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- 24 Apr 2019
- HBS Seminar
Dimitris Papanikolaou, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
“Managing for Organizational Integrity”: My Take After Three Decades
This chapter revisits core ideas from my 1994 article “Managing for Organizational Integrity” and explores a critical issue not discussed in the article: the role of corporate boards. In the chapter, I first re-examine the article’s ideas about the origins of...
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Clayton S. Rose
Clayton Rose is Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice. He currently teaches the course Accountability in the Advanced Management Program. His research is focused on the how leaders can manage the challenges created by the... View Details
Keywords:
financial services
- April 2013
- Article
What Roger Fisher Got Profoundly Right: Five Enduring Lessons for Negotiators
Roger Fisher, who died in 2012, enjoyed a remarkable career that modeled one way that an academic, especially in a professional school such as law or business, could make a significant, positive, and lasting difference in the world. Distinctive aspects of his career...
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Keywords:
Bargaining;
Conflict Resolution;
Dealmaking;
Negotiation;
Personal Development and Career;
Conflict and Resolution
Sebenius, James K. "What Roger Fisher Got Profoundly Right: Five Enduring Lessons for Negotiators." Negotiation Journal 29, no. 2 (April 2013): 159–169.
- 20 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business with Structured Finance
that are largely diversifiable for risks that are highly systematic, or linked to events in the economy. As a result, ratings of structured finance products, which make no distinction between the different sources of default risk, are...
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- Forthcoming
- Chapter
Media & Entertainment in Argentina: Doing Business in a Fragmented Society
By: Luciana Silvestri and Roberto Vassolo
We explore the issues of vertical and horizontal fragmentation in Argentina by examining how consumers relate to media and entertainment content and technologies. We focus on belly-of-the-market consumers (the most affluent at the bottom of the pyramid) and observe the...
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Keywords:
Demographics;
Marketing;
Consumer Behavior;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
Argentina
Silvestri, Luciana, and Roberto Vassolo. "Media & Entertainment in Argentina: Doing Business in a Fragmented Society." In Handbook of Spanish Language Media, edited by Alan Albarran. New York: Routledge, 2009.
- Article
The Integration of Psychological and Network Perspectives in Organizational Scholarship
By: Tiziana Casciaro, Sigal G. Barsade, Amy C. Edmondson, Cristina B. Gibson, David Krackhardt and Giuseppe Labianca
Although multiple disciplines have been applied to the study of organizations, organizational research is rarely interdisciplinary in the sense of two or more disciplines being linked in the joint analysis of organizational phenomena. The articles in this special issue...
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Casciaro, Tiziana, Sigal G. Barsade, Amy C. Edmondson, Cristina B. Gibson, David Krackhardt, and Giuseppe Labianca. "The Integration of Psychological and Network Perspectives in Organizational Scholarship." Special Issue on the Psychology of Organizational Networks. Organization Science 26, no. 4 (July–August 2015): 1162–1176.
- 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...
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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
- 2009
- Working Paper
From Strategy to Business Models and to Tactics
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan Enric Ricart
The notion of business model has been used by strategy scholars to refer to "the logic of the firm, the way it operates and how it creates value for its stakeholders." On the surface, this notion appears to be similar to that of strategy. We present a conceptual...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Framework;
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Value Creation
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Joan Enric Ricart. "From Strategy to Business Models and to Tactics." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-036, November 2009.
- 25 May 2016
- News
The Harvard Medalists of 2016
- Research Summary
A Strategic Rationale for Having Overconfident Managers, 2004
We analyze whether it might be desirable for a firm to hire an overconfident manager for strategic reasons. We analyze a tournament type version of Bertrand competition and a linear demand Cournot model. In each case there is an R&D stage where firms can invest in cost...
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- 2018
- Other Teaching and Training Material
Finance Reading: Corporate Governance
By: John Coates and Suraj Srinivasan
Core Curriculum Readings in Finance cover the fundamental concepts, theories, and frameworks in finance. This reading presents an overview of corporate governance, focusing on for-profit businesses that are privately owned by dispersed investors—that is, not owned by a...
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Coates, John, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Finance Reading: Corporate Governance." Core Curriculum Readings Series. Boston: Harvard Business Publishing 5209, 2018.
- October 2016
- Case
Moshe Kahlon: Telecommunications Reform and Competition in Israel's Cellular Market (A)
By: Joshua Margolis, Amram Migdal and Kerry Herman
The case addresses reforms to regulations in Israel’s telecommunications industry initiated and implemented under the leadership of Minister of Communications Moshe Kahlon in 2009-2010. The case highlights the challenges faced by a politician attempting to institute...
