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- February 2009 (Revised August 2010)
- Case
Dubai: Global Economy
By: Richard H. K. Vietor and Nicole Michele Forrest
This case, along with Saudi Arabia: “Modern Reform, Enduring Stability” (709-042), provides an opportunity to discuss Saudi Arabia's efforts to modernize, without really Westernizing, in sharp contrast to Dubai, a nearby Arab Emirate. As Saudi Arabia's development... View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Non-Renewable Energy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Government and Politics; Growth and Development Strategy; Saudi Arabia; Dubai; Middle East
Vietor, Richard H. K., and Nicole Michele Forrest. "Dubai: Global Economy." Harvard Business School Case 709-043, February 2009. (Revised August 2010.)
- March 2008 (Revised November 2008)
- Case
Databank in Africa
By: Jordan Siegel and Yi Kwan Chu
This case tackles issues of regional strategy and strategic institutional arbitrage. Databank is a financial services firm designing its regional strategy for Africa and seeking to benefit from institutional arbitrage. View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Local Range; Emerging Markets; Service Operations; Business Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Africa
Siegel, Jordan, and Yi Kwan Chu. "Databank in Africa." Harvard Business School Case 708-478, March 2008. (Revised November 2008.)
- February 2008 (Revised September 2009)
- Case
Lance Johnstone: Developing 3000 North Broad
The case focuses on Lance Johnstone, a former NFL player, who has dabbled in real estate development during his playing career, and now, as a retired player, is trying to pursue the development of a 10-unit rental apartment building in a depressed area of Philadelphia,... View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Development Economics; Construction; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Investment Return; Urban Development; Real Estate Industry; Philadelphia
Roberts, Michael J., and Nabil N. El-Hage. "Lance Johnstone: Developing 3000 North Broad." Harvard Business School Case 808-126, February 2008. (Revised September 2009.)
- June 2006 (Revised July 2009)
- Case
MassMEDIC: The Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council
By: Willis M. Emmons III, Michael E. Porter and Spencer Wallace
Set in 2004, as Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council (MassMEDIC) President Tom Sommer contemplates the future direction of a successful medical device cluster association. Focuses on the formation of cluster organizations and their roles and effectiveness,... View Details
Keywords: Economic Growth; Industry Clusters; Nonprofit Organizations; Social and Collaborative Networks; Cooperation; Massachusetts
Emmons, Willis M., III, Michael E. Porter, and Spencer Wallace. "MassMEDIC: The Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council." Harvard Business School Case 706-498, June 2006. (Revised July 2009.)
- 2018
- Book
American Fair Trade: Proprietary Capitalism, Corporatism, and the 'New Competition,' 1890–1940
By: Laura Phillips Sawyer
American Fair Trade explores the contested political and legal meanings of the term fair trade from the late nineteenth century through the New Deal era. This history of American capitalism argues that business associations partnered with regulators to... View Details
Keywords: Economic Systems; Competition; Policy; Fairness; History; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; United States
Phillips Sawyer, Laura. American Fair Trade: Proprietary Capitalism, Corporatism, and the 'New Competition,' 1890–1940. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- February 2007 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
NCH Capital and Univermag Ukraina
By: Josh Lerner and John Didiuk
NCH Capital is considering whether to sell its Ukrainian company Univermag Ukraina, which it has held and built up over the past decade. View Details
Keywords: Opportunities; Private Equity; Problems and Challenges; Developing Countries and Economies; Retail Industry; Ukraine
Lerner, Josh, and John Didiuk. "NCH Capital and Univermag Ukraina." Harvard Business School Case 807-143, February 2007. (Revised March 2007.)
Sarah Hodges
spinouts. Sarah was previously a member of the executive team at Pluralsight (NASDAQ: PS), the world’s largest online learning community for IT, dev and creative training. Prior to Pluralsight, she co-founded Intelligent.ly, a leadership development company that... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- Web
Prelude - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections
Economic Sciences Chicago Board of Options Exchange Exhibit Home Prelude to the Option Pricing Model Fischer Black, October 1975. Myron S. Scholes, November 1970. Courtesy of MIT Museum. The work of Robert Merton, Fischer Black and Myron... View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Information Dispersion and Auction Prices
- October 2021
- Article
Communicating Resource Scarcity and Interpersonal Connection
By: Grant E. Donnelly, Anne V. Wilson, Ashley V. Whillans and Michael I. Norton
Consumers often cite insufficient time or money as an excuse for rejecting social invitations. We explore the effectiveness of these excuses in preserving interpersonal relationships. Six studies—including perceptions of couples planning their wedding—demonstrate that... View Details
Keywords: Time; Interpersonal Relationships; Communication; Money; Relationships; Interpersonal Communication
Donnelly, Grant E., Anne V. Wilson, Ashley V. Whillans, and Michael I. Norton. "Communicating Resource Scarcity and Interpersonal Connection." Journal of Consumer Psychology 31, no. 4 (October 2021): 726–745.
