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      • Fall 2011
      • Article

      Leveraging Tribal Sovereignty for Economic Opportunity: A Strategic Negotiations Perspective

      By: Gavin Clarkson and James K. Sebenius
      Indian tribes and U.S. states often find themselves at the bargaining table, often negotiating "compacts" to govern gaming operations on tribal lands. The operational success of the Pequot gaming operation in Connecticut, Foxwoods, and the substantial revenue shared... View Details
      Keywords: Strategy; Ethnicity; Negotiation Tactics; Race; Social Issues; Relationships; Government and Politics; Economics; United States
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      Clarkson, Gavin, and James K. Sebenius. "Leveraging Tribal Sovereignty for Economic Opportunity: A Strategic Negotiations Perspective." Missouri Law Review 76, no. 4 (Fall 2011): 1045–1112.
      • 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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      Jones, Geoffrey, and Loubna Bouamane. "Historical Trajectories and Corporate Competences in Wind Energy." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-112, May 2011.
      • December 2010
      • Case

      Leadership, Culture, and Transition at lululemon

      By: Michael Tushman, Ruth Page and Tom Ryder
      The case examines leadership and organizational change within a strong culture context through a multimedia study of lululemon, a specialty retailer of high-end athletic apparel. Video segments trace the company's history from its founding in 1998 as a single retail... View Details
      Keywords: Leading Change; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Transition; Growth Management; Management Teams; Organizational Structure; Governing and Advisory Boards; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry; Vancouver; United States
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      Tushman, Michael, Ruth Page, and Tom Ryder. "Leadership, Culture, and Transition at lululemon." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 410-705, December 2010.
      • 2010
      • Working Paper

      A Brief Postwar History of U.S. Consumer Finance

      By: Andrea Ryan, Gunnar Trumbull and Peter Tufano
      This article describes the consumer finance sector in the US since World War II. We first define the sector in terms of the functions delivered by firms (payments, savings/investing, borrowing, managing risk, and providing advice.) We provide time series evidence on... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Borrowing and Debt; Mortgages; Personal Finance; Business History; Innovation and Invention; Risk and Uncertainty; Financial Services Industry; United States
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      Ryan, Andrea, Gunnar Trumbull, and Peter Tufano. "A Brief Postwar History of U.S. Consumer Finance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-058, December 2010.
      • 2010
      • Working Paper

      Peronist Beliefs and Interventionist Policies

      By: Rafael Di Tella and Juan Dubra
      We study the logic of Peronist interventionist polices and the beliefs that support them. Instead of a comprehensive approach, we focus on three elements. First, we study beliefs and values about the economic system present in Peron's speeches during the period... View Details
      Keywords: History; Economic Systems; Values and Beliefs; Policy; Business and Government Relations; Argentina
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      Di Tella, Rafael, and Juan Dubra. "Peronist Beliefs and Interventionist Policies." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 16621, December 2010.
      • August 2010 (Revised March 2012)
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      The UCLA Medical Center: Kidney Transplantation

      By: Michael E. Porter, Jennifer F Baron, Jacob Mathew Chacko and Robin Jian Tang
      In 2010, organ transplantation remained among the few sets of medical conditions in the U.S. for which bundled payments were a dominant reimbursement model, and for which patient health outcomes were universally measured and reported. In 1986, UCLA Medical Center was... View Details
      Keywords: Insurance; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Measurement and Metrics; Outcome or Result; Competitive Strategy; Integration; Health Industry; California
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      Porter, Michael E., Jennifer F Baron, Jacob Mathew Chacko, and Robin Jian Tang. "The UCLA Medical Center: Kidney Transplantation." Harvard Business School Case 711-410, August 2010. (Revised March 2012.)
      • March 2010
      • Article

      The Role of Independent Invention in U.S. Technological Development, 1880-1930

      By: Tom Nicholas
      Why did independent inventors account for over half of US patents by 1930 and more than three times the number granted to R&D firms? Using new data on patents and historical patent citations, I show that independents supplied high quality innovations to a... View Details
      Keywords: History; Technological Innovation; Patents; Urban Scope; Independent Innovation and Invention; Research and Development; United States
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      Nicholas, Tom. "The Role of Independent Invention in U.S. Technological Development, 1880-1930." Journal of Economic History 70, no. 1 (March 2010): 57–82.
      • February 2010 (Revised September 2011)
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      Lehman Brothers

