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  • 2022
  • Working Paper

Banking on Transparency for the Poor: Experimental Evidence from India

By: Erica M. Field, Natalia Rigol, Charity M. Troyer Moore, Rohini Pande and Simone G. Schaner
Do information frictions limit the benefits of financial inclusion drives for the rural poor? We evaluate an experimental intervention among recently banked poor Indian women receiving government cash transfers via direct deposit. Treated women were provided automated... View Details
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  • 03 Mar 2020
  • Video

Jorge Gerdau

Jorge Gerdau, Chair of Brazil-based Grupo Gerdau, which is one of the largest steel producers in Latin America, explains the importance of open communication among the different branches of his firm and the... View Details
  • July 2017
  • Case

Centerbridge Partners and Great Wolf Resorts: Buying from a Highly Regarded Competitor

By: Josh Lerner, John D. Dionne and Amram Migdal
The case examines the March 2015 Centerbridge Partners investment decision regarding whether to acquire Great Wolf Resorts, a North American family-oriented indoor water parks and hotel operator, from a private equity (PE) competitor, Apollo Global Management. The case... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity Financing; Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities; CMBS; Secondary Buyouts; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Cost; Cost of Capital; Equity; Private Equity; Financial Instruments; Debt Securities; Accommodations Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Financial Services Industry; North and Central America; United States
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  • December 1981 (Revised February 2010)
  • Case

Mike Miller (A)

Mike Miller, Harvard MBA '78, resigned his first job out of HBS within six months because he believed his personal values and learning objectives could not be accommodated. Students may discuss the problems of anticipating corporate culture, learning the ropes,... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Values and Beliefs; Jobs and Positions; Organizational Culture; Personal Development and Career; Personal Characteristics
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  • March 2012 (Revised July 2018)
  • Case

V-Cola: General Instructions

By: Ian Larkin and Hal Movius
V-Cola is a six-party exercise that simulates a negotiation between a boutique advertising agency and a beverage company that is launching a new product. Each of the six parties has different incentives and information, which leads to a complex, realistic simulation... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Process; Contracts; Information; Motivation and Incentives; Advertising Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • April 1999 (Revised September 2001)
  • Case

Penelope's Personal Pocket Phones

By: Paul A. Gompers
Provides students with an opportunity to use simple real options analysis to value a startup. Penelope Phillips is deciding whether to start a company to make wireless phones. Students get experience using traditional discounted cash flow valuation and a real options... View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Capital Budgeting; Corporate Finance; Manufacturing Industry; Electronics Industry
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  • August 23, 2018
  • Article

Using a New EHR System to Increase Patient Engagement, Improve Efficiency, and Decrease Cost

By: Katy French, Barbra Bryce Speer, Alexis B. Guzman, Tayab Andrabi, Iris Recinos, Keith A. Shook, James R. Incalcaterra, John C. Frenzel and Thomas W. Feeley
Patients and providers are frustrated with seemingly endless data entry. We used our patients’ vested interest in their own health care by actively engaging them in the entry of their own medical information into the EHR. Prior to the implementation of the new EHR we... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Analytics and Data Science; Performance Efficiency; Cost Management
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  • 17 Jul 2014
  • News

Motivating Corporations to Do Good

  • December 2015
  • Article

Control the Negotiation Before It Begins

By: Deepak Malhotra
Countless books and articles offer advice on avoiding missteps at the bargaining table. But some of the costliest mistakes take place before negotiators sit down to discuss the substance of the deal. That's because they often take for granted that if they bring a lot... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Preparation
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    Karim R. Lakhani

    Karim R. Lakhani is the Dorothy & Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He specializes in technology management, innovation, digital transformation and artificial... View Details

    Keywords: information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry
    • October 2008 (Revised November 2010)
    • Case

