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  • August 2004 (Revised September 2004)
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Note on Duration and Convexity

This case explores two measures of price sensitivity: duration and convexity. These measures are normally used to gauge how sensitive a bond's price is to a change in interest-rate levels. However, as concepts, both duration and convexity have wider application:... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Price; Financial Instruments
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Chacko, George C., Peter A. Hecht, Vincent Dessain, and Anders Sjoman. "Note on Duration and Convexity." Harvard Business School Background Note 205-025, August 2004. (Revised September 2004.)

    Ranjay Gulati

    Ranjay Gulati is the Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration and the former Unit Head of the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. His pathbreaking research, which focuses on unlocking organizational and unleashing... View Details

    Keywords: biotechnology; computer; financial services; industrial goods; information technology industry; pharmaceuticals; professional services; retailing
    • August 2012
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    Marketing Communications

    By: Thales S. Teixeira and Thales S. Teixeira
    This note identifies the main issues involved in the effective management of the marketing communications process. It first defines the purpose of communication. Then it classifies the tools available to communicate with consumers. In the sequel, it elaborates on how... View Details
    Keywords: Marketing Communication; Advertising; Promotion; Social Media; Digital Media; Viral Advertising; Marketing; Communications Industry; North and Central America
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    Teixeira, Thales S. "Marketing Communications." Harvard Business School Background Note 513-041, August 2012.
    • December 2001 (Revised February 2008)
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    Borealis

    By: Robert S. Kaplan and Bjorn N. Jorgensen
    When Borealis, a European producer of plastics, used a traditional, time-consuming budgeting process, the budget was quickly out of date in a competitive environment characterized by continually changing input and output prices and dynamic market conditions. This case... View Details
    Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Budgets and Budgeting; Forecasting and Prediction; Investment; Governance Controls; Balanced Scorecard; Management Systems; Manufacturing Industry; Europe
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    Kaplan, Robert S., and Bjorn N. Jorgensen. "Borealis." Harvard Business School Case 102-048, December 2001. (Revised February 2008.)
    • September – October 2011
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    Manage the Culture Cycle

    By: James L. Heskett
    Organizational culture—the shared assumptions, values, and behaviors that determine "how we do things around here"—can be measured and shaped. In organizations with large numbers of customer-facing employees, it can account for up to half of the difference in operating... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Culture; Value; Behavior; Retention; Customer Focus and Relationships; Change Management; Learning; Innovation and Invention; Labor
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    Heskett, James L. "Manage the Culture Cycle." World Financial Review (September – October 2011): 2–7.
    • September 1986 (Revised March 1987)
    • Case

    Graves Industries, Inc. (B): Lohnes Marine Hardware Division

    Describes events occurring over a four-year period in one division of Graves Industries. The division goes through a business cycle and uses several methods of managing earnings to meet its budget targets. The purpose of the case is to allow the exploration of the... View Details
    Keywords: Earnings Management; Crime and Corruption; Ethics
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    Merchant, Kenneth A. "Graves Industries, Inc. (B): Lohnes Marine Hardware Division." Harvard Business School Case 187-046, September 1986. (Revised March 1987.)
    • June 1999
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    Markets for Technology and the Returns on Research TN

    By: Clayton M. Christensen
    The purpose of the readings and class discussion is to help students understand why it often is so difficult for companies that conduct research to capture its value in their commercial businesses. Often new technology leaks more easily to the market. Students can... View Details
    Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Research; Commercialization; Technology Adoption; Value
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    Christensen, Clayton M. "Markets for Technology and the Returns on Research TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 699-167, June 1999.
    • 27 Apr 2012
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    Women’s Founders Forum Offers Moral Support for Startups Across Harvard

    • October 2023
    • Case

    Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: A Curriculum Provider Puts Itself on the Hook for Student Outcomes

