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The Type of Purpose That Makes Companies More Profitable

By: George Serafeim and Claudine Gartenberg
Keywords: Corporate Purpose; Middle Management; Vision; Culture; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Profit
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Serafeim, George, and Claudine Gartenberg. "The Type of Purpose That Makes Companies More Profitable." Harvard Business Review (website) (October 21, 2016).
  • 2014
  • Book

A Social Strategy: How We Profit from Social Media

By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
Almost no one had heard of social media a decade ago, but today websites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn have more than 1 billion users and account for almost 25 percent of Internet use. Practically overnight, social media seems indispensable to our lives—from... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Web; Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Social Marketing
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Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan. A Social Strategy: How We Profit from Social Media. Princeton University Press, 2014.
  • 22 Apr 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment

As chair of the investment committee for a college, Sam Hayes was faced with a challenging dilemma: Should the committee invest only in socially responsible funds even though the outcome might mean fewer scholarships and teaching positions, putting the school at a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • February 2024
  • Teaching Note

Masdar City: Aiming for Sustainable and Profitable Real Estate

By: Boris Vallee and Sean Bracken
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 223-036. View Details
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Vallee, Boris, and Sean Bracken. "Masdar City: Aiming for Sustainable and Profitable Real Estate." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 224-063, February 2024.
  • 02 Aug 2011
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To Groupon or Not to Groupon: The Profitability of Deep Discounts

Keywords: by Benjamin Edelman, Sonia Jaffe & Scott Duke Kominers; Retail; Technology
  • 2013
  • Working Paper

FIN Around the World: The Contribution of Financing Activity to Profitability

By: Russell Lundholm, George Serafeim and Gwen Yu
We study how the availability of domestic credit influences the contribution that financing activities make to a firm's return on equity (ROE). Using a sample of 51,866 firms from 69 countries, we find that financing activities contribute more to a firm's ROE in... View Details
Keywords: Domestic Credit; Return Of Equity; Corporate Performance; Financial Statement Analysis; Financial Statements; Valuation; Cost of Capital; Asset Pricing; Economic Growth
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Lundholm, Russell, George Serafeim, and Gwen Yu. "FIN Around the World: The Contribution of Financing Activity to Profitability." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-011, July 2012. (Revised March 2014.)
  • June 13, 2012
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A Sensible Plan to Bring U.S. Corporate Profits Home

By: Robert C. Pozen
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Pozen, Robert C. "A Sensible Plan to Bring U.S. Corporate Profits Home." RealClearMarkets (June 13, 2012).
  • 1997
  • Working Paper

Henry Ford: The Profits and the Price of Primitivism

By: Richard S. Tedlow
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Tedlow, Richard S. "Henry Ford: The Profits and the Price of Primitivism." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 97-051, January 1997.
  • 2007
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Harvard Business Online—Marketing Know:How: How To Profit from Scarcity

By: John A. Quelch
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Quelch, John A. "How To Profit from Scarcity." Harvard Business Online—Marketing Know:How (blog). August 31, 2007. http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/how-to-profit-from-scarcity.
  • October 1998 (Revised December 1999)
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Lockheed Martin IMS: Making a Contribution and a Profit

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Courtney Purrington
Examines Lockheed Martin's attempt to move from its traditional reliance on defense/aerospace contracts into providing outsourced government services in the social sector. The protagonist reflects on the past 24 years of rapid growth in the company and the myriad... View Details
Keywords: Social Enterprise; Partners and Partnerships; Diversification; Performance Effectiveness; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Welfare; Private Ownership; Public Ownership; Privatization; Strategic Planning; United States
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Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Courtney Purrington. "Lockheed Martin IMS: Making a Contribution and a Profit." Harvard Business School Case 399-018, October 1998. (Revised December 1999.)
  • November 2004
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Linking Customer Management Effort to Customer Profitability in Industrial Markets

By: Douglas Bowman and Das Narayandas
Keywords: Customers; Management; Profit; Markets
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Bowman, Douglas, and Das Narayandas. "Linking Customer Management Effort to Customer Profitability in Industrial Markets." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 41, no. 4 (November 2004).
  • December 2014
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Market Competition, Earnings Management, and Persistence in Accounting Profitability Around the World