    NEC Electronics

    By: C. Fritz Foley, Robin Greenwood and James Quinn
    Why do shares in NEC Electronics, a publicly listed subsidiary of Japan conglomerate NEC, trade at a discount to their fundamental value? Can Perry Capital, a U.S. hedge fund, restructure this subsidiary and generate significant returns? This case provides students... View Details
    Keywords: Restructuring; Private Equity; Investment Return; Ownership Stake; Business and Shareholder Relations; Financial Services Industry; Japan
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    • 09 Nov 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    These Employers Pay Higher Salaries than Necessary

    comparatively in the dark, creating an “information friction” that the freelancers can exploit. In a March 2015 working paper, Information Frictions and Observable Experience, Stanton, along with Catherine Thomas (PhDBE 2006) View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Employment; Technology; Computer
    • July 1995 (Revised October 1995)
    • Background Note

    Electronic Commerce: Trends and Opportunities

    By: Lynda M. Applegate and Janis Lee Gogan
    In a 1966 Harvard Business Review article, Felix Kaufman implored general managers to think beyond their own organizational boundaries to the possibilities of interorganizational systems (IOS)--networked computers that enable companies to share information and... View Details
    Keywords: Internet and the Web; Trends; Opportunities
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    • September 4, 2018
    • Article

    Management as a Calling

    By: Andrew J. Hoffman
    Business’s capacity to transform society is only as great as the schools that train its future leaders. This demands that business schools reform their vision to promote values of business serving society in order for students to see business as a true calling rather... View Details
    Keywords: Business Education; Personal Development and Career; Values and Beliefs; Mission and Purpose
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    • December 2007
    • Background Note

    The Music Recording Industry: Digital Rocks

    By: Stephen P. Bradley and Nancy Bartlett
    Digital and mobile technologies profoundly and forever changed the long-held value proposition for the recorded music industry--the 12-song physical CD selling at $15. By 2007, it was apparent that the music recording business had become a digital business, and... View Details
    Keywords: Arts; Disruption; Music Entertainment; Distribution; Practice; Technology Adoption; Value; Music Industry
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    • Teaching Interest

    Overview

    By: Benjamin C. Esty
    I created and teach a course called Strategies for Value Creation (SVC). It is designed to be a capstone course in the Elective Curriculum (EC or second year of the MBA program) that integrates and further develops concepts developed in several Required Curriculum (RC... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Finance; Value Creation; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Financial Management
    • April 1999 (Revised October 2001)
    • Case

    Motive Communications

    By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Marco Iansiti, Myra M. Hart, William W Chan and Find Findsen
    The founders of Motive Communications, Inc., a recent start-up dedicated to reinventing the support chain involved in the delivery of information technology support services, put in place a development process hinged on extensive customer feedback. As part of this, a... View Details
    Keywords: Business Startups; Customer Relationship Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Information Technology Industry
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    • 17 May 2018
    • Sharpening Your Skills

    You Probably Have a Bias for Making Bad Decisions. Here's Why.

    audience of the day with the president, believing the last idea he hears is the one most likely to be chosen. If true, the president is no better or worse than most of us in allowing cognitive biases to... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • June 1991 (Revised April 1995)
    • Background Note

    Corporate Strategy: A Conceptual Framework

    By: David J. Collis
    Provides a conceptual framework for the study of corporate strategy. First describes previous perspectives on corporate strategy and then develops a framework of four elements: resources, tasks, structure, and industries. This framework can be used to explain the value... View Details
    Keywords: Resource Allocation; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Corporate Strategy; Value
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    • October 2006 (Revised November 2006)
    • Course Overview Note

    Instructor's Guide to Leadership and Corporate Accountability (LCA)

    By: Lynn S. Paine
    To provide instructors with a roadmap to the Harvard Business School's required first-year MBA Course Leadership and Corporate Accountability. Describes the objectives of the course, as well as its structure, content, and guiding framework. A day-by-day synopsis,... View Details
    Keywords: Leadership; Corporate Accountability
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