Option Value Effect - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 May 2020
In Practice

Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?

disease William A. Sahlman: New treatment options for the next pandemic The crisis reveals the remarkable progress over the past 20 years in health science. There are hundreds of companies, big and small, working on better tests, better... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

June 1995
Teaching Note

Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream Inc.: Keeping the Mission(s) Alive TN

By: Richard E. Walton

Teaching Note for (9-392-025). View Details

Keywords: Value; Business Ventures; Creativity; Marketing; Business and Shareholder Relations; Policy; Business Growth and Maturation; Organizational Culture; Performance Effectiveness; Competency and Skills; Managerial Roles; Compensation and Benefits; Food and Beverage Industry

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13 Feb 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

2005 book Jealousy of Trade, which explores the birth of economic nationalism and other social effects of expanding eighteenth-century markets. Markets, Morals, Politics brings together a celebrated cast of Hont’s contemporaries to assess... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

any, difference will the “New Silk Road” make in the global educational landscape? Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55549 Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 13 Platform Systems vs. Step Processes—The... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

27 Oct 2016
Blog Post

Meet the Management Consulting Club

Case’. Additionally, many companies submit job postings and events exclusively to club members. Students also have the option of participating in case prep mentorship groups with second-year students who have successfully received offers.... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

12 Jun 2006
Research & Ideas

The Promise of Channel Stewardship

take charge. Channel stewardship has two important outcomes. The primary (and obvious) purpose is to expand value for the steward's customers and bottom line. The main reason any partner would want to participate in a channel with an... View Details

Keywords: by V. Kasturi Rangan & Marie Bell; Consumer Products

01 Jun 2001
News

Group Therapy: The Role of Business Groups in Emerging Economies

consequences of group affiliation in Asia and Latin America for several years, often with HBS professor Krishna G. Palepu. His current research focuses on several important aspects of business groups: their effect on entrepreneurial... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Professional Services

05 Apr 2016
First Look

April 5, 2016

“lean-in." We use a laboratory experiment to examine the effect of leaning-in. Despite men and women achieving similar and positive returns when they are forced to negotiate, we find that women avoid negotiations more often than men.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

05 Dec 2007
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Marketing

Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions to be answered: How can marketing better align with corporate strategy? Can you place a View Details

01 Dec 2014
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014

diagnosis and treatment. We’re Crazy!: A Memoir About U.S. Values by Bert McLachlan (MBA 1959) (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform) McLachlan has written a personal guidebook for future generations that explains the confusion of... View Details

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Marie Kyle

struck by how effective the case method is. It's particularly impressive for someone like me who wants to go back to school, but not sit for more passive lectures. I love how engaging the cases are, how we get to solve problems every day.... View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

Finance Conference Explores Research Methodologies

While HBS scholars have long appreciated the value of field-based research, the broader academic community in the field of finance has been slower to accept this method of inquiry. Field-based research, which closely studies the actions... View Details

18 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?

agricultural pressures, and the effects those impacts have on business, society, and global food production. "Like all good cases it's a good story, and like all good cases it also tells you something more general about important... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Agriculture & Agribusiness

26 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Why Great Ideas Get Stuck in Universities

counterintuitive, conclusion: An overreliance on founders’ specialized knowledge narrows startups’ options as they seek the right paths to commercialize their work. “It’s not like they are doing worse science, have worse patents, or are... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Biotechnology; Health

01 Dec 2003
What Do You Think?

Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund?

savings, particularly in a future in which Social Security will account for a smaller share of retirement income. How can their options best be preserved? Is the managed mutual fund worth saving? If so, what needs to be done? And how fast... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 2011
News

At Your Service

Obviously, when your organization is in the business of saving lives, you can’t intentionally be “bad” at anything. But you can decide to not perform as well in areas that patients care less about, with the understanding that it will give you the resources to excel in... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; customer service; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Air Transportation; Transportation

06 Mar 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Comparing Apples to Apples Online Leads To More Fruitful Sales

they are surprised by the effects of these decision settings. I think it is useful for online retailers to know that there can be benefits to showing same-category options on a specific product page.”... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Advertising

20 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: September 20

Moreover, we show that this effect occurs not only in the case of IGOs that focus on economic issues, but also on those with social and cultural mandates. This demonstrates that relational governance is important and feasible in the... View Details