By: Paul M. Healy, George Serafeim, Suraj Srinivasan and Gwen Yu
We examine how cross-country differences in product, capital, and labor market competition, and earnings management affect mean reversion in accounting return on assets. Using a sample of 48,465 unique firms from 49 countries, we find that accounting returns mean... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Performance; Valuation; Equity Valuation; Persistence; Competitive Advantage; Institutions; Earnings Management; Labor Market; Capital Markets; Competition; Profit; Performance; Supply and Industry; Financial Statements; Government and Politics; Globalized Markets and Industries
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Healy, Paul M., George Serafeim, Suraj Srinivasan, and Gwen Yu. "Market Competition, Earnings Management, and Persistence in Accounting Profitability Around the World." Review of Accounting Studies 19, no. 4 (December 2014): 1281–1308.
  • 2001
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TechVenture: New Rules on Value and Profit from Silicon Valley

By: Mohanbir S. Sawhney, Ranjay Gulati and Anthony Paoni
Keywords: Information Technology; Business Ventures; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Value; Profit; California
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Sawhney, Mohanbir S., Ranjay Gulati and Anthony Paoni, eds. TechVenture: New Rules on Value and Profit from Silicon Valley. John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
  • October 2017
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Still Leading (B1): Hon. Bob McDonald – Profiting from Purpose

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Marcus Millen
Robert (Bob) A. McDonald just completed his service as the 8th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), successfully leading the beginnings of a transformation for one of the nation’s most scrutinized departments. Reflecting back, McDonald looked to the... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Transition
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Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Marcus Millen. "Still Leading (B1): Hon. Bob McDonald – Profiting from Purpose." Harvard Business School Case 318-050, October 2017.
  • July 1981
  • Background Note

Managing against Expectations (A): An Introduction to Profit Variance Analysis

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Christenson, Charles. "Managing against Expectations (A): An Introduction to Profit Variance Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 182-013, July 1981.
  • March 2006 (Revised September 2006)
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Slots, Tables, and All That Jazz: Managing Customer Profitability at the MGM Grand Hotel

By: Dennis Campbell, Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez, Marc Epstein and Joshua Bellin
The MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas had detailed information on loyal gaming customers, but could its information systems also be tailored to nongaming customers? As the nongaming business sectors became increasingly profitable both at the MGM Grand and in Las Vegas... View Details
Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Customer Relationship Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Accommodations Industry; Nevada
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Campbell, Dennis, Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez, Marc Epstein, and Joshua Bellin. "Slots, Tables, and All That Jazz: Managing Customer Profitability at the MGM Grand Hotel." Harvard Business School Case 106-029, March 2006. (Revised September 2006.)
  • 2007
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Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing: A Simpler and More Powerful Path to Higher Profits

By: R. S. Kaplan and Steven R. Anderson
Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Profit
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Kaplan, R. S., and Steven R. Anderson. Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing: A Simpler and More Powerful Path to Higher Profits. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2007.
  • 2008
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Ownership Quotient: Putting the Service Profit Chain to Work for Unbeatable Competitive Advantage

By: James L. Heskett, W. Earl Sasser Jr. and Joe Wheeler
Hundreds of large organizations worldwide have used the groundbreaking Service Profit Chain to improve business performance. Now The Ownership Quotient reveals the next generation of the chain: customer and employee "owners" of your business. Employee-owners exhibit... View Details
Keywords: Customer Satisfaction; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Customer Ownership; Employee Ownership; Competitive Advantage; Value Creation
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Heskett, James L., W. Earl Sasser Jr., and Joe Wheeler. Ownership Quotient: Putting the Service Profit Chain to Work for Unbeatable Competitive Advantage. Harvard Business Press, 2008.
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The Profits of Power: Energy Politics in Russia and Europe

By: Rawi E. Abdelal
In this project, Abdelal explores the rise and ultimate decline of the Russian-European energy relationship. View Details
Keywords: Russia; Europe; Energy; Geopolitics
  • November 2018
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Zalora PH: Solving the Profitability Challenge by Hiding Discounts Online

By: Thales S. Teixeira, Donald Ngwe, Leandro A. Guissoni and Samy Dana
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Teixeira, Thales S., Donald Ngwe, Leandro A. Guissoni, and Samy Dana. "Zalora PH: Solving the Profitability Challenge by Hiding Discounts Online." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 519-703, November 2018.
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