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  • September 1990 (Revised June 1994)
  • Case

Catawba Industrial Co.

By: Francis Aguilar
A department general manager has to decide whether or not to add a lightweight compressor to the line, what price to charge, and what volume to produce. The analysis requires maximizing contribution in a situation where one factor is constrained. As such, it takes into... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Capital Budgeting; Business Earnings; Cost Accounting; Cost Management; Asset Pricing
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  • 2009
  • Other Unpublished Work

Steering Monetary Policy Through Unprecedented Crises

By: David Moss and Cole Bolton
In early April 2008, economic conditions in Europe appeared to be deteriorating on almost all fronts: sales figures were falling, business and consumer confidence were slumping, forecasts for European growth were being revised downward, and inflation was rising. In... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Inflation and Deflation; Central Banking; Interest Rates; International Finance; Policy; Crisis Management; Europe
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  • 22 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23

patterns. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53100 June 12, 2017 Harvard Business Review Your Sales Training Is Probably Lackluster. Here's How to Fix It By: Cespedes, Frank V., and Yuchun Lee Abstract— U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 27, 2009

  Working PapersThe Long-Run Risks Model and Aggregate Asset Prices: An Empirical Assessment Authors:Jason Beeler and John Y. Campbell Abstract The long-run risks model of asset prices explains stock price... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Faculty & Advisors | MBA

including representing Immunex, the maker of Enbrel, in its $16 billion sale to Amgen, IDEC in its merger with Biogen to create BiogenIdec, Boston Scientific in its $25 billion hostile acquisition of Guidant, Vertex in its acquisition of... View Details
  • 2012
  • Case

ChemChina

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Donghong Li, Lei Li and Hong Zhang
ChemChina is China's largest basic chemical manufacturing firm. It was included in Fortune Global 500 in 2011 and 2012, ranked No. 475 and 402. Its sales revenue in 2011 was 179 billion yuan, and profit was 600 million yuan. The year-end total assets were 254.2 billion... View Details
Keywords: Reorganization; Strategy; China; China
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  • 2012
  • Teaching Note

ChemChina (TN)

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Donghong Li, Lei Li and Hong Zhang
ChemChina is China's largest basic chemical manufacturing firm. It was included in Fortune Global 500 in 2011 and 2012, ranked No. 475 and 402. Its sales revenue in 2011 was 179 billion yuan, and profit was 600 million yuan. The year-end total assets were 254.2 billion... View Details
Keywords: Reorganization; Strategy; China; China
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  • 12 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 12, 2007

firms. They also affect trading signal classifications, back-testing inferences, track records of individual analysts, and models of analysts' career outcomes in the three years following the changes. Long-Run Stockholder Consumption Risk and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Mar 2010
  • Research & Ideas

One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution

deep culture of direct sales to corporate customers, the company was slow to take advantage of a rapidly emerging consumer market—at least until founder Michael Dell returned to shake things up. "Our past is littered with firms that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services
  • May 2008
  • Supplement

Tribune Company, 2007 (CW)

By: Timothy A. Luehrman
This case describes the proposed acquisition of Tribune Company by Sam Zell in 2007. Tribune Company is one of the largest newspapers and broadcasting companies in the United States. Zell's proposed acquisition is unusual in several respects. It is two-tiered, employs... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Credit; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Employees; Markets; Market Transactions; Negotiation Deal; Business and Shareholder Relations; Sales; Perspective; Journalism and News Industry; United States
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    Peter Tufano

    Peter Tufano is a Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School and Senior Advisor to the Harvard Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability. From 2011 to 2021, he served as the Peter Moores Dean at View Details

    Keywords: asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management
    • 28 Aug 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

    https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54899 forthcoming Management Science How Do Sales Efforts Pay Off? Dynamic Panel Data Analysis in the Nerlove-Arrow Framework By: Chung, Doug J., Byungyeon Kim, and Byoung G. Park Abstract—... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 17 Nov 2015
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    November 17, 2015

    performance. O'Rourke and her team were able to drive almost immediate improvement in the district's sales growth and profitability and in other key areas such as customer service scores. How can O'Rourke ensure that these stores continue... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 31 Mar 2022
    • HBS Seminar

    John Paul MacDuffie, Wharton

    • Web

    Placement - Doctoral

    Shleifer , Lawrence Katz , Gautam Rao , and Katherine B. Coffman Spencer Yongwook Kwon Business Economics, 2023 Placement: Brown University, Department of Economics Dissertation: Essays in Expectations and Asset Prices Advisors: Andrei... View Details
    • 01 Nov 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: Nov. 1

    capital. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-028.pdf   Cases & Course Materials"In a Pickle: Barclays Capital and the Sale of Del Monte Foods (A) John Coates, Clayton Rose, and David LaneHarvard Business School... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 29 Feb 2024
    • HBS Case

    Beyond Goals: David Beckham's Playbook for Mobilizing Star Talent

    biggest sports stage to cementing a legacy as a businessman, entrepreneur, and club owner. What’s the best way to build a team around a top performer? How do you value the asset of a star to the broader organization? And, how can an... View Details
    Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports
    • October 2009 (Revised March 2012)
    • Case

    Nettwerk: Digital Marketing in the Music Industry

    By: John A. Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
    How is music marketed in the digital era? Nettwerk Music Group built on its foundation as a social, grassroots marketer of music and artists and emerged as a leader in the Internet-enabled social media environment. For most of the past decade Nettwerk CEO Terry McBride... View Details
    Keywords: Music Entertainment; Product Marketing; Network Effects; Sales; Social and Collaborative Networks; Online Technology; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Music Industry
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    • 14 Feb 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research: February 14

    important role in reducing both the real and financing frictions faced by small businesses. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52278 Where Should We Build a Mall? The Formation of Market Structure and Its Effect on View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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    Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

    Info Do Fire Sales Create Externalities? By: Sergey Chernenko & Adi Sunderam DEC 2018 How do cash policies affect stock returns? A mutual fund that uses its cash reserves to accommodate outflows will lower the volatility of its underlying... View Details