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- 13 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 13
led to the emergence of new industrial clusters around the world. In this paper, we examine how "first nature" location fundamentals and "second nature" agglomeration economies jointly determine the global landscape of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements
world through television and print publications, as they had for decades. There was, however, one big media game changer: the Fox News Channel (FNC). Founded in 1996 by Australian media magnate Rupert Murdoch, FNC was an unusual newcomer... View Details
- 06 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 6, 2007
depression, led to a crisis in the industry. Nonetheless, the pioneering group of forecasters shaped the core problems, and invented many of the techniques, that influenced the maturation of the industry in the decades that followed.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 May 2012
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First Look: May 15
providing tools for third-party developers. The mobile game industry had exploded in recent years with the introduction of smartphones, application (app) stores, and cell phone penetration into developing... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 14, 2007
prompting a takeover, than at engaging in long-term corporate governance or operating issues. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-004.pdf Correlated Equilibrium and Nash Equilibrium as an Observer's Assessment of the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
LEED-ing by Example
Simcoe, an assistant professor at Boston University, adds that such policies might also resolve a type of coordination problem often seen in the diffusion of technology standards, such as the Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface or a new View Details
- August 2024 (Revised January 2025)
- Case
Barbie: Reviving a Cultural Icon at Mattel
The 2023 release of the live-action film Barbie, and its accompanying marketing blitz, incited a worldwide Barbie craze. Suddenly Barbie was everywhere, a celebrated icon reinstated at the forefront of cultural conversation. This goodwill stood in contrast to... View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Media; Intellectual Property; Business Strategy; Entertainment; Gender; Public Opinion; Marketing Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
Ofek, Elie, Ryann Noe, and Sarah Mehta. "Barbie: Reviving a Cultural Icon at Mattel." Harvard Business School Case 525-006, August 2024. (Revised January 2025.)
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
of their corporate governance, placing them within the wider context of the economic and social history of Germany. Based on both quantitative data and archivally based case studies, this book explores how the relationship between the family and the firm changed in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2022
- Op-Ed
Hear Me Out: Introverts Can Be Loud and You Might Like Microsoft Teams
business leaders demanded collaboration tools, we saw Zoom and other video conferencing products explode. But MS quickly responded with improvements to Teams’ videoconferencing capabilities and ease of use. As everyone in the company has... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 01 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century
industries that can be anybody, anywhere. While some observers have dismissed the phenomenon as exclusive to "a few crazy Internet companies in California," the reality is this: the value of corporate incumbency these days is... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs
afford to pass on any opportunity, no matter how small. They see business much like a game of PacMan—you can bag big fish only by learning to swallow small ones. The best entrepreneurs also recognize that trying out a business model on a... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
Hi-R-Me: Making Sales Calls This case study focuses on a professional services firm (“Performance Improvement Consulting”) and its sales calls on Hi-R-Me, a potential client. The case is supplemented by videos showing the initial contact... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 22
management, specialization of financial intermediation, and marketing methods. The contributors—leaders in business, government, academia, and the nonprofit sector—discuss new research and ideas about the future of credit markets, including how improvements might be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008
able to analyze the dataset to form views of how the security prices are likely to evolve relative to each other. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208118 Finding Information for Industry... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Aug 2016
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August 23, 2016
Abstract—Multinationals exhibit distinct agglomeration patterns, which have transformed the global landscape of industrial production (Alfaro and Chen, 2014). Using a unique worldwide plant-level dataset that reports detailed location,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2016
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January 19, 2016
reasons—and revisits the associated implications for investing and corporate finance, examining asset allocation, high leverage in financial firms, low leverage in industrial firms, private equity, venture capital, and bank capital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- November 2006
- Case
Introducing Frequent Flyer Programs
By: Dennis A. Yao
Allows students to explore the value to American Airlines of introducing a frequent flyer program in 1981. View Details
- 24 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 24, 2007
industrial ecology literature that highlights the environmental benefits of by-product synergy. By-product synergy is defined as the conversion of a firm's waste stream from a manufacturing process into valuable feedstock for another... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
in the advertising business. It worked for everyone. We all acquired a slight accent at that time.” A: India got its independence in 1947, and even in the 1960s the country was still very heavily influenced by the British Raj. I learned in the interview that the people... View Details
- 31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31
successful agreement. Following Robert Putnam's (1988) two-level games schema, I characterize such "behind the table," or "Level II," barriers more broadly, offer several innovative examples of how each side can help... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel