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  • 2008
  • Chapter

The Importance of Default Options for Retirement Saving Outcomes: Evidence from the United States

By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian
This paper summarizes the empirical evidence on how defaults impact retirement savings outcomes. After outlining the salient features of the various sources of retirement income in the U.S., the paper presents the empirical evidence on how defaults impact retirement... View Details
Keywords: Saving; Financial Condition; Retirement; Investment Funds; Microeconomics; Outcome or Result; Government and Politics; Financial Institutions; Macroeconomics; United States
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Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian. "The Importance of Default Options for Retirement Saving Outcomes: Evidence from the United States." In Lessons from Pension Reform in the Americas, edited by Stephen J. Kay and Tapen Sinha, 59–87. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
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Decisions about Medication Use and Cancer Screening across Age Groups in the United States

By: Kathleen M. Fairfield, Bethany S. Gerstein, Carrie A. Levin, Vickie Stringfellow, Heidi Wierman and Mary McNaughton-Collins
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To describe decision process and quality for common cancer screening and medication decisions by age group.

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We included 2941 respondents to a national Internet survey who made at least one decision about colorectal, breast,... View Details
Keywords: Screening; Decision Making; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials
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Fairfield, Kathleen M., Bethany S. Gerstein, Carrie A. Levin, Vickie Stringfellow, Heidi Wierman, and Mary McNaughton-Collins. "Decisions about Medication Use and Cancer Screening across Age Groups in the United States." Patient Education and Counseling 98, no. 3 (March 2015): 338–343.
  • July 1991 (Revised May 1995)
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Samuel Slater, Francis Cabot Lowell, and the Beginnings of the Factory System in the United States

Deals with the coming of the mechanized textile industry to the United States, and with it, the nation's first factories. Considers the introduction of small spinning mills in Rhode Island, and the appearance of large integrated spinning and weaving mills in... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Business History; Production; Industry Growth; Manufacturing Industry; Rhode Island; Massachusetts
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McCraw, Thomas K. "Samuel Slater, Francis Cabot Lowell, and the Beginnings of the Factory System in the United States." Harvard Business School Case 792-008, July 1991. (Revised May 1995.)
  • September 2013
  • Case

United Rentals (A)

By: Jay W. Lorsch, Kathleen Durante and Emily McTague

In December 1997 United Rentals (URI) went public on the NYSE. Ten years later, during the peak of the economic meltdown, the company's performance was in decline. United Rentals had experienced its share of problems in the prior years and was still struggling to... View Details

Keywords: Board Of Directors; Board Dynamics; Accounting Fraud; Governance; Board Committees; Merger; Corporate Governance; Construction Industry; United States
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Lorsch, Jay W., Kathleen Durante, and Emily McTague. "United Rentals (A)." Harvard Business School Case 414-043, September 2013.
  • March 2025
  • Case

Managing Religion in the Workplace: Abercrombie & Fitch and The United States Postal Service

By: Derek C. M. van Bever, Nien-he Hsieh and Matthew Souba
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van Bever, Derek C. M., Nien-he Hsieh, and Matthew Souba. "Managing Religion in the Workplace: Abercrombie & Fitch and The United States Postal Service." Harvard Business School Case 325-115, March 2025.
  • 8 Mar 2006
  • Keynote Speech

Katrina as Prelude: Preparing for and Responding to Katrina-Class Disturbances in the United States

By: Dutch Leonard and Arnold M. Howitt
Keywords: Natural Disasters; United States
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Leonard, Dutch, and Arnold M. Howitt. "Katrina as Prelude: Preparing for and Responding to Katrina-Class Disturbances in the United States." U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, United States Senate, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, March 8, 2006.
  • October 1996 (Revised December 1996)
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United Electric Controls

By: H. Kent Bowen, Jody H. Gittell and Sylvie Ryckebusch
United Electric Controls (UE) was a small, traditional family-owned manufacturing company when Dave Reis, the youngest member of the Reis family, took over the business. This case describes Reis's efforts to change UE's traditional work practices in order to make the... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Family Business; Production; Business Strategy; Human Resources; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Decisions; Growth and Development Strategy; Information Technology; Electronics Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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Bowen, H. Kent, Jody H. Gittell, and Sylvie Ryckebusch. "United Electric Controls." Harvard Business School Case 697-006, October 1996. (Revised December 1996.)
  • 16 Jun 2011 - 18 Jun 2011
  • Conference Presentation

The Romanticization of Home-cooking: Betty Crocker and Ideal Womanhood in the Early Twentieth-century United States

By: Ai Hisano
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Hisano, Ai. "The Romanticization of Home-cooking: Betty Crocker and Ideal Womanhood in the Early Twentieth-century United States." Paper presented at the Food and Drink: Their Social, Political, Cultural Histories, University of Central Lancashire, Lancashire, UK, June 16–18, 2011.
  • November 1983 (Revised June 1985)
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Pepsi-Cola United Kingdom (A)

By: Benson P. Shapiro and Edward J. Hoff
On January 2, 1983 Pepsi-Cola United Kingdom had to develop a plan to defend its successful Diet Pepsi brand against the about to be introduced diet Coke. Contains useful material on competitive behavior and on U.S. versus U.K. consumer behavior. View Details
Keywords: Product Launch; Consumer Behavior; Planning; Competition; Food and Beverage Industry; United Kingdom; United States
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Shapiro, Benson P., and Edward J. Hoff. "Pepsi-Cola United Kingdom (A)." Harvard Business School Case 584-052, November 1983. (Revised June 1985.)
  • November 1995
  • Background Note

National Information Infrastructure (B): A Comparison of Public Policy in Japan and the United States

By: George C. Lodge, Jeffrey F. Rayport, Thomas A. Gerace and Afroze A Mohammed
Keywords: Information; Infrastructure; Policy; United States; Japan
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Lodge, George C., Jeffrey F. Rayport, Thomas A. Gerace, and Afroze A Mohammed. "National Information Infrastructure (B): A Comparison of Public Policy in Japan and the United States." Harvard Business School Background Note 396-175, November 1995.
  • May 2017 (Revised March 2018)
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David Dao on United Airlines

By: Benjamin Edelman and Jenny Sanford
In widely circulated videos, United staff and Chicago security forcibly remove a passenger from his paid seat on an aircraft, injuring him severely. United leadership must decide how to respond to public outcry. View Details
Keywords: Crisis Management; Service Operations; Air Transportation; Contracts; Reputation; Air Transportation Industry; Chicago
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Edelman, Benjamin, and Jenny Sanford. "David Dao on United Airlines." Harvard Business School Case 917-026, May 2017. (Revised March 2018.) (request a courtesy copy.)
  • 2011
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Between Global and Local: The Invention of Data Privacy in the United States and France

By: J. Gunnar Trumbull
Keywords: Social Issues; Knowledge Management; Information Management; Rights; United States; France
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Trumbull, J. Gunnar. "Between Global and Local: The Invention of Data Privacy in the United States and France." In The Voice of the Citizen Consumer: A History of Market Research, Consumer Movements, and the Political Public Sphere, edited by Kerstin Bruckweh. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.
  • 2012
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Banking on Consumer Credit: Explaining Patterns of Household Borrowing in the United States and France

By: J. Gunnar Trumbull
Keywords: Credit; Commercial Banking; Personal Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Financing and Loans; Consumer Behavior; Banking Industry; United States; France
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Trumbull, J. Gunnar. "Banking on Consumer Credit: Explaining Patterns of Household Borrowing in the United States and France." Chap. 7 in The Development of Consumer Credit in Global Perspective: Business, Regulation, and Culture, edited by Jan Logemann. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
  • 1996
  • Working Paper

Government, Markets, and Uncertainty: An Historical Approach to Public Risk Management in the United States

By: David A. Moss
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Moss, David A. "Government, Markets, and Uncertainty: An Historical Approach to Public Risk Management in the United States." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 97-025, September 1996.
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The Re-Industrialization of the United States?

By: Willy C. Shih
Talk of "re-industrialization" in the United States has been supported by a seeming resurgence in manufacturing, but this is driven more by the end of labor arbitrage and increasing coordination costs of offshore manufacturing. Aggressive restructurings and significant... View Details
Keywords: U.S. Competitiveness; Re-industrialization; Re-shoring; Operations; Production; Supply and Industry; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Geographic Location; Geography; Globalization; Globalized Economies and Regions; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Labor; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Electronics Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; China; European Union
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Shih, Willy C. "The Re-Industrialization of the United States?" Wirtschaftspolitische Blätter 60, no. 2 (Second Quarter 2013): 297–312.
  • July 1989
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Real Interest Rates and the Cost of Capital: A Comparison of the United States and Japan

By: Timothy A. Luehrman and W. Carl Kester
Keywords: Interest Rates; Cost; Capital; Information; United States; Japan
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Luehrman, Timothy A., and W. Carl Kester. "Real Interest Rates and the Cost of Capital: A Comparison of the United States and Japan." Japan and the World Economy 1, no. 3 (July 1989): 279–301.
  • September 2001
  • Background Note

Note on Application of the Antitrust Laws to the New Economy: An Analysis of United States v. Microsoft Corporation

Analyzes the 1991 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the seminal New Economy antitrust case United States vs. Microsoft Corp., 253 F.3rd 34 (D.C. Cir. 2001), which arose out of Microsoft's efforts to promote Internet Explorer... View Details
Keywords: Lawsuits and Litigation; Software; Intellectual Property; Monopoly; Laws and Statutes; Information Technology Industry; District of Columbia
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Bagley, Constance E. "Note on Application of the Antitrust Laws to the New Economy: An Analysis of United States v. Microsoft Corporation." Harvard Business School Background Note 802-090, September 2001.
  • April 2010
  • Teaching Note

United Way (TN)

By: Allen S. Grossman
Teaching Note for [310014]. View Details
Keywords: Los Angeles
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Grossman, Allen S. "United Way (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 310-123, April 2010.
  • October 2002 (Revised October 2005)
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United Parcel Service's IPO

By: Paul M. Healy, Brett Laschinger and Ajay Shroff
Examines the valuation of United Parcel Service (UPS) at the time of its IPO in mid-1999. Offers students the opportunity to assess UPS's current performance relative to its major competitor, Federal Express (FedEx), and to judge whether that performance is... View Details
Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Valuation; Performance Evaluation; Competition; Shipping Industry; Georgia (state, US)
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Healy, Paul M., Brett Laschinger, and Ajay Shroff. "United Parcel Service's IPO." Harvard Business School Case 103-015, October 2002. (Revised October 2005.)
  • October 2009
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A Big (Double) Deal: Anadarko's Acquisition of Kerr-McGee and Western Gas Resources

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Curtis Rising
On June 23, 2006, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation announced that it was simultaneously acquiring two public companies, Kerr-McGee and Western Gas Resources, in all-cash deals. The total price was about $24 billion, a figure close to Anadarko's market cap at the time.... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Business Model; Transformation; Negotiation; Organizational Culture; Public Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Alignment; Valuation; Energy Industry; United States
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Christensen, Clayton M., and Curtis Rising. "A Big (Double) Deal: Anadarko's Acquisition of Kerr-McGee and Western Gas Resources." Harvard Business School Case 610-020, October 2009.
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