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      Note on School Choice in U.S. Public Education
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      • February 2021
      • Background Note

      Jobs to Be Done: A Toolbox

      By: Derek C. M. van Bever, Bob Moesta, Iuliana Mogosanu, Shaye Roseman and Katie Zandbergen
      The Jobs to Be Done methodology is both a theory and a practical approach for understanding customer behavior and why people make the choices they make. Many practitioners, whether they work for startups or incumbent businesses, find Jobs to Be Done useful because it...  View Details
      Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Decision Choices and Conditions; Knowledge Acquisition; Attitudes; Perception; Theory
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      van Bever, Derek C. M., Bob Moesta, Iuliana Mogosanu, Shaye Roseman, and Katie Zandbergen. "Jobs to Be Done: A Toolbox." Harvard Business School Background Note 321-095, February 2021.
      • September–October 2020
      • Article

      A New Model for Ethical Leadership

      By: Max Bazerman
      Rather than try to follow a set of simple rules (“Don’t lie.” “Don’t cheat.”), leaders and managers seeking to be more ethical should focus on creating the most value for society. This utilitarian view, Bazerman argues, blends philosophical thought with business school...  View Details
      Keywords: Social Value; Leadership; Moral Sensibility; Ethics; Decision Making; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Society
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      Bazerman, Max. "A New Model for Ethical Leadership." Harvard Business Review 98, no. 5 (September–October 2020): 90–97.
      • September 2020
      • Supplement

      J.C. Penney: Tough Choices for Allen Questrom (B)

      By: Susanna Gallani, Gregory Sabin, Amela Pjetrovic and Edoardo Cacciamani
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      Gallani, Susanna, Gregory Sabin, Amela Pjetrovic, and Edoardo Cacciamani. "J.C. Penney: Tough Choices for Allen Questrom (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 121-032, September 2020.
      • August 2020
      • Supplement

      Souqalmal: The Choice Is Yours (B)

      By: V.G. Narayanan and Alpana Thapar
      Keywords: Accounting; Insurance Industry; Middle East
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      Narayanan, V.G., and Alpana Thapar. "Souqalmal: The Choice Is Yours (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 121-023, August 2020.
      • March 2020
      • Case

      A Tower for the People: 425 Park Avenue

      By: John Macomber, Joseph G. Allen and Emily Jones
      Healthy buildings and superior air quality are increasingly important since people now spend so much time indoors. Indoor spaces drive performance and productivity. Commercial real estate landlords and investors are responding to the demands of sophisticated tenants...  View Details
      Keywords: Health And Wellness; Real Estate; Sustainability; Health; Pollution; Buildings and Facilities; Performance Productivity; Finance; Real Estate Industry; New York (city, NY)
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      Macomber, John, Joseph G. Allen, and Emily Jones. "A Tower for the People: 425 Park Avenue." Harvard Business School Case 220-065, March 2020.
      • January 2020 (Revised December 2020)
      • Technical Note

      The Choice to Cofound and Initial Control and Ownership Splits in Startups

      By: Stig Leschly
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      Leschly, Stig. "The Choice to Cofound and Initial Control and Ownership Splits in Startups." Harvard Business School Technical Note 820-095, January 2020. (Revised December 2020.)
      • 2020
      • Working Paper

      Cutting the Gordian Knot of Employee Health Care Benefits and Costs: A Corporate Model Built on Employee Choice

      By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Barak D. Richman
      The U.S. employer-based health insurance tax exclusion created a system of employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) with limited insurance choices and transparency that may lock employed households into health plans that are costlier or different from those they prefer to...  View Details
      Keywords: After-tax Income; Consumer-driven Health Care; Health Care Costs; Health Insurance; Income Inequality; Tax Policy; Health Care and Treatment; Cost; Insurance; Employees; Income; Taxation; Policy; United States
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      Herzlinger, Regina E., and Barak D. Richman. "Cutting the Gordian Knot of Employee Health Care Benefits and Costs: A Corporate Model Built on Employee Choice." Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series, No. 2020-4, December 2019. (Revised January 2021.)
      • November 2019
      • Case