      By: Tom Nicholas and David Chen
      In 2008, the U.S. financial system was in a state of crisis and Lehman Brothers went from a major Wall Street investment bank to an insolvent institution. It was a swift end for a firm that had its beginnings over 150 years prior. What would be the firm's legacy? And... View Details
      Keywords: History; Business History; Development Economics; Business Exit or Shutdown; Investment Banking; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Financial Services Industry; United States
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      Nicholas, Tom, and David Chen. "Lehman Brothers." Harvard Business School Case 810-106, February 2010. (Revised September 2011.)
      • January 2010
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      Breakthrough Inventions and Migrating Clusters of Innovation

      By: William R. Kerr
      We investigate the speed at which clusters of invention for a technology migrate spatially following breakthrough inventions. We identify breakthrough inventions as the top one percent of U.S. inventions for a technology during 1975-1984 in terms of subsequent... View Details
      Keywords: History; Technological Innovation; Patents; Labor; Immigration; United States
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      Kerr, William R. "Breakthrough Inventions and Migrating Clusters of Innovation." Journal of Urban Economics 67, no. 1 (January 2010): 46–60.
      • December 2009 (Revised April 2012)
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      Neoprene

      By: Tom Nicholas and Felipe Tamega Fernandes
      In 1931, during one of the worst economic crises in U.S. history, Du Pont announced the discovery of an innovative rubber synthetic product—neoprene. Yet at the time of the announcement, Du Pont did not have any neoprene to sell. Manufacturing facilities were still... View Details
      Keywords: Financial Crisis; Business History; Innovation and Invention; Product Development; Risk and Uncertainty; Science-Based Business; Commercialization; Chemical Industry; United States
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      Nicholas, Tom, and Felipe Tamega Fernandes. "Neoprene." Harvard Business School Case 810-084, December 2009. (Revised April 2012.)
      • 2009
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      The Story of American Business: From the Pages of The New York Times

      By: Nancy F. Koehn
      This book sketches some of the most important people and moments in the last 150 years of U.S. business history. View Details
      Keywords: Business History; United States
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      Koehn, Nancy F. The Story of American Business: From the Pages of The New York Times. Boston: Harvard Business Press, 2009.
      • July 2009 (Revised June 2011)
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      RiskMetrics Group

      By: Jay W. Lorsch and Kaitlyn Simpson
      RiskMetrics Group, a risk and governance consultancy, had a great deal of influence on U.S. companies. This case examines the history and growth of the company, the governance services it offers, the extent of its impact on shareholders, the controversy surrounding its... View Details
      Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Risk Management; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Power and Influence; Consulting Industry; United States
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      Lorsch, Jay W., and Kaitlyn Simpson. "RiskMetrics Group." Harvard Business School Case 410-008, July 2009. (Revised June 2011.)
      • June 2009 (Revised April 2019)
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      Crosley

      By: Tom Nicholas and David Chen
      In October 1941, a top secret envoy from the U.S. military was sent to Crosley Corporation in Cincinnati, Ohio to request their assistance to construct a weapon that would drastically strengthen the defenses of U.S. troops: the proximity fuze. Such a fuze would allow... View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; History; Production; National Security; Organizational Structure; Corporate Strategy; Research and Development; Product Development; Business and Government Relations; Creativity; Innovation and Invention; Ohio
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      Nicholas, Tom, and David Chen. "Crosley." Harvard Business School Case 809-160, June 2009. (Revised April 2019.)
      • February 2009 (Revised February 2022)
      • Case

      Fannie Mae: Public or Private?

      By: David A. Moss, Cole Bolton and Kimberly Hagan
      In 1987, President Ronald Reagan established the President's Commission on Privatization to identify federal government functions that could be shifted to the private sector. One agency that the Commission considered was the Federal National Mortgage Association, or... View Details
      Keywords: Restructuring; Financial Institutions; Mortgages; Government and Politics; Business History; Privatization; Private Sector; Laws and Statutes; United States
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      Moss, David A., Cole Bolton, and Kimberly Hagan. "Fannie Mae: Public or Private?" Harvard Business School Case 709-025, February 2009. (Revised February 2022.)
      • January 2009 (Revised February 2009)
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      Pitney Bowes: Employer Health Strategy

      By: Michael E. Porter and Jennifer F Baron
      Pitney Bowes, a Fortune 500 mail and document management firm, offered its first health plans in the years following World War II. Over the ensuing decades, Pitney Bowes adapted its approach to employee health amid rising health care costs, shifting employer attitudes... View Details
      Keywords: Cost; Insurance; Policy; Health Care and Treatment; Compensation and Benefits; Employees; Corporate Strategy
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      Porter, Michael E., and Jennifer F Baron. "Pitney Bowes: Employer Health Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 709-458, January 2009. (Revised February 2009.)
      • January 2009
      • Case

      The Federal Reserve and the Banking Crisis of 1931

      By: David A. Moss and Cole Bolton
      In early October 1931, in the midst of a global economic depression, the U.S. banking system was in crisis—with bank suspensions running at near record levels. At the same time, the broader economy was sputtering, and U.S. gold reserves had come under severe pressure... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Crisis; Central Banking; Business History; Crisis Management; Banking Industry; United States
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      Moss, David A., and Cole Bolton. "The Federal Reserve and the Banking Crisis of 1931." Harvard Business School Case 709-040, January 2009.
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      Milestones in Marketing

      By: John A. Quelch and Katherine Jocz
      Marketing flourished in U.S. business schools in the prosperous years following World War II. Students preparing for assistant-product-manager positions at the likes of Procter & Gamble, Lever, and General Foods enrolled in courses in marketing management, management... View Details
      Keywords: Education; Business History; Marketing; Practice
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      Quelch, John A., and Katherine Jocz. "Milestones in Marketing." Business History Review 82, no. 4 (Winter 2008): 827–838.
      • August 2008 (Revised August 2009)
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      Lan Airlines in 2008: Connecting the World to Latin America

      By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Jorge Tarzijan and Mitchel Jordan
      Lan Airlines operates three distinct models: low-cost for domestic short-haul flights, full-service for international routes; and an international cargo business, the latter of which makes up 33% of Lan's overall revenues (markedly different from many U.S. legacy... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Air Transportation Industry; Latin America
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      Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Jorge Tarzijan, and Mitchel Jordan. "Lan Airlines in 2008: Connecting the World to Latin America." Harvard Business School Case 709-410, August 2008. (Revised August 2009.)
      • February 2008 (Revised July 2008)
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      Wanxiang Group: A Chinese Company's Global Strategy

      By: Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, Keith Chi-ho Wong and Tracy Manty
      With an almost forty-year history as a business in China, the Wanxiang Group has navigated through the significantly different political and economic changes in China to succeed as a global leader in the auto parts industry and to develop into a broad business... View Details
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Global Strategy; Business History; Growth and Development Strategy; Vertical Integration; Auto Industry; Hangzhou; United States
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      Abrami, Regina M., William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, Keith Chi-ho Wong, and Tracy Manty. "Wanxiang Group: A Chinese Company's Global Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 308-058, February 2008. (Revised July 2008.)
      • January 2008 (Revised March 2011)
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      Henry J. Kaiser and the Art of the Possible

      By: Anthony J. Mayo, Mark Benson and David Chen
      From his humble beginnings as a local salesman in New York, Henry J. Kaiser rose to become one of the leading industrialists of 20th century America. Though he had no technical engineering training, Kaiser mastered the management and execution of plans for several... View Details
      Keywords: History; Mission and Purpose; Transition; Management Practices and Processes; Construction; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Leadership Style; Business History; Business Growth and Maturation; Civil Society or Community; Business Strategy; Planning; Construction Industry; Shipping Industry; United States
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      Mayo, Anthony J., Mark Benson, and David Chen. "Henry J. Kaiser and the Art of the Possible." Harvard Business School Case 408-072, January 2008. (Revised March 2011.)
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