Publications

November 2012
Case

New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. (Abridged)

By: H. Kent Bowen, Robert S. Huckman, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Matthew Preble

Considers whether New Balance, one of the world's five largest manufacturers of athletic footwear, should respond to Adidas' planned acquisition of Reebok—a transaction that would join the second- and third-largest companies in the industry. Highlights the unique... View Details

Keywords: Production; Competitive Strategy; Supply Chain; Brands and Branding; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Sports Industry; Retail Industry; Asia; United States

Educators

2019
Working Paper

Intelligent Design of Inclusive Growth Strategies

By: Robert S. Kaplan, George Serafeim and Eduardo Tugendhat

Improving corporate engagement with society, as advocated in the Business Roundtable’s 2019 statement, should not be viewed as a zero-sum proposition where attention to new stakeholders detracts from delivering shareholder value. Corporate programs for sustainable and... View Details

Keywords: Inclusion; Sustainability; Performance Measures; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Strategy; Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Stakeholder Relations

SSRN

28 Jan 2014
First Look

First Look: January 28

economic trends a central economic activity and shed light on the mechanics of financial markets by providing a range of statistics and information about individual firms. They also raised questions that are still relevant today. What is... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

April 2005
Article

Partisan Social Happiness

By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch

We use a new approach to study questions in political economy that relies on data on the subjective well-being of a large sample of people living in the OECD over the period 1975-1992. Controlling for the personal characteristics of the respondents, year and country... View Details

Keywords: Political Partisanship; Political Economy; Society; Happiness

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12 Dec 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

Overall Cost Comparison of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Procedures with Endoscopist- or Anesthesia-Supported Sedation by Activity-Based Costing Techniques By: Helmers, Richard A., James A. Dilling, Christopher R. Chaffee, Mark V. Larson,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 23, 2008

increasingly successful claims of social scientists, backed by philanthropic foundations, on business education and the growing appeal of "scientific" approaches to decision-making and management. We also show that these... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Article

Gross National Happiness As an Answer to the Easterlin Paradox?

By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch

The Easterlin Paradox refers to the fact that happiness data are typically stationary in spite of considerable increases in income. This amounts to a rejection of the hypothesis that current income is the only argument in the utility function. We find that the... View Details

Keywords: Wealth and Poverty; Happiness; Employment; Income; Mathematical Methods; Welfare

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January 2014
Article

The Investor Conundrum

By: Robert G. Eccles

January 2008 (Revised March 2008)
Supplement

Uría Menéndez (B) (Abridged)

By: Robert G. Eccles

This one-page case, to be handed out in class, briefly lists the three major strategic options facing Uria Menendez. View Details

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Law; Geographic Location; Expansion; Strategic Planning; Legal Services Industry; Iberian Peninsula

January 2008 (Revised March 2008)
Case

Uría Menéndez (A)

By: Robert G. Eccles

Uria Menendez, the pre-eminent law firm in Iberia, is at a critical point in its long and distinguished history. Its newly appointed second generation co-managing Partners are facing some critical strategic decisions concerning how the firm should position itself in... View Details

Keywords: Global Strategy; Networks; Selection and Staffing; Work-Life Balance; Compensation and Benefits; Decision Making; Expansion; Legal Services Industry; Iberian Peninsula

Educators

02 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 2

Business Review What's Your Language Strategy? It Should Bind Your Company's Global Talent Management and Vision By: Neeley, Tsedal, and Robert Steven Kaplan Abstract—Language pervades every aspect of organizational life. Yet leaders of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 8, 2010

adult decision maker. Finally, we list a set of open questions that could be profitably addressed by future research. Social Preferences and Strategic Uncertainty: An Experiment on Markets and Contracts Authors:Marco Piovesan, Antonio... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2008 (Revised March 2008)
Supplement

Uría Menéndez (B)

By: Robert G. Eccles

The Uria Menendez (B) Cas describes the three major strategic options facing the firm. It can be used when the instructor wants to teach the case over two classes. The first class, based on the A case, explores the reason for the the firm's success. The B case... View Details

Keywords: Geographic Location; Law; Success; Strategic Planning; Expansion; Legal Services Industry; Iberian Peninsula

10 May 2011
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First Look: May 10

history, and the lessons learned to date. It discusses the current challenges faced by policy makers wanting to further improve the program. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/811100-PDF-ENG Continental Media Group:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2012
Book

Harder Than I Thought: Adventures of a Twenty-First Century Leader

By: Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan and Shannon O'Donnell

Being a great leader today is much harder than you think—meet Jim Barton. He's a newly minted CEO, rising leader of a firm in transition, and manager of massive complexity—thanks to our incredibly networked and increasingly unpredictable world of business. What if you... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Complexity; Crisis Management; Problems and Challenges; Volatility

03 May 2011
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First Look: May 3

supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711412-PDF-ENG Corporate Reform Elements of the Dodd-Frank Act Robert C. Pozen, Phillip Andrews, and David LaneHarvard Business School Case Note 311-091 This note summarizes the four major... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Nov 2015
First Look

November 3, 2015

these models, the demand curve alone can be used to make welfare statements, a fact relied on by much empirical work. There is ample evidence, though, that people misuse care for a different reason: mistakes or "behavioral... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2021
Working Paper

No-fault Default, Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, and Financial Institutions

By: Robert C. Merton and Richard T. Thakor

This paper analyzes the costs and benefits of a no-fault-default debt structure as an alternative to the typical bankruptcy process. We show that the deadweight costs of bankruptcy can be avoided or substantially reduced through no-fault-default debt, which permits a... View Details

Keywords: No-fault Default; Chapter 11; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Borrowing and Debt; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Financial Institutions; Contracts