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Apart from my dissertation research on the EU ETS, I am interested in topics such as foreign direct investment, global strategy, institutions and sustainability. I am currently working with several faculty members at Harvard Business School on issues ranging from... View Details

  • March 2022 (Revised October 2022)
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John F. Kennedy: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Max Saffer
This case traces the rise of John F. Kennedy from a wealthy family in Boston to president of the United States. The case describes how Kennedy, as a young man, lived a privileged life in the shadow of his older brother, Joe. When Joe was killed in World War II, Jack... View Details
Keywords: Politics; Business And Government; Legacy; Leadership Development; Personal Characteristics; Business and Government Relations; Success; Power and Influence; Decision Making; Personal Development and Career; United States
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Simons, Robert, and Max Saffer. "John F. Kennedy: Changing the World." Harvard Business School Case 122-088, March 2022. (Revised October 2022.)
  • March 2021 (Revised August 2023)
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Helen Keller: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun
This case describes the rise of Helen Keller who at 19 months became deaf and blind. Refusing to be sidelined from life, Keller showed great determination in learning how to communicate with others, employing tutors and travelling to Boston to enroll in the Perkins... View Details
Keywords: Mission And Purpose; Values And Beliefs; Success; Diversity; Leading Change; Personal Development and Career; Personal Characteristics; Power and Influence
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Simons, Robert, and Shirley Sun. "Helen Keller: Changing the World." Harvard Business School Case 121-071, March 2021. (Revised August 2023.)
  • 2008
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The Agglomeration of U.S. Ethnic Inventors

By: William R. Kerr
The ethnic composition of US inventors is undergoing a significant transformation—with deep impacts for the overall agglomeration of US innovation. This study applies an ethnic-name database to individual US patent records to explore these trends with greater detail.... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Geographic Location; Patents; Ethnicity; City; Innovation and Invention; United States
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Kerr, William R. "The Agglomeration of U.S. Ethnic Inventors." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-003, July 2008. (Forthcoming book chapter in Agglomeration Economics.)
  • February 2001 (Revised February 2002)
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Leader's (Dis)Advantage, The

Provides a rigorous description of the economic dynamics that may produce inherent advantages for large and/or first-mover firms within an industry, as well as those factors that may result in disadvantages for such leading firms. The leader advantages discussed... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Semiconductor Industry
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Coughlan, Peter J. "Leader's (Dis)Advantage, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 701-084, February 2001. (Revised February 2002.)
  • October 1996 (Revised May 1998)
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Regarding NAFTA

By: Debora L. Spar
In the aftermath of World War II, the countries of the industrialized world engaged in an unprecedented round of institution-building, through which historical barriers to international trade, especially tariffs, came tumbling down. The GATT has reshaped the... View Details
Keywords: Organizations; Trade; North America
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Spar, Debora L., and Elizabeth B. Stein. "Regarding NAFTA." Harvard Business School Case 797-013, October 1996. (Revised May 1998.)
  • 31 Mar 2020
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The Case for Cryptocurrencies as a New Category of Regulated Non-Sovereign Fiat Currency

    The Elasticity of Science

    The adjustment costs of science -- getting scientists to study what you want them to -- are very large.

    Abstact: This paper identifies the degree to which scientists are willing to change the direction of their work in exchange for resources.... View Details

      A New Way to Understand Corporate Leverage

      The link between measures of risk and return within the equity market has been very weak over the past 47 years: in the United States, returns on high-risk stocks have cumulatively fallen short of the returns on low-risk stocks, during a period when the equity market... View Details
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      Matthew's research examines how entrepreneurial organizations and their managers create social and institutional change. His latest project focuses on hybrid organizations that combine aspects of non-profits and companies to create innovative organizational forms. In... View Details
      Keywords: Organization Theory; Hybrid Organizations; Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Corporate Social Responsibility; Innovation
      • December 2024 (Revised March 2025)
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      The Shouldice Hospital Today

      By: James Heskett and Roger Hallowell
      The leadership and staff of Shouldice Hospital in Toronto, Canada have, for 75 years, sought to do one thing better than any other hospital in the world, repair inguinal hernias. For some years, a possible second hospital in another market has been under consideration.... View Details
      Keywords: Joint Ventures; Health Care and Treatment; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Culture; Expansion; Health Industry; Toronto; Canada; United States
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      Heskett, James, and Roger Hallowell. "The Shouldice Hospital Today." Harvard Business School Case 925-302, December 2024. (Revised March 2025.)
      • 2021
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      The Green Bonding Hypothesis: How Do Green Bonds Enhance the Credibility of Environmental Commitments?

