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  • 2021
  • Working Paper

MLS as a Sports Product—The Prominence of the World's Game in the U.S.

By: Stephen A. Greyser and Kenneth Cortsen
The purpose of this Working Paper is to analyze how soccer at the professional level in the U.S., with Major League Soccer as a focal point, has developed over the span of a quarter of a century. It is worthwhile to examine the growth of Major League Soccer (MLS) from... View Details
Keywords: Soccer; Major League Soccer; Sports; Growth and Development; Organizational Structure; Business Model; Sports Industry; United States
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  • 15 Jul 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

Poultry in Motion: A Study of International Trade Finance Practices

Keywords: by Pol Antras & C. Fritz Foley; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • 2004
  • Book

Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital

By: Amar Bhidé
Academics and practitioners readily admit the importance of entrepreneurs for the wealth of nations. However, the relationship between the economic and social environment, entrepreneurship and value creation is not yet well understood. Moreover, at the micro-level, the... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneur; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Corporate Finance
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  • 17 Jul 2019
  • Blog Post

Tech for the People

city residents and caused $100 million in damages. Because his own family’s home in Texas had been damaged during Hurricane Harvey, Tsai understood firsthand the importance of quickly relocating displaced families. Part of Tsai’s job was... View Details
  • 01 Apr 2009
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Contingent Nature of Public Policy and Growth Strategies in the Early Twentieth-Century U.S. Banking Industry

Keywords: by Christopher Marquis & Zhi Huang; Banking
  • 05 Jul 2006
  • Working Paper Summaries

Learning Tradeoffs in Organizations: Measuring Multiple Dimensions of Improvement to Investigate Learning-Curve Heterogeneity

Keywords: by Francesca Gino, Richard M.J. Bohmer, Amy C. Edmondson, Gary P. Pisano & Ann B. Winslow; Health

    Hidden Structure: Using Network Methods to Map System Architecture

    All complex systems can be described in terms of their architecture, that is, as a nested hierarchy of subsystems. In this paper, we use network methods to detect the core components of an architecture, to establish... View Details

      Nailing Prediction: Experimental Evidence on the Value of Tools in Predictive Model Development

      Predictive model development is understudied despite its importance to modern businesses. Although prior discussions highlight advances in methods (along the dimensions of data, computing power, and algorithms) as the primary driver of model quality, the value of... View Details
      • 03 Oct 2023
      • Research Event

      Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

      coauthor of the new book Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier, for an intimate, powerful conversation that touches on: the mistake people make in thinking that money, power, and fame will bring them happiness; the View Details
      Keywords: by HBS Staff
      • 03 Oct 2006
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Cartels and Competition: Neither Markets nor Hierarchies

      Keywords: by Jeffrey Fear
      • Research Summary

      Technology and Knowledge Transfer in the Evolution of China’s Machine Industry

      This work-in-progress provides a historical perspective on the role of foreign companies as providers of machinery equipment and facilitators of technology transfer in China from the last decade of the 19th century to the early 1950s. The project focuses on... View Details
      • Article

      Spanning the Institutional Abyss: The Intergovernmental Network and the Governance of Foreign Direct Investment

      By: Juan Alcacer and Paul Ingram
      Global economic transactions such as foreign direct investment must extend over an institutional abyss between the jurisdiction, and therefore protection, of the states involved. Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), whose members are states, represent an important... View Details
      Keywords: Globalization; Market Transactions; Foreign Direct Investment; Government and Politics; Risk and Uncertainty; Networks; Culture; Complexity; Public Administration Industry
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      • 2010
      • Chapter

      Revisiting the Meaning of Leadership

      By: Joel Podolny, Rakesh Khurana and Marya Hill-Popper
      During the past 50 years, organizational scholarship on leadership has shifted from a focus on the significance of leadership for meaning-making to the significance of leadership for economic performance. This shift has been problematic for two reasons. First, it has... View Details
      Keywords: Communication Intention and Meaning; Economics; Leadership; Performance Improvement; Behavior
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      • 2008
      • Working Paper

      The Effect of Labor on Profitability: The Role of Quality

      By: Zeynep Ton
      Determining staffing levels is an important decision in retail operations. While the costs of increasing labor are obvious and easy to measure, the benefits are often indirect and not immediately felt. One benefit of increased labor is improved quality. The objective... View Details
      Keywords: Profit; Selection and Staffing; Service Delivery; Business Processes; Quality; Retail Industry
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      • March 2002 (Revised March 2002)
      • Case

      Note on Regulatory Choices

      For many firms, government interaction is expansive, influencing the conduct of firms and industry structure. The visible hand of government, in the form of a regulatory scheme, plays a role in firm affairs along with the invisible hand of market forces. Deregulation... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Governance Compliance
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      • 22 Aug 2016
      • Research & Ideas

      Master the One-on-One Meeting

      Whether you’re a CEO or a line manager, your team is just as important as a group as its members are as individuals. Today’s tech companies offer many perks to attract and retain the best employees. We offer competitive salaries, training... View Details
      Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
      • November 2010 (Revised May 2014)
      • Case

      Dow's Bid for Rohm and Haas

      By: Benjamin C. Esty and David Lane
      This case analyzes Dow Chemical Company's proposed acquisition of Rohm and Haas in 2008. The $18.8 billion acquisition was part of Dow's strategic transformation from a slow-growth, low-margin, and cyclical producer of basic chemicals into a higher-growth,... View Details
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Crisis; Capital Structure; Financial Condition; Financial Management; Contracts; Lawsuits and Litigation; Risk and Uncertainty; Valuation; Chemical Industry
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      Marketing - Faculty & Research

      make important contributions in the future. The current economic crisis is changing consumers' current and future purchase and consumption patterns. Search engines have changed the way consumers obtain information and make decisions and... View Details
      • Research Summary

      The limits of reviews

      Consumer reviews are an important source of information in the digital age. Yet there are limits to the role that reviews can play. In a case study, Professor Luca discusses the limits of reviews and how companies can create more comprehensive reputation systems... View Details

      • Research Summary

      Revitalizing Businesses

      By: William E. Fruhan
      William E. Fruhan, Jr. is exploring how firms act to enhance shareholder value when competitive pressures or takeovers threaten their operations. The approach most frequently taken involves fixing businesses that can be fixed and advantageously divesting those that... View Details