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      The U.S. Current Account Deficit
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      • February 2021
      • Case

      White Claw: Defending Market Share as Competition Encroaches

      By: Jill Avery
      By the end of 2019, two brands accounted for 84% of hard seltzer sales, a segment that had recently taken the U.S. beer market by storm, growing from $3 million in 2015 to over $2.7 billion by the start of the summer of 2020. White Claw was the dominant market leader...  View Details
      Keywords: Marketing; Brands And Branding; Brand Management; Alcoholic Beverages; Beer/brewing Industry; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Brand Positioning; Growth; Competitive Positioning; Consumer Products; Beverage Industry; Consumer Behavior; Value Proposition; Marketing; Brands And Branding; Competitive Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Food And Beverage Industry; United States
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      Avery, Jill. "White Claw: Defending Market Share as Competition Encroaches." Harvard Business School Case 521-073, February 2021.
      • 2020
      • Working Paper

      Immigration Policy Levers for U.S. Innovation and Startups

      By: William R. Kerr and Sari Pekkala Kerr
      Immigrants account for about a quarter of U.S. invention and entrepreneurship despite a policy environment that is not well suited for these purposes. This chapter reviews the U.S. immigration policy environment that governs how skilled migrants move to America for...  View Details
      Keywords: Invention; Innovation; Startups; High-tech; Immigration; Entrepreneurship; Innovation And Invention; Business Startups; Venture Capital; United States
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      Kerr, William R., and Sari Pekkala Kerr. "Immigration Policy Levers for U.S. Innovation and Startups." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-105, April 2020.
      • February 2020 (Revised November 2020)
      • Case

      Australia: Commodities, Competitiveness, Climate and China

      By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Laura Alfaro
      For the past few decades, Australia has dealt with the benefits and costs of repeated mining booms—inflation, a housing bubble, a current account deficit, and growing dependence on China. Between 1996 and 2007, however, Australia had most of these issues under control...  View Details
      Keywords: Commodities; Competitiveness; Carbon Tax; Environment; Capital Flows; Current Account; Mining; Economy; Problems And Challenges; Climate Change; Taxation; Competition; Financial Condition; Australia
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      Vietor, Richard H.K., and Laura Alfaro. "Australia: Commodities, Competitiveness, Climate and China." Harvard Business School Case 720-028, February 2020. (Revised November 2020.)
      • 2019
      • Working Paper

      Intelligent Design of Inclusive Growth Strategies

      By: Robert S. Kaplan, George Serafeim and Eduardo Tugendhat
      Improving corporate engagement with society, as advocated in the Business Roundtable’s 2019 statement, should not be viewed as a zero-sum proposition where attention to new stakeholders detracts from delivering shareholder value. Corporate programs for sustainable and...  View Details
      Keywords: Inclusion; Sustainability; Performance Measures; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Strategy; Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility And Impact; Business And Stakeholder Relations
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      Kaplan, Robert S., George Serafeim, and Eduardo Tugendhat. "Intelligent Design of Inclusive Growth Strategies." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-050, October 2019.
      • 2019
      • White Paper

      Impact-Weighted Financial Accounts: The Missing Piece for an Impact Economy

      By: George Serafeim, T. Robert Zochowski and Jennifer Downing
      Reimagining capitalism is an imperative. We need to create a more inclusive and sustainable form of capitalism that works for every person and the planet. Massive environmental damage, growing income and wealth disparity, stress, and depression within developed...  View Details
      Keywords: Impact-weighted Accounts; Iwai; Background; Economic Systems; Economy; Corporate Social Responsibility And Impact; Measurement And Metrics; Financial Statements
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      Serafeim, George, T. Robert Zochowski, and Jennifer Downing. "Impact-Weighted Financial Accounts: The Missing Piece for an Impact Economy." White Paper, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, September 2019.
      • March 2019
      • Supplement

      KITEA (E): IKEA's Opening Day

      By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Gamze Yucaoglu
      The case opens in 2016 as Amine Benkirane, CEO of the furniture retailer KITEA, observes KITEA’s dormant sales on the day IKEA opens its first store in Morocco. It then provides information on IKEA’s Morocco store, as well as a detailed pricing comparison between IKEA...  View Details
      Keywords: Private Sector; For-profit Firms; Business Strategy; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Adaptation; Corporate Strategy; Retail Industry; Africa; North Africa; Morocco
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      Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Gamze Yucaoglu. "KITEA (E): IKEA's Opening Day." Harvard Business School Supplement 719-422, March 2019.
      • January–February 2019
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      Corporate Purpose and Financial Performance

      By: Claudine Gartenberg, Andrea Prat and George Serafeim
      We construct a measure of corporate purpose within a sample of U.S. companies based on approximately 500,000 survey responses of worker perceptions about their employers. We find that this measure of purpose is not related to financial performance. However, high...  View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Purpose; Purpose; Employee Motivation; Belief Systems; Corporate Performance; Human Capital; Middle Management; Culture; Corporate Culture; Meaning; Mission And Purpose; Organizational Culture; Employees; Perception; Values And Beliefs; Performance Effectiveness
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      Gartenberg, Claudine, Andrea Prat, and George Serafeim. "Corporate Purpose and Financial Performance." Organization Science 30, no. 1 (January–February 2019): 1–18.
      • November 2018 (Revised April 2019)
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      Zespri Grows

