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- 2013
- Working Paper
Visualizing and Measuring Enterprise Architecture: An Exploratory BioPharma Case
By: Robert Lagerstrom, Carliss Baldwin, Alan MacCormack and David Dreyfus
We test a method that was designed and used previously to reveal the hidden internal architectural structure of software systems. The focus of this paper is to test if it can also uncover new facts about the components and their relationships in an enterprise...
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Lagerstrom, Robert, Carliss Baldwin, Alan MacCormack, and David Dreyfus. "Visualizing and Measuring Enterprise Architecture: An Exploratory BioPharma Case." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-105, June 2013.
- June 2007
- Article
Does Employment Protection Reduce Productivity? Evidence from U.S. States
By: David H Autor, William R. Kerr and Adriana D. Kugler
Theory predicts that mandated employment protections may reduce productivity by distorting production choices. Firms facing (non-Coasean) worker dismissal costs will curtail hiring below efficient levels and retain unproductive workers, both of which should affect...
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Keywords:
Theory;
Production;
Selection and Staffing;
Cost;
Employment;
Capital;
Performance Productivity;
United States
Autor, David H., William R. Kerr, and Adriana D. Kugler. "Does Employment Protection Reduce Productivity? Evidence from U.S. States." Economic Journal 117, no. 521 (June 2007): 189–217.
- 22 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Silo Lives! Analyzing Coordination and Communication in Multiunit Companies
and 60 million electronic calendar entries over a three-month period. The results provide an unmatched look inside the "black box" that hides what Stuart calls the "soft wiring" of previously invisible social networks. In this Q&A,...
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by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
Working PapersThe Political Economy of 'Natural' Disasters Authors:Charles Cohen and Eric D. Werker Abstract Natural disasters occur in a political space. Although events beyond our control may trigger a disaster, the level View Details
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Martha Lagace
- Article
A Framework for Research on Corporate Accountability Reporting
By: Karthik Ramanna
This paper provides an accounting-based conceptual framing of the phenomenon of corporate accountability reporting. Such reporting is seen as arising from a delegator's (e.g., a citizenry) demand to hold a delegate (e.g., shareholders) to account. When effective,...
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Ramanna, Karthik. "A Framework for Research on Corporate Accountability Reporting." Accounting Horizons 27, no. 2 (June 2013): 409–432.
- Research Summary
STATUS
In his work on status orders, Professor Malter studies the ways in which status orders affect the returns to organizations, the incentives and opportunities in markets, social market structure, and firm decisions. Using data on a highly structured wine region of...
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- March 2020 (Revised February 2023)
- Case
Performance Management at Afreximbank (A)
By: Robert S. Kaplan, Siko Sikochi and Josh Steimle
Based in Cairo, Afreximbank was founded in October 1993 as a specialized continental financial institution designed to address the low level of intra-African trade, the decline in financial flows to Africa, the worsening external debt situation of many African...
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Keywords:
Performance Management;
Balanced Scorecard;
Performance Expectations;
Performance Evaluation;
Performance Improvement;
Organizational Culture;
Strategy;
Banking Industry;
Africa;
Egypt
Kaplan, Robert S., Siko Sikochi, and Josh Steimle. "Performance Management at Afreximbank (A)." Harvard Business School Case 120-029, March 2020. (Revised February 2023.)
- 2008
- Book
Greater Good: How Good Marketing Makes for Better Democracy
By: John A. Quelch and Katherine E. Jocz
Marketing has a greater purpose, and marketers, a higher calling, than simply selling more widgets, according to John Quelch and Katherine Jocz. In "Greater Good", the authors contend that marketing performs an essential societal function—and does so democratically....
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- 16 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 16, 2007
Working Papers"Don'ts" And "Do's": Insights from Experience In Mitigating Risks Of Western Investors In Post-Communist Countries Authors:Charalambos A. Vlachoutsicos and Paul R. Lawrence Abstract No abstract...
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Martha Lagace
- 24 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
evidence that “short-termism" and “quarterly capitalism” are impairing firms' ability to invest, innovate, and provide good wages. We explain why S&P 500 shareholder-payout figures provide a misleadingly incomplete picture of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Research Summary
Good cop, Bad Cop: Complementarities between Debt and Equity in Disciplining Management
Joint work with Alexander Gümbel, Saïd Business School and Lincoln College Oxford
In this paper we examine how the quantity of information generated about firm... View Details
- 2016
- Conference Paper
The Pressing Game: Optimal Defensive Disruption in Soccer
By: Iavor I. Bojinov and Luke Bornn
Soccer, the most watched sport in the world, is a dynamic game where a team’s success relies on
both team strategy and individual player contributions. Passing is a cardinal soccer skill and a
key factor in strategy development; it helps the team to keep the ball...
