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  • 2006
  • Working Paper

The Effect of Dividends on Consumption

By: Malcolm Baker, Stefan Nagel and Jeffrey Wurgler
Classical models predict that the division of stock returns into dividends and capital appreciation does not affect investor consumption patterns, while mental accounting and other economic frictions predict that investors have a higher propensity to consume from stock... View Details
Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Personal Finance; Investment Return; Household
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  • November 2017 (Revised October 2018)
  • Case

Brandless: Disrupting Consumer Packaged Goods

By: Jill Avery
Brandless, an online direct-to-consumer seller of upscale private-label consumer packaged goods, offered consumers a limited assortment of values-conscious products delivered directly to their homes with the simplicity of one fixed $3 price point that promised an... View Details
Keywords: Brand; Brand Management; Retailing; Retailing Industry; Private Label; Direct To Consumer Marketing; Ecommerce; Digital Marketing; Consumer Packaged Goods; Startup; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Disruption; Food; Product Marketing; Marketing Channels; Consumer Behavior; Brands and Branding; Venture Capital; E-commerce; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; United States; North America
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  • 2010
  • Chapter

When Does Leadership Matter? A Contingent Opportunities View of CEO Leadership

By: Noam Wasserman, Nitin Nohria and Bharat Anand
There is by now a long-standing debate on the impact that CEOs have on company performance. Studies of leadership describe how CEOs can significantly impact company performance, while the "constraints" perspective argues that leaders are sufficiently constrained by... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Leadership; Performance Improvement; Research; Opportunities
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  • 2007
  • Working Paper

Evidence from Goodwill Non-impairments on the Effects of Unverifiable Fair-Value Accounting

By: Karthik Ramanna and Ross L. Watts
SFAS 142 requires firms to use unverifiable fair-value estimates to determine goodwill impairments. Standard setters suggest managers will use the discretion given by such estimates to convey private information on future cash flows, while agency theory predicts... View Details
Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; Goodwill Accounting; Standards; Agency Theory
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  • March 2001 (Revised March 2003)
  • Case

Syncra Systems

Syncra Systems makes Internet-based software that allows supply chain partners to compare disparate forecasts and production plans, to uncover any discrepancies among them, and to address these issues. However, many potential Syncra customers perceive that they will... View Details
Keywords: Product Positioning; Internet and the Web; Supply Chain Management; Applications and Software; Sales
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  • 02 Jun 2013
  • News

On the Job: Don't let shiny job blind you to realities

    Paul Hamilton

    Paul studies the economic complements needed for firms to realize productivity gains from machine learning and artificial intelligence. These complements include data, human capital & skills, organizational processes, and business models. 
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    • December 1993 (Revised March 1995)
    • Case

    Medical Products Co.

    By: Robert H. Hayes
    In early 1990, the company is contemplating changes in its European plant network for producing hypodermic products, including the total production capacity to be provided, the number and location of plants over which to spread this capacity, and which products should... View Details
    Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Decision Making; Forecasting and Prediction; Cost; Production; Performance Capacity; Performance Effectiveness; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Europe
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    • May 1987 (Revised October 1996)
    • Case

    Murray Ohio Manufacturing Co.

    By: Krishna G. Palepu
    After a record year in 1983, Murray Ohio's earnings declined in 1984. The company was faced with competition from cheap imports and was experiencing declining margins. Students are asked to analyze the company's 1984 financial statements and predict whether there is... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Statements; Financial Reporting; Business Divisions; Cost Management; Spending; Decision Making; Change Management; Problems and Challenges; Management Systems; Manufacturing Industry
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    • May 2021 (Revised July 2021)
    • Case

    Coats: Supply Chain Challenges

    By: Willy C. Shih and Adina Wong
    Coats, the largest thread maker in the world, transformed its business to digital colour measurement so that it could respond better to customer demand in the garment industry for rapid product cycles and more fragmented colour choices. Its embrace of digital colour... View Details
    Keywords: Inventory Management; Supply Chains; Digital; Operations; Supply Chain Management; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Asia
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    • 02 Mar 2020
    • HBS Seminar

    Drew Carton, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania

    • October 1984 (Revised March 1999)
    • Case

    NIKE (B)

    Describes Nike's corporate culture and looks closely at individual key senior and middle managers, outlining the processes by which the management group conducts its business and noting the values which bind the management group together. The teaching objective is to... View Details
    Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Management Teams; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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    • August 2021 (Revised February 2024)
    • Case

    Data Science at the Warriors

    By: Iavor I. Bojinov and Michael Parzen
    The case explores the development and early growth of a data science team at the Golden State Warriors, an NBA team based in San Francisco. The case begins by explaining the initial rationale for investing in data science, then covers a debate on the appropriate team... View Details
    Keywords: Digital Marketing; Analysis; Forecasting and Prediction; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Analytics and Data Science; Sports Industry; San Francisco; United States
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    • Article

    Cut from the Same Cloth: Similarly Dishonest Individuals Across Countries

    By: Heather E. Mann, Ximena Garcia-Rada, Lars Hornuf, Juan Tafurt and Dan Ariely
    Norms for dishonest behaviors vary across societies, but whether this variation is related to differences in individuals’ core tendencies toward dishonesty is unknown. We compare individual dishonesty on a novel task across 10 participant samples from five countries... View Details
    Keywords: Morality; Decision-making; Dishonesty; Cultural Psychology; Country; Decision Making; Culture
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    • 12 Oct 2006
    • First Look

    First Look: October 12, 2006

      Working PapersDo Corporate Social Responsibility Ratings Predict Corporate Social Performance? Authors:Aaron K. Chatterji, David I. Levine, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Ratings of corporations'... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 03 Oct 2014
    • News

    Is the Apple Watch the Next Huge, Medium, or Mini Hit?

    • October 2007 (Revised January 2009)
    • Background Note

    Analyzing Relative Costs

    By: Hanna Halaburda and Jan W. Rivkin
    Introduces students to the technique of relative cost analysis, a core technique of strategists. Among the intricate quantitative analyses that strategists undertake, relative cost analysis may be the most common. The goal of a relative cost analysis is simply to... View Details
    Keywords: Cost; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Mathematical Methods; Competition; Competitive Advantage
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    • 06 Jun 2016
    • News

    Your Investment Tool Is Failing You

    • May 1998 (Revised February 1999)
    • Case

    Diamond in the Rough (A)

    By: Thomas J. DeLong and Catherine M. Conneely
    Diamond Technology Partners, a consulting firm based in Chicago, was founded in 1994 by Mel Bergstein and Chris Moffitt, with investment from founding partners and Safeguard Scientifics. In April 1996, just after fiscal year-end, the two largest clients withdrew from... View Details
    Keywords: Information Technology; Entrepreneurship; Going Public; Crisis Management; Finance; Consulting Industry; Chicago
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    • 14 Nov 2017
    • News

    How That Yelp Review Could Complement Government Data: Eco Pulse