Publications

2024
Working Paper

The Consequences of Export Controls in Target Countries

By: Xueyue Liu, Yu Liu and Jaya Y. Wen

Export controls are a common instrument of national security, but their economic consequences are not well understood. This paper evaluates how these controls affect firm performance and adaptation in targeted countries. We use variation in a 2007 US policy,... View Details

Keywords: National Security; Trade; Business and Government Relations; Policy; Performance Productivity; Adaptation

11 May 2018
News

Online Ad Targeting Does Work—As Long As It's Not Creepy

May 2015 (Revised April 2016)
Case

Target Stores: The Hunt for 'Unvolunteered Truths'

By: John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld

Educators

August 1996
Article

Evaluating Target Zone Models in EMS Data

By: Huw Pill

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01 Jul 2009
News

Harvard program targets diversity at highest levels

26 Sep 2023
Book

Digital Strategy: A Handbook for Managing a Moving Target

this introduction to the book, the three coeditors say we need new methods to better understand “the moving target of the digital world.” Introduction: Digital Strategy—Linear Evolution or Paradigm Shift Digital has become a pervasive... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Information Technology; Technology

December 2011
Article

How Do Acquirers Retain Successful Target CEOs? The Role of Governance

By: Julie Wulf and Harbir Singh

The resource-based view argues that acquisitions can build competitive advantage partially through retention of valuable human capital of the target firm. However, making commitments to retain and motivate successful top managers is a challenge when contracts are not... View Details

Keywords: Capital; Mergers and Acquisitions; Acquisition; Equity; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Contracts; Performance; Governance; Legal Services Industry

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February 2020
Teaching Note

Target Stores: The Hunt for 'Unvolunteered Truths'

By: John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld

Teaching Note for HBS No. 515-090. View Details

October 2010
Teaching Note

Target Corporation: Ackman versus the Board (TN)

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Suraj Srinivasan

Teaching Note for 109010. View Details

Keywords: Business Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Governing and Advisory Boards; Conflict and Resolution; Voting; Investment Activism

February 2004 (Revised March 2010)
Case

Brazil 2003: Inflation Targeting and Debt Dynamics

By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel

In October 2002, Brazilians elected a left-wing president, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, for the first time in that country's history. As markets faltered in response, Lula sought to reaffirm his commitment to fiscal discipline, a floating exchange rate, and inflation... View Details

Keywords: Economy; Inflation and Deflation; Money; Borrowing and Debt; Policy; Emerging Markets; Brazil

Educators

19 Jul 2023
Podcast

Managing Electricity to Meet Net Zero Targets

In this episode, Melissa Lott, Director of Research and Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, and Michael Webber, Josey Centennial Professor in Energy Resources and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas... View Details

11 Jun 2009
News

U.S. Targets Excessive Pay for Top Executives

Article

The Effectiveness and Targeting of Television Advertising

By: R. Shachar and B. Anand

Keywords: Media; Advertising

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