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  • 2011
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Matthew: Effect or Fable?

In a market context, a status effect occurs when actors are accorded differential recognition for their efforts depending on their location in a status ordering, holding constant the quality of these efforts. In practice, because it is very difficult to measure... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Status and Position; Measurement and Metrics; Quality
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Azoulay, Pierre, Toby E. Stuart, and Yanbo Wang. "Matthew: Effect or Fable?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-049, December 2011.
  • 28 Jan 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees

types of work Cash rewards are best suited as a motivator for work that is measured quantitatively, Whillans says. Many studies of the service and sales industries show that cash rewards lead to increased sales and improved customer... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Organize Care Around Medical Conditions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Measure Outcomes & Cost for Every Patient Aligning Reimbursement with Value Systems Integration Geography of Care Information Technology Organize Care Around Med... Organize Care Around Medical Conditions To deliver more value, providers... View Details
  • 01 Apr 2024
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Navigating the Mood of Customers Weary of Price Hikes

price hikes than others. What does this mean in practice? Even if inflation is slowing down, depending on where you live and what you buy, you may not experience this slowing down to the same degree as the official measures suggest. Let’s... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Retail; Consumer Products
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Key Concepts - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Measure Outcomes & Cost for Every Patient Aligning Reimbursement with Value Systems Integration Geography of Care Information Technology Key Concepts Value-based health care is one of the most important topics in health care... View Details
  • February 2008 (Revised December 2011)
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Weber Shandwick: The Client Relationship Leader Program

By: Robert G. Eccles and Kerry Herman
In 2002 Weber Shandwick, a leading global public relations agency, instituted a Client Relationship Leader (CRL) Program for its top 32 global accounts. The purpose of the program is to ensure that all of the firm's resources across geographies, practice areas, and... View Details
Keywords: Blogs; Competency and Skills; Customer Relationship Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Social and Collaborative Networks; Competitive Advantage; Public Relations Industry
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Eccles, Robert G., and Kerry Herman. "Weber Shandwick: The Client Relationship Leader Program." Harvard Business School Case 408-077, February 2008. (Revised December 2011.)
  • 16 Nov 2016
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Ben Shiller, Brandeis University

  • October 2020 (Revised November 2020)
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Wilderness Safaris: Impact Investing and Ecotourism Conservation in Africa

By: James E. Austin, Megan Epler Wood and Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard
In 2018 the majority ownership of publicly owned Wilderness Safaris, the leading high-end ecotourism company in Africa with safari operations in eight countries, was acquired by The Rise Fund, one of the world’s largest private social impact investing funds, and by FS... View Details
Keywords: Investing; Investing For Impact; Ecotourism; COVID-19; Equity Financing; Strategy Formulation; Profitability; Environmental And Social Sustainability; Sustainability; Conservation Planning; Corporate Social Responsibility; Investment; Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Strategy; Financing and Loans; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Health Pandemics; Tourism Industry; Africa; Rwanda; Angola
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Austin, James E., Megan Epler Wood, and Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard. "Wilderness Safaris: Impact Investing and Ecotourism Conservation in Africa." Harvard Business School Case 321-020, October 2020. (Revised November 2020.)

    Luis M. Viceira

    Luis M. Viceira is the George E. Bates Professor in the Finance Unit  and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research, course development, and teaching focus on the areas of investment management... View Details

    Keywords: banking; education industry; financial services; nonprofit industry; retail financial services
    • 2007
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    The Impact of Component Modularity on Design Evolution: Evidence from the Software Industry

    By: Alan MacCormack, John Rusnak and Carliss Y. Baldwin

    Much academic work asserts a relationship between the design of a complex system and the manner in which this system evolves over time. In particular, designs which are modular in nature are argued to be more "evolvable," in that these designs facilitate making... View Details

    Keywords: Product Design; Adaptation; Software; Information Technology Industry
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    MacCormack, Alan, John Rusnak, and Carliss Y. Baldwin. "The Impact of Component Modularity on Design Evolution: Evidence from the Software Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-038, December 2007.
    • 17 Jan 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    Are Companies Getting Away with 'Cheap Talk' on Climate Goals?

    Companies regularly set ambitious climate goals, but these plans often end up like many people’s New Year’s resolutions: unmet aspirations that quietly fizzle out. While companies often gain positive media attention by trumpeting plans for reducing greenhouse gas... View Details
    Keywords: by Tim Gray
    • 2024
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    Corporate Debt, Boom-Bust Cycles, and Financial Crises

    By: Victoria Ivashina, Sebnem Kalemli-Özcan, Luc Laeven and Karsten Müller
    Using a new dataset on sectoral credit exposures covering financial and non-financial sectors in 115 economies over the period 1940–2014, we document the following evidence that corporate debt plays a key role in explaining boom-bust cycles, financial crises, and slow... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Economic Growth; Economic Sectors; Borrowing and Debt; Credit
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    Ivashina, Victoria, Sebnem Kalemli-Özcan, Luc Laeven, and Karsten Müller. "Corporate Debt, Boom-Bust Cycles, and Financial Crises." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 32225, March 2024.
    • 2020
    • Working Paper

