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- 1997
- Working Paper
A Knowledge-based Model of IT Outsourcing for the Network Era
By: Deborah L. Sole, F. Warren McFarlan and Richard L. Nolan
- January 2008 (Revised August 2009)
- Module Note
Competing through Business Models (C): Interdependence, Tactical & Strategic Interaction
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan E. Ricart
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Joan E. Ricart. "Competing through Business Models (C): Interdependence, Tactical & Strategic Interaction." Harvard Business School Module Note 708-476, January 2008. (Revised August 2009.)
- 1996
- Article
Evidence to Support the Componential Model of Creativity: Secondary Analyses of Three Studies
By: R. Conti, H. Coon and T. M. Amabile
Amabile's (1983a, 1983b, 1988) componential model of creativity predicts that three major components contribute to creativity: skills specific to the task domain, general (cross-domain) creativity-relevant skills, and task motivation. If all three components actually... View Details
Conti, R., H. Coon, and T. M. Amabile. "Evidence to Support the Componential Model of Creativity: Secondary Analyses of Three Studies." Creativity Research Journal 9, no. 4 (1996): 385–389.
- 2024
- Working Paper
Case Studies of the Emulation of Chinese Entrepreneurial Business Models
By: Josh Lerner, Junxi Liu, Jacob Moscona and David Yang
This working paper presents four short case studies of emerging market businesses whose founders emulated Chinese firms. These examples are part of a more systematic pattern, documented extensively in Lerner et al. (2024), in which businesses developed in China were... View Details
Lerner, Josh, Junxi Liu, Jacob Moscona, and David Yang. "Case Studies of the Emulation of Chinese Entrepreneurial Business Models." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-017, September 2024.
- 2022
- Article
Exploring Counterfactual Explanations Through the Lens of Adversarial Examples: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis.
By: Martin Pawelczyk, Chirag Agarwal, Shalmali Joshi, Sohini Upadhyay and Himabindu Lakkaraju
As machine learning (ML) models become more widely deployed in high-stakes applications, counterfactual explanations have emerged as key tools for providing actionable model explanations in practice. Despite the growing popularity of counterfactual explanations, a... View Details
Keywords: Machine Learning Models; Counterfactual Explanations; Adversarial Examples; Mathematical Methods
Pawelczyk, Martin, Chirag Agarwal, Shalmali Joshi, Sohini Upadhyay, and Himabindu Lakkaraju. "Exploring Counterfactual Explanations Through the Lens of Adversarial Examples: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis." Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS) 25th (2022).
- February 2004 (Revised June 2004)
- Case
Freeport Mine, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, The: "Tailings & Failings" - Stakeholder Analysis
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Arthur McCaffrey
Chronicles the development of Freeport's nearly 30 years of mining operations in Indonesia. Building on a mining concession awarded by the country's government, headed by General Suharto, in 1973, Freeport steadily built its mining output to nearly 200,000 cubic... View Details
Keywords: History; Situation or Environment; Private Sector; Economic Growth; Power and Influence; Business and Government Relations; Growth and Development Strategy; Mining Industry; Indonesia
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Arthur McCaffrey. Freeport Mine, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, The: "Tailings & Failings" - Stakeholder Analysis. Harvard Business School Case 504-061, February 2004. (Revised June 2004.)
- Article
Aztec Castles and the dP3 Quiver
By: Megan Leoni, Gregg Musiker, Seth Neel and Paxton Turner
Bipartite, periodic, planar graphs known as brane tilings can be associated to a large class of quivers. This paper will explore new algebraic properties of the well-studied del Pezzo 3 (dP3) quiver and geometric properties of its corresponding brane tiling. In... View Details
Leoni, Megan, Gregg Musiker, Seth Neel, and Paxton Turner. "Aztec Castles and the dP3 Quiver." Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 47, no. 47 (November 28, 2014).
- May 2013 (Revised March 2014)
- Case
Hubei Lantian (A)
By: David F. Hawkins, Michael Shih-Ta Chen and Nancy Hua Dai
Emily Wang, an analyst with Future Securities, a Shanghai-based investment firm, is given the task of making stock purchase recommendations to her supervisor from a number of Chinese common stocks. One stock in particular, Hubei Lantian Co., Ltd. (Hubei Lantian),... View Details
Hawkins, David F., Michael Shih-Ta Chen, and Nancy Hua Dai. "Hubei Lantian (A)." Harvard Business School Case 113-118, May 2013. (Revised March 2014.)
