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  • 2011
  • Working Paper

Historical Trajectories and Corporate Competences in Wind Energy

By: Geoffrey Jones and Loubna Bouamane
This working paper surveys the business history of the global wind energy turbine industry between the late nineteenth century and the present day. It examines the long-term prominence of firms headquartered in Denmark, the more fluctuating role of U.S.-based firms,... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Renewable Energy; Competitive Advantage; Technology Adoption; Policy; Business and Government Relations; Energy Industry; United States; Denmark
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  • July 2001 (Revised March 2002)
  • Case

Progressive Insurance: Disclosure Strategy

By: Amy P. Hutton and James Weber
Progressive Insurance had refused to play Wall Street's earning game. Progressive didn't manage reported earnings nor did management give guidance to analysts. Management then considered taking their unique disclosure strategy one step further to become the first to... View Details
Keywords: Earnings Management; Stocks; Corporate Disclosure; Insurance; Volatility; Insurance Industry; United States
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  • 24 Feb 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

Issuer Quality and Corporate Bond Returns

Keywords: by Robin Greenwood & Samuel G. Hanson
  • March 2013
  • Article

Punctuated Generosity: How Mega-events and Natural Disasters Affect Corporate Philanthropy in U.S. Communities

By: Andras Tilcsik and Christopher Marquis
Geographic communities have been shown to affect organizations through their enduring features, but less attention has been given to communities as sites of human-made and natural events that occasionally disrupt the lives of organizations. We develop a... View Details
Keywords: Geographic Communities; Punctuated Equilibrium; Corporate Social Responsibility; Institutional Theory; Natural Disasters; Situation or Environment; Balance and Stability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Community Relations; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; United States
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    Punctuated Generosity: How Mega-events and Natural Disasters Affect Corporate Philanthropy in U.S. Communities

    This article focuses on geographic communities as fields in which human-made and natural events occasionally disrupt the lives of organizations. We develop an institutional perspective to unpack how and why major events within communities affect organizations in the... View Details
    • 30 Jun 2015
    • First Look

    First Look: June 30, 2015

    strongly anti-inflationary monetary policy, while the decrease in bond risks after 2000 is attributed to a renewed focus on output fluctuations and a shift from transitory to persistent monetary policy shocks. Endogenous responses of bond... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • February 2010 (Revised June 2012)
    • Case

    "Plugging In" the Consumer: The Adoption of Electrically Powered Vehicles in the U.S.

    By: Elie Ofek and Polly Ribatt
    How will U.S. consumers respond to the proliferation of alternative-fuel vehicles, such as cars powered partially or completely by electricity, in the coming decade? After a century in which fossil fuel-powered vehicles dominated the market, it appeared consumers would... View Details
    Keywords: Energy Sources; Policy; Marketing; Demand and Consumers; Business and Government Relations; Natural Environment; Pollutants; Adoption; Auto Industry; United States
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    • March 2022
    • Teaching Note

    Farfetch: Digital Transformation for Luxury Brands

    By: Jill Avery and Sunil Gupta
    Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 522-051. Farfetch, a global luxury technology platform and digital marketplace had been surfing the wave of digital transformation in the luxury fashion industry since 2008. While the company’s stock price and market valuation had... View Details
    Keywords: Brand Management; Retailing; Two Sided Markets; SaaS; Online Marketing; Marketing; Marketing Channels; Brands and Branding; Luxury; Digital Transformation; E-commerce; Digital Marketing; Retail Industry; Fashion Industry; London; United Kingdom; Portugal
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    • 2013
    • Working Paper

    Punctuated Generosity: How Mega-events and Natural Disasters Affect Corporate Philanthropy in U.S. Communities

    By: Andras Tilcsik and Christopher Marquis
    This article focuses on geographic communities as fields in which human-made and natural events occasionally disrupt the lives of organizations. We develop an institutional perspective to unpack how and why major events within communities affect organizations in the... View Details
    Keywords: Natural Disasters; Situation or Environment; Balance and Stability; Organizations; Business and Community Relations; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; United States
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    • February 1998 (Revised February 1999)
    • Case

    Amway Japan Limited

    In April 1997, the president of Amway Japan (AJL, Tokyo, Japan), pondered how to reverse the first performance decline the company has experienced since entering the Japanese direct selling market in 1979. Established as the tenth overseas subsidiary of Amway Corp. of... View Details
    Keywords: Strategic Planning; Motivation and Incentives; Business Subsidiaries; Distribution Channels; Customer Satisfaction; Consumer Products Industry; Michigan; Tokyo
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    • 28 Jul 2015
    • First Look

    First Look: July 28, 2015

    management literature. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=47633 Concentrated Capital Losses and the Pricing of Corporate Credit Risk By: Siriwardane, Emil N. Abstract—Using proprietary credit default swap (CDS) data from 2010 to... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • July 2006 (Revised March 2008)
    • Case

    Changan Automobile Co., Ltd.

    By: Dennis Campbell and Donglin Xia
    Chairman Yin Jiaxu must communicate that the company's extraordinary reported performance in 2002 reflects Changan's unique strategy within the competitive dynamics of China's automobile industry. Changan's 2002 annual report demonstrated an extraordinary level of... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Reporting; Ethics; Corporate Disclosure; Media; Business and Shareholder Relations; Auto Industry; China
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    • 04 Dec 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: December 4

    philanthropic spending fluctuated dramatically as mega-events generally led to a punctuated increase in otherwise relatively stable patterns of giving by local corporations. The impact of natural disasters depended on the severity of... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 21 Jan 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Supply Side of Innovation: H-1B Visa Reforms and US Ethnic Invention

    Keywords: by William R. Kerr & William F. Lincoln
    • 16 Oct 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018

    Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 5 Complementarity By: Baldwin, Carliss Y. Abstract—The purpose of this chapter is to relate the theory of task networks and technology set forth in previous chapters to theories of firm boundaries... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 13 Jan 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Private Equity and Industry Performance

    Keywords: by Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner, Morten Sørensen & Per Strömberg
    • 22 May 2019
    • Research & Ideas

    Forgiving Student Loan Debt Leads to Better Jobs, Stronger Consumers

    careful about which loans you take on. Federal student loans are directly funded by the government and offer a variety of consumer protections to help those who are struggling, such as repayment options that fluctuate based on a... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • Web

    Negotiation, Organizations & Markets - Faculty & Research

    satisfaction, and performance evaluations. Understanding how fluctuations in stress impact these outcomes can help businesses come up with and initiate targeted solutions to reduce the likelihood of disruption, protect workforce health,... View Details
    • 02 Apr 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    Employees Out Sick? Inside One Company's Creative Approach to Staying Productive

    importance of the rapport between the manager and worker to enable managers to make the staffing adjustments that are often necessary to meet fluctuating demand or convince workers to be trained in skills the firm requires. You Might Also... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Fashion
    • Web

    Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

    do—with either regulatory tools or monetary policy—to help moderate credit-driven fluctuations in real activity. See Jeremy’s other research here . More Info Real Credit Cycles By: Pedro Bordalo , Nicola Gennaioli , Andrei Shleifer &... View Details