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  • April 1999 (Revised May 2005)
  • Case

GE's Two-Decade Transformation: Jack Welch's Leadership

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Meg Wozny
GE is faced with Jack Welch's impending retirement and whether anyone can sustain the blistering pace of change and growth characteristic of the Welch era. After briefly describing GE's heritage and Welch's transformation of the company's business portfolio of the... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Global Strategy; Leadership Development; Goals and Objectives; Six Sigma; Management Succession; Service Operations; Quality; Corporate Strategy
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Bartlett, Christopher A., and Meg Wozny. "GE's Two-Decade Transformation: Jack Welch's Leadership." Harvard Business School Case 399-150, April 1999. (Revised May 2005.)
  • 16 Aug 2012
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Cost of Friendship

Keywords: by Paul Gompers, Vladimir Mukharlyamov & Yuhai Xuan
  • 2014
  • Working Paper

Which Does More to Determine the Quality of Corporate Governance in Emerging Economies, Firms or Countries?

By: Andrea Hugill and Jordan Siegel
Scholars of corporate governance have debated the relative importance of country and firm characteristics in understanding corporate governance variation across emerging economies. Using panel data and a number of model specifications, we shed new light on this debate.... View Details
Keywords: Quality; Corporate Governance; Developing Countries and Economies
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Hugill, Andrea, and Jordan Siegel. "Which Does More to Determine the Quality of Corporate Governance in Emerging Economies, Firms or Countries?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-055, December 2012. (Revised March 2013, June 2014.)
  • 2018
  • Simulation

Financial Analysis Simulation: Data Detective

By: Suraj Srinivasan and V.G. Narayanan
In this simulation, students learn to identify typical industry characteristics revealed in financial data. Equipped with an interactive and flexible set of tools, students analyze disguised financials and—using their knowledge of operational practices and reasoning... View Details
Keywords: Financial Analysis; Financial Accounting; Financial Ratios; Accounting; Financial Statements; Analysis
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Srinivasan, Suraj, and V.G. Narayanan. "Financial Analysis Simulation: Data Detective." Core Curriculum Readings Series. Simulation and Teaching Note. Boston: Harvard Business Publishing 8742, 2018. Electronic.
  • 2005
  • Book

A Portrait of the Visual Arts: Meeting the Challenges of a New Era

By: Kevin F. McCarthy, Elizabeth A. Ondaatje, Arthur C. Brooks and András Szántó
Providing information about developments in the visual arts world, this book provides an analysis of the sector, describing the characteristics of visual arts consumers, artists, finances, and organization. View Details
Keywords: Visual Arts; Arts; Policy; United States
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McCarthy, Kevin F., Elizabeth A. Ondaatje, Arthur C. Brooks, and András Szántó. A Portrait of the Visual Arts: Meeting the Challenges of a New Era. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2005.
  • Third Quarter 2015
  • Article

Should Boards Mentor Their CEOs?: It Is a Complex Question. Here Are the Significant Considerations.

By: Jay W. Lorsch
It's a complex question with significant considerations, including how open the CEO is likely to be to such advice, the company's situation, and the characteristics of the board. View Details
Keywords: Directors; CEO Mentoring; Governing and Advisory Boards; Rank and Position; Management Teams
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Lorsch, Jay W. "Should Boards Mentor Their CEOs? It Is a Complex Question. Here Are the Significant Considerations." Directors & Boards 39, no. 5 (Third Quarter 2015): 25–27.
  • September 2015
  • Teaching Note

Unidentified Industries: Australia 2014

By: Benjamin C. Esty and William E. Fruhan, Jr.
Helps students to understand how the characteristics of a business are reflected in the firm's financial statements. In this exercise, students are given balance sheet data in percentage form (common-size balance sheets) and other selected financial ratios for a set of... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Finance; Financial Management; Australia
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Esty, Benjamin C., and William E. Fruhan, Jr. "Unidentified Industries: Australia 2014." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 216-018, September 2015.
  • 20 Sep 2004
  • Research & Ideas

How Consumers Value Global Brands

In 2002, we carried out a two-stage research project in partnership with the market research company Research International/USA to find out how consumers in different countries value global brands. First, we conducted a qualitative study in forty-one countries to... View Details
Keywords: by Douglas B. Holt, John A. Quelch & Earl L. Taylor
  • October 1997 (Revised February 2003)
  • Background Note

Worldwide Web and Internet Technology,The

In terms non-technical readers can understand, the evolution of the Internet and the Web, characteristics of the supporting technology, and current issues surrounding use of the technology are examined. View Details
Keywords: Internet; Web
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Austin, Robert D., and Thomas Rodd. "Worldwide Web and Internet Technology,The ." Harvard Business School Background Note 198-020, October 1997. (Revised February 2003.)
  • March 1999 (Revised July 1999)
  • Case

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, The

By: Richard M.J. Bohmer and Ann Winslow
Describes the death of a cancer patient in one of the nation's premier cancer treatment centers and examines the organizational and process characteristics that may have contributed to the medical error. View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Quality; Service Operations; Management Practices and Processes; Business Processes; Failure; Health Industry
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Bohmer, Richard M.J., and Ann Winslow. "Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, The." Harvard Business School Case 699-025, March 1999. (Revised July 1999.)
  • September 2015 (Revised July 2016)
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Unidentified Industries: Australia 2014

By: Benjamin Esty and William E. Fruhan, Jr.
Helps students to understand how the characteristics of a business are reflected in the firm's financial statements. In this exercise, students are given balance sheet data in percentage form (common-size balance sheets) and other selected financial ratios for a set of... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Finance; Financial Management; Australia
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Esty, Benjamin, and William E. Fruhan, Jr. "Unidentified Industries: Australia 2014." Harvard Business School Case 216-014, September 2015. (Revised July 2016.)
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Intangible Assets

Professor Kimbrough's work examines the information environment surrounding and the economic characteristics of intangible assets. Insight in these areas has implications for how intangible assets should be accounted for, disclosed and managed. View Details
  • February 1992
  • Background Note

Resources: The Essence of Corporate Advantage

By: Cynthia A. Montgomery
Introduces the idea that a firm's resources are at the heart of corporate advantage. Identifies six characteristics of a resource that together describe its potential for creating value for the firm. View Details
Keywords: Resource Allocation; Competitive Advantage; Value Creation
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Montgomery, Cynthia A. "Resources: The Essence of Corporate Advantage." Harvard Business School Background Note 792-064, February 1992.
  • 2003
  • Article

Do Investors Respond to Analysts’ Forecast Revisions As If Forecast Accuracy Is All That Matters?

By: Michael B. Clement and Senyo Tse
Prior research suggests that investors' response to analyst forecast revisions increases with the analyst's forecast accuracy. We extend this research by examining whether investors appear to extract all of the information that analyst characteristics provide about... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Forecasting and Prediction; Knowledge Sharing
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Clement, Michael B., and Senyo Tse. "Do Investors Respond to Analysts’ Forecast Revisions As If Forecast Accuracy Is All That Matters?" Accounting Review 78, no. 1 (2003): 227–249.
  • 29 May 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Race Does Matter in Mentoring

In a three-year research project, I studied the career trajectories of minority and white professionals at three major U.S. corporations. The story of one of the participants—Stephen Williams—sheds light on many of the differences in career advancement between whites... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
  • June 2005 (Revised August 2013)
  • Case

Amazon.com's European Distribution Strategy

By: Janice Hammond and Claire Chiron
Describes how Amazon's distribution system evolved from the company's inception. In 2003, Amazon Europe must decide how to reconfigure its distribution network in light of expected growth, products proliferation, and geographical expansion in Europe. Examines how... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Decision Choices and Conditions; Growth and Development; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Supply and Industry; Distribution; Supply Chain; Risk and Uncertainty; Expansion; Web Services Industry
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Hammond, Janice, and Claire Chiron. "Amazon.com's European Distribution Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 605-002, June 2005. (Revised August 2013.)
  • 2016
  • Working Paper

Equal Opportunity? Gender Gaps in CEO Appointments and Executive Pay

By: Matti Keloharju, Samuli Knüpfer and Joacim Tåg
This paper uses exceptionally rich data on Swedish corporate executives and their personal characteristics to study gender gaps in CEO appointments and pay. Both gaps are sizeable: 18% for CEO appointments and 27% for pay. At most one-eighth of the gaps can be... View Details
Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Executive Compensation; Gender; Sweden
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Keloharju, Matti, Samuli Knüpfer, and Joacim Tåg. "Equal Opportunity? Gender Gaps in CEO Appointments and Executive Pay." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-092, February 2016.
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Quality in Service Operations

Rogelio Oliva is interested in understanding how the operational characteristics of service delivery processes interact with human resource and marketing policies to determine the long term productivity, quality, and profitability of a service operation. Specifically,... View Details
  • Fourth Quarter 2008
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Do Funds-of-Funds Deserve Their Extra Fees?

By: Andrew Ang, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and Rui Zhao
Since the after-fee returns of funds-of-funds are, on average, lower than hedge fund returns, it is easy to conclude that funds-of-funds do not add value compared to hedge funds. However, funds-of-funds should not be evaluated relative to hedge fund returns in publicly... View Details
Keywords: Investment Funds; Investment Return; Value; Assets; Resource Allocation
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Ang, Andrew, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, and Rui Zhao. "Do Funds-of-Funds Deserve Their Extra Fees?" Journal of Investment Management 6, no. 4 (Fourth Quarter 2008).
  • January 2002
  • Background Note

Note on Business Model Analysis for the Entrepreneur

By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Paul W. Marshall and Taslim Pirmohamed
Describes the primary elements and defining characteristics of a company's business model from the perspective of an entrepreneur. Introduces several analytic techniques and provides illustrative examples of business models to support the analytic framework presented. View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Entrepreneurship; Framework; Mathematical Methods; Opportunities; Perspective
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Hamermesh, Richard G., Paul W. Marshall, and Taslim Pirmohamed. "Note on Business Model Analysis for the Entrepreneur." Harvard Business School Background Note 802-048, January 2002.
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