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A Strategic Rationale for Having Overconfident Managers, 2004

We analyze whether it might be desirable for a firm to hire an overconfident manager for strategic reasons. We analyze a tournament type version of Bertrand competition and a linear demand Cournot model. In each case there is an R&D stage where firms can invest in cost... View Details
  • September 2003 (Revised September 2004)
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Hearthside Homes

By: Jason R. Barro, Brian J. Hall and Aaron Zimmerman
Investigates the "controllability problem" inherent in bonus systems. Ideally, an incentive system accurately measures performance in areas that the individual can control. But most measures are either too broad, including factors outside the influence of the employee,... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Housing; Performance Evaluation; Construction Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Real Estate Industry
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Barro, Jason R., Brian J. Hall, and Aaron Zimmerman. "Hearthside Homes." Harvard Business School Case 904-003, September 2003. (Revised September 2004.)
  • May 1994 (Revised July 1994)
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International Sourcing in Athletic Footwear: NIKE and Reebok

Nike and Reebok, the two largest athletic footwear companies, look to contractors in Asia to manufacture their shoes. Sourcing from Asia offers advantages of low cost and flexibility, but raises questions about human rights and corporate responsibility. How Nike and... View Details
Keywords: Rights; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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Rosenzweig, Philip M. "International Sourcing in Athletic Footwear: NIKE and Reebok." Harvard Business School Case 394-189, May 1994. (Revised July 1994.)

    Don't Just Survive - Thrive: Leading Innovations in Good Times and Bad

    Battered by contracting markets and frozen credit, many businesses today are fighting for survival. Indeed, the current global financial crisis provides a mandate for restructuring. But survival is not the end goal. In fact, cost cutting and restructuring are simply... View Details

      Malcolm P. Baker

      Malcolm Baker is the Robert G. Kirby Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, where he teaches the required course in finance and a short immersive program on investing in life sciences.

      His research is in the... View Details

      Keywords: asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management
      • 17 Dec 2007
      • Research & Ideas

      The Rise of Medical Tourism

      first for-profit hospital in the southern city of Chennai in 1983. Today the Apollo Hospitals Group manages more than 30 hospitals and treats patients from many different countries, according to the case. Tarun Khanna, a Harvard Business... View Details
      Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies
      • August 2019 (Revised April 2020)
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      Transforming Hindustan Unilever

      By: Krishna G. Palepu and Rachna Tahilyani
      In October 2013, when Sanjiv Mehta had taken over the reins of Unilever’s business in India and the larger South Asia region, Hindustan Unilever (HUL) had been going through a difficult time. Caught in the midst of a weakening economy, falling consumer spending, and... View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Leading Change; Performance Improvement; Consumer Products Industry; India
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      Palepu, Krishna G., and Rachna Tahilyani. "Transforming Hindustan Unilever." Harvard Business School Case 120-022, August 2019. (Revised April 2020.)
      • 25 Oct 2017
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      Corporate America's insistence on four-year degrees is a costly mistake

      • September 2017 (Revised July 2021)
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      Asset Allocation at the Cook County Pension Fund

      By: Emil Siriwardane, Juliane Begenau and Yuval Gonczarowski
      Nickol Hackett, chief investment officer of the Cook County Pension Fund, is responsible for investing the fund’s $9 billion worth of assets on behalf of the employees of Cook County, Illinois. Like many other defined-benefit pensions at the time, the Cook County... View Details
      Keywords: Asset Management; Investment Funds; Financial Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions
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      Siriwardane, Emil, Juliane Begenau, and Yuval Gonczarowski. "Asset Allocation at the Cook County Pension Fund." Harvard Business School Case 218-030, September 2017. (Revised July 2021.)
      • February 2003 (Revised December 2006)
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      Toys "R" Us (A)

      By: Michael G. Rukstad, Dennis A. Yao and Cate Reavis
      In 1992, Toys "R" Us, the pioneer of the "category killer" retail format, faced significant competitive threats from mass discounters and warehouse clubs and was losing market share. This case explores the dynamic sustainability of Toys "R" Us's retailing model, its... View Details
      Keywords: Risk Management; Competition; Supply and Industry; Power and Influence; Retail Industry; United States
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      Rukstad, Michael G., Dennis A. Yao, and Cate Reavis. Toys "R" Us (A). Harvard Business School Case 703-445, February 2003. (Revised December 2006.)
      • February 2010 (Revised June 2022)
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      Dollarama Inc.

