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Railroads and the Making of Modern China
My current book project is entitled Railroads and the Making of the Modern China and explores China’s economic and socio-political transformation from the last decades of the empire to the present using railroad infrastructure as a focus. Based on a large... View Details
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Designing and Executing Corporate Revitalization
Summary Given today's turbulent environment, business leaders are seeking a new path to success for their companies. But while many firms talk about transforming themselves around current trends such as digitization View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
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Visualizing and Measuring Enterprise Architecture: An Exploratory BioPharma Case
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Lehman Brothers: 1850 - 2008 | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Skip to Main Content Lehman Brothers Collection Resources Baker Library Collections Corporate Reports Collection R. G. Dun & Co. Credit Reports HBS Cases Baker Old Class Collection Related Archival Collections Bibliography Site Credits... View Details
- August 2022
- Background Note
Retail Media Networks
By: Eva Ascarza, Ayelet Israeli and Celine Chammas
In 2022, retail media was one of the fastest growing segments in digital advertising. A retail media network (RMN) allows a retailer to use its assets for advertising. Retailers set up an advertising business by allowing marketers to buy advertising space across their... View Details
Keywords: Advertisers; Advertising Media; Media And Broadcasting Industry; Retail; Retail Analytics; Retail Promotion; Retailing; Ecommerce; E-Commerce Strategy; E-commerce; Marketing Communication; Targeting; Targeted Advertising; Targeted Marketing; Advertising; Marketing; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Brands and Branding; Media; Marketing Channels; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Advertising Industry; United States
Ascarza, Eva, Ayelet Israeli, and Celine Chammas. "Retail Media Networks." Harvard Business School Background Note 523-029, August 2022.
- 2016
- Chapter
User-Generated Content and Social Media
By: Michael Luca
This paper documents what economists have learned about user-generated content (UGC) and social media. A growing body of evidence suggests that UGC on platforms ranging from Yelp to Facebook has a large causal impact on economic and social outcomes ranging from... View Details
Keywords: User-generated Content; Crowdsourcing; Design Economics; Internet and the Web; Marketing; Economics; Media; Social Media
Luca, Michael. "User-Generated Content and Social Media." Chap. 12 in Handbook of Media Economics. Vol. 1B, edited by Simon Anderson, Joel Waldfogel, and David Strömberg. North-Holland Publishing Company, 2016.
- 30 May 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
reallocation effects, and the linkages generated between foreign and domestic firms. The survey focuses mainly on work related to developing countries. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Rewriting the Script: Social Enterprise Start-ups Expand Business Plan Contest's Parameters
The story of how nonprofit start-up Montage Entertainment came about would be familiar to many past participants in the HBS Business Plan Contest. “Some friends and I were sitting in the café at Shad,... View Details
- 2016
- Working Paper
Private Networks of Managers and Financial Analysts and Their Externality on a Firm's Information Environment
By: Zengquan Li, T.J. Wong and Gwen Yu
When emerging market firms raise external capital, they face a tradeoff where greater transparency may lead to a lower cost of capital but at the cost of revealing proprietary information in their relational business practices. We find that firms overcome this... View Details
Keywords: Emerging Market; Financial Analysts; Information; Emerging Markets; Forecasting and Prediction; Corporate Governance
Li, Zengquan, T.J. Wong, and Gwen Yu. "Private Networks of Managers and Financial Analysts and Their Externality on a Firm's Information Environment." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-135, June 2016. (Revised October 2016.)
- 12 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
consolidation. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55801 March–April 2019 Harvard Business Review The Dual-Purpose Playbook By: Battilana, Julie, Anne-Claire Pache, Metin Sengul, View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Goldfaden Land, who studied physics, and Harry Land, who ran a scrap metal and real estate business in Connecticut. In high school at the Norwich Free Academy, Land excelled in... View Details
- 2020
- Book
Business, Ethics and Institutions: The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in Global Perspectives
By: Asli M. Colpan and Geoffrey Jones
This book is the first systematic scholarly study on the business history of Turkey and its predecessor the Ottoman Empire from the nineteenth century until the present. It places the distinctive characteristics of capitalism in Turkey within a global and comparative... View Details
Keywords: Capitalism; Corruption; Business History; Ethics; Economic Systems; Crime and Corruption; Middle East; Central Asia; Turkey
Colpan, Asli M., and Geoffrey Jones, eds. Business, Ethics and Institutions: The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in Global Perspectives. New York: Routledge, 2020.
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The Hunger Relief System | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
The Hunger Relief System Background I came to Harvard Business School with an interest in exploring social enterprise. Although my past experience had been in the for-profit world, I was really interested in that intersection between... View Details
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Leading Race Work in Business Schools - Race, Gender & Equity
schools. How HBR Engages Questions About Race How HBR Engages Questions About Race FEB 07 2020 | By: Amy Bernstein Harvard Business Review’s Amy Bernstein presents on her role as an HBR editor and the... View Details
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Bibliography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School Case 555-001, 1955. Buse, Peter. The Camera Does the Rest: How Polaroid Changed Photography . Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016. Butters, J. Keith, and John Lintner. Effect... View Details
- April 2021
- Case
The Clean Network and the Future of Global Technology Competition
By: Meg Rithmire and Courtney Han
In May 2019, amidst of an ever-worsening trade war between the U.S. and China, President Donald Trump added Chinese telecom giant Huawei to the Department of Commerce’s “entity list,” essentially forbidding American firms from doing business with the company. Huawei,... View Details
Keywords: 5G; Telecommunications; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Trade; Competition; International Relations; Telecommunications Industry; China
Rithmire, Meg, and Courtney Han. "The Clean Network and the Future of Global Technology Competition." Harvard Business School Case 721-045, April 2021.
- 21 Jul 2021
Top Business School Discussion Series: From Latin America to the MBA
Join Columbia Business School, Chicago Booth School of Business, Harvard Business School, Kellogg School of Management, MIT Sloan School of Management, Stanford Graduate School of Business, The Wharton... View Details
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Incentives and Operational Excellence
delivery—for free. If you run the video store, you worry about the customer who comes in specifically to rent The Matrix but leaves annoyed and empty handed because the video isn't on the shelves today. According to Harvard View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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A Day in the Life: IT Business Analyst | Information Technology
A Day in the Life: IT Business Analyst By Annie Harrison on May 22, 2025 Ryan Conwell, manager of the IT Business Analysis team, shares how business analysts play a crucial... View Details
- December 2024 (Revised January 2025)
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Balancing Returns and Responsibilities at Raya Partners
By: Arthur Segel, Ephraim Mernick, Derek C. M. van Bever and Olivia Barba
Raya Partners, a private equity firm, faces a crucial decision regarding Asa Specialty Coatings Company (ASCC). The dilemma involves shifting ASCC's manufacturing operations to Mexico, a move that would boost profitability and reduce emissions but result in significant... View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Communication Strategy; Private Equity; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Values and Beliefs; Financial Services Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Mexico; Vermont
Segel, Arthur, Ephraim Mernick, Derek C. M. van Bever, and Olivia Barba. "Balancing Returns and Responsibilities at Raya Partners." Harvard Business School Case 325-068, December 2024. (Revised January 2025.)