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  • 23 Apr 2015
  • Video

Real Students Webinar: Second Year

  • 2018
  • Working Paper

Ethical Hedonism? The Diffusion of Fair Trade and Ecological Certifications to Luxury, Lifestyle and Illicit Goods.

By: Kristin Sippl
Book project exploring ethical consumption options in four understudied lifestyle sectors: jewelry, cannabis, pets and plastics. View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Spending; Consumer Behavior; Age; Luxury
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Sippl, Kristin. "Ethical Hedonism? The Diffusion of Fair Trade and Ecological Certifications to Luxury, Lifestyle and Illicit Goods." Working Paper, September 2018.
  • December 2003 (Revised October 2006)
  • Case

Globalizing the Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting at AES

By: Mihir A. Desai and Douglas Kurt Schillinger
With electricity generating businesses around the world, AES Corp. is seeking a methodology for calculating the cost of capital for its various businesses and potential projects. In the past, AES used the same cost of capital for all of its capital budgeting, but the... View Details
Keywords: International Finance; Risk Management; Globalized Firms and Management; Cost of Capital; Valuation; Emerging Markets; Foreign Direct Investment; Capital Budgeting; Energy Industry; South America
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Desai, Mihir A., and Douglas Kurt Schillinger. "Globalizing the Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting at AES." Harvard Business School Case 204-109, December 2003. (Revised October 2006.)
  • April 2012
  • Case

Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation

By: Willy Shih and Margaret Pierson
Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation (DNATF), a government agency, invests in public-private partnerships to stimulate commercialization of Danish scientific research within the country's industry. DNATF established a process for evaluating proposals, making... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Commercialization; Management Practices and Processes; Experience and Expertise; Innovation and Invention; Public Ownership; Business and Government Relations; Technology Industry; Denmark
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Shih, Willy, and Margaret Pierson. "Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation." Harvard Business School Case 612-091, April 2012.
  • May 2016 (Revised September 2017)
  • Case

Canadian Pacific's Bid for Norfolk Southern

By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield
In December 2015, Canadian Pacific Railroad (CPR) has just made its third bid to acquire Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC), one of the largest railroads in the United States. Having rejected the prior offers, NSC’s CEO James Squires and the NSC board must now value... View Details
Keywords: Capital Structure; Cash Flow; Cost of Capital; Financial Strategy; Investment Activism; Bids and Bidding; Negotiation Offer; Corporate Strategy; Rail Transportation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Transformation; United States; Canada
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Esty, Benjamin C., and E. Scott Mayfield. "Canadian Pacific's Bid for Norfolk Southern." Harvard Business School Case 216-057, May 2016. (Revised September 2017.)
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Professor Santana studies consumer judgment and decision making within the domain of behavioral pricing and the subjective value of money. With respect to behavioral pricing, her current projects are focused on how consumers think, feel, and behave in response to... View Details
Keywords: Judgment And Decision Making; Behavioral Pricing; Consumer Behavior
  • 2013
  • Working Paper

Helping You Help Me: The Role of Diagnostic (In)congruence in the Helping Process within Organizations

By: Colin M. Fisher, Julianna Pillemer and Teresa M. Amabile
Through an inductive, multi-method field study at a major design firm, we investigated the helping process in project work and how that process affects the success of a helping episode, as perceived by help-givers and/or -receivers. We used daily diary entries and... View Details
Keywords: Groups and Teams; Knowledge Management; Performance; Cooperation
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Fisher, Colin M., Julianna Pillemer, and Teresa M. Amabile. "Helping You Help Me: The Role of Diagnostic (In)congruence in the Helping Process within Organizations." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-003, July 2013.
  • October 2013
  • Article

The Costs of Favoritism: Is Politically-Driven Aid Less Effective?

By: Axel Dreher, Stephan Klasen, James Vreeland and Eric Werker
As is now well documented, aid is given for both political as well as economic reasons. The conventional wisdom is that politically motivated aid is less effective in promoting developmental objectives. We examine the ex-post performance ratings of World Bank projects... View Details
Keywords: World Bank; Aid Effectiveness; Political Influence; United Nations Security Council; International Finance; Prejudice and Bias; Outcome or Result; Projects; Government and Politics; Power and Influence
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Dreher, Axel, Stephan Klasen, James Vreeland, and Eric Werker. "The Costs of Favoritism: Is Politically-Driven Aid Less Effective?" Economic Development and Cultural Change 62, no. 1 (October 2013).
  • July 2004 (Revised July 2020)
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Hines Goes to Rio

