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  • November 2012 (Revised July 2014)
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Andrew Sullivan and Faraway Ltd (B): Sam Cartwright of Mothercare

By: Frank V. Cespedes and Alex Godden
The "Andrew Sullivan and Faraway Ltd" case series focuses on entrepreneurial selling, and is based on an older case study, "Deaver Brown and Cross River Inc." (9-394-042). It concerns two entrepreneurs, Andrew Sullivan and Hope Abasi, who have designed an innovative... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Sales; Marketing; Management; Consumer Products Industry; United Kingdom
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Cespedes, Frank V., and Alex Godden. "Andrew Sullivan and Faraway Ltd (B): Sam Cartwright of Mothercare." Harvard Business School Supplement 813-105, November 2012. (Revised July 2014.)
  • 2001
  • Working Paper

Contextuality Within Activity Systems

By: Michael E. Porter and Nicolaj Siggelkow
Research on the interactions among activities in firms and the extent to which these interactions help create and sustain competitive advantage has rapidly expanded in recent years. In this research, the two most common approaches have been the complementarity... View Details
Keywords: Value Chain; Strategy; Competitive Strategy
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Porter, Michael E., and Nicolaj Siggelkow. "Contextuality Within Activity Systems." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 01-053, March 2001.
  • 2021
  • Working Paper

Equilibrium Effects of Pay Transparency

By: Zoë B. Cullen and Bobak Pakzad-Hurson
The public discourse around pay transparency has focused on the direct effect: how workers seek to rectify newly-disclosed pay inequities through renegotiations. The question of how wage-setting and hiring practices of the firm respond in equilibrium has received... View Details
Keywords: Pay Transparency; Online Labor Market; Privacy; Wage Gap; Negotiation; Corporate Disclosure; Compensation and Benefits; Gender
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Cullen, Zoë B., and Bobak Pakzad-Hurson. "Equilibrium Effects of Pay Transparency." Working Paper, June 2021. (Econometrica, Vol 91, No. 3 (May, 2023), 765-802.)
  • July 2025
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On the Economic Origins of Concerns Over Women’s Chastity

By: Anke Becker
This paper studies the origins and function of customs and norms that intend to keep women from being promiscuous. Using large-scale survey data from more than 100 countries, I test the anthropological theory that a particular form of preindustrial... View Details
Keywords: Infibulation; Female Sexuality; Paternity Uncertainty; Concern About Women's Chastity; Pastoralism; Economic Anthropology; History; Gender; Social Issues; Culture
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Becker, Anke. "On the Economic Origins of Concerns Over Women’s Chastity." Review of Economic Studies 92, no. 4 (July 2025): 2303–2329.
  • August 2011 (Revised August 2011)
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What Happened at Citigroup? (B)

By: Clayton Rose and Aldo Sesia
The (B) case provides information on actions taken by Citigroup management in 2009-2010 in the aftermath of the financial crisis and massive government intervention to save the bank. It is a supplement to the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry
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Rose, Clayton, and Aldo Sesia. "What Happened at Citigroup? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 312-038, August 2011. (Revised August 2011.)
  • February 1993
  • Background Note

Teaching Notes: Communicating the Teacher's Wisdom

By: James E. Austin
Provides guidance for the preparation of teaching notes. Sets forth the rationale for teaching notes, what they should contain and why, and how they can be prepared. Based on the experiences of Harvard Business School faculty. View Details
Keywords: Business Education; Teaching
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Austin, James E. "Teaching Notes: Communicating the Teacher's Wisdom." Harvard Business School Background Note 793-105, February 1993.
  • August 1994
  • Background Note

Note on Entering Foreign Markets: Opportunities for Smaller U.S. Companies

By: Norman A. Berg and James Weber
Designed specifically for the smaller U.S.-based company; provides a brief overview of the various means by which such companies can enter foreign markets and the sources of information and assistance, principally on exporting, available to them. View Details
Keywords: Trade; Information; Management; Market Entry and Exit; Distribution; United States
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Berg, Norman A., and James Weber. "Note on Entering Foreign Markets: Opportunities for Smaller U.S. Companies." Harvard Business School Background Note 395-034, August 1994.
  • 19 Oct 2015
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Goldman Sachs paid to expand pre-K in Utah. It worked.

