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- Mar 2012
- Article
The Incentive Bubble
The past three decades have seen American capitalism quietly transformed by a single, powerful idea--that financial markets are a suitable tool for measuring performance and structuring compensation. Stock instruments for managers, high-powered incentive View Details
- 22 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
3 Key Steps for Crafting Your Retirement with Intention: Advice from Career Coach, Lauren Murphy
may want to work with a nonprofit organization. Research different organizations that would appeal to you based on your interest areas. Or, if you would like to continue engaging in your existing work, research opportunities to do View Details
- October 1988
- Case
Agrico, Inc.: A Software Dilemma
An information systems vice president has one hour to make an ethical decision: should a software program, left inadvertently on the company's computer, be copied and stored? Copying the program would protect clients' assets, but it seems to violate the vendor... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Ethics; Contracts; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business and Shareholder Relations; Information Technology Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren. "Agrico, Inc.: A Software Dilemma." Harvard Business School Case 189-085, October 1988.
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Case Study: The Speed of Light
leading the “high-touch” approach you’ve taken with your clients will be difficult from New Jersey. I recommend expanding with your clients—get contracts with them to service their new locations out of state. Be a partner with them going... View Details
- Web
European and UK Personal Data Collection Disclosure | HBS Online
information, we may rely on the legal bases of “performance of contract” in order to fulfill our contract with you to provide Services and on “compliance with legal obligation” in order to comply with tax laws in the maintenance of... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Kicking Off a Startup: Jennifer Rottenberg (MBA '96)
secured and the league is fully capitalized, and with additional revenues derived from television contracts and ticket sales, the NSA, Rottenberg believes, will be on sound financial footing from the outset, unlike most fledgling leagues.... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- Web
Entrepreneurial Finance - Course Catalog
participated in over half the class discussions. The first two modules of the course address key issues faced by entrepreneurs: how much money should be raised at each stage; when should it be raised; what is a reasonable valuation of the company; and how should... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
A Player's View: Gord Kluzak (MBA '98)
"Unfortunately," he says, "hockey is the one sport that aggravates my old injury. Fans hear about big contracts but they should remember that careers like mine can be cut short in an instant. These days," he smiles, "the only... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Cyberposium: Pros and Cons of Outsourcing
percent outsourced. “We are absolute converts,” he said, citing the benefits of cost reduction, quality, and flexibility. The end of a contract is always a new opportunity to make improvements, demand more, and reprice. If IT workers were... View Details
- March 2012 (Revised July 2018)
- Case
V-Cola: General Instructions
By: Ian Larkin and Hal Movius
V-Cola is a six-party exercise that simulates a negotiation between a boutique advertising agency and a beverage company that is launching a new product. Each of the six parties has different incentives and information, which leads to a complex, realistic simulation... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Process; Contracts; Information; Motivation and Incentives; Advertising Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
Larkin, Ian, and Hal Movius. "V-Cola: General Instructions." Harvard Business School Case 912-043, March 2012. (Revised July 2018.)
- January 2001 (Revised April 2001)
- Teaching Note
Lawyers & Leases TN
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Michele Lutz
Teaching Note for (9-801-166). View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
studies that there are many small-business owners who could put capital to very good use, but microfinance has not yet unlocked those potential opportunities. “That paper was very influential and one of the first indications to academics that small changes to the... View Details
- 29 Jul 2013
- News
Opening New Markets for Black South African Winemakers
In addition to traditional wine distribution in the United States, Cuffe made deals with several US airlines to carry Heritage Link wines. "Our first contract created 200 jobs on the ground," Cuffe says proudly. "And ours was the first... View Details
- 1990
- Other Unpublished Work
Congressional Testimony on Defense Acquisition Reform - U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Armed Services, Investigations Subcommittee
By: J. Ronald Fox
Keywords: National Security; Contracts; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations; United States
Fox, J. Ronald. "Congressional Testimony on Defense Acquisition Reform - U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Armed Services, Investigations Subcommittee." U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1990.
- September 2000 (Revised February 2025)
- Case
Netflix (2000)
The CEO of a successful Internet start-up must decide whether to delay the company's initial public offering following a significant decline in the NASDAQ market during the spring of 2000. The company's CFO is asked to reevaluate the company's projected cash flow needs... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Contracts; Initial Public Offering; Cash Flow; Service Delivery; Financial Strategy; Web Services Industry
Mayfield, E. Scott. "Netflix (2000)." Harvard Business School Case 201-037, September 2000. (Revised February 2025.)
- Profile
Gary Shi
years were difficult. At P&G, he had to earn the respect of sales representatives with much more experience than he had. At PepsiCo, he instantly stepped into tough negotiations and contract terms with some of the company’s biggest... View Details
- Student-Profile
Patrick Ferguson
performance measurement and evaluation. He is interested in how and why firms use performance metrics for contracting and feedback purposes, as well as the limitations of quantitative metrics and the role of human judgment in hiring and... View Details
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Entrepreneurial Finance (Q3) - Course Catalog
contracts and exit decisions be structured. They aim to prepare students for these decisions, both as entrepreneurs and as investors. The next three modules look at a variety of financing models across the venture's life cycle, with an... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Elevator Pitch: Game Time
says. “With this type of AR, we can draw family and friends to the table for game nights in a whole new way, even when your fellow players are at different tables, in other cities.” Stats: Tilt Five is located in San Jose, California, and has 14 employees and four... View Details
- May 2012 (Revised October 2012)
- Supplement
H-Soft (B-2): Vikram Sharma
By: Ramana Nanda
Siddharth Kapoor, the Founder and CEO of H-Soft Mumbai, reflected on his meetings as he walked out of VC Ventures' offices in Mumbai. After a few months of intensely pitching his startup to several different investors, he finally had a term sheet in hand. Despite this... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Venture Capital Term Sheet; India; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Investment; Contracts; Partners and Partnerships; India
Nanda, Ramana. "H-Soft (B-2): Vikram Sharma." Harvard Business School Supplement 812-170, May 2012. (Revised October 2012.)