      By: Shirley Lu
      This paper proposes and provides evidence on a green bonding hypothesis, where green bonds act as a commitment device that subjects firms to institutions holding them accountable to their environmental promises. I find that green-bond issuers face higher climate change... View Details
      Keywords: Bonding Hypothesis; Sustainable Finance; Climate Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Bonds; Corporate Accountability
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      Lu, Shirley. "The Green Bonding Hypothesis: How Do Green Bonds Enhance the Credibility of Environmental Commitments?" SSRN Working Paper Series, No. 3898909, December 2021.
      • 2022
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      ‘American Management’ vs ‘Swiss Labour Peace’. The Closure of the Swiss Firestone Factory in 1978

      By: Sabine Pitteloud
      This article focusses on the closure of the Firestone’s Swiss subsidiary in 1978. It contributes to the existing literature dealing with the ‘nationality’ of multinational companies and the impact of U.S. management style on local capitalist systems. Drawing on a... View Details
      Keywords: Americanization; Capitalism; Corporate Nationality; Industrial Relations; Multinational; Narratives; Multinational Firms and Management; Nationality; Economic Systems; Labor and Management Relations; Switzerland
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      Pitteloud, Sabine. "‘American Management’ vs ‘Swiss Labour Peace’. The Closure of the Swiss Firestone Factory in 1978." Special Issue on International Business, Multi-Nationals, and the Nationality of the Company. Business History 64, no. 9 (2022): 1648–1665.
      • September 2019 (Revised December 2022)
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      Cooking Down a Storm: Changing Culture at Pasta Serafina (A)

      By: Susanna Gallani, Francesca Gino and Raffaella Sadun
      Plant management at Pasta Serafina, a pasta producer in the south of Italy, is struggling to contain employee absenteeism. While the misbehavior is concentrated in a minority of the workers, its effects impact not only the plant’s performance, but also the climate and... View Details
      Keywords: Absenteeism; Moral Hazard; Employees; Behavior; Problems and Challenges; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Employee Relationship Management; Performance Productivity; Decision Making
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      Gallani, Susanna, Francesca Gino, and Raffaella Sadun. "Cooking Down a Storm: Changing Culture at Pasta Serafina (A)." Harvard Business School Case 120-013, September 2019. (Revised December 2022.)
      • June 2010 (Revised June 2010)
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      Virginia Mason Medical Center (Abridged)

      By: Richard M.J. Bohmer
      In 2000, Dr. Gary Kaplan became CEO of the Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. The hospital was facing significant challenges: it was losing money for the first time in its history, staff morale had plummeted, and area hospitals presented ardent... View Details
      Keywords: History; Competition; Operations; Leadership Style; Problems and Challenges; Change Management; Health Care and Treatment; Business Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Health Industry; Seattle
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      Bohmer, Richard M.J. "Virginia Mason Medical Center (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 610-055, June 2010. (Revised June 2010.)
      • October 2008
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      Organizational Responses to Environmental Demands: Opening the Black Box

      By: Magali Delmas and Michael W. Toffel
      This paper combines new and old institutionalism to explain differences in organizational strategies. We propose that differences in the influence of corporate departments lead their facilities to prioritize different external pressures and thus adopt different... View Details
      Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Management Practices and Processes; Decisions; Adoption
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      Delmas, Magali, and Michael W. Toffel. "Organizational Responses to Environmental Demands: Opening the Black Box." Strategic Management Journal 29, no. 10 (October 2008): 1027–1055.
      • March 1997 (Revised March 1997)
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      Business Teams at Rubbermaid, Inc.

      By: Teresa M. Amabile and Dean Whitney
      Rubbermaid, a consumer-products company widely praised for its innovation, has instituted a company-wide experiment to stimulate innovation even further. The experiment consists of creating small cross-functional business teams within each division, with each team... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Innovation Strategy; Groups and Teams; Innovation and Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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      Amabile, Teresa M., and Dean Whitney. "Business Teams at Rubbermaid, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 897-165, March 1997. (Revised March 1997.)
      • 04 May 2021
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      Hubert Joly – How To Unleash Human Magic & Achieve Improbable Results (Former CEO of Best Buy)

      • 20 Mar 2017
      • News

      Why Trump’s Experiments With Fascism Will Fail

      • 18 Apr 2014
      • HBS Seminar

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