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  • February 2002 (Revised April 2002)
  • Case

Chengwei Ventures and the hdt* Investment

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Bo Feng, cofounder and principal in Chengwei Ventures, one of the first sovereign venture capital firms in China, is trying to decide on the proper business model for hdt, the product of a merger between two portfolio companies. This case discusses the best way for the... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Mergers and Acquisitions; Customer Relationship Management; Sovereign Finance; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Entrepreneurship; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Markets; Business Model; Financial Services Industry; China
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    Ranjay Gulati

    Ranjay Gulati is the Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration and the former Unit Head of the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. His pathbreaking research, which focuses on unlocking organizational and unleashing... View Details

    Keywords: biotechnology; computer; financial services; industrial goods; information technology industry; pharmaceuticals; professional services; retailing
    • 14 Oct 2015
    • HBS Seminar

    Scott Stern, Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management

    • Research Summary

    Innovation and Productivity

    In this stream of research, Professor Steinwender examines how firms adjust their innovative behavior and productivity in response to changes in the external environment. Analyzing Spanish firm-level data, she finds that two mechanisms proposed in the economic... View Details

    • 12 Mar 2015
    • Working Paper Summaries

    What Courses Should Law Students Take? Harvard’s Largest Employers Weigh In

    Keywords: by John C. Coates, Jesse M. Fried & Kathryn E. Spier; Legal Services; Education
    • 14 Apr 2020
    • News

    Three Keys To Engaged, Productive Telework Teams

      Jim Matheson

      Jim joined the HBS Faculty in 2019 and teaches the EC courses Entrepreneurial Finance and Tough Tech Ventures and is a faculty affiliate of the Business & Environment Initiative.  He is an active investor, and Board director & advisor for... View Details

      • Article

      Selling After the Crisis

      By: Frank V. Cespedes
      Like perishable goods in grocery stores, sales models have a sell-by date. As product standards evolve and new entrants emerge, buyers have more choices and demand more in terms of quality and performance across vendors. Firms that fail to adjust to changing customer... View Details
      Keywords: Sales Model; Sales; Management; Customer Relationship Management; Health Pandemics
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      • Article

      Waves in Ship Prices and Investment

      By: Robin Greenwood and Samuel G. Hanson
      We study the link between investment boom and bust cycles and returns on capital in the dry bulk shipping industry. We show that high current ship earnings are associated with high used ship prices and heightened industry investment in new ships, but forecast low... View Details
      Keywords: Business Earnings; Price; Investment; Shipping Industry
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      • September 1997 (Revised May 1999)
      • Case

      Automated Intelligence Corporation

      By: James K. Sebenius and David T. Kotchen
      Precision Controls is a Minnesota-based manufacturer of electronic control devices. To enhance its product line, Precision would like to establish an artificial intelligence research group, either through internal development or, preferably, by merging with or... View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Valuation; Research and Development; Stock Shares; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Tactics; Mergers and Acquisitions; Manufacturing Industry; Electronics Industry; Minnesota
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      • 22 Oct 2020
      • News

      Economic Research Exposes Significant Flaws In DOL H-1B Visa Rule

      • January 2020
      • Article

      Compensation Consultants and the Level, Composition, and Complexity of CEO Pay

      By: Kevin J. Murphy and Tatiana Sandino
      We provide fresh evidence regarding the relation between compensation consultants and CEO pay. First, firms that employ consultants have higher-paid CEOs—this result is robust to firm fixed effects and matching on economic and governance variables. Second, while this... View Details
      Keywords: Consultants; Benchmarking; Incentive Pay; Executive Compensation; Complexity; Motivation and Incentives; Governance
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      • 2019
      • Working Paper

      Compensation Consultants and the Level, Composition, and Complexity of CEO Pay

      By: Kevin J. Murphy and Tatiana Sandino
      We provide fresh evidence regarding the relation between compensation consultants and CEO pay. First, firms that employ consultants have higher-paid CEOs—this result is robust to firm fixed effects and matching on economic and governance variables. Second, while this... View Details
      Keywords: Consultants; Benchmarking; Incentive Pay; Executive Compensation; Complexity; Motivation and Incentives; Governance
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      • 18 Mar 2011
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Schumpeterian Competition and Diseconomies of Scope: Illustrations from the Histories of Microsoft and IBM

      Keywords: by Timothy Bresnahan, Shane Greenstein & Rebecca Henderson
      • 15 Aug 2006
      • First Look

      First Look: August 15, 2006

      Products: The Effect of Absorptive Capacity Authors:Daniel Snow Abstract In this paper, I propose and examine a specific means by which firms' R&D experience may be helping firms to improve their current-technology products: View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 20 Sep 2022
      • Cold Call Podcast

      Larry Fink at BlackRock: Linking Purpose to Profit

      Keywords: Re: George Serafeim; Financial Services
      • 05 Nov 2020
      • Blog Post

      12 Weeks of VC Summer: Remote Edition

      When it became clear that my summer internship with Maverick Ventures, an early stage Venture Capital firm based in San Francisco, was going to be remote, I had a lot of questions on my mind. What would it be like to work with a team I... View Details
      • September 1998 (Revised May 1999)
      • Case

      Arnold Communications

      By: Teresa M. Amabile and Jeremiah Weinstock
      The new owner and CEO of Arnold Advertising, a relatively small regional agency, aims to build it into Arnold Communications--a much larger, stronger firm competing successfully for national accounts. As part of this growth strategy, the agency develops a process for... View Details
      Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Creativity; Entrepreneurship; Advertising; Business Processes; Brands and Branding; Growth and Development Strategy; Advertising Industry
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      • 09 Apr 2025
      • HBS Seminar

      Marc Rysman, Boston University

        Disruption and Credit Markets

        When innovation and entry are high in an industry, is this good or bad news for incumbents? We show that recently the answer has been bad news.  Industries with elevated venture capital activity and returns, and with a larger presence of newly listed firms, show a... View Details