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Middle East & North Africa Club

  • 22 Nov 2023
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Adaptive Clothing Empowers Fashion for All

  • 08 Jan 2020
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Ritu Kumar

Ritu Kumar, the pioneer of boutique fashion culture in India, argues that every business in a highly unequal India has a responsibility to help society; Kumar's business does so by providing employment to many... View Details
  • February 1997 (Revised October 1999)
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Shock Therapy in Eastern Europe: The Polish and Czechoslovak Economic Reforms

Provides information on economic reform programs in Poland and Czechoslovakia in 1990. Students are asked to compare and contrast the economic situations in the two countries, as well as the political constraints on reform. View Details
Keywords: Macroeconomics; Poland; Slovakia; Czech Republic
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Kennedy, Robert E., and Amy L Sandler. "Shock Therapy in Eastern Europe: The Polish and Czechoslovak Economic Reforms." Harvard Business School Case 797-068, February 1997. (Revised October 1999.)
  • February 1996 (Revised August 1998)
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Process Flow Design Exercise (C)

By: Janice H. Hammond
Provides detailed instructions for auditors to help them prepare for the factory demonstration day. Each audit position is described and a time line outlining responsibilities for the four phases of the simulation is provided. View Details
Keywords: Business Processes
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Hammond, Janice H. "Process Flow Design Exercise (C)." Harvard Business School Exercise 696-085, February 1996. (Revised August 1998.)
  • November 1990 (Revised November 1991)
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Apple Computer (C1): Reorganizing the Human Resource Function

Provides a follow-up to the (C) case. A new organization chosen for the human resource (HR) function is described. Students must compare the design chosen by Apple's HR managers with the one they chose. View Details
Keywords: Organizational Design; Human Resources; Computer Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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Gibbs, Michael J. "Apple Computer (C1): Reorganizing the Human Resource Function." Harvard Business School Supplement 491-063, November 1990. (Revised November 1991.)
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Making Strategic Trade-offs - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

proposition is to provide good design and function at a low price. Its target customer is what IKEA calls the person “with a thin wallet.” In choosing its particular kind of value and the activities needed to deliver it, IKEA has accepted... View Details
  • 19 Jun 2019
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Migrant Inventors and the Technological Advantage of Nations

Keywords: by Dany Bahar, Prithwiraj Choudhury, and Hillel Rapoport
  • February 1997
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Savings and Loans and the Mortgage Markets

By: Robert C. Merton and Alberto Moel
Provides a brief overview of the history of the savings and loans, the savings and loans crisis of the 1980s and 1990s, and the creation of the mortgage markets in the United States. Also explains briefly the most common types of mortgage-backed securities available. View Details
Keywords: History; Debt Securities; Markets; Mortgages; United States
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Merton, Robert C., and Alberto Moel. "Savings and Loans and the Mortgage Markets." Harvard Business School Background Note 297-090, February 1997.
  • February 2021
  • Module Note

Intellectual Property Strategy

By: Andy Wu and Aticus Peterson
Managing intellectual property (IP) in information technology—digital technologies like software or computing hardware—requires a distinct strategic approach. This note summarizes the high-level strategic considerations for managers of information technology businesses... View Details
Keywords: Intellectual Property; Information Technology; Management; Strategy
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Wu, Andy, and Aticus Peterson. "Intellectual Property Strategy." Harvard Business School Module Note 721-436, February 2021.
  • November 2008
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Syngenta International AG: Tropical Sugar Beet

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Alwin R. Kopse
Syngenta has developed a new sugar beet crop especially useful to tropical climates that enable double cropping to take place and provide both food and energy from the soil. Thus both the governments of Colombia and India are enthused about the new technological... View Details
Keywords: Food; Government and Politics; Technological Innovation; Performance Improvement; Performance Productivity; Research and Development; Environmental Sustainability; Technology Adoption; India; Colombia
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Goldberg, Ray A., and Alwin R. Kopse. "Syngenta International AG: Tropical Sugar Beet." Harvard Business School Case 909-404, November 2008.
  • December 2004 (Revised November 2006)
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Esrey & LeMay Sprint Options, The

By: Henry B. Reiling and Kevin Wall
Sprint's outside auditor simultaneously provided tax advice--including the recommendation of tax shelters related to Sprint options--to senior Sprint officers. These tax structures were called into question amid circumstances that raise a variety of conflicting issues... View Details
Keywords: Taxation; Conflict of Interests; Governing and Advisory Boards; Decision Choices and Conditions; Personal Development and Career; Telecommunications Industry
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Reiling, Henry B., and Kevin Wall. "Esrey & LeMay Sprint Options, The." Harvard Business School Case 205-055, December 2004. (Revised November 2006.)
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