Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (21) Arrow Down

Show Results For

Page 1 of 21 Results →
  • 2017
  • Working Paper

Cooperative Strategic Games

By: Elon Kohlberg and Abraham Neyman
We examine a solution concept, called the “value," for n-person strategic games. In applications, the value provides an a-priori assessment of the monetary worth of a player's position in a strategic game, comprising not only the player's contribution to the total... View Details
Keywords: Game Theory
Related
  • 06 Feb 2019
  • HBS Seminar

Mohammad Akbarpour, Stanford University

  • 2024
  • Case

EPCorp: Sell on Amazon or Invest in Our Data?

By: Jacob M. Cook
Amidst a history of exponential growth, Electronic Products Company (EPCorp) finds itself at a crossroads as its once thriving retail presence faces a downturn, despite hefty investments into a promising new direct-to-consumer e-commerce platform. Shivani, EPCorp s... View Details
Keywords: E-commerce; Technology Adoption; Cost vs Benefits; Organizational Culture; Retail Industry
Related
  • July 2020
  • Case

Super 30: Educating the Elite Poor

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Tarun Khanna and Shreya Ramachandran
In the summer of 2019 in New Delhi, S K Shahi and his daughter, Meenakshi, faced a difficult problem. India had 19 centers of their non-profit, the Center for Social Responsibility and Leadership. Also called the 'Super 30' program, this offered free training for... View Details
Keywords: Non-profit; Inclusive Growth; Education; Higher Education; Diversity; Nonprofit Organizations; Operations; Expansion; Geographic Location; Strategy; Decision Making; India
Related
  • June 1999 (Revised March 2004)
  • Case

Sirona

By: Walter Kuemmerle and Chad S Ellis
Sirona, the dental systems business of Siemans AG is being sold through an auction. In September 1997, buyout firm Schroder Ventures has to decide whether to make a binding offer for the business. Schroder has done extensive due diligence with support from a team of... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Valuation; Health Industry; Germany
Related
  • Web

Making Strategic Trade-offs - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

there are trade-offs with other positions. Trade-offs occur when activities are incompatible. Simply put, a trade-off means that more of one thing necessitates less of another. An airline can choose to serve meals—adding cost and slowing... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2023
  • News

Elevator Pitch: Block by Block

Illustration by Drue Wagner Illustration by Drue Wagner Curtis Wong (MBA 2019) Founder and CEO, Cloud Apartments Concept: Cloud Apartments is a product company within the rental apartment space. Its flagship line of modular apartments, Cloud View Details
Keywords: entrepreneurship; construction; housing; design; Construction of Buildings; Construction
  • 17 Dec 2013
  • First Look

First Look: December 17

from the developed to the developing country and (ii) adjustment costs to investment flows. Consistent with the model, we observe that the flow of technologies from N to S co-moves positively with output in... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 21 Feb 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: February 21

characterization of the value. For every subset, S, consider the zero-sum game played between S and its complement, where the players in each of these sets collaborate as a single player, and where the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 09 Dec 2021
  • News

Higher Returns

And on the positive side, firms that do well on the ESG spectrum—environmental, social, and governance spectrum—and run their businesses with purpose, show a massive benefit in attracting and retaining talent—which is by the way, a huge View Details
  • 07 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Market Investors Pay More for Resilient Companies

The steep market drop in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis is being used as a laboratory to study the importance of companies investing in stakeholder relations with their employees, suppliers, and customers, and how those investments could be strategic resources... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services
  • 01 Jun 2017
  • News

Supercharged

“Crush it!” I was test-driving a Tesla Model S 75D under the watchful eye of Kristin, the “owner-advisor” tasked with accompanying me while I took one of Elon Musk’s battery-powered luxury cars for a spin on the Far West Side of... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Tavis Coburn
  • 24 Sep 2014
  • Op-Ed

We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.

Nuclear' s driven entrepreneurs and private investors have a solid shot at delivering that energy miracle, verified by rigorous and transparent testing. We can't afford to sit by and watch all that fossil fuel just go up in smoke. Other... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Utilities
  • 13 Feb 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

2018 Pearson Education Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis By: Datar, Srikant M., and Madhav Rajan Abstract—Horngren’s Cost Accounting defines the cost accounting... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Jul 2022
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #7: Turning Waste Heat to Power

market.” As developers, Janice and her team are packaging financing and technology know-how to execute cost and energy saving projects, using the ORC or “Organic Rankine Cycle” process. The ORC process can make major reductions in CO2... View Details
  • 19 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

diversification strategies. The article concludes by suggesting a research agenda for dynamic capabilities. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53220 Carbon Tariffs: Effects in Settings with Technology Choice and Foreign Production View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 1, 2007

Networks Authors:Albert Creus-Mir, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, and Andres Hervas-Drane Abstract We present a model of bandwidth allocation in a stylized peer-to-peer file sharing network with s peers (sharers) who share files and download... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 31

  PublicationsFinancial Development, Fixed Costs and International Trade Authors:Bo Becker, David Greenberg, and Jinzhu Chen Publication:Review of Corporate Finance Studies (forthcoming) Abstract Exporting firms face significant up-front... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • Web

Print View - Course Catalog

Elective Curriculum: Course Descriptions Last Updated: 28 May 2025 Print View View by Unit | View by Course Title | View by Faculty | Print View # A B C D E F G I L M N O P R S T U V W # Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits 3... View Details