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Bojinov, Iavor I., and Luke Bornn. "The Pressing Game: Optimal Defensive Disruption in Soccer." Paper presented at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA, March 2016.
- 2020
- Working Paper
Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 3 Transaction Free Zones
In Chapter 2 we saw that the most economical locations for transactions in a task network are the so-called thin crossing points—places where transfers are easy to define, count and pay for. However, in many places in the task network, transfers of material, energy,...
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Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 3 Transaction Free Zones." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-031, August 2020.
- 2009
- Working Paper
Why Do Countries Adopt International Financial Reporting Standards?
By: Karthik Ramanna and Ewa Sletten
In a sample of 102 non-European Union countries, we study variations in the decision to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). There is evidence that more powerful countries are less likely to adopt IFRS, consistent with more powerful countries being...
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Keywords:
Financial Reporting;
International Accounting;
Globalized Economies and Regions;
Network Effects;
Standards;
Adoption
Ramanna, Karthik, and Ewa Sletten. "Why Do Countries Adopt International Financial Reporting Standards?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-102, March 2009.
- August 2018
- Teaching Note
Magpie: Developing and Using Buyer Personas
Teaching Note for HBS No. 818-013. Magpie is a startup with a platform that allows publishers to natively tag the products discussed in their content and thus allows consumers to purchase those products without needing to leave that publisher’s web page. A key aspect...
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- May 2011
- Case
Baria Planning Solutions, Inc.: Fixing the Sales Process
By: Steven C. Wheelwright and William Schmidt
Baria Planning Solutions (BPS) is a consulting firm that specializes in using spend analysis to help companies identify savings through reduced procurement costs and improved supplier performance. Management is concerned about the disappointing performance of the sales...
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Keywords:
Quantitative Analysis;
Technology;
Operations Management;
Product Lines;
Manufacturing;
Capacity Planning;
Production Planning;
Production;
Management Practices and Processes;
Service Operations;
Supply Chain Management;
Salesforce Management;
Planning;
Consulting Industry;
North and Central America
Wheelwright, Steven C., and William Schmidt. "Baria Planning Solutions, Inc.: Fixing the Sales Process." Harvard Business School Brief Case 114-568, May 2011.
- April 2012
- Case
Bayonne Packaging, Inc.
By: Roy D. Shapiro and Paul E. Morrison
A printer and paper converter produces customized packaging used by industrial customers to deliver promotional materials, software, luxury beverages, and gift food and candy. The company specializes in creating innovative packaging solutions for its customers and...
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Keywords:
Production Controls;
Manufacturing;
Capacity Analysis;
Quality Control;
Performance Management;
Process Analysis;
Quality;
Production;
Performance Productivity;
Performance Capacity;
Business Processes;
Manufacturing Industry
Shapiro, Roy D., and Paul E. Morrison. "Bayonne Packaging, Inc." Harvard Business School Brief Case 124-420, April 2012.
- March 2011
- Case
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Company in 2011
By: Willy Shih and Jia Cheng
When David Wang took over as the CEO of SMIC, he knew that if he was to capitalize on the company's strategic location in the China market, he would have to transform the company mindset and its operating structure from its roots in the manufacturing of DRAMs to the...
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Keywords:
Growth and Development Strategy;
Resource Allocation;
Market Entry and Exit;
Business Processes;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Customization and Personalization;
Semiconductor Industry;
China
Shih, Willy, and Jia Cheng. "Semiconductor Manufacturing International Company in 2011." Harvard Business School Case 611-053, March 2011.
- 2003
- Conference Paper
Follow the Money: What Really Drives Technology Innovation in Construction
By: John D. Macomber
Technology enthusiasts, academics, and software companies remain concerned about the slow pace of innovation in the construction industry. Tools are widely available that seem to provide eminently sensible and clearly apparent improvement to the process of design and...
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Keywords:
Buildings and Facilities;
Technological Innovation;
Construction;
Design;
Performance Improvement;
Motivation and Incentives;
Knowledge Management;
Adoption;
Business Model;
Capital Structure;
Supply Chain
Macomber, John D. "Follow the Money: What Really Drives Technology Innovation in Construction." Paper presented at the American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003.
- February 2001 (Revised March 2003)
- Case
Extricity Inc.
Extricity provides software that triggers and automates information flows between collaborating businesses. Its products interface with the legacy information systems already in use by customers, extract information from them, and send this information over the...
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Keywords:
Product Positioning;
Internet and the Web;
Information Technology;
Applications and Software;
Information Technology Industry
McAfee, Andrew P., and Gregory Bounds. "Extricity Inc." Harvard Business School Case 601-113, February 2001. (Revised March 2003.)