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Keywords:
Market Reform;
Political Leadership;
Industry Regulation;
Regulatory Reforms;
Economic Sectors;
Private Sector;
Public Sector;
Ethics;
Values and Beliefs;
Geopolitical Units;
Country;
Geography;
Government Administration;
Government Legislation;
Business History;
Leadership Style;
Leading Change;
Market Design;
Market Participation;
Supply and Industry;
Duopoly and Oligopoly;
Industry Structures;
Telecommunications Industry;
Communications Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
Israel
Margolis, Joshua, Amram Migdal, and Kerry Herman. "Moshe Kahlon: Telecommunications Reform and Competition in Israel's Cellular Market (A)." Harvard Business School Case 417-017, October 2016.
- October 2008 (Revised December 2010)
- Case
Intel NBI: Intel Corporation's New Business Initiatives (A)
By: Willy C. Shih and Thomas Thurston
For Intel Corporation, the processes and priorities that have made it so successful are difficult to overcome as the company tries to diversify away from its core. The case examines the history and evolution of the New Business Initiatives (NBI) group, as the leader...
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Keywords:
Business Divisions;
Transition;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Business History;
Management Practices and Processes;
Resource Allocation;
Organizational Structure;
Problems and Challenges;
Risk and Uncertainty
Shih, Willy C., and Thomas Thurston. "Intel NBI: Intel Corporation's New Business Initiatives (A)." Harvard Business School Case 609-043, October 2008. (Revised December 2010.)
- January 2006 (Revised October 2007)
- Background Note
Managing Networked Businesses: Course Overview for Students
Provides an overview for students of the MBA elective course Managing Networked Businesses (MNB). MNB focuses on management challenges in businesses that exhibit network effects. The first section of the note explains that such businesses comprise a large and growing...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Capital Structure;
Business or Company Management;
Network Effects;
Organizational Design;
Business and Government Relations;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Competitive Strategy
Eisenmann, Thomas R. "Managing Networked Businesses: Course Overview for Students." Harvard Business School Background Note 806-103, January 2006. (Revised October 2007.)
- 2008
- Chapter
Identity Negotiation Processes Amidst Diversity: Understanding the Influence of Social Identity and Status Differences
By: Jeffrey T. Polzer and Heather M. Caruso
We integrate an identity negotiation framework with research on diversity, social identity theory, and status differences. This integration reveals the distinct advantages and challenges that high and low status people face when they engage in identity negotiation...
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- September 2004
- Article
Trust in Agency
Existing models of the principal-agent relationship assume the agent works only under extrinsic incentives. However, many observed agency contracts take the form of a fixed payment. For such contracts to succeed, the principal must trust the agent to work in the...
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Keywords:
Trust;
Agency Theory;
Relationships;
Behavior;
Motivation and Incentives;
Contracts;
Business Model;
Emotions;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Ethics;
Standards;
Risk and Uncertainty
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon. "Trust in Agency." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 13, no. 3 (September 2004): 375–404.
- 19 Oct 2017
- HBS Seminar
Alden Young, Drexel University
- May 2024 (Revised September 2024)
- Case
Hakluyt: from Corporate Intelligence to Trusted Advisors
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Lena Duchene
"Established in 1995 by a group of ex-British intelligence officers, Hakluyt & Company (Hakluyt) was a corporate advisory firm that generated insights by leveraging a unique blend of internal expertise and a global network of well-connected individuals. Since 2019, the...
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Keywords:
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Model;
Talent and Talent Management;
Capital Structure;
Cash Flow;
Corporate Finance;
Equity;
Stock Shares;
Corporate Governance;
Business History;
Compensation and Benefits;
Recruitment;
Leadership Style;
Growth Management;
Management Succession;
Organizational Culture;
Performance Evaluation;
Networks;
Partners and Partnerships;
Business Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Consulting Industry;
Europe;
United Kingdom;
England;
London
Fuller, Joseph B., and Lena Duchene. "Hakluyt: from Corporate Intelligence to Trusted Advisors." Harvard Business School Case 824-200, May 2024. (Revised September 2024.)
- September 2023
- Article
Customer Churn and Intangible Capital
By: Scott R. Baker, Brian Baugh and Marco Sammon
Intangible capital is a crucial and growing piece of firms’ capital structure, but many of its distinct components are difficult to measure. We develop and make available several new firm-level metrics regarding a key component of intangible capital – firms’ customer...
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Keywords:
Customer Base;
Transaction Data;
Customer Churn;
Intangible Capital;
Capital Structure;
Measurement and Metrics;
Customers
Baker, Scott R., Brian Baugh, and Marco Sammon. "Customer Churn and Intangible Capital." Journal of Political Economy Macroeconomics 1, no. 3 (September 2023): 447–505.