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- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
their current values-has been on the ascent. This marks a major departure from the centuries-old tradition of keeping books at historical cost. It also has implications across the world of business, because the accounting basis-whether View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Winning with Digital Platforms Online Course | HBS Online
public sentiment surrounding competition and fair business practices. Highlights How 3rd Party Sellers Create Value Amazon’s Encroachment Open and Closed Platforms Show Hide Details Concepts Coopetition: The Complementor-Competitor... View Details
- 20 Jun 2019
- News
Reframing Modern Art
artists, go to the art fairs with a curator who points out the rising stars, the blockbuster hits, etc, guided tours of exhibitions in museums with the curators. And that was, to some extent, just social, but many of us did become very... View Details
- April 2010 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
Supply Chain Partners: Virginia Mason and Owens & Minor (A) (Abridged)
By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
Owens & Minor (O&M) performed lean inventory services for Virginia Mason (VM) as its Alpha Vendor, but the outdated industry pricing model created perverse incentives and could not capture O&M's costs. Together, O&M and VM created an activity-based pricing model: Total... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Partners and Partnerships; Activity Based Costing and Management; Business Model; Non-Governmental Organizations; Nonprofit Organizations; Motivation and Incentives; Asset Pricing; Cost Accounting; Fair Value Accounting; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Supply Chain Partners: Virginia Mason and Owens & Minor (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 110-063, April 2010. (Revised September 2011.)
- 21 Mar 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
When Your Classmate is an NBA Superstar (or Fashion Model, or Movie Actress)
why this launch worked despite violating the rules.” But for every smash hit like Beyoncé’s, the entertainment industry sure sees its fair share of flops. “A lot of products these companies introduce fail,” Elberse says. “If you think... View Details
- 19 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior
public outrage and protests, as well as a fair amount of handwringing on the part of politicians. What's less clear is how this rising level of inequality has affected the nation. Researchers have tried to determine its impact on a wide... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 10 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Negotiator’s Secret: More Than Merely Effective
analysis, all subjects were asked for their private assessment of the target company's fair value—as distinct from how they might portray that value in the bargaining process. Those assigned the role of seller gave median valuations more... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Case Study: Paper Chase
operates four sales kiosks in the Boston area, with mobile retail teams that visit local fairs and markets. The kiosks offer a valuable in-person experience with a high conversion rate for the $8–$13 cards. The split between in-person and... View Details
- 15 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 15, 2008
locations that are most critical to their own strategic position. Fair (and Not So Fair) Division Author:John W. Pratt Peridical:Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 35, no. 3 (December 2007) Abstract Drawbacks of existing procedures are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
a new purpose for a corporation. And they listed five things. And in order those five things were number one, delivering value to customers. Fair enough. Number two, investing in our employees. Okay. Number three, dealing fairly and... View Details
- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 15
down as chairman and CEO of the New York Stock Exchange following weeks of intense public criticism over the size of his $190 million compensation package. As chairman of the committee that oversaw Grasso's payout, Ken Langone believed firmly that the payment was View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 5 (May 2011) Abstract The financial meltdown made clear that the executives of many major financial institutions were operating with inadequate or distorted information about the values and risks of their firms' assets. It's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month at HBS
clubs get exclusive access to our corporate sponsors - top investment banks, consulting firms, technology companies, and general management companies - more than one week early. This year, we hosted our first ever virtual Diversity Career View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
steps and re-calculations. As he finds a sports auction house to consign his collection, he watches the auction market and reports on his findings as well as his strategies and successes. While dealing with the disappointments of parting with a lifetime obsession,... View Details
- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
composition in forming teams,” says Toffel. “In fact, some said they expressly didn’t consider gender, believing it inappropriate to do so.” Not considering gender when forming audit teams makes sense in terms of fairness to employees,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 21 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer
were given equal ownership interest in both banks, taxpayers would participate in the potential upside as well as shoulder losses. Moreover, splitting a trouble institution in this manner would avoid the intractable problem of setting a View Details
- 07 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits
Finally, there is a growing sense that firms are increasingly savvy with respect to tax planning and that profits are easily reallocated through the movement of intangible property or otherwise. As a result, the fairness of the overall... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
leaders after tragedies like this. Why do you think it was different this time? Lisa Lewin: Having been in business for over a quarter century, I've seen my fair share of the usual PR polished statements from corporate America. These were... View Details
- 05 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018
practice, and at a personal level, the impact she has had on each of our lives. Innovative ideas and novel methods have been the hallmarks of Linda's research on diverse topics: the impact of self‐serving conceptions of fairness on... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments
know whether Venezuela plans to pay a fair price for the assets that it is nationalizing. In the ITT story I tell in my book, Indonesia nationalized ITT's telecommunications facility in 1980, but it paid a price that ITT found reasonable... View Details