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    Lauren H. Cohen

    Lauren Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an Editor of the Review of Financial... View Details

    Keywords: financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services
    • April 2023
    • Supplement

    Fresh Food Generation

    By: Brian Trelstad
    Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details.

    This case highlights one of five BIPOC entrepreneuers in the Boston area as part of the HBS Impact Investment Fund. In fall 2021, a team of... View Details
    Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Race; Food and Beverage Industry
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    • 06 Oct 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: October 6

    with wages should be considered more widely for determining taxes. Alternatively, if policies such as a height tax are rejected, then the standard Utilitarian framework must fail to capture intuitive notions... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 31 Oct 2007
    • HBS Case

    Climate Change Puts Heat on GMs

    What is the responsibility of business regarding social issues? And how does that jibe with maximizing profits? In "UBS and Climate Change—Warming Up to Global Action?" Associate Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Professor Forest Reinhardt present the... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities
    • 23 Jan 2013
    • Research & Ideas

    Three-Dimensional Strategy: Winning the Multisided Platform

    long-tail products); it is a reseller for items that it sells under its own name and guarantee (these are more likely to be popular products). And Amazon also functions as an input supplier when it offers... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna
    • 08 Apr 2013
    • Research & Ideas

    How to Demotivate Your Best Employees

    company. Perfect attendance was defined as not having any unexcused absences or tardy shift arrivals during the month. The plant managers had all the right intentions when they implemented the award program. Absenteeism and tardiness... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Service
    • October 2004 (Revised July 2011)
    • Case

    AT&T 2000-2004

    By: Stephen P. Bradley and Kerry Herman
    Provides an update on CEO Michael Armstrong's "Project Grand Slam" strategy to build the value of AT&T by offering a complete, integrated telecommunications solution to both corporate and residential customers, including wireless and wire line telephone, Internet,... View Details
    Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Customers; Business or Company Management; Failure; Business and Shareholder Relations; Networks; Corporate Strategy; Internet; Wireless Technology; Value Creation; Telecommunications Industry
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    • 26 Mar 2020
    • News

    What COVID-19 Means for International MBA Students

    • Article

    Optimizing Organic Waste to Energy Operations

    By: Baris Ata, Deishin Lee and Mustafa H. Tongarlak
    A waste-to-energy firm that recycles organic waste with energy recovery performs two environmentally beneficial functions: it diverts waste from landfill and it produces renewable energy. At the same time, the waste-to-energy firm serves and collects revenue from two... View Details
    Keywords: Business Ventures; Energy Generation; Renewable Energy; Revenue; Customers; Strategy; Corporate Governance; Wastes and Waste Processing; Environmental Sustainability; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Cost Management; Urban Scope
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    • 22 May 2007
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Speed of New Ideas: Trust, Institutions and the Diffusion of New Products

    Keywords: by Felix Oberholzer-Gee & Joel Waldfogel
    • 02 Mar 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: March 2

      Working PapersEquity-Debtholder Conflicts and Capital Structure Authors:Bo Becker and Per Strömberg Abstract We use an important legal event as a natural experiment to examine equity-debt conflicts in the... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • October 2023 (Revised March 2024)
    • Case

    Fantuan

    By: Feng Zhu and David Lane
    In 2023, CEO Randy Wu was considering the optimal growth strategy for Fantuan, a restaurant food delivery platform that had expanded from its 2014 founding in Vancouver, Canada to serve the Chinese demand for Asian cuisine in urban markets across Australia, Canada, the... View Details
    Keywords: Business Startups; Customer Focus and Relationships; Diasporas; Entrepreneurship; Digital Platforms; Growth Management; Business Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Industry; Service Industry; United States; Canada; United Kingdom; Australia
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    • May 2024
    • Background Note

    Pricing Strategy and Channels of Distribution: Where Value Delivery and Value Capture Intersect

    By: Elie Ofek
    Channels of distribution are a critical component of a firm’s go-to-market strategy. A company may elect to sell its products directly to customers (DTC) without the assistance of any intermediaries or, alternatively, it may seek several channel partners to help it... View Details
    Keywords: Price; Distribution Channels; Business Strategy; Markets
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    • 23 Apr 2024
    • In Practice

    Getting to Net Zero: The Climate Standards and Ecosystem the World Needs Now

    With each month clocking record-breaking temperatures across the planet, this Earth Day reflected the renewed urgency of regulators and businesses to find climate-change solutions. The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted new rules that will mandate... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
    • Research Summary

    Dissertation - Social Structure and Mechanisms of Collective Production:Evidence from Wikipedia

    Andreea's dissertation research examines social networks in the setting of collective production,  defined as collective action oriented towards production of collective goods - goods available for consumption by all members of a group whenever they... View Details

    • June 2015 (Revised November 2015)
    • Case

    Akbank: Options in Digital Banking

    By: Rajiv Lal and Esel Çekin
    This case discusses the digitalization strategies of a leading bank in Turkey, Akbank, and how to position its digital banking products going forward. The Turkish banking industry was undergoing a transformation prompted by the demands of the country's digitally savvy,... View Details
    Keywords: Marketing; Banking; Emerging Market; Regulations; Channels; Digitization; Information Technology; Competition; Brands and Branding; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Emerging Markets; Distribution Channels; Banks and Banking; Digital Transformation; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Turkey
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    • January 2019 (Revised December 2019)
    • Case

    CrossBoundary Energy

    By: John Macomber
    Almost 500 million people are without electricity in sub-Saharan Africa. Governments and public utilities are challenged to bring generation and distribution to most of them. Considerable promise exists in “off-grid” or “mini-grid” technologies, notably using renewable... View Details
    Keywords: Energy Investing; Economic Development; Renewable Energy; Business Growth and Maturation; Developing Countries and Economies; Project Finance; Emerging Markets; Industry Structures; Infrastructure; Segmentation; Private Equity; Decision Choices and Conditions; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; Africa; Tanzania; Ghana
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    • April 2020
    • Teaching Note

    Tailor Brands: Artificial Intelligence-Driven Branding

    By: Jill Avery
    Using proprietary artificial intelligence technology, startup Tailor Brands set out to democratize branding by allowing small businesses to create their brand identities by automatically generating logos in just minutes at minimal cost with no branding or design skills... View Details
    Keywords: Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Advertising Industry; Technology Industry; United States; North America
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    • 01 Nov 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness

    "Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind." —Henry James As a professor of business administration in the Organizational... View Details
    Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson
    • 07 Jun 2016
    • First Look

    June 7, 2016

    Medicaid Services (CMS) indicated that CMS embraces value as a priority. Nonetheless, serious questions remain as to whether the ACA has improved... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne