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November 22, 2016

16% greater measurement error variance and imply an average performance penalty of 106 to 277 basis points in annual returns. Finally, reduced-form estimates suggest that ineffective and index-based RPE benchmarks are associated with poorer View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 23, 2015

organizational units and corporations are likely to match the boundaries of underlying technological modules. (This correspondence is called "mirroring.") In this article, I explain the concept of modularity and describe how... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 25

ambiguity of profits and power, as well as the often-jealous interactions between different solutions to the problem of empire. The book presents a powerful mosaic of imperial theories and practices contributing to the creation of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Apr 2001
  • What Do You Think?

Dot.Com Shakeout: Chess or Roulette?

kind. That's the consensus among those responding to my recent questions concerning the future of the best and brightest of the Internet entrepreneurs still in business who have yet to achieve cash flow breakeven. As Yung-Hi Lim put it, "It's all about risk; it's... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 11 Jul 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ’The Future of Boards’

Editor's note: The credit crisis and subsequent recession has thrown many financial and business institutions into, if not chaos, then at least a sense that the landscape underneath has shifted significantly. One institution undergoing such self-review is the View Details
Keywords: by Jay Lorsch
  • 23 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 23, 2008

http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=509024 Breaking through Action Plan Harvard Business School Exercise 409-059 The "Breaking Through Action Plan" is a developmental tool based on the book, Breaking Through: The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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