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  • October 2015 (Revised October 2016)
  • Case

Building Watson: Not So Elementary, My Dear! (Abridged)

By: Willy C. Shih
This case is set inside IBM Research's efforts to build a computer that can successfully take on human challengers playing the game show Jeopardy! It opens with the machine named Watson offering the incorrect answer "Toronto" to a seemingly simple question during the... View Details
Keywords: Analytics; Big Data; Business Analytics; Product Development Strategy; Machine Learning; Machine Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence; Product Development; AI and Machine Learning; Information Technology; Analytics and Data Science; Information Technology Industry; United States
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Shih, Willy C. "Building Watson: Not So Elementary, My Dear! (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 616-025, October 2015. (Revised October 2016.)
  • March 2012 (Revised April 2013)
  • Case

Schön Klinik: Eating Disorder Care

By: Michael E. Porter, Emma Stanton, Jessica A. Hohman and Caleb Stowell
The Schön Klinik is a private, for-profit German hospital group trying to establish itself as a premium health care provider in a competitive German market. The case details Schön Klinik's founding, its early focus on measurement and improvement, and the design and... View Details
Keywords: Health Care Quality; Outcomes; Quality Improvement; Strategy And Performance Measurement; Integration; Measurement and Metrics; Competition; Health Disorders; Health Care and Treatment; Outcome or Result; Performance Evaluation; Business Processes; Health Industry; Germany
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Porter, Michael E., Emma Stanton, Jessica A. Hohman, and Caleb Stowell. "Schön Klinik: Eating Disorder Care." Harvard Business School Case 712-475, March 2012. (Revised April 2013.)
  • 18 Mar 2014
  • Blog Post

BaubleBar Brought to Life, and Other Tales of Joining a Start-up

big screen. Our virtual conversation is live!Julia is the Director of Business Development at BaubleBar, and oversees the company’s global digital and offline partnerships.... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology; Consumer Products / Retail
  • March 2018
  • Article

Making the Numbers? 'Short Termism' and the Puzzle of Only Occasional Disaster

By: Hazhir Rahmandad, Rebecca Henderson and Nelson P. Repenning
Much recent work in strategy and popular discussion suggests that an excessive focus on "managing the numbers"—delivering quarterly earnings at the expense of longer-term investments—makes it difficult for firms to make the investments necessary to build competitive... View Details
Keywords: Capability; Short-termism; System Dynamics; Tipping Point; Business or Company Management; Earnings Management; Resource Allocation
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Rahmandad, Hazhir, Rebecca Henderson, and Nelson P. Repenning. "Making the Numbers? 'Short Termism' and the Puzzle of Only Occasional Disaster." Management Science 64, no. 3 (March 2018): 1328–1347.
  • March 2007
  • Article

Authority, Risk, and Performance Incentives: Evidence from Division Manager Positions inside Firms

By: Julie Wulf
I show that performance incentives vary by decision-making authority of division managers. For division managers with broader authority, i.e., those designated as corporate officers, both the sensitivity of pay to global performance measures and the relative importance... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Performance; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Model; Globalization; Measurement and Metrics; Status and Position; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Divisions
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Wulf, Julie. "Authority, Risk, and Performance Incentives: Evidence from Division Manager Positions inside Firms." Journal of Industrial Economics 55, no. 1 (March 2007): 169–196.
  • July–August 2020
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Price Bargaining and Competition in Online Platforms: An Empirical Analysis of the Daily Deal Market

By: Lingling Zhang and Doug J. Chung
The prevalence of online platforms opens new doors to traditional businesses for customer reach and revenue growth. This research investigates platform choice in a setting where prices are determined by negotiations between platforms and businesses. We compile a unique... View Details
Keywords: Business-to-business Marketing; Platform Competition; Two-Sided Markets; Price Bargaining; Daily Deals; Structural Model; Digital Platforms; Competition; Price; Negotiation
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Zhang, Lingling, and Doug J. Chung. "Price Bargaining and Competition in Online Platforms: An Empirical Analysis of the Daily Deal Market." Marketing Science 39, no. 4 (July–August 2020): 687–706.
  • 2010
  • Working Paper

A New Model of Integrity: The Missing Factor Of Production (PDF file of Keynote and PowerPoint Slides)

By: Michael C. Jensen, Kari L. Granger and Werner Erhard

An Actionable Pathway To Dramatic Increases In Individual And Organizational Performance.

Full Day Executive Program Seminar taught at Olin Business School, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.

Workshop Objectives:

To provide you and your... View Details

Keywords: Performance Improvement; Programs; Trust; Competitive Advantage; Value Creation; Washington (state, US)
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Jensen, Michael C., Kari L. Granger, and Werner Erhard. "A New Model of Integrity: The Missing Factor Of Production (PDF file of Keynote and PowerPoint Slides)." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-087, March 2010.
  • 9 Dec 2004 - 11 Dec 2004
  • Conference Presentation

Perceptions of Women in Business: The Good, the Bad and the Interesting.

