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    Robert C. Merton

    Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

    Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

    Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
    • January 2002 (Revised January 2004)
    • Case

    Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in the Twenty-First Century

    By: David B. Yoffie and Yusi Wang
    Examines the industry structure and competitive strategy of Coca-cola and Pepsi over 100 years of rivalry. New challenges of the 21st century included boosting flagging domestic cola sales and finding new revenue streams. Both firms also began to modify their bottling,... View Details
    Keywords: Price; Growth and Development; Brands and Branding; Emerging Markets; Industry Structures; Performance; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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    • 03 Apr 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance

    of these firms face various issues—including management of exchange rate risk, how to structure their internal capital markets, how to do capital budgeting worldwide, and how... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services
    • May 2022
    • Supplement

    Maestro Pizza (C): Taking the Fight Outside

    By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Fares Khrais
    Maestro pizza opened its first store in 2013 after its founder, Khalid Al Omran, recognized an opportunity in Saudi Arabia to offer high quality pizza at affordable prices. The business grew rapidly and under the radar at first, but soon enough caught the attention of... View Details
    Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Emerging Markets; Business Startups; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Product Positioning; Disruption; Disruptive Innovation; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Social Media; Forecasting and Prediction; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Production; Service Delivery; Business Growth and Maturation; Financial Statements; Cost Management; Analysis; Quality; Performance Consistency; Customer Satisfaction; Profit; Family Ownership; Food and Beverage Industry; Middle East; Saudi Arabia
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    • March 2003 (Revised September 2004)
    • Case

    Worker Rights and Global Trade: The U.S.-Cambodia Bilateral Textile Trade Agreement

    Examines the political and economic dimensions of the campaign to improve workers' rights around the world through the inclusion of labor standards in international trade agreements. The U.S.-Cambodia Textile Trade Agreement was the first agreement of its kind to link... View Details
    Keywords: Trade; Agreements and Arrangements; Rights; Working Conditions; Globalization; Consumer Products Industry; Cambodia; United States
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    • October 1994
    • Case

    Bankers Trust: Global Investment Bank

    By: Andre F. Perold and Kuljot Singh
    In October 1992, Eugene Shanks, president of Bankers Trust New York Corp., and Brian Walsh, head of the Global Investment Bank (GIB) business unit, are considering a proposal for a large and complex financing involving the North Sea Oil Co. (NSOC). The financing... View Details
    Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Risk Management; Value Creation; Business History; Capital Markets; Financing and Loans; Financial Markets; Corporate Finance; Banking Industry; Energy Industry
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    • 25 Jun 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: June 25

      Publications 2006 pub Leviathan Evolving: New Varieties of State Capitalism in Brazil and Beyond By: Musacchio, Aldo, and Sergio G. Lazzarini Abstract—In this book we describe the transformation of state View Details
    Keywords: Anna Secino
    • September 1990 (Revised January 1992)
    • Case

    Procter & Gamble Japan (A)

    By: Michael Y. Yoshino
    Ten years after entering Japan, P&G had accumulated over $250 million in operating losses on declining annual sales of $120 million by 1983. The decision facing the president of P&G International: exit, retrench or rebuild the operation? Ironically, the initial entry... View Details
    Keywords: Restructuring; Change Management; Profit; Market Entry and Exit; Market Participation; Sales; Competition; Technology; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Japan
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    • 07 Mar 2013
    • HBS Seminar

    Horace Dediu, Asymco

    • 24 Mar 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: March 24, 2009

    effects of v4 scarcity, while obtaining price discovery and allocative efficiency benefits of market transactions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-091.pdf Why Do Countries Adopt View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • January 2011
    • Case

    Sidoti & Company: Launching a Micro-Cap Product

    By: Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and Sarah Abbott
    It is 2010 and Sidoti & Company, a New York-based brokerage firm specializing in small capitalization stocks, has just launched a new product- micro cap stock research. The firm has hired a group of five analysts who will produce written research reports on micro-cap... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Financial Strategy; Product Launch; Strategic Planning; Corporate Strategy; Financial Services Industry; New York (city, NY)
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    • March 2022 (Revised November 2023)
    • Case