      By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred
      Controlling about a third of global kiwifruit exports by volume and nearly half by value in 2018, Zespri was a grower-owned “corporatized cooperative” with the exclusive right to export New Zealand-grown kiwifruit (except to Australia). Zespri did not grow fruit but...  View Details
      Keywords: Agribusiness; Kiwi; Kiwifruit; Agriculture; Global Supply Chain; Branding; Produce; Coordinated Industry Structure; Industry Coordination; Countercyclical Supply; New Product Development; Product Strategy; Differentiation; Food; Quality; Trade; Brands And Branding; Marketing; Strategy; Global Strategy; Change Management; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Globalization; Globalized Firms And Management; Competitive Strategy; Resource Allocation; Product Development; Agriculture And Agribusiness Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Food And Beverage Industry; New Zealand
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      Bell, David E., and Natalie Kindred. "Zespri Grows." Harvard Business School Case 519-047, November 2018. (Revised April 2019.)
      • November 8, 2018
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      Transitioning Payment Models: Fee-for-Service to Value-Based Care

      By: Thomas W. Feeley and Namita Seth Mohta
      In a survey of the NEJM Catalyst Insights Council in July 2018, 42% of respondents say they think value-based reimbursement models will be the primary revenue model for U.S. health care. Indeed, this transition is already happening. Respondents report that a quarter of...  View Details
      Keywords: Payment Methods; Value-based Healthcare Reimbursements; Health Care And Treatment; Value; Transformation
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      Feeley, Thomas W., and Namita Seth Mohta. "Transitioning Payment Models: Fee-for-Service to Value-Based Care." NEJM Catalyst (November 8, 2018).
      • 2018
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      Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis

      By: Srikant M. Datar and Madhav Rajan
      Horngren’s Cost Accounting defines the cost accounting market and continues to innovate today by consistently integrating the most current practice and theory into the text. This acclaimed, market-leading text emphasizes the basic theme of “different costs for...  View Details
      Keywords: Cost Accounting; Cost accounting; Management
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      Datar, Srikant M., and Madhav Rajan. Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis. 16th ed. Pearson Education, 2018.
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      My Favorite Slide: The Entrepreneurial Gap Applied to Health Care

      By: Robert S. Kaplan and Robert Simons
      Value-based health care increases physicians’ accountability for patient outcomes. Many have resisted, claiming that patient outcomes are influenced by many forces outside their control, such as patient’s compliance with post-acute and rehab care. The difference...  View Details
      Keywords: Health Care And Treatment; Outcome Or Result; Motivation And Incentives
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      Kaplan, Robert S., and Robert Simons. "My Favorite Slide: The Entrepreneurial Gap Applied to Health Care." NEJM Catalyst (March 8, 2017). (Blog Post.)
      • 2016
      • Working Paper

      The State of Small Business Lending: Innovation and Technology and the Implications for Regulation

      By: Karen Gordon Mills and Brayden McCarthy
      Small businesses were among the hardest hit in the Great Recession, accounting for more than 60% of the total jobs lost. The economic crisis was one focused on the banking sector, which is one reason for the disproportionately high impact on America’s small businesses,...  View Details
      Keywords: Small Business; Financing And Loans; Financial Crisis
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      Mills, Karen Gordon, and Brayden McCarthy. "The State of Small Business Lending: Innovation and Technology and the Implications for Regulation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-042, November 2016.
      • July 2016 (Revised January 2017)
      • Case

      Banking on Change: Aligning Culture and Compensation at Morgan Stanley

      By: Malcolm S. Salter
      This case study was prepared as part of a research project on Culture, Conduct, and Governance in Financial Firms. The objective of this project is to compare and contrast the efforts of U.S. and European banks to induce changes in organization culture in the aftermath...  View Details
      Keywords: Business Or Company Management; Corporate accountability; Ethics; Organizational Culture; Corporate Governance; Banks And Banking; United States; Europe
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      Salter, Malcolm S. "Banking on Change: Aligning Culture and Compensation at Morgan Stanley." Harvard Business School Case 917-402, July 2016. (Revised January 2017.)
      • March 2016
      • Teaching Note

      Catalina in the Digital Age

      By: Uma R. Karmarkar and Robert J. Dolan
      "Catalina in the Digital Age" considers how a company with a dominant market position should evolve its established product lines given the rise of novel digital technologies. Since its founding in 1983, Catalina had enjoyed a distinct position in the world of consumer...  View Details
      Keywords: Coupons; Technology; Customer Relationship Management; Consumer Behavior; Product Marketing; Retail Industry
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      Karmarkar, Uma R., and Robert J. Dolan. "Catalina in the Digital Age." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 516-086, March 2016.
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      Waves in Ship Prices and Investment