- 2020
- Working Paper
Aggregate Advertising Expenditure in the U.S. Economy: What's Up? Is It Real?
By: Alvin J. Silk and Ernst R. Berndt
The two components of the advertising industry—the creative sector that develops and produces messages, and the communications sector that transmits messages via various media—have each been greatly affected by advances in creative design and communications... View Details
Silk, Alvin J., and Ernst R. Berndt. "Aggregate Advertising Expenditure in the U.S. Economy: What's Up? Is It Real?" NBER Working Paper Series, No. 28161, December 2020.
- Jun 2020
- Panel Discussion
COVID-19 in Africa: Reflections, Challenges and Next Steps
By: John D. Macomber, Mattias Fibiger, Hakeem Belo-Osagie, Shikhar Ghosh, Anywhere Sikochi, Laura Alfaro, Euvin Naidoo and Suraj Srinivasan
In June 2020, the Africa Research Center hosted a four-part webinar series titled COVID-19: Reflections, Challenges and Next Steps. The series brought together alumni and friends from across Africa and provided the opportunity to get to know HBS professors who are... View Details
Macomber, John D., Mattias Fibiger, Hakeem Belo-Osagie, Shikhar Ghosh, Anywhere Sikochi, Laura Alfaro, Euvin Naidoo, and Suraj Srinivasan. "COVID-19 in Africa: Reflections, Challenges and Next Steps." Harvard Business School Africa Research Center, June 2020.
- 2012
- Chapter
Is Private Equity in Emerging Markets Coming of Age?: Evidence of the Mexican Private Equity Market
By: Roberto Charvel and Darek Klonowski
This chapters reviews the potential of the private equity and alternative assets industry in Mexico. View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Emerging Markets; Latin America; Mexico; Entrepreneurial Finance; Business Ventures; Economics; Finance; Market Design; Financial Services Industry; Latin America; Mexico
Charvel, Roberto, and Darek Klonowski. "Is Private Equity in Emerging Markets Coming of Age? Evidence of the Mexican Private Equity Market." Chap. 22 in Private Equity in Emerging Markets: The New Frontiers of International Markets, edited by Darek Klonowski. Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- fall 2002
- Article
Creating Competitive Advantage in the Knowledge Economy
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Thomas J. Tierney
Lorsch, Jay W., and Thomas J. Tierney. "Creating Competitive Advantage in the Knowledge Economy." Leader to Leader Leader to Leader, no. 26 (fall 2002): 41–47.
- March 2003 (Revised April 2006)
- Background Note
Scale and Scope in Professional Service Firms
By: Ashish Nanda
This case discusses why economies (and diseconomies) of scale and scope exist in professional service firms (PSFs) and how they influence the amount and range of services that PSFs offer. It is distributed with a case that focuses on determining the optimal scale/scope... View Details
Nanda, Ashish. "Scale and Scope in Professional Service Firms." Harvard Business School Background Note 903-117, March 2003. (Revised April 2006.)
- December 1977
- Article
Tender Offers and Stockholder Returns: An Empirical Analysis
By: P. Dodd and R. S. Ruback
Dodd, P., and R. S. Ruback. "Tender Offers and Stockholder Returns: An Empirical Analysis." Journal of Financial Economics 5, no. 3 (December 1977): 351–373.
- March 2000 (Revised February 2001)
- Supplement
Supplement for "The Reagan Plan": Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Beginning of Reagan's Presidency
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
Supplements The Reagan Plan. View Details
Rotemberg, Julio J. Supplement for "The Reagan Plan": Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Beginning of Reagan's Presidency. Harvard Business School Supplement 700-083, March 2000. (Revised February 2001.)
- April 1998
- Supplement
Reagan Plan, Update
Updates the case. View Details
Emmons, Willis M., III. "Reagan Plan, Update." Harvard Business School Supplement 798-095, April 1998.
- December 2003
- Article
Stochastic Technical Progress, Smooth Trends, and Nearly Distinct Business Cycles
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
Rotemberg, Julio J. "Stochastic Technical Progress, Smooth Trends, and Nearly Distinct Business Cycles." American Economic Review 93, no. 5 (December 2003): 1543–1559.