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- June 2008 (Revised August 2008)
- Case
The Suzlon Edge
By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Juliana Seminerio
With prices of oil, coal and gas at historically high levels, the wind industry had installed more than 20,000 MW of wind energy, representing a $37 billion investment in 2007. Besides high prices, wind energy represented a solution for consumers seeking an energy...
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Cost vs Benefits;
Renewable Energy;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Integration;
Climate Change;
Environmental Sustainability;
Energy Industry;
India
Vietor, Richard H.K., and Juliana Seminerio. "The Suzlon Edge." Harvard Business School Case 708-051, June 2008. (Revised August 2008.)
- June 2008
- Background Note
A Note on Limited Partner Advisory Boards
By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
This note explores the limited partner advisory boards. Based on interviews with seven experienced limited partners who serve on a number of different advisory boards, it presents the roles of the advisory board, the ways it can influence the general partner, and the...
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Keywords:
Corporate Governance;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Partners and Partnerships;
Power and Influence
Lerner, Josh, G. Felda Hardymon, and Ann Leamon. "A Note on Limited Partner Advisory Boards." Harvard Business School Background Note 808-169, June 2008.
- June 2008
- Article
Psychological Influence in Negotiation: An Introduction Long Overdue
By: Deepak Malhotra and Max H. Bazerman
This paper discusses the causes and consequences of the (surprisingly) limited extent to which social influence research has penetrated the field of negotiation and then presents a framework for bridging the gap between these two literatures. The paper notes that one...
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Keywords:
Social Issues;
Research;
Framework;
Negotiation Tactics;
Decisions;
Power and Influence;
Behavior;
Ethics
Malhotra, Deepak, and Max H. Bazerman. "Psychological Influence in Negotiation: An Introduction Long Overdue." Journal of Management 34, no. 3 (June 2008): 509–531.
- 2008
- Working Paper
Some Neglected Axioms in Fair Division
By: John W. Pratt
Conditions one might impose on fair allocation procedures are introduced. Nondiscrimination requires that agents share an item in proportion to their entitlements if they receive nothing else. The "price" procedures of Pratt (2007), including the Nash...
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Pratt, John W. "Some Neglected Axioms in Fair Division." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-094, May 2008.
- May 2008
- Article
When Winning Is Everything
By: Deepak Malhotra, Gillian Ku and J. Keith Murnighan
In the heat of competition, executives can easily become obsessed with beating their rivals. This adrenaline-fueled emotional state, which the authors call competitive arousal, often leads to bad decisions. Managers can minimize the potential for competitive arousal...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Auctions;
Bids and Bidding;
Behavior;
Emotions;
Personal Characteristics;
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage
Malhotra, Deepak, Gillian Ku, and J. Keith Murnighan. "When Winning Is Everything." Harvard Business Review 86, no. 5 (May 2008).
- April 2008 (Revised May 2012)
- Case
Ti-Tech (A)
By: Benson P. Shapiro, John T. Gourville and Craig E. Cline
This case concerns the selection and scheduling of orders by a small industrial titanium fabricator that recently has been plagued by poor deliveries and a lack of capacity. At the time of the case, Ti-Tech must decide which of four orders to accept, with capacity...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Metals and Minerals;
Order Taking and Fulfillment;
Supply Chain Management;
Performance Capacity;
Industrial Products Industry;
Manufacturing Industry
Shapiro, Benson P., John T. Gourville, and Craig E. Cline. "Ti-Tech (A)." Harvard Business School Case 508-095, April 2008. (Revised May 2012.)
- April 2008
- Supplement
Ti-Tech (B)
By: Benson P. Shapiro and John T. Gourville
This case concerns the selection and scheduling of orders by a small industrial titanium fabricator that recently has been plagued by poor deliveries and a lack of capacity. At the time of the case, Ti-Tech must decide which of four orders to accept, with capacity...
