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- 2001
- Book
TechVenture: New Rules on Value and Profit from Silicon Valley
By: Mohanbir S. Sawhney, Ranjay Gulati and Anthony Paoni
Keywords: Information Technology; Business Ventures; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Value; Profit; California
Sawhney, Mohanbir S., Ranjay Gulati and Anthony Paoni, eds. TechVenture: New Rules on Value and Profit from Silicon Valley. John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
- March 2011
- Teaching Note
International Lobbying and the Dow Chemical Company (TN) (A) & (B)
By: Arthur A. Daemmrich
Teaching Note for 710027 and 710028. View Details
- March 1997
- Article
Transactions Costs and Capital Structure Choice: Evidence from Financially Distressed Firms
By: S. C. Gilson
This study provides evidence that transactions costs discourage debt reductions by financially distressed firms when they restructure their debt out of court. As a result, these firms remain highly leveraged and one-in-three subsequently experience financial distress.... View Details
Keywords: Cost; Capital Structure; Decision Choices and Conditions; Information; Finance; Business Ventures
Gilson, S. C. "Transactions Costs and Capital Structure Choice: Evidence from Financially Distressed Firms." Journal of Finance 52, no. 1 (March 1997): 161–196. (Abstracted in Contemporary Finance Digest 1 (autumn 1997))
- 2011
- Working Paper
The Impact of Horizontal Mergers and Acquisitions in Price Competition Models
The question of what impact mergers and acquisitions have on key equilibrium performance measures is fundamental to our understanding of competitive dynamics in an oligopolistic industry. We address these questions in the context of price competition models with... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Cost; Price; Profit; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Performance Efficiency; Mathematical Methods; Competition
Federgruen, Awi, and Margaret P. Pierson. "The Impact of Horizontal Mergers and Acquisitions in Price Competition Models." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-031, October 2011.
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
400 and Counting: Surge in HBS Cases with Women Protagonists
executive Marjorie Alfus and The Committee of 200, a national organization of women business executives. The project provided funding, case connections, and research assistance... View Details
- May 2018 (Revised February 2019)
- Teaching Note
Greg Mazur and the Purchase of Great Eastern Premium Pet Foods
By: Richard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff and Ahron Rosenfeld
Teaching Note for HBS No. 211-085. Greg Mazur (HBS 1997) identified a small firm, Great Eastern Premium Pet Food, in December of 1998 that fit his search criteria and decided to offer the seller a cash price of $1.2 million plus an earn-out equal to 1% of revenue over... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
HBS Fund Helps Fuel Faculty Research and New Learning Experiences
sees her research as helping firms build actionable solutions to their business challenges. Sadun’s research is developed from management practice data that she and her colleagues compiled by interviewing... View Details
- December 2014
- Technical Note
The Thermostat Industry: Transformation from Analog to Digital
By: Karim R. Lakhani, Kerry Herman and Christine Snively
This note examines the evolution of the thermostat industry as it transitioned from analog to digital technologies. It presents an overview of key industry participants and the shift in value creation and value capture models for firms. View Details
Keywords: Digital; Digital Convergence; Business Models; Digital Transition; Technology Change; Technology Strategy; Information Technology; Digital Transformation; United States
Lakhani, Karim R., Kerry Herman, and Christine Snively. "The Thermostat Industry: Transformation from Analog to Digital." Harvard Business School Technical Note 615-038, December 2014.
- 2006
- Article
Factory 'Homers': Understanding a Highly Elusive, Marginal, and Illegal Practice
By: Michel Anteby
Anteby, Michel. "Factory 'Homers': Understanding a Highly Elusive, Marginal, and Illegal Practice." Annual English Language Edition Sociologie du travail 48, no. S1 (2006): e22–e38. (Read an interview about this article in HBS Working Knowledge.)
- 21 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
Finding My North Star at the Crossroads of Profit and Purpose
learned how large companies think about sustaining businesses for decades, and what it means to manage shareholder value while thinking about its people, their families, and... View Details
- January – February 2012
- Article
How Managers Use Multiple Media: Discrepant Events, Power, and Timing in Redundant Communication
By: Paul Leonardi, Tsedal Neeley and Elizabeth M. Gerber
Several recent studies have found that managers engage in redundant communication; that is, they send the same message to the same recipient through two or more unique media sequentially. Given how busy most managers are, and how much information their subordinates... View Details
Keywords: Communication; Media; Information; Groups and Teams; Projects; Management Style; Power and Influence; Motivation and Incentives; Technology
Leonardi, Paul, Tsedal Neeley, and Elizabeth M. Gerber. "How Managers Use Multiple Media: Discrepant Events, Power, and Timing in Redundant Communication." Organization Science 23, no. 1 (January–February 2012): 98–117.
- September 2022 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act: Trade and Genocide in U.S.-China Relations
By: Jeremy Friedman and David Lane
On June 21, 2022, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) went into effect, requiring companies to prove that goods imported from the People’s Republic of China were not made with forced labor. The bill was a reaction to reports of products being made with... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Government Legislation; International Relations; Labor; Wages; Law Enforcement; Law; Rights; Operations; Supply Chain Management; Business and Government Relations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; China; United States
Friedman, Jeremy, and David Lane. "The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act: Trade and Genocide in U.S.-China Relations." Harvard Business School Case 723-001, September 2022. (Revised November 2022.)
- June 2017
- Case
AKB48: Going Global? (A)
By: Juan Alcácer, Kotaro Sasamoto, Tee Chayakul and Mayuka Yamazaki
After a remarkable success in Japan, the producer of the Japanese female singing group AKB48 evaluates market opportunities overseas for his artistic creation. This case introduces the business model behind the AKB48 concept and allows students to identify what... View Details
Keywords: Brand Building; Brand Extension; Culture-based Products; Global Products; Differentiation; Intellectual Property; International Business; Local Products; Strategy; Value Capture; Market Entry and Exit; Music Entertainment; Business Model; Global Strategy; Global Range; Brands and Branding; Value Creation; Expansion; Music Industry; Japan; China; Indonesia; Taiwan; Philippines; Thailand; South Korea
Alcácer, Juan, Kotaro Sasamoto, Tee Chayakul, and Mayuka Yamazaki. "AKB48: Going Global? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 717-445, June 2017.
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Maura Corby Sullivan (MBA/MPA 2009)
unlike anyone else who went to Harvard Business School with me—but my words, as I recall, to her were, “I’m not the military type. I’m not at all what they’re looking for.” To which she, being a lot wiser than 17-year-old me, sort of... View Details