By: C. G. Brush, N. M. Carter, E. J. Gatewood, P. G. Greene and Myra M. Hart
Keywords: Gender; Business Ventures; Perception
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Brush, C. G., N. M. Carter, E. J. Gatewood, P. G. Greene, and Myra M. Hart. "Perceptions of Women in Business: The Good, the Bad and the Interesting." Paper presented at the Athena Signature Series, San Diego, CA, December 09–11, 2004.
  • 02 Feb 2015
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Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t

Despite this upheaval, it seemed some businesses were immune to the digital onslaught—companies whose products and services couldn't be easily turned into 1's and 0's View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 1 Feb 2009
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Where Do Transactions Come From? Modularity, Transactions and the Boundaries of Firms

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin
Keywords: Business Ventures
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Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Where Do Transactions Come From? Modularity, Transactions and the Boundaries of Firms." Vanderbilt University School of Law, Nashville, TN, February 1, 2009.
  • 2001
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Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring: Case Studies in Bankruptcies, Buyouts, and Breakups

By: Stuart C. Gilson
Keywords: Value; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Acquisition; Restructuring
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Gilson, Stuart C. Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring: Case Studies in Bankruptcies, Buyouts, and Breakups. John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
  • 18 Sep 2012
  • Working Paper Summaries

Risky Business: The Impact of Property Rights on Investment and Revenue in the Film Industry

Keywords: by Venkat Kuppuswamy & Carliss Y. Baldwin; Motion Pictures & Video
  • February 2013
  • Supplement

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Video Supplement 2012

By: Anita Tucker and Amy Edmondson
Keywords: Process Improvement; Leadership Succession; Healthcare; Quality And Safety; Transparency; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Succession; Health Care and Treatment; Performance Improvement; Business Processes; Health Industry; Ohio
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Tucker, Anita, and Amy Edmondson. "Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Video Supplement 2012." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 613-710, February 2013.
  • 09 Oct 2017
  • News

How It Happened: A Moneyish guide to yoga and barre’s rise from niche workout to lifestyle phenomena

  • 18 May 2023
  • Video

Tina Opie & Beth Livingston present "Shared Sisterhood: How to Take Collective Action for Racial and Gender Equity at Work"

  • March 2006 (Revised November 2006)
  • Case

China: To Float or Not To Float? (C)- Esquel Group and the Chinese Renminbi

By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
In July 2005, China revalued its currency by 2.1% and adjusted its exchange rate regime toward a more market-based system. Esquel Group, a family-run, privately held textiles firm specializing in high-quality cotton shirts with its most significant manufacturing base... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Currency Exchange Rate; Private Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Value Creation; China
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Alfaro, Laura, Rafael M. Di Tella, and Ingrid Vogel. "China: To Float or Not To Float? (C)- Esquel Group and the Chinese Renminbi." Harvard Business School Case 706-023, March 2006. (Revised November 2006.)
  • 2012
  • Article

Mutual Fund Trading Pressure: Firm-Level Stock Price Impact and Timing of SEOs

By: Mozaffar N. Khan, Leonid Kogan and George Serafeim
In tests of the equity market timing theory of external finance, the prior literature has used overvaluation identifiers such as high market-to-book and high prior returns that are likely correlated with other determinants of SEOs. We use price pressure resulting from... View Details
Keywords: Equity; Market Transactions; Valuation; Capital Structure; Market Timing; Mathematical Methods; Acquisition
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Khan, Mozaffar N., Leonid Kogan, and George Serafeim. "Mutual Fund Trading Pressure: Firm-Level Stock Price Impact and Timing of SEOs." Journal of Finance 67, no. 4 (August 2012): 1371–1395.
  • Research Summary

Overview

My research aims to understand how prosperity is created in poor countries. My first “chapter” in this larger quest has focused on how rich-country actors have managed to be a force for change in poor-country economies. I have investigated the various attempts of... View Details
  • October 2016 (Revised December 2016)
  • Module Note

Strategy Execution Module 6: Evaluating Strategic Profit Performance

By: Robert Simons
This module reading demonstrates how to calculate and analyze the profit generated by different business strategies. Formulas and examples are provided to calculate profit generated by changes in market share, revenue growth, efficiency improvements, and support costs.... View Details
Keywords: Management Control Systems; Implementing Strategy; Execution; Evaluating Business Performance; Profitability Analysis; Variance Analysis; Measuring Effectiveness; Measuring Efficiency; Activity-Based Costing; Flexible Budget; Accounting; Strategy
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Simons, Robert. "Strategy Execution Module 6: Evaluating Strategic Profit Performance." Harvard Business School Module Note 117-106, October 2016. (Revised December 2016.)
  • December 2017 (Revised January 2024)
  • Case

Globalization Past, 1850–1914 (A)

By: Sophus A. Reinert and Federica Gabrieli
On the evening of 3 August 1914, British Foreign Secretary Lord Edward Grey contemplated whether to advise King and Parliament to declare war on Germany in the wake of the country’s invasion of Belgium or to stay out of what quickly was becoming a world war triggered... View Details
Keywords: The World; The Rise And Fall Of Globalization; World War; Globalization; War; Economics; Trade; Business Cycles; Economic Growth; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Society; History; Values and Beliefs; Macroeconomics
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Reinert, Sophus A., and Federica Gabrieli. "Globalization Past, 1850–1914 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 718-023, December 2017. (Revised January 2024.)
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