      By: Robin Greenwood and Samuel G. Hanson
      We study the link between investment boom and bust cycles and returns on capital in the dry bulk shipping industry. We show that high current ship earnings are associated with high used ship prices and heightened industry investment in new ships, but forecast low...  View Details
      Keywords: Business Earnings; Price; Investment; Shipping Industry
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      Greenwood, Robin, and Samuel G. Hanson. "Waves in Ship Prices and Investment." Quarterly Journal of Economics 130, no. 1 (February 2015): 55–109.
      • May 2014
      • Case

      Health Care Accountability: Examples in Cancer Treatment

      By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Natalie Kindred
      This case is designed to support a discussion of the importance of outcomes evidence in empowering the public to make better health care decisions, the desired level of transparency and accountability for health care providers, and the issues with current measuring and...  View Details
      Keywords: Accountability; Health Care; Cancer; Cancer Treatment; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Cancer Treatment Centers Of America; Vantage Oncology; Radiology; Risk Adjustment; Treatment Outcomes; Health Care Outcomes; Prostate Cancer; Transparency; Health Care And Treatment; Risk Management; Outcome Or Result; Health Industry; United States
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      Herzlinger, Regina E., and Natalie Kindred. "Health Care Accountability: Examples in Cancer Treatment." Harvard Business School Case 314-109, May 2014.
      • 2014
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      Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis

      By: Charles T. Horngren, Srikant M. Datar and Madhav Rajan
      Cost Accounting defined the cost accounting market and continues to innovate today by consistently integrating the most current practice and theory into the text. This acclaimed, market-leading text emphasizes the basic theme of "different costs for different...  View Details
      Keywords: Cost accounting; Management
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      Horngren, Charles T., Srikant M. Datar, and Madhav Rajan. Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis. 15th ed. Prentice Hall, 2014.
      • August 2013
      • Case

      The Republic of the Philippines: The Next Asian Tiger?

      By: Richard H.K. Vietor, Carol Dominguez and Tully Moss
      The Philippines, for long a laggard in Asia, is now growing fast in 2012, with a positive current account balance. While it still exports services, it is increasing its assembly of manufactured products and trying to increase mining. For these activities, however, it...  View Details
      Keywords: Country Strategy; Macroeconomics; Asia; Outsourcing; Foreign Direct Investment; Macroeconomics; Foreign Direct Investment; Country; Asia; Philippines
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      Vietor, Richard H.K., Carol Dominguez, and Tully Moss. "The Republic of the Philippines: The Next Asian Tiger?" Harvard Business School Case 714-004, August 2013.
      • February 2013
      • Teaching Note

      Australia: Commodities and Competitiveness (TN)

      By: Laura Alfaro, Richard H.K. Vietor and Hilary White
      For the past few decades, Australia has dealt with the benefits and costs of repeated mining booms—inflation, a housing bubble, a current account deficit and growing dependence on China. Between 1996 and 2007, however, Australia had most of these issues under control...  View Details
      Keywords: Competitiveness; Inflation; Mining; Current Account; Exchange Rates; Trade; Capital Flows; Commodities; Environment; Carbon Tax; Goods And Commodities; Australia
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      Alfaro, Laura, Richard H.K. Vietor, and Hilary White. "Australia: Commodities and Competitiveness (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 713-063, February 2013.
      • 5 Feb 2013
      • Conference Presentation

      Financing Entrepreneurial Growth

      By: Tom Alberg, Andrew A. Bogan, Harold Bradley, Robert D. Cooter, Monika Gruter Cheney, Oliver R. Goodenough, William R. Hambrecht, Frank Hatheway, Thomas F. Hellmann, Marianne Hudson, Jared Konczal, Josh Lerner, Robert E. Litan, Diane Mulcahy, Ramana Nanda, Frank Partnoy, Joe Ratterman, Nava Ravikant, Jay R. Ritter, Alicia Robb, David T. Robinson, Allison Schrager, Barry Silbert, E. R. Sirri, Daniel Stangler and Sharon Vosmek

      Despite recent innovations in entrepreneurial finance, particularly at the early stage of business creation, many new and young companies continue to face hurdles to acquire capital.

      The Kauffman Foundation addressed current challenges and opportunities in...  View Details

      Keywords: Finance; Entrepreneurial Finance; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; United States
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      Alberg, Tom, Andrew A. Bogan, Harold Bradley, Robert D. Cooter, Monika Gruter Cheney, Oliver R. Goodenough, William R. Hambrecht, Frank Hatheway, Thomas F. Hellmann, Marianne Hudson, Jared Konczal, Josh Lerner, Robert E. Litan, Diane Mulcahy, Ramana Nanda, Frank Partnoy, Joe Ratterman, Nava Ravikant, Jay R. Ritter, Alicia Robb, David T. Robinson, Allison Schrager, Barry Silbert, E. R. Sirri, Daniel Stangler, and Sharon Vosmek. "Financing Entrepreneurial Growth." Paper presented at the State of Entrepreneurship Address, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Washington, DC, USA, February 5, 2013.
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