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  • May 2012
  • Course Overview Note

Managing Stakeholders with Corporate Social Responsibility

By: Christopher Marquis and Laura Velez Villa
This note articulates the ways in which strong stakeholder-company relationships developed through corporate social responsibility initiatives and other types of social strategies deliver bottom line benefits. The analysis follows stakeholder logic models connecting... View Details
Keywords: Business And Society; Social Responsibility; Stakeholder Management; Government And Business; Philanthropy; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Revenue
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  • 26 Nov 2010
  • News

Q&A: Harvard Study on Taj Employee Heroism

  • 03 Jan 2007
  • Working Paper Summaries

Banking Deregulation, Financing Constraints and Entrepreneurship

Keywords: by William Kerr & Ramana Nanda; Banking
  • 2009
  • Working Paper

Stretching the Inelastic Rubber: Taxation, Welfare and Lobbies in Amazonia, 1870-1910

By: Felipe Tamega Fernandes
This paper examines the effect of government intervention via taxation on domestic welfare. A case-study of Brazilian market power on rubber markets during the boom years of 1870-1910 shows that the government generated 1.3% of GDP through an export tax on rubber but... View Details
Keywords: Government Legislation; Taxation; Business and Government Relations; Welfare or Wellbeing; Rubber Industry; Brazil
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  • 2008
  • Working Paper

Platform Competition, Compatibility, and Social Efficiency

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Francisco Ruiz-Aliseda
Katz and Shapiro (1985) study systems compatibility in settings with one-sided plat- forms and direct network effects. We consider systems compatibility in settings with two-sided platforms and indirect network effects to develop an explanation why markets with... View Details
Keywords: Network Effects; One-Sided Platforms; Two-Sided Platforms; Competition
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    How Quantitative Easing Works: Evidence on the Refinancing Channel

    When LSAPs are needed the most, simply bending the yield curve through purchasing government debt is not effective for stimulating the mortgage market (a key sector of the economy for the transmission of monetary policy). Purchasing mortgage-backed... View Details

    • 2008
    • Working Paper

    Variation in Experience and Team Familiarity: Addressing the Knowledge Acquisition-Application Problem

    By: Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats
    Prior work in organizational learning has failed to find a consistent effect of variation in experience on performance. While some studies find a positive relationship between these two variables, others find no effect or even a negative relationship. In this paper, we... View Details
    Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Learning; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Organizational Culture; Performance Improvement; Groups and Teams; Familiarity; India
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    • Research Summary

    Simultaneous Distinction, Democratization and Omnivorism Effects: A Longitudinal Analysis of Dynamic Symbolic Boundaries in Counterfeit Consumption Networks

    Sociologists have long examined the interactive relationship between social structure, taste and power.  This literature has overwhelmingly fallen into three, ostensibly competing, theoretical “camps”: Distinction, where high-status consumers use... View Details
    • 24 Apr 2023
    • HBS Case

    What Does It Take to Build as Much Buzz as Booze? Inside the Epic Challenge of Cannabis-Infused Drinks

    use bespoke strategies to navigate the splintered regulations. Are there ripe customer segments waiting to be tapped? Cann has prioritized larger marketing campaigns with the goal of raising overall awareness, but with mixed results.... View Details
    Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage
    • January 2003 (Revised September 2007)
    • Background Note

    A Note on Racing to Acquire Customers

    By: Thomas R. Eisenmann
    Examines factors that motivate a firm's race to acquire customers in newly emerging markets and explores conditions under which racing strategies are likely to yield attractive returns. Provides a definition of racing behavior, introduces the notion of an optimal level... View Details
    Keywords: Customers; Price Bubble; Network Effects; Emerging Markets; Market Entry and Exit; Behavior; Competition
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    • 2019
    • Article

    Go-Shops Revisited

    By: Guhan Subramanian and Annie Zhao
    A go-shop process turns the traditional M&A deal process on its head: rather than a pre-signing market canvass followed by a post-signing “no shop” period, a go-shop deal involves a limited pre-signing market check, followed by a post-signing “go shop” process to find... View Details
    Keywords: Go-shop Process; Mergers and Acquisitions; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Deal; Performance Effectiveness; Technological Innovation
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    • Editorial

    Why CEOs Should Share Their Long-Term Plans with Investors

    By: Christina Rehnberg, George Serafeim and Brian Tomlinson
    Rather than requiring less short-term information, the key to combating short-termism is to encourage companies to share more information about their long-term plans. Analysis of companies that have done so suggests that long-term plans are not mere marketing... View Details
    Keywords: CEO; Investor Relations; Disclosure; Long-term Growth; Investing; Business and Shareholder Relations; Strategy; Corporate Disclosure
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    • 09 Mar 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    War in Ukraine: Soaring Gas Prices and the Return of Stagflation?

    to be affected by the crisis. In a way, the effects are for every firm in the world because we are talking about the future of globalization, and the potential fragmentation of lots of global markets and the... View Details
    Keywords: by Avery Forman; Energy
    • 22 Nov 2004
    • Research & Ideas

    Side Effects: The Case of Propecia

    only 2.5 million had used Rogaine at that time, leaving a large market to be addressed. "My approach would be, 'If you have never tried [a hair replacement drug] before, here is your first step.'" But several speakers thought... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Pharmaceutical
    • 09 Mar 2016
    • HBS Seminar

    Katja Seim of The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

    • June 2013 (Revised November 2022)
    • Exercise

    Competition Simulator Exercise

    By: Eric J. Van den Steen
    In the Competition Simulator Exercise, students explore through trial and error some important economic foundations of competitive strategy and managerial economics. In particular, the nine simulator exercises let students explore horizontal differentiation with and... View Details
    Keywords: Competition; Economics; Game Theory; Competitive Strategy; Learning; Mathematical Methods; Analysis
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    • 2007
    • Working Paper

    Platform Envelopment

    By: Thomas Eisenmann, Geoffrey Parker and Marshall Van Alstyne
    Due to network effects and switching costs in platform markets, entrants generally must offer revolutionary functionality. We explore a second entry path that does not rely upon Schumpeterian innovation: platform envelopment. Through envelopment, a provider in one... View Details
    Keywords: Digital Platforms; Market Entry and Exit; Network Effects
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    • 18 Jan 2012
    • News

    Politics, Tax Code Said to Stymie U.S.

    • September 1994
    • Case

    BayFunds

    By: Alvin J. Silk, Lisa Klein Pearo and Jamie Harper
    In June, 1994, the Senior Vice President of BayBank's Investment Management Group is preparing a strategic plan for her organization's line of mutual funds. Sixteen months earlier, BayBank, Massachusetts's leading retail bank, had entered the mutual fund business by... View Details
    Keywords: Banks and Banking; Marketing Strategy; Brands and Branding; Investment Funds; Product Marketing; Integration; Financial Services Industry
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    • November 2006
    • Exercise

    Sell Yourself!

    By: Thomas J. Steenburgh and Michael I. Norton
    Helps students develop an effective sales pitch for their greatest asset--themselves. Also, broadens their understanding of how salespeople sell products and services. Before class, students are asked to interview a potential employer and to develop a preliminary sales... View Details
    Keywords: Marketing; Sales; Product; Service Operations; Interpersonal Communication; Personal Development and Career
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