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Keywords:
Decisions;
Order Taking and Fulfillment;
Production;
Performance Capacity;
Marketing Strategy;
Bids and Bidding;
Manufacturing Industry;
Industrial Products Industry;
United States
Shapiro, Benson P., and John T. Gourville. "Ti-Tech (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 508-096, April 2008.
- May 2008
- Article
Excess Comovement of Stock Returns: Evidence from Cross-sectional Variation in Nikkei 225 Weights
By: Robin Greenwood
In the presence of limits to arbitrage, cross-sectional variation in periodic investor demand should be related to the degree of comovement of returns. I exploit the unusual weighting system of the Nikkei 225 index in Japan to identify cross-sectional variation in...
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Keywords:
Stocks;
Investment;
Investment Return;
Market Transactions;
Weight;
Performance Expectations;
Behavior;
Japan
Greenwood, Robin. "Excess Comovement of Stock Returns: Evidence from Cross-sectional Variation in Nikkei 225 Weights." Review of Financial Studies 21, no. 3 (May 2008): 1153–1186.
- April 2008
- Article
The Survey of Industrial R&D—Patent Database Link Project
By: William R. Kerr and Shihe Fu
This paper details the construction of a firm-year panel dataset combining the NBER Patent Dataset with the Survey of Industrial R&D conducted by the Census Bureau and National Science Foundation. The dataset constitutes a platform that offers an unprecedented view of...
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Keywords:
Analytics and Data Science;
Patents;
Surveys;
Research and Development;
Innovation and Invention;
Performance Productivity;
Projects;
Management Practices and Processes;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques
Kerr, William R., and Shihe Fu. "The Survey of Industrial R&D—Patent Database Link Project." Journal of Technology Transfer 33, no. 2 (April 2008): 173–186.
- January 2008
- Background Note
Convertible Arbitrage
By: Joshua Coval and Erik Stafford
The goal of this simulation is to understand how convertible bonds can be viewed as a portfolio of simpler securities and to introduce an over-the-counter market. The convertible bonds that are available during the simulation are at-the-money and in-the-money so that...
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Coval, Joshua, and Erik Stafford. "Convertible Arbitrage." Harvard Business School Background Note 208-116, January 2008.
- January 2008 (Revised January 2009)
- Case
The Armstrong Investigation
By: David Moss and Eugene Kintgen
In the early 20th century, public outrage at certain life insurance practices led to an investigation in New York State that threatened to curtail growth in the industry. Charles Evans Hughes guided the four-month-long Armstrong Investigation, which made startling...
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Keywords:
Crime and Corruption;
Annuities;
Insurance;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Insurance Industry;
New York (state, US)
Moss, David, and Eugene Kintgen. "The Armstrong Investigation." Harvard Business School Case 708-034, January 2008. (Revised January 2009.)
- June 2008
- Article
How Are Preferences Revealed?
By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian
Revealed preferences are tastes that rationalize an economic agent's observed actions. Normative preferences represent the agent's actual interests. It sometimes makes sense to assume that revealed preferences are identical to normative preferences. But there are many...
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Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian. "How Are Preferences Revealed?" Journal of Public Economics 92, nos. 8-9 (June 2008): 1787–1794.
- December 2007
- Case
Ruling the Modern Corporation: The Debate over Limited Liability in Massachusetts
By: David A. Moss and Eugene Kintgen
In 1830, Governor Levi Lincoln, Jr. urged the Massachusetts state legislature to introduce a limited liability regime for manufacturing corporations similar to that adopted in neighboring states. At least since 1809, shareholders in the state's manufacturing...
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Keywords:
Capital;
Debt Securities;
Legal Liability;
Production;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Manufacturing Industry;
Massachusetts
Moss, David A., and Eugene Kintgen. "Ruling the Modern Corporation: The Debate over Limited Liability in Massachusetts." Harvard Business School Case 708-016, December 2007.
