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- February 2003
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The Emergence and Sustainability of Abnormal Profits
By: Michael E. Porter and Anita M. McGahan
In this paper, we examine the emergence and the sustainability of abnormal profits among businesses that were part of U.S. public corporations between 1981 and 1994 and that reported financial results for at least six years. Our results reveal strong asymmetries... View Details
Porter, Michael E., and Anita M. McGahan. "The Emergence and Sustainability of Abnormal Profits." Strategic Organization 1, no. 1 (February 2003): 79–108.
- November 22, 2014
- Article
Profits Don't Create Inequality
By: Amar Bhidé
Bhidé, Amar. "Profits Don't Create Inequality." Barron's (November 22, 2014).
- 01 Dec 2021
- News
Humanizing the Profit Motive
- September 2016 (Revised September 2017)
- Case
Zalora Philippines: From Growth to Profitability
By: Donald Ngwe and Thales Teixeira
In May 2015 Paulo Campos, co-founder and CEO of Zalora Philippines, found himself at a crucial turning point in his young company’s development. In just three years, Zalora had come from entering the Philippine fashion retail industry as an unknown quantity to becoming... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Business Subsidiaries; Business Growth and Maturation; Fashion Industry; Retail Industry; Sweden; Southeast Asia; Philippines
Ngwe, Donald, and Thales Teixeira. "Zalora Philippines: From Growth to Profitability." Harvard Business School Case 517-009, September 2016. (Revised September 2017.)
- May–June 1991
- Article
Profit Priorities from Activity-Based Costing
By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
Cooper, Robin, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Profit Priorities from Activity-Based Costing." Harvard Business Review 69, no. 3 (May–June 1991): 130–135.
- October 1990 (Revised June 1992)
- Case
Direct Product Profitability at Hannaford Brothers Co.
By: Walter J. Salmon
Concerns the pioneering use of a method of accounting in retailing which takes into account not only sales and the cost of goods sold but, at the item level, all of the variable costs associated with each item that is sold. Focuses on the strengths and weaknesses of... View Details
Salmon, Walter J. "Direct Product Profitability at Hannaford Brothers Co." Harvard Business School Case 591-002, October 1990. (Revised June 1992.)
- Article
On the Division of Profit in Sequential Innovation
By: Jerry R. Green and Suzanne Scotchmer
In markets with sequential innovation, inventors of derivative improvements might undermine the profit of initial innovators through competition. Profit erosion can be mitigated by broadening the first innovator's patent protection and/or by permitting cooperative... View Details
Green, Jerry R., and Suzanne Scotchmer. "On the Division of Profit in Sequential Innovation." RAND Journal of Economics 26, no. 2 (Spring 1995): 20–33.
- August 1994
- Case
Komatsu Ltd. (B): Profit Planning and Product Costing
Describes Komatsu's profit planning and product costing systems. Komatsu can boast a high degree of employee dedication to achieving its profit plan. Also explores the logic behind the design of a new cost system at Komatsu that is less accurate at the product level... View Details
Cooper, Robin. "Komatsu Ltd. (B): Profit Planning and Product Costing." Harvard Business School Case 195-061, August 1994.
- 1 Dec 2021
- Interview
Hubert Joly on Humanizing the Profit Motive
Can businesses afford to see employees in terms other than unit labor cost? How do you factor the Golden Rule into a profit and loss statement? Former Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly explains how unlearning business orthodoxies helped him prove that a human-centered approach... View Details
"Hubert Joly on Humanizing the Profit Motive." Managing the Future of Work (podcast), Harvard Business School, December 1, 2021.
- March–April 1977
- Article
Responding to Divisional Profit Crises
Keywords: Profit
Hamermesh, Richard G. "Responding to Divisional Profit Crises." Harvard Business Review 55, no. 2 (March–April 1977).
- February 1993
- Article
Bank Mergers: Integration and Profitability
By: Dwight B. Crane and J. C. Linder
Crane, Dwight B., and J. C. Linder. "Bank Mergers: Integration and Profitability." Journal of Financial Services Research 7, no. 1 (February 1993): 35–55.
- April 1998
- Teaching Note
Managing Customers for Profits (TN)
By: Das Narayandas
Teaching Note for (8249) and (8257). View Details
- July 2010
- Supplement
Marketing Analysis Toolkit: Pricing and Profitability Analysis (CW)
By: Thomas J. Steenburgh and Jill Avery
Pricing is one of the most difficult decisions marketers make and the one with the most direct and immediate impact on the firm's financial position. This toolkit will introduce the fundamental terminology and calculations associated with pricing and profitability... View Details
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Power in Profit Maximizing Organizations
By: J. J. Rotemberg
Rotemberg, J. J. "Power in Profit Maximizing Organizations." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 2, no. 2 (June 1993): 165–198.
- May 2021
- Teaching Note
BlackRock: Linking Purpose to Profit
By: Aiyesha Dey
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 120-042 View Details
- May 2015
- Teaching Note
Should Corporate Profits Be Taxed?
- 29 Apr 2010
- News
Preserving both planet and profits
- 25 Aug 2011
- News
Profiting from Environmental Regulatory Uncertainty
Keywords: Adam R. Fremeth, Brian K. Richter
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity
Like many companies, IBM took big strides to eliminate discrimination by attempting to ignore cultural, racial, and other differences among its vast worldwide workforce. That ended when Lou Gerstner became CEO. Gerstner initiated a diversity task-force initiative that... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas