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- 11 May 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Targeting High Ability Entrepreneurs Using Community Information: Mechanism Design in the Field
- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
based on its current regulatory tools and mandate; however, it clearly needs additional financial resources. 9,000 employees cannot ensure the safety of $1.5 trillion View Details
- 11 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
How AI Could Ease the Refugee Crisis and Bring New Talent to Businesses
algorithms for matching refugees and asylum seekers to host countries based on their likelihood of finding successful employment. “Can we build algorithms that will help find better matches that will allow... View Details
- 07 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Supervisor of Sandwiches? More Companies Inflate Titles to Avoid Extra Pay
exemption based on different criteria than the federal regulations. In these states, there was not the same explosion of made-up sounding... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
- 27 Jun 2011
- Research & Ideas
Recovering from the Need to Achieve
Start Of The Journey The book is no quick fix, but it is a start to a lifelong journey for high need to achieve types who must work through destructive tendencies every day.... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- February 1997
- Case
Enron Development Corp.: The Dabhol Power Project in Maharashtra, India (B) (Abridged)
A new administration takes power in a state in India and cancels a power project agreed upon by the previous state government and a U.S.-based energy company. The project cancellation is based on allegations of irregularities, exorbitant costs, and political pressures. View Details
Keywords: Energy Generation; Fairness; Cost; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Policy; Government and Politics; Contracts; Market Entry and Exit; Negotiation Process; Conflict Management; Energy Industry
Wells, Louis T., Jr. "Enron Development Corp.: The Dabhol Power Project in Maharashtra, India (B) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 797-086, February 1997.
- 22 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
Manager Visibility No Guarantee of Fixing Problems
encountering. Drawn from the health-care industry, the research is based on a sample of 69 randomly selected hospitals, 20 View Details
- January 2022
- Case
SpartanNash Company: The Amazon Warrants (A)
By: Benjamin C. Esty, E. Scott Mayfield and Daniel Fisher
As of 12/31/21, Amazon held $22 billion of equity and warrants in related companies. In fact, it often requests a free grant of warrants when it enters into a new commercial agreement with a supplier. Over the past 20 years, Amazon has gotten warrants in almost 20... View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Value Creation; Consumer Behavior; Negotiation; Distribution; Ownership; Partners and Partnerships; Business Strategy; Equity; Distribution Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
Esty, Benjamin C., E. Scott Mayfield, and Daniel Fisher. "SpartanNash Company: The Amazon Warrants (A)." Harvard Business School Case 222-022, January 2022.
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Pencils Up: Taking Note of New Courses
When MBA students returned to Soldiers Field in the fall, they had nine new second-year courses to choose from, four with an emphasis on fieldwork. For faculty, developing a course affords the opportunity to... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- March–April 2014
- Article
Do Bonuses Enhance Sales Productivity? A Dynamic Structural Analysis of Bonus-Based Compensation Plans
By: Doug J. Chung, Thomas Steenburgh and K. Sudhir
We estimate a dynamic structural model of sales force response to a bonus based compensation plan. Substantively, the paper sheds insights on how different elements of the compensation plan enhance productivity. We find evidence that: (1) bonuses enhance productivity... View Details
Chung, Doug J., Thomas Steenburgh, and K. Sudhir. "Do Bonuses Enhance Sales Productivity? A Dynamic Structural Analysis of Bonus-Based Compensation Plans." Marketing Science 33, no. 2 (March–April 2014): 165–187. (Lead article. Featured in HBS Working Knowledge.)
- March 1996 (Revised November 1997)
- Case
Dewar's (A): Brand Repositioning in the 1990's
By: Alvin J. Silk and Lisa Klein Pearo
Dewar's, a major brand of Scotch whisky, produced by United Distillers of the U.K., and the U.S. leader in the Scotch category with a 15% market share, faced a declining market among traditional consumers of distilled spirits. Given the growing societal, legal, and... View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Customers; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Market Participation; Strategic Planning; Opportunities; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United Kingdom; United States
Silk, Alvin J., and Lisa Klein Pearo. "Dewar's (A): Brand Repositioning in the 1990's." Harvard Business School Case 596-076, March 1996. (Revised November 1997.)
- February 2022
- Article
Taxation and Innovation in the 20th Century
By: Ufuk Akcigit, John Grigsby, Tom Nicholas and Stefanie Stantcheva
This paper studies the effect of corporate and personal taxes on innovation in the United States over the twentieth century. We build a panel of the universe of inventors who patent since 1920, and a historical state-level corporate tax database with corporate tax... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Income Taxes; Corporate Taxation; Firms; Inventors; State Taxation; Business Taxation; R&D Tax Credits; Taxation; Innovation and Invention; History; United States
Akcigit, Ufuk, John Grigsby, Tom Nicholas, and Stefanie Stantcheva. "Taxation and Innovation in the 20th Century." Quarterly Journal of Economics 137, no. 1 (February 2022): 329–385.
- 18 Feb 2020
- News
Global Ocean Trust: Protecting the Blue Planet in New Ways
- Article
Reflections: Toward a Normative and Actionable Theory of Planned Organizational Change and Development
By: Michael Beer
A normative and actionable theory of planned organizational change and development is proposed based on fifty years of engagement by the author as a scholar-consultant. Five principles are central features of the theory and practice proposed: 1) Organizations are... View Details
Keywords: Consultant; Process; Systems; Silence; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership; Learning; Management Teams
Beer, Michael. "Reflections: Toward a Normative and Actionable Theory of Planned Organizational Change and Development." Journal of Change Management 21, no. 1 (2021).
- 01 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Choosing the Right Student Loan
wisely, you can minimize the amount you owe and the time it takes to pay them off. There are tons of student loan options out there, so how do you choose which one is right for... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Breaking Free from Fear of Change
self-image is based on perfection, it’s hard to trust yourself enough to swing for the fences on something new. One of the surprises from this... View Details
- February 2010 (Revised May 2010)
- Case
Bardhaman (A): Shrachi and the West Bengal Housing Board
By: John D. Macomber and Viraal Balsari
A real estate developer decides whether to enter into a public private partnership with the government of West Bengal to develop a township on farmland. The decisions include whether to expand operations from the company's base in Kolkata to Bardhaman, 100 km away;... View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Decisions; Private Equity; Design; Housing; Infrastructure; Projects; Real Estate Industry; West Bengal
Macomber, John D., and Viraal Balsari. "Bardhaman (A): Shrachi and the West Bengal Housing Board." Harvard Business School Case 210-062, February 2010. (Revised May 2010.)
- Web
HBS - The year in Review
the world. The pandemic necessitated a complete pause in 2020 and 2021. In 2022, FGI resumed in 15 locations in the United States, and in 2023, more than 1,000 students... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
At Work in the Fields with the Lord
Allen told the Riverside Press-Enterprise (March 14, 2004). A leader of The Global Church, a nondenominational religious organization based in... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- August 2017
- Module Note
Distinguishing Good Advice from Bad Advice: An Introduction to the HBS Course 'Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise' (BSSE)
By: Clayton Christensen
Overview of theoretical approach of HBS MBA Course "Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise"; distinguishing theory based on correlation from theory based on causal driver. View Details
Christensen, Clayton. "Distinguishing Good Advice from Bad Advice: An Introduction to the HBS Course 'Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise' (BSSE)." Harvard Business School Module Note 318-032, August 2017.