- December 2007 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
Queensland Sugar Limited
By: David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman
Until industry deregulation in 2006, Queensland Sugar ran Australia's single desk marketing system for raw sugar exports. Since deregulation, eight of the ten Queensland sugar millers have elected to continue collective marketing through QSL. However, several millers...
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Keywords:
Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Goods and Commodities;
Trade;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Competition;
Marketing Strategy;
Supply Chain;
Network Effects;
Supply and Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Australia
Bell, David E., and Mary L. Shelman. "Queensland Sugar Limited." Harvard Business School Case 508-038, December 2007. (Revised March 2013.)
- December 2007 (Revised January 2008)
- Background Note
Evaluating M&A Deals-Announcement Effects, Risk Arbitrage and Event Risk
The announcement of merger or acquisition conveys new information to the capital markets. This note describes how the stock prices of a Buyer and Target behave after the announcement of a deal. First, for an all-stock deal that is certain to go through, the note...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Announcements;
Capital Markets;
Stocks;
Price;
Risk and Uncertainty
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Evaluating M&A Deals-Announcement Effects, Risk Arbitrage and Event Risk." Harvard Business School Background Note 208-103, December 2007. (Revised January 2008.)
- 2007
- Working Paper
The Impact of Component Modularity on Design Evolution: Evidence from the Software Industry
By: Alan MacCormack, John Rusnak and Carliss Y. Baldwin
Much academic work asserts a relationship between the design of a complex system and the manner in which this system evolves over time. In particular, designs which are modular in nature are argued to be more "evolvable," in that these designs facilitate making... View Details
MacCormack, Alan, John Rusnak, and Carliss Y. Baldwin. "The Impact of Component Modularity on Design Evolution: Evidence from the Software Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-038, December 2007.
- November 2007
- Background Note
Event Arbitrage
By: Joshua D. Coval and Erik Stafford
The event arbitrage module includes two simulation sessions. The first simulation focuses on analyzing and evaluating individual merger transactions, while the second simulation emphasizes managing a portfolio of individual positions and the limitations of arbitrage...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Capital Markets;
Financial Management;
Investment Portfolio;
Risk Management
Coval, Joshua D., and Erik Stafford. "Event Arbitrage." Harvard Business School Background Note 208-090, November 2007.
- November 2007 (Revised April 2008)
- Case
Hariyali Kisaan Bazaar: A Rural Business Initiative
By: David E. Bell, Nitin Sanghavi, Virginia Fuller and Mary L. Shelman
In rural India, farmers historically had limited access to quality input items for both their fields and homes. Indian conglomerate DSCL has undertaken a Rural Business Initiative to address this issue, establishing a chain of retail outlets throughout rural India...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Business Conglomerates;
Agribusiness;
Rural Scope;
Customer Relationship Management;
Business Strategy;
Service Operations;
Networks;
Alliances;
Retail Industry;
India
Bell, David E., Nitin Sanghavi, Virginia Fuller, and Mary L. Shelman. "Hariyali Kisaan Bazaar: A Rural Business Initiative." Harvard Business School Case 508-012, November 2007. (Revised April 2008.)
- October 2007
- Background Note
Price Formation
By: Joshua D. Coval and Erik Stafford
Investigates how prices are formed in competitive capital markets. Focuses on a single security called AOE. Students compete with computer traders and each other for market making and informed trading profits. Participants receive a variety of public news in the form...
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- October 2007
- Case
iPhone vs. Cell Phone
By: David B. Yoffie and Michael Slind
The launch of Apple's iPhone marked a pivotal new chapter in the story of mobile music (the uniting of digital music players with mobile phones). The iPhone combined an iPod music player, a cell phone, and a mobile Internet device, along with a camera and other...
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Keywords:
Communication Technology;
Music Entertainment;
Product Launch;
Partners and Partnerships;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Communications Industry;
Music Industry
Yoffie, David B., and Michael Slind. "iPhone vs. Cell Phone." Harvard Business School Case 708-451, October 2007.