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  • October 2006
  • Teaching Note

Precista Tools AG (TN) (A), (B), and (C)

By: John A. Davis and Courtney Sampson
Teaching Note to (488-046), (488-047), and (488-048). View Details
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Race; Management Succession; Family Ownership; Resignation and Termination; Conflict and Resolution; Switzerland
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  • February 2011
  • Supplement

The Fox Islands Wind Project (B)

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Evan Richardson
Fox Island Wind Cooperative faces criticism from local residents. View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Renewable Energy; Social Entrepreneurship; Cooperative Ownership; Business and Community Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology Industry; Maine
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  • 2012
  • Working Paper

Risky Business: The Impact of Property Rights on Investment and Revenue in the Film Industry

By: Venkat Kuppuswamy and Carliss Y. Baldwin
Our paper tests a key prediction of property rights theory, specifically, that agents will respond to marginal incentives embedded in property rights when making non-contractible, revenue-enhancing investments (Grossman and Hart, 1986; Hart and Moore, 1990). Using rich... View Details
Keywords: Property Rights; Property; Rights; Investment; Contracts; Revenue; Motivation and Incentives; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; United States
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  • 25 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 25

  Publications August 2013 Social Psychological & Personality Science Matchmaking Promotes Happiness By: Anik, Lalin, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Four studies document and explore the psychology... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Aug 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?

for the whole industry. We are unlikely to see progress in cases where collaboration is unprofitable in both the short and the long term. Second, large institutional investors must have significant ownership of a sizeable part of the key... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining
  • 20 Jun 2011
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono

radio station distribution and the roller coaster of trying to generate "Top 40" hits); and they acquired a 10 percent ownership stake in Island Records worth $30 million when the record company was acquired by PolyGram in 1989. U2 was... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation
  • April 2001
  • Teaching Note

Katharine Graham TN

By: Kathleen L. McGinn, Lisa M. Gunther and Dina R. Pradel
Teaching Note for (9-801-276). View Details
Keywords: Leading Change; Public Ownership; Power and Influence; Experience and Expertise; Value; Decision Making; Personal Development and Career; Risk and Uncertainty
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  • Article

The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment Recommendations

By: Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim
Using a large sample of publicly traded U.S. firms over 16 years, we investigate the impact of corporate socially responsible (CSR) strategies on security analysts' recommendations. Socially responsible firms received more favorable recommendations in recent years... View Details
Keywords: Public Ownership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Strategy; Experience and Expertise; Value Creation; Public Equity; Markets; Investment; Perception; United States
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  • February 2017
  • Case

Valerie Daniels-Carter: High Growth Entrepreneurship via Franchising

By: Steven Rogers and Alyssa Haywoode
This case looks at entrepreneurship via franchising through the leadership of an African-American entrepreneur who owns almost 150 stores including Burger King, Pizza Huts, and Auntie Anne’s Pretzels. Her company is the largest female-owned franchise business in the... View Details
Keywords: Giving And Philanthropy; Weather And Climate Change; Franchise Ownership; Family Business; Experience and Expertise; Decisions; Borrowing and Debt; Food; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Business History; Climate Change; Motivation and Incentives; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • November 2018
  • Teaching Note

The Tax Man: Taxes in Private Equity Real Estate

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Sayiddah Fatima McCree
Teaching Note for HBS No. 218-077. This teaching note provides the back up analysis for the various alternatives to be considered in choosing the optimal investment structure for the real estate acquisition. It contrasts the interests of the tax exempt investors... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate; Alternative Investment Structures; Taxation; Private Equity; Property; Acquisition; Conflict of Interests; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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  • 25 Jun 2013
  • First Look

First Look: June 25

reduced the temptation governments face to intervene in the operation of large strategic enterprises. In the Leviathan as a minority shareholder mode, governments have small equity ownership in corporations and in general do not intervene... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • April 2008
  • Supplement

Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (B)

By: Paul W. Marshall, Michael Shih-ta Chen and Keith Chi-ho Wong
In late November 2000, Chung Telecom Co., Ltd., the once-monopolized telecom operator owned by the Taiwanese government, was on its way to privatization. Mr. C.K. Mao, Chairman of the company, was headed the job only three months earlier, after its prior chairman... View Details
Keywords: State Ownership; Jobs and Positions; Monopoly; Privatization; Competition; Decisions; Motivation and Incentives; Labor and Management Relations; Resignation and Termination; Compensation and Benefits; Price; Status and Position; Telecommunications Industry; Public Administration Industry; Taiwan
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  • 02 Jan 2013
  • What Do You Think?

Should We Rethink the Promise of Teams?

successful and unsuccessful experiences with teams. Improper uses of teams were cited. Phil Clark said that "Often teams are formed to 'look good' but truly are not teams Ownership of the outcome is directly related to the success of a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 29 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29

August 14, 2017 Harvard Business Review Study: More Frequent Sales Quotas Help Volume but Hurt Profits By: Chung, Doug J., and Das Narayandas Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53137 July 2017 View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Nov 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 3

wrongdoers is consistent with their judgments, and we offer preliminary evidence on how to reduce these biases. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-020.pdf Stock Price Fragility Authors:Robin Greenwood and David Thesmar Abstract We investigate the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • December 2001
  • Article

Enforcing Property Rights Through Reputation: Groups in Mexico's Early Industrialization, 1878-1913

By: Noel Maurer and Tridib Sharma
Keywords: History; Rights; Groups and Teams; Reputation; Property; Developing Countries and Economies; Mexico
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Why Do Pro Forma and Street Earnings Not Reflect Changes in GAAP? Evidence from SFAS 123R

By: Ian D. Gow, Mary E. Barth and Daniel Taylor
This study examines how key market participants—managers and analysts—responded to SFAS 123R's controversial requirement that firms recognize stock-based compensation expense. Despite mandated recognition of the expense, some firms' managers exclude it from pro forma... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Employee Stock Ownership Plan
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  • 17 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 17

features of relational pluralism inside and across organizations. We conclude with a discussion of future directions for research. August 2013 Psychological Science A 'Present' for the Future: The Unexpected Value of Rediscovery By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 30, 2008

disbursements are relatively more staggered. Download the paper from SSRN ($5): http://www.nber.org/papers/w14074 Attitude-Dependent Altruism, Turnout and Voting Author:Julio J. Rotemberg Abstract This paper presents a goal-oriented model of political participation... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Jul 2006
  • First Look

First Look: July 5, 2006

psychological mechanism whereby price format determines how many product attributes are actively processed at the time of valuation. Three studies support the hypothesis that price partitioning acts as an incentive to process multiple... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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