      Edita: Making Choices in Uncertain Times

      By: Caroline M. Elkins, Juan Alcácer, Alpana Thapar and Youssef Abdel Aal
      After 15 years of steady growth and expansion, Edita, a leading Egyptian snack producer, faced a series of challenges in the wake of the Arab Spring. In January 2011, the Egyptian Revolution sparked political and economic turmoil that reflected the waves of protest and...  View Details
      Keywords: Decision Making; Developing Countries and Economies; Economy; Business or Company Management; Price; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Distribution; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Strategy; Expansion; Currency; Food and Beverage Industry; Egypt; Africa; Middle East
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      Elkins, Caroline M., Juan Alcácer, Alpana Thapar, and Youssef Abdel Aal. "Edita: Making Choices in Uncertain Times." Harvard Business School Case 320-026, November 2019.
      • October 2019 (Revised August 2020)
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      Souqalmal: The Choice Is Yours (A)

      By: V.G. Narayanan and Alpana Thapar
      This case describes how Ambareen Musa, Founder and CEO of Souqalmal, a Dubai-based online comparison aggregator of banking and insurance products launched her business in 2011 and rapidly grew it over next couple of years. However, by 2017, the Mauritian entrepreneur...  View Details
      Keywords: Unit Economics; Finance; Accounting; Competitive Strategy; Financial Statements; Insurance Industry; Middle East
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      Narayanan, V.G., and Alpana Thapar. "Souqalmal: The Choice Is Yours (A)." Harvard Business School Case 120-028, October 2019. (Revised August 2020.)
      • October 2019 (Revised January 2020)
      • Supplement

      Dulcie Madden (B)—A Difficult Choice

      By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
      This is part of a three-case series that follows Dulcie Madden's journey as a founder over five years. Case (A) is about managing growth and cash flow; Case (B) is about the exit decision and conditions on a sale; Case (C) shows Madden dealing with adversity and the...  View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Family; Family Conflicts; Founders' Agreements; Growth And Development; Hardware; Vc; Scaling; Start-up; Female Ceo; Risk Assessment; Entrepreneurship; Growth Management; Cash Flow; Equity; Success; Failure; Acquisition; Business Model; Technology; Valuation; Family and Family Relationships
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      Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "Dulcie Madden (B)—A Difficult Choice." Harvard Business School Supplement 820-053, October 2019. (Revised January 2020.)
      • 2020
      • Working Paper

      How Do Campaigns Shape Vote Choice? Multi-Country Evidence from 62 Elections and 56 TV Debates

      By: Caroline Le Pennec and Vincent Pons
      Using multi-country data from 62 elections since 1952, we show that 17% to 29% of voters make up their mind during the final two months of campaigns, generating sizeable swings in candidates’ vote shares. We obtain these results by measuring the consistency between...  View Details
      Keywords: Political Debates; Tv Debates; Voting; Political Elections; Decision Making; Surveys
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      Le Pennec, Caroline, and Vincent Pons. "How Do Campaigns Shape Vote Choice? Multi-Country Evidence from 62 Elections and 56 TV Debates." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 26572, December 2019. (Also Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-031, September 2019. Revised July 2020.)
      • September 2019
      • Article

      Optimizing Reserves in School Choice: A Dynamic Programming Approach

      By: Franklyn Wang, Ravi Jagadeesan and Scott Duke Kominers
      We introduce a new model of school choice with reserves in which a social planner is constrained by a limited supply of reserve seats and tries to find an optimal matching according to a social welfare function. We construct the optimal distribution of reserves via a...  View Details
      Keywords: Matching; Reserves; Dynamic Programming; Marketplace Matching; Mathematical Methods
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      Wang, Franklyn, Ravi Jagadeesan, and Scott Duke Kominers. "Optimizing Reserves in School Choice: A Dynamic Programming Approach." Operations Research Letters 47, no. 5 (September 2019): 438–446.
      • 2019
      • Working Paper

      The Effect of Payment Choices on Online Retail: Evidence from the 2016 Indian Demonetization

      By: Chaithanya Bandi, Antonio Moreno, Donald Ngwe and Zhiji Xu
      The Indian banknote demonetization in 2016 was one of the most significant international events of that year. Overnight, 86% of Indian currency in circulation was declared invalid unless exchanged for new bills. The sudden and unexpected demonetization constituted a...  View Details
      Keywords: Cash On Delivery; Online Retail; Product Returns; Payment Methods; Digitization; Emerging Markets; Currency; Online Technology; Demand and Consumers; Retail Industry; India
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      Bandi, Chaithanya, Antonio Moreno, Donald Ngwe, and Zhiji Xu. "The Effect of Payment Choices on Online Retail: Evidence from the 2016 Indian Demonetization." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-123, June 2019.
      • May 2019
      • Supplement