- 20 Jul 2023
- News
5 Business Models to Consider When Starting a Tech Company
- January 2017
- Supplement
Hello Alfred: Come Home Happy — Operating the Business Model Exercise
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Christopher Payton
On a mission to "automate the on-demand economy," Harvard Business School classmates Marcela Sapone and Jessica Beck launched Hello Alfred in 2013 to provide subscribers with an "Alfred" to complete various chores for a monthly fee. In early 2016, the company has built... View Details
- Fall 2011
- Article
Exclusivity and Control
By: Andrei Hagiu and Robin S. Lee
We analyze platform competition for content in the presence of strategic interactions between content distributors and content providers. We provide a model of bargaining and price competition within these industries and show that whether or not a piece of content ends... View Details
Keywords: General Strategy; Entertainment And Leisure; Software; Quality; Competition; Price; Sales; Expansion; Digital Platforms; Revenue; Negotiation
Hagiu, Andrei, and Robin S. Lee. "Exclusivity and Control." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 20, no. 3 (Fall 2011).
- Article
Signaling Firm Performance Through Financial Statement Presentation: An Analysis Using Special Items
By: Edward J. Riedl and Suraj Srinivasan
This paper investigates whether managers' presentation of special items within the financial statements reflects economic performance or opportunism. Specifically, we assess special items presented as a separate line item on the income statement (income statement... View Details
Keywords: Managerial Roles; Financial Statements; Economics; Performance; Research; Opportunities; Business Earnings; Motivation and Incentives
Riedl, Edward J., and Suraj Srinivasan. "Signaling Firm Performance Through Financial Statement Presentation: An Analysis Using Special Items." Contemporary Accounting Research 27, no. 1 (Spring 2010): 289–332.
- 25 Sep 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Invest in Information or Wing It? A Model of Dynamic Pricing with Seller Learning
- 20 Aug 2024
- Cold Call Podcast
Angel City Football Club: A New Business Model for Women’s Sports
- 2024
- Working Paper
The Crowdless Future? Generative AI and Creative Problem Solving
The rapid advances in generative artificial intelligence (AI) open up attractive opportunities for creative problem-solving through human-guided AI partnerships. To explore this potential, we initiated a crowdsourcing challenge focused on sustainable, circular economy... View Details
Keywords: Large Language Models; Crowdsourcing; Generative Ai; Creative Problem-solving; Organizational Search; AI-in-the-loop; Prompt Engineering; AI and Machine Learning; Innovation and Invention
Boussioux, Léonard, Jacqueline N. Lane, Miaomiao Zhang, Vladimir Jacimovic, and Karim R. Lakhani. "The Crowdless Future? Generative AI and Creative Problem Solving." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-005, July 2023. (Revised July 2024.)
- June 2024
- Article
Going Digital: Implications for Firm Value and Performance
By: Wilbur Chen and Suraj Srinivasan
We examine firm value and performance implications of the growing trend of non-technology companies engaging in digital transformation. We measure digital activities in firms based on the disclosure of digital words in the business description section of 10-Ks. Digital... View Details
Keywords: Digital Technologies; Valuation; Return Predictability; Financial Statement Analysis; Performance; Value; Information Technology
Chen, Wilbur, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Going Digital: Implications for Firm Value and Performance." Review of Accounting Studies 29, no. 2 (June 2024): 1619–1665.
- February 21, 2025
- Article
How a Company’s Ownership Model Shapes the Mistakes It Makes
By: Josh Baron
Why do some companies continue to thrive for decades and others die after an initial run of success? Like many kinds of accidents, company failure is generally the consequence of cascading effects that combine to overwhelm a previously effective strategy. But the... View Details
Baron, Josh. "How a Company’s Ownership Model Shapes the Mistakes It Makes." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (February 21, 2025).
- 2016
- Book
Experiences in Liberal Arts and Science Education from America, Europe, and Asia: A Dialogue Across Continents
By: William C. Kirby and Marijk C. van der Wende
This book highlights the experiences of international leaders in liberal arts and science education from around the world as they discuss regional trends and models, with a specific focus on developments in and cooperation with China. Focusing on why this model... View Details
Keywords: International And Comparative Education; Educational Policy And Politics; Science Education; Arts; Global Range; Education; Science
Kirby, William C. and Marijk C. van der Wende, eds. Experiences in Liberal Arts and Science Education from America, Europe, and Asia: A Dialogue Across Continents. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
- 18 Jul 2022
- News
How to Make College More Affordable? Try the Charter School Model
- 1992
- Chapter
Troubled Debt Restructurings: An Empirical Analysis of Private Reorganization of Firms in Default
By: S. C. Gilson, J. Kose and L.H.P. Kang
Gilson, S. C., J. Kose, and L.H.P. Kang. "Troubled Debt Restructurings: An Empirical Analysis of Private Reorganization of Firms in Default." In Bankruptcy and Distressed Restructurings: Analytical Issues and Investment Opportunities, edited by Edward I. Altman. New York: Business One Irwin, 1992.