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- 19 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 19
case:http://hbr.org/search/513058-PDF-ENG Konys, Inc. Lee, Deishin, and Tunay I. TuncaHarvard Business School Case 613-065 This case describes the sourcing policy for a consumer electronics company. The company must decide how to structure View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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- Other Unpublished Work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.)
- October 2011 (Revised October 2013)
- Case
Ensighten
By: Lena G. Goldberg and Michael J. Roberts
Focuses on a small start-up software company engaged in a negotiation over its software licensing agreement with a very large potential client. The entrepreneur must weight legal and business issues vs. his desire to land the key customer. View Details
Keywords: Applications and Software; Business Plan; Business Startups; Agreements and Arrangements; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Contracts; Information Technology Industry
Goldberg, Lena G., and Michael J. Roberts. "Ensighten." Harvard Business School Case 812-050, October 2011. (Revised October 2013.)
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
July 31, 2017 AIDS A Commitment Contract to Achieve Virologic Suppression in Poorly Adherent Patients with HIV/AIDS By: Alsan, Marcella, John Beshears, Wendy S. Armstrong, James J. Choi, Brigitte C. Madrian, Minh Ly T. Nguyen, Carlos Del... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Negotiate “Yes” Across Cultural Boundaries
international negotiations, I've seen numerous promising deals fail because people ignored or underestimated the powerful differences in processes across cultures... . . . What are the informal influences that can make or break a deal? It's important to understand... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
on his rapport with the musicians and—in a field where operating budgets depend heavily on philanthropic support—his ability to work a room, the serious matter of contract negotiation began in late spring 2005. With all the particulars... View Details
- 11 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change
when they radically restructured their collective bargaining agreement (CBA). The new CBA instituted a uniform cap (as well as a floor) on team payrolls. It also set maximums and minimums for individual contracts and declared many more... View Details
- 10 Apr 2019
- HBS Case
How Entrepreneurs Can Turn Lead Into Gold
focus too much on formal contracts in order to transfer knowledge or other resources to their company, rather than less formal arrangements, the researchers learned. “With early stage tech companies, there is a huge emphasis on working... View Details
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy
technology experts, one of whom was able to help them. Gustafson and Yacovone obtained the advice they needed without having to conduct a time-consuming search and without having to negotiate a contract up front. (Reach had already View Details
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Unlocking Your Investment Capital
event is realized is to believe that you are insured when you are not. Therefore, the users of all financial contracts including CDS must be diligent in understanding and monitoring the performance risk of counterparts to their... View Details
- August 1995
- Teaching Note
Xerox: Outsourcing Global Information Technology Resources TN
By: Richard L. Nolan
Teaching Note for (9-195-158). View Details
- September 2000 (Revised October 2006)
- Case
Atherton Clothing Company (A)
By: John A. Davis and Andrew Z. Tubman
Zachary Cohen, who will graduate soon from business school, wants to enter his family's business under certain conditions--he wants shares in the company and wants to change a buy-sell agreement. His father and his uncle seem to want to explore his entering the family... View Details
Keywords: Family Ownership; Family Business; Management Teams; Contracts; Apparel and Accessories Industry
Davis, John A., and Andrew Z. Tubman. "Atherton Clothing Company (A)." Harvard Business School Case 801-101, September 2000. (Revised October 2006.)
- 15 May 2019
- Research Event
The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History
Lalocracio In thinking about the current contested state of global capitalism, and what to do about it, much can be learned from the debates I heard at the recent Harvard Business School conference, Seeking the Unconventional in Forging Histories of Capitalism, which... View Details
- 24 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 24
high-powered incentives lead to greater screening effort and more profitable lending, their power is muted by both deferred compensation and the limited liability typically enjoyed by credit officers. Second, we present direct evidence that incentive View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jun 2011
- What Do You Think?
Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?
dissolves the social contract between people and government." Phil Clark commented that "Those who go bankrupt lose sight of personal principle and beliefs. A country going bankrupt undermines itself and demonstrates its... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- Profile
Angela R. Hicks Bowman
out a business plan.” Hicks also counsels startups to embrace “really great advisors.” She suggests over-investing in the best lawyers—“a bad contract that holds you back for a decade is not worth the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Crash Pad
When 4753 North Broadway opened in 1924, the neoclassical tower represented the height of American architectural design, a terra-cotta temple of capitalism at the heart of Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Over the next century, a series of banks occupied the spacious... View Details
- 06 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Van den Ende Rozen: Greenhouse Rose Production
were able to lock in gas prices before the Russian-Ukraine war and have benefitted from very low cost during the winter, while some of their competitors had to stop producing because they could not purchase natural gas due to the sudden price escalations. The site’s... View Details
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Burden Park | About
functions, Burden was a flexible amphitheater-style space that expanded and contracted to meet the needs of each individual gathering. William A.M. Burden III (AB 1953, MBA 1955) Although Mrs. Burden did not live to see the building... View Details