      Amazon's HQ2 (C): Choices

      By: Karen Mills and Jan W. Rivkin
      This supplement discusses Amazon’s 2018 decision to split its HQ2 between two locations--Long Island City in New York and National Landing outside Washington, DC—as well as the ensuing response from local politicians and the public.  View Details
      Keywords: Economic Development; Headquarters; Local Government; Incentives; Business Headquarters; Business and Government Relations; Development Economics
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      Mills, Karen, and Jan W. Rivkin. "Amazon's HQ2 (C): Choices." Harvard Business School Supplement 719-465, May 2019.
      • 2019
      • Working Paper

      Relative Performance Transparency: Effects on Sustainable Choices

      By: Ryan W. Buell, Shwetha Mariadassou and Yanchong Zheng
      We study how transparency into the levels and changes of relative sustainability performance affects consumer choices. Our work considers two forms of transparency: process transparency, in which customers receive information about the company's sustainability...  View Details
      Keywords: Relative Performance Tranparency; Process Transparency; Customer Transparency; Levels; Changes; Reflectiveness; Self-serving Attribution Biases; Sustainability; Consumer Choice
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      Buell, Ryan W., Shwetha Mariadassou, and Yanchong Zheng. "Relative Performance Transparency: Effects on Sustainable Choices." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-079, January 2019.
      • December 2018
      • Article

      Reserve Design: Unintended Consequences and the Demise of Boston's Walk Zones

      By: Umut Dur, Scott Duke Kominers, Parag A. Pathak and Tayfun Sönmez
      Admissions policies often use reserves to grant certain applicants higher priority for some (but not all) available seats. Boston’s school choice system, for example, reserved half of each school’s seats for local neighborhood applicants while leaving the other half...  View Details
      Keywords: Neighborhoods; Equal Access; School Choice; Affirmative Action; Desegregation; Marketplace Matching; Fairness; Local Range; Education; Policy
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      Dur, Umut, Scott Duke Kominers, Parag A. Pathak, and Tayfun Sönmez. "Reserve Design: Unintended Consequences and the Demise of Boston's Walk Zones." Journal of Political Economy 126, no. 6 (December 2018): 2457–2479.
      • June 2018
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      Will a Five-Minute Discussion Change Your Mind? A Countrywide Experiment on Voter Choice in France

      By: Vincent Pons
      This paper provides the first estimate of the effect of door-to-door canvassing on actual electoral outcomes, via a countrywide experiment embedded in François Hollande's campaign in the 2012 French presidential election. While existing experiments randomized...  View Details
      Keywords: Voting; Political Elections; Interpersonal Communication; France
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      Pons, Vincent. "Will a Five-Minute Discussion Change Your Mind? A Countrywide Experiment on Voter Choice in France." American Economic Review 108, no. 6 (June 2018): 1322–1363. (Also Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-079, January 2016.)
      • March 2018
      • Teaching Note

      McKinsey & Company: Early Career Choices

      By: Prithwiraj Choudhury
      Teaching Note for HBS No. 618-034.  View Details
      Keywords: Management Skills; Human Capital; Personal Development and Career; Decision Choices and Conditions; Outcome or Result; Consulting Industry
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      Choudhury, Prithwiraj. "McKinsey & Company: Early Career Choices." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 618-050, March 2018.
      • March 2018
      • Supplement

      McKinsey & Company: Early Career Choices (B)

      By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Nathaniel Schwalb
      The (B) case outlines the choices made by the associates in real life and the consequences of such choices.  View Details
      Keywords: Early Career Experiences; Career Progression; Experiences; Personal Development and Career; Decisions; Outcome or Result; Consulting Industry
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      Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Nathaniel Schwalb. "McKinsey & Company: Early Career Choices (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 618-038, March 2018.
      • March 2018
      • Case

      McKinsey & Company: Early Career Choices (A)

      By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Nathaniel Schwalb
      This case profiles the early career choices faced by three McKinsey associates. The (A) case profiles the dilemma faced by each individual and sets up the class discussion.  View Details
      Keywords: Early Career Experiences; Career Progression; Experiences; Personal Development and Career; Decision Choices and Conditions; Consulting Industry
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      Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Nathaniel Schwalb. "McKinsey & Company: Early Career Choices (A)." Harvard Business School Case 618-034, March 2018.
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