By: Arthur I Segel and Ricardo Reisen De Pinho
The Torre Almirante office tower, Hines' newest project in Rio de Janeiro, was a 36-story, Class AA office tower with an adjoining 420-stall parking structure and a preserved 14-story historic facade. It was completely different from anything that had previously been... View Details
Keywords: Property; Design; Construction; Buildings and Facilities; Risk Management; Problems and Challenges; Real Estate Industry; Brazil; New York (city, NY)
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Segel, Arthur I., and Ricardo Reisen De Pinho. "Hines Goes to Rio." Harvard Business School Case 805-001, July 2004. (Revised July 2020.)
  • April 2002 (Revised February 2003)
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An Economic Framework for Assessing Development Impact

By: Benjamin C. Esty, Frank J. Lysy and Carrie Ferman
Discusses the differences between private and social returns and describes an economic framework for assessing a project's social return [known as the economic rate of return (ERR)]. The framework begins by analyzing the impact of a new project on private financiers... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Microeconomics; Investment Return; Framework; Projects; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Valuation
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Esty, Benjamin C., Frank J. Lysy, and Carrie Ferman. "An Economic Framework for Assessing Development Impact." Harvard Business School Background Note 202-052, April 2002. (Revised February 2003.)
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Catching Outliers: Committee Voting and the Limits of Consensus When Financing Innovation

By: Andrey Malenko, Ramana Nanda, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and Savitar Sundaresan
We document that investment committees of major VCs use a voting rule where one partner `championing' an early-stage investment is sufficient to invest. Their stated reason for this rule is to `catch outliers'. The same VCs use a more conventional `majority' rule for... View Details
Keywords: Optimal Voting Rules; Innovation and Invention; Venture Capital; Investment; Decision Making; Voting
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Malenko, Andrey, Ramana Nanda, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, and Savitar Sundaresan. "Catching Outliers: Committee Voting and the Limits of Consensus When Financing Innovation." Journal of Finance (forthcoming).

    John Jong-Hyun Kim

    John J-H Kim is a Senior Lecturer and part of the Social Enterprise Initiative at the Harvard Business School. He created and teaches the course Transforming Education Through Social Entrepreneurship—leaders and entrepreneurs who are improving the... View Details

    • 2010
    • Simulation

    Finance Simulation: Capital Budgeting: Product No. 3357.

    By: Timothy A. Luehrman
    In this single-player simulation, students act as members of the Capital Committee of New Heritage Doll Company, tasked with selecting and allocating capital across the company's three divisions. Students evaluate a diverse set of competing investment proposals and... View Details
    Keywords: Resource Allocation; Investment; Projects; Capital Budgeting; Corporate Finance
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    Luehrman, Timothy A. "Finance Simulation: Capital Budgeting: Product No. 3357." Simulation and Teaching Note. Watertown, MA: Harvard Business Publishing, 2010. Electronic.

      Robert J. Dolan

      Robert J. Dolan is the Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester and began his academic career in 1976 as a faculty member at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago. He joined... View Details

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      Governance, Accountability, and Performance for Social Enterprise

      By: Dutch Leonard
      This project examines the relationship between governance structures, accountability relationships, and performance outcomes for social enterprises. Most previous work in this area has examined these topics separately, or in pairs; the purpose of this project is to... View Details
      • 11 Sep 2018
      • Blog Post

      Care for the Elderly: Process is More Important Than the Destination

      With the support of the HBS Summer Fellows Program, I had the opportunity to follow my passion and work on my project to support senior care in China. As China is entering into an ageing society sooner than everyone might have imagined... View Details
      Keywords: Health Care
      • 2019
      • Interviews

      Interview with Soraya Chemaly on "Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger"

      • June 2005 (Revised January 2007)
      • Case

      Equator Principles, The: An Industry Approach to Managing Environmental and Social Risks

      By: Benjamin C. Esty, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Aldo Sesia
      In June 2003, 10 leading international banks adopted new voluntary guidelines, called the Equator Principles, to promote sustainable development in project finance. In recent years, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) had raised issues about the lenders'... View Details
      Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Competition; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Environmental Sustainability; Policy; Project Finance; Standards; Projects; Commercial Banking; Non-Governmental Organizations
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      Esty, Benjamin C., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Aldo Sesia. "Equator Principles, The: An Industry Approach to Managing Environmental and Social Risks." Harvard Business School Case 205-114, June 2005. (Revised January 2007.)
      • June 1990 (Revised February 1991)
      • Case

      In the Shadow of the City

      Traces the history of a collaborative effort to create an organization to manage a major international development project in the slums of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Focuses on a serious set of disagreements which develops several months into the project between the two... View Details
      Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Conflict and Resolution; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Ethiopia
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      Donnellon, Anne, and James Reed. "In the Shadow of the City." Harvard Business School Case 490-093, June 1990. (Revised February 1991.)

        Joshua Lev Krieger

        Josh Krieger is an Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit.  Josh’s research focuses on R&D strategy and the economics of innovation.  His work examines project selection, R&D competition, and... View Details

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