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  • August 1979
  • Case

Claire McCloud

Describes the situation faced by a young MBA with an economics background who is offered the opportunity to manage a high technology fiber optics business. Designed to facilitate exploring the skills and knowledge that the general manager of a technology-based firm... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Management Skills; Technology Industry
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Maidique, Modesto A. "Claire McCloud." Harvard Business School Case 680-030, August 1979.
  • 15 Feb 2013
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A New Matching Market for Dog Buyers

  • July 1991 (Revised December 2018)
  • Compilation

Slavery

By: Thomas K. McCraw
Explores the general history of slavery in the United States. Through detailed exhibits and a text consisting of excerpts from six first-hand observations of slavery, this note is designed to present the ethics, economics (especially the perverse incentive systems),... View Details
Keywords: Slavery; Human Capital; History; Ethics; Social Issues; Motivation and Incentives; United States
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McCraw, Thomas K. "Slavery." Harvard Business School Compilation 792-001, July 1991. (Revised December 2018.)
  • July 2021
  • Article

Discovering Auctions: Contributions of Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson

By: Alex Teytelboym, Shengwu Li, Scott Duke Kominers, Mohammad Akbarpour and Piotr Dworczak
The 2020 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was awarded to Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson for “improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats.” In this survey article, we review the contributions of the... View Details
Keywords: Economics; Auctions; Theory; Design
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Teytelboym, Alex, Shengwu Li, Scott Duke Kominers, Mohammad Akbarpour, and Piotr Dworczak. "Discovering Auctions: Contributions of Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson." Scandinavian Journal of Economics 123, no. 3 (July 2021): 709–750. (Authors' names are in certified random order.)
  • Teaching

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By: Jerry R. Green
I teach the main PhD course that is taken by all Economics and Business Economics Ph.D. students. Together with two colleagues I wrote the book on which this course is based. It is the main book that our field has used for the past 25 years. The book is supplemented by... View Details
  • 30 Nov 2016
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Uber, Lyft No Better Than Taxis With Regard To Discrimination

  • January 2009 (Revised February 2010)
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Gucci Group in 2009

By: David B. Yoffie and Renee Kim
The Gucci Group had transformed itself into the world's third largest luxury retailer with multiple brands. The company had performed well even after the departure of star designer Tom Ford and former CEO Domenico De Sole. However, the challenging global economic times... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Brands and Branding; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Luxury; Corporate Strategy; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry
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Yoffie, David B., and Renee Kim. "Gucci Group in 2009." Harvard Business School Case 709-459, January 2009. (Revised February 2010.)
  • January 2023 (Revised June 2024)
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Adams + Beasley Associates

By: Dennis Campbell and Iuliana Mogosanu
This case illustrates how a strong culture, founder-led SME designed and used a unique performance metric—the job security index—to manage through periods of economic uncertainty. The case centers specifically on how the job security index was used in an interactive... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Measurement and Metrics; Employee Ownership; Risk and Uncertainty; Small Business; Leadership; Organizational Culture
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Campbell, Dennis, and Iuliana Mogosanu. "Adams + Beasley Associates." Harvard Business School Case 123-051, January 2023. (Revised June 2024.)
  • February 1974 (Revised August 1985)
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Bougainville Copper Ltd. (B)

Provides details of the mining agreement between Bougainville Copper and the government of Papua New Guinea; some historical, cultural, social, political, and economic information on Papua New Guinea; and historical and financial information on Bougainville Copper.... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Preparation; Agreements and Arrangements; Mining; Business and Government Relations; Mining Industry; Oceania
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Hammond, John S. "Bougainville Copper Ltd. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 174-104, February 1974. (Revised August 1985.)
  • Research Summary

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By: Susanna Gallani
In her current research, Professor Gallani draws on economic and sociological theories to analyze the design of incentive and performance management systems. She explores the effectiveness of monetary and non-monetary incentives, feedback systems, and types of... View Details
  • 17 Aug 2010
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Economy Led to Cuts in Use of Health Care

  • June 1991 (Revised April 1997)
  • Background Note

Managing the Multibusiness Corporation

By: David J. Collis
Lays out some ideas on how to restructure a multibusiness corporation. Identifies sixteen elements of organization design, and then applies contingency theory to argue that these elements need to be aligned with the tasks the corporation uses to create value across its... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Alignment; Corporate Strategy; Theory; Value Creation
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Collis, David J. "Managing the Multibusiness Corporation." Harvard Business School Background Note 391-286, June 1991. (Revised April 1997.)
  • September 1971 (Revised September 1983)
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Gentle Electric Co.

By: W. Earl Sasser
Designed to illustrate various levels of complexity in determining optimum order sizes for a single item inventory policy. Students are asked to evaluate the impact of recent operational changes on the firm's ordering policy. Intended to follow the students' initial... View Details
Keywords: Change; Policy; Supply Chain; Complexity; Electronics Industry
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Sasser, W. Earl. "Gentle Electric Co." Harvard Business School Case 672-038, September 1971. (Revised September 1983.)
  • 21 Dec 2020
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Space Economics: Hunting Stags in Space

    Mitchell Tang

    Mitchell Tang graduated in 2016 from the University of Pennsylvania, where he completed dual-degrees in computational biology and economics as part of the Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management (LSM). While at Penn, Mitchell was involved in research at the... View Details

      Lorry Wu

      Lorry (Shaolong) Wu is a PhD student at Harvard Business School and an affiliate of the Digital Data Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard.

      His current research interests include innovation, entrepreneurship, and the economics of technology. He received a B.S.... View Details

      • February 2016
      • Teaching Note

      Indonesia: Growth and Stability in a Global Economy

      By: Lakshmi Iyer
      This country case on Indonesia is designed to enable a discussion of the potential risks in financial globalization. The country suffered a severe economic crisis in 1997-98 when global capital withdrew from many Asian countries. A significant currency depreciation of... View Details
      Keywords: Indonesia; Growth; Stability; Currency Depreciation; Decentralization; Currency; Balance and Stability; Globalization; Economic Growth; Indonesia
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      Iyer, Lakshmi. "Indonesia: Growth and Stability in a Global Economy." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 716-063, February 2016.
      • 01 Apr 2024
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      Navigating the Mood of Customers Weary of Price Hikes

      Inflation remains front and center for consumers and businesses, which continue to reel from the double-digit rise in prices during the COVID-19 pandemic and the interest rate hikes designed to cool them. While price increases for goods... View Details
      Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Retail; Consumer Products
      • April 1992 (Revised September 1993)
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      Poland--1989

      By: Debora L. Spar
      Describes the political and economic situation in Poland in 1989, following the country's first democratic elections and the subsequent establishment of a Solidarity-led government. After examining the legacies left by 40 years of Communist rule, the case lays out the... View Details
      Keywords: Sovereign Finance; Economic Systems; Government and Politics; Poland
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      Spar, Debora L. "Poland--1989." Harvard Business School Case 792-091, April 1992. (Revised September 1993.)

        Mihir A. Desai

        Mihir A. Desai is the Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance at Harvard Business School and a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He received his Ph.D. in political economy from Harvard... View Details

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