    Doubling Down: Elon Musk's Big Bets in 2022

    By: David Yoffie and Daniel Fisher
    2021 was a banner year for Elon Musk. CEO of the electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla, the aerospace manufacturer SpaceX, and a few smaller startups, Musk became the richest person on Earth after Tesla reached a market capitalization of $1 trillion and SpaceX a private... View Details
    Keywords: Innovation and Management; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Transportation; Strategic Planning; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Goals and Objectives; Aerospace Industry; Auto Industry; Battery Industry; United States; Europe; China
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    • 2014
    • Working Paper

    The State of Small Business Lending: Credit Access During the Recovery and How Technology May Change the Game

    By: Karen G. Mills and Brayden McCarthy
    Small businesses are core to America's economic competitiveness. Not only do they employ half of the nation's private sector workforce—about 120 million people—but since 1995 they have created approximately two-thirds of the net new jobs in our country. Yet in recent... View Details
    Keywords: Small Business; Financing and Loans; United States
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    • May 2022
    • Supplement

    Maestro Pizza (B): The Competition Awakens

    By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Fares Khrais
    Maestro pizza opened its first store in 2013 after its founder, Khalid Al Omran, recognized an opportunity in Saudi Arabia to offer high quality pizza at affordable prices. The business grew rapidly and under the radar at first, but soon enough caught the attention of... View Details
    Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Emerging Markets; Business Startups; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Product Positioning; Disruption; Disruptive Innovation; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Social Media; Forecasting and Prediction; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Production; Service Delivery; Business Growth and Maturation; Financial Statements; Cost Management; Analysis; Quality; Performance Consistency; Customer Satisfaction; Profit; Family Ownership; Food and Beverage Industry; Saudi Arabia; Middle East
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    • September 2006 (Revised August 2007)
    • Background Note

    The History of Credit Agencies in the United States

    By: F. Warren McFarlan and Tracy Manty
    Provides a brief background on the history of credit agencies in the United States. Focuses on the mature process of data collection on an American consumer and how credit agencies share the information to determine proper credit risk and worthiness of a consumer. The... View Details
    Keywords: Credit; United States
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    • August 2020 (Revised May 2021)
    • Case

    PayPal: The Next Chapter

    By: Michael Porter, Mark Kramer and Annelena Lobb
    Can a social purpose and stakeholder capitalism confer a powerful competitive advantage in the age of COVID-19? For PayPal, the answer is yes. After spinning off from eBay in a 2015 IPO, the company declared its purpose as "democratizing financial services" by ensuring... View Details
    Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Finance; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Social Entrepreneurship; Competitive Advantage; Financial Services Industry
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    • 23 Jan 2015
    • News

    Q&A: Tarun Khanna

    • February 2003
    • Article

    Which Ties Matter When? The Contingent Effects of Interorganizational Partnerships on IPO Success

    By: Ranjay Gulati and M. Higgins
    This paper investigates the contingent value of interorganizational relationships at the time of a young firm's initial public offering (IPO). We compare the signaling value to young firms of having ties with two types of interorganizational partnerships: endorsement... View Details
    Keywords: Interorganizatonal Relationships; Networks; Venture Capital; Initial Public Offering; Entrepreneurship; Biotechnology Industry
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    • 16 Jan 2013
    • News

    George Says Dell Going Private `Is a Stretch'

    • 2011
    • Book

    Moving Forward: The Future of Consumer Credit and Mortgage Finance

    By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Eric Belsky
    The recent collapse of the mortgage market revealed fractures in the credit market that have deep roots in the system's structure, conduct, and regulation. The time has come for a clear-eyed assessment of what happened and how the system should be strengthened and... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Capital Markets; Credit; Financial Markets; Mortgages; Personal Finance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Demand and Consumers; Financial Services Industry
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