    Are ISS Recommendations Informative? Evidence from Assessments of Compensation Practices

    By: Ana Albuquerque, Mary Ellen Carter and Susanna Gallani
    Using detailed information from the largest proxy advisor in the U.S., Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), we examine whether proxy advisors’ assessments of firms’ compensation practices are able to identify poor compensation practices as measured by subsequent... View Details
    Keywords: Proxy Advisors; CEO Compensation; Say-on-Pay; Institutional Shareholder Voting; Executive Compensation; Performance
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    Albuquerque, Ana, Mary Ellen Carter, and Susanna Gallani. "Are ISS Recommendations Informative? Evidence from Assessments of Compensation Practices." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-085, February 2019. (Revised March 2020.)
    • October 2009
    • Case

    Low-k Dielectrics at IBM

    By: Willy C. Shih and Giovanni Carraro
    Innovations at the frontiers of technology carry enormous risk of making wrong choices. This case examines a decision made by IBM in its semiconductor process technology strategy: a material to use as a dielectric insulator in its leading edge silicon chip technology.... View Details
    Keywords: Competency and Skills; Decision Choices and Conditions; Technological Innovation; Product Development; Science; Creativity; Semiconductor Industry; United States
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    Shih, Willy C., and Giovanni Carraro. "Low-k Dielectrics at IBM." Harvard Business School Case 610-023, October 2009.
    • July 2004 (Revised December 2004)
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    Timberland: Commerce and Justice

    By: James E. Austin, Herman B. Leonard and James Quinn
    When Jeffrey Swartz became the third generation in his family to lead the Timberland Co., he pursued a strategy in which commerce and justice were "inextricably linked." Community involvement, environmental management, and global labor standards became not addenda to... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Innovation and Invention; Leadership Development; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Programs; Opportunities; Alignment; Business Strategy; Value
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    Austin, James E., Herman B. Leonard, and James Quinn. "Timberland: Commerce and Justice." Harvard Business School Case 305-002, July 2004. (Revised December 2004.)
    • 2008
    • Working Paper

    International Financial Integration and Entrepreneurial Firm Activity

    By: Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton
    We explore the relation between international financial integration and the level of entrepreneurial activity in a country. We use a unique firm-level data set in a broad sample of developed and developing countries, which enables us to present both cross-country and... View Details
    Keywords: International Financial Integration; Capital Mobility; Firm Entry; Capital Controls; Finance; Integration; Global Range; Capital; Entrepreneurship; Foreign Direct Investment; Developing Countries and Economies
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    Alfaro, Laura, and Andrew Charlton. "International Financial Integration and Entrepreneurial Firm Activity." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-012, August 2006. (Also NBER Working Paper No. 13118. NBER Working Paper Series, No. 13118, May 2007)
    • April 2014 (Revised March 2018)
    • Case

    Texas Children's Hospital: Congenital Heart Disease Care

    By: Michael E. Porter, Justin M. Bachmann and Zachary C. Landman
    In 2014, Dr. Charles D. Fraser Jr., Surgeon-in-Chief of Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, was contemplating the future direction of the congenital heart disease program. The nation's largest pediatric hospital, Texas Children's was ranked by U.S. News & World... View Details
    Keywords: Health Care; Congenital Heart Disease; Integrated Practice Units; Health Care and Treatment; Outcome or Result; Measurement and Metrics; Performance Improvement; Health Industry; United States; Texas
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    Porter, Michael E., Justin M. Bachmann, and Zachary C. Landman. "Texas Children's Hospital: Congenital Heart Disease Care." Harvard Business School Case 714-507, April 2014. (Revised March 2018.)
    • 28 Feb 2007
    • Research & Ideas

    Capital Rules: The Tensions of Global Finance

    What fuels a global economy? Certainly the easy flow of capital across national boundaries would seem near the top of the list. But financial globalization is not an on/off switch, notes Professor Rawi Abdelal. Different countries and regions impose their own... View Details
    Keywords: by Rawi Abdelal
    • 2024
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    Private Equity and Digital Transformation

    By: Brian K. Baik, Wilbur Chen and Suraj Srinivasan
    We study the role which private equity (PE) plays in digital transformation. We find that PE investment is associated with greater investments into portfolio firm’s digital technologies, as measured by IT expenditures and the hiring demand for AI skills. This... View Details
    Keywords: Digital Transformation; Private Equity; Selection and Staffing; Investment Portfolio; Value Creation
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    Baik, Brian K., Wilbur Chen, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Private Equity and Digital Transformation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-070, May 2024.
    • January 2022
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    Tomorrow.io Goes to Space

    By: Joshua Lev Krieger, Abhishek Nagaraj and James Barnett
    This case study explores the evolution of Tomorrow.io, a weather forecasting technology company, as it pivoted toward building and launching space-based weather radar satellites. This strategic shift was driven by the company's ambition to overcome data limitations in... View Details
    Keywords: Communication; Competency and Skills; Engineering; Globalization; Innovation and Invention; Performance; Information Technology; Aerospace Industry
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    Krieger, Joshua Lev, Abhishek Nagaraj, and James Barnett. "Tomorrow.io Goes to Space." Harvard Business School Case 822-005, January 2022.
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