      By: Andre F. Perold
      Dollarama is the leading operator of dollar stores in Canada. The firm performed extraordinarily well after a leveraged buyout in 2004 and recently executed a highly successful IPO. The company sources its goods primarily from Asia. It has strong brand recognition and... View Details
      Keywords: Price; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Positioning; Supply Chain; Competitive Advantage; Valuation; Consumer Products Industry; Retail Industry; Canada
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      Perold, Andre F. "Dollarama Inc." Harvard Business School Case 210-041, February 2010. (Revised June 2022.)
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      Audit Personnel Salaries and Audit Quality

      By: Jeffrey L. Hoopes, Kenneth J. Merkley, Joseph Pacelli and Joseph H. Schroeder
      This study examines the relation between audit personnel salaries and office-level audit quality. We measure audit personnel salaries at the associate, senior, and manager ranks for Big 4 audit offices from 2004 to 2013, using unique individual-auditor-level data... View Details
      Keywords: Audit Personnel Salary; Audit Quality; Salary Determinants; Audit Fees; Accounting Audits; Quality; Wages
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      Hoopes, Jeffrey L., Kenneth J. Merkley, Joseph Pacelli, and Joseph H. Schroeder. "Audit Personnel Salaries and Audit Quality." Review of Accounting Studies 23, no. 3 (September 2018): 1096–1136.
      • November 2000 (Revised May 2002)
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      FleetBoston Financial: Online Banking

      By: Frances X. Frei and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar
      As the ninth largest bank holding company in the United States in 2000, FleetBoston Financial Corp. provided a myriad of financial services, including retail banking, loan origination, and brokerage accounts. This case explores how FleetBoston responded to the Internet... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Borrowing and Debt; Cost Management; Banks and Banking; Consumer Behavior; Service Operations; Competition; Online Technology; Banking Industry; United States
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      Frei, Frances X., and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar. "FleetBoston Financial: Online Banking." Harvard Business School Case 601-042, November 2000. (Revised May 2002.)
      • January 2023
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      Crow Holdings Development: Mass Timber Construction

      By: John D. Macomber, Robert Hernandez and Kyle MertensMeyer
      Jim McCaffery and Cody Armbrister of Crow Holdings Development evaluate the pros and cons of committing to mass timber construction instead of conventional concrete or steel for a new 260,000 SF multi-story office building in Texas. Benefits include substantially... View Details
      Keywords: Real Estate Development; Architecture; Air Quality; Health & Wellness; Office Property; Sustainability; Carbon Abatement; Natural Environment; Environmental Accounting; Green Buildings; Design; Construction; Cost vs Benefits; Environmental Sustainability; Construction Industry; Real Estate Industry; Texas
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      Macomber, John D., Robert Hernandez, and Kyle MertensMeyer. "Crow Holdings Development: Mass Timber Construction." Harvard Business School Case 223-058, January 2023.
      • 03 Jan 2017
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      January 3, 2017

      participation in a comparative cost study, management at Springfield Hospital, known for its heavy focus on operational excellence, become aware of opportunities for further improvement. Analysis of the... View Details
      Keywords: Carmen Nobel
      • May 2010 (Revised August 2010)
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      Breaking the Buck

      By: Robert C. Pozen and Elizabeth Leonard
      After an incredibly volatile six months since Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy, Finbar McCall contemplated his options. As the investment manager of RPG Prime Reserve Fund, Inc. (RPGXX), McCall had just heard the news that the U.S. Treasury was extending the... View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Financial Crisis; Financial Management; Insurance; Investment Funds; Business and Government Relations; Business and Shareholder Relations; Financial Services Industry
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      Pozen, Robert C., and Elizabeth Leonard. "Breaking the Buck." Harvard Business School Case 310-135, May 2010. (Revised August 2010.)
      • 12 Feb 2019
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      New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

      https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55597 2019 Academy of Management Annals Turning Lead into Gold: How Do Entrepreneurs Mobilize Resources to Exploit Opportunities? By: Clough, David R., Tommy Pan Fang, Balagopal Vissa, and... View Details
      Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
      • April 1996 (Revised June 2001)
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      Partners HealthCare System, Inc. (B): Cardiac Care Improvement

      By: Gary P. Pisano and Maryam Golnaraghi
      Explores the challenges confronting the CEO at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in the wake of radical changes in the health care environment. As pressures have risen for cost containment in health care, the hospital has embarked on a series of reengineering efforts to... View Details
      Keywords: Consolidation; Health Care and Treatment; Mergers and Acquisitions; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Management Teams; Operations; Innovation and Invention; Cost Management; Health Industry; Massachusetts
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      Pisano, Gary P., and Maryam Golnaraghi. "Partners HealthCare System, Inc. (B): Cardiac Care Improvement." Harvard Business School Case 696-063, April 1996. (Revised June 2001.)
      • 2016
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      Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 17

      By: Shane Greenstein, Josh Lerner and Scott Stern
      The seventeenth volume of the National Bureau of Economic Research’s Innovation Policy and the Economy provides an accessible forum for bringing the work of leading academic researchers to an audience of policymakers and those interested in the interaction... View Details
      Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Governance; Policy; Economy
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      Greenstein, Shane, Josh Lerner and Scott Stern, eds. Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 17. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016.
      • December 2001 (Revised February 2008)
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      Borealis

      By: Robert S. Kaplan and Bjorn N. Jorgensen
      When Borealis, a European producer of plastics, used a traditional, time-consuming budgeting process, the budget was quickly out of date in a competitive environment characterized by continually changing input and output prices and dynamic market conditions. This case... View Details
      Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Budgets and Budgeting; Forecasting and Prediction; Investment; Governance Controls; Balanced Scorecard; Management Systems; Manufacturing Industry; Europe
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      Kaplan, Robert S., and Bjorn N. Jorgensen. "Borealis." Harvard Business School Case 102-048, December 2001. (Revised February 2008.)
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