    By: John J-H Kim, Derek C. M. van Bever, Michael Norris and Max Hancock
    Jack Lynch, CEO of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) since 2017, was leading the company’s transformation from a legacy textbook publisher to a digital-first student outcomes provider, which earned subscription revenue from digital products and curriculum. In 2023, HMH... View Details
    Keywords: Edtech; Textbook; Publishing; Leading Change; Change Management; Transformation; Digital Transformation; Expansion; Business Strategy; Publishing Industry; Education Industry; United States
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    Kim, John J-H, Derek C. M. van Bever, Michael Norris, and Max Hancock. "Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: A Curriculum Provider Puts Itself on the Hook for Student Outcomes." Harvard Business School Case 324-011, October 2023.
    • June 2024
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    Real Growth in Space Manufacturing Output Substantially Exceeds Growth in the Overall Space Economy

    By: Tina Highfill and Matthew Weinzierl
    Accurately measuring real economic output in the space economy is made difficult by the rapid increase in capabilities and decrease in prices of launch and satellite technologies achieved over the past two decades. Nominal measures of output in space will tend to... View Details
    Keywords: Technological Innovation; Economic Growth; Price; Production; Aerospace Industry
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    Highfill, Tina, and Matthew Weinzierl. "Real Growth in Space Manufacturing Output Substantially Exceeds Growth in the Overall Space Economy." Acta Astronautica 219 (June 2024): 236–242.
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    International capital flows database

    • 05 Oct 2020
    • News

    Rebecca Henderson Brings Urgent Outside Voice to Sourcing Journal Summit

    • 23 Jan 2020
    • News

    It has never been easier to launch a new brand

    • January 2011 (Revised July 2011)
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    Caterpillar, Inc. (B)

    By: David F. Hawkins
    Analyst must identify role of management and actuarial judgment in measuring corporate post employment benefit obligations and assets. View Details
    Keywords: Accounting; Compensation and Benefits; Resignation and Termination; Manufacturing Industry; Mining Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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    Hawkins, David F. "Caterpillar, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 111-032, January 2011. (Revised July 2011.)
    • 24 Oct 2016
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    Google and Facebook contribute zero economic value. That’s a big problem for trade.

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    Overview

    By: Debora L. Spar
    I currently teach an Elective Course on Capitalism and the State (CATS), and serve as Course Head for a new Required Curriculum course on the Social Purpose of the Firm (SPF). Previously, I developed and taught Managing International Trade and Investment (MITI) in the... View Details
    Keywords: Capitalism; Business & Government Relations; Business And Society; International Trade; Technological Change: Choices And Consequences; Business and Government Relations; Education Industry; United States; Europe; Africa; Asia
    • January 2011 (Revised July 2011)
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    Elizabeth Jacobs: Price-Earnings Ratios and Employee Stock Option Grants

    By: David F. Hawkins
    Analyst questions the value of accounting measurement of earnings per share and stock option costs for equity valuation purposes. View Details
    Keywords: Earnings Management; Business Earnings; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Stock Shares; Employee Ownership; Stock Options; Equity; Accounting Audits; Valuation; Profit Sharing; Accounting Industry
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    Hawkins, David F. "Elizabeth Jacobs: Price-Earnings Ratios and Employee Stock Option Grants." Harvard Business School Case 111-087, January 2011. (Revised July 2011.)
    • September 2016
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    Truly Human Leadership at Barry-Wehmiller

    By: Dylan Minor and Jan Rivkin
    The chief executive of Barry-Wehmiller, a large maker of industrial equipment, has resolved to run the company via “truly human leadership” in which “success is measured by the way we touch the lives of people.” With unusual people practices and a distinctive strategy,... View Details
    Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Values and Beliefs; Organizational Culture; Employees; Business Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
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    Minor, Dylan, and Jan Rivkin. "Truly Human Leadership at Barry-Wehmiller." Harvard Business School Case 717-420, September 2016.
    • November 2004
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    The Electronic Product Code: Future Impact on the Global Food System

    By: Ray A. Goldberg and James Weber
    The Electronic Product Code (EPC) is a successor to the Uniform Product Code and will improve the efficiency and traceability of the global food system. This case focuses on how best to implement this new system and respect the privacy of the ultimate consumer, and the... View Details
    Keywords: Information; Rights; Ethics; Consumer Behavior; Management Systems; Technology Adoption; Innovation and Invention; Food and Beverage Industry
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    Goldberg, Ray A., and James Weber. "The Electronic Product Code: Future Impact on the Global Food System." Harvard Business School Case 905-409, November 2004.
    • 01 Jan 2003
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