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  • 16 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 16

exogenous shocks to household income in rural India: the dramatic reduction in import tariffs in the early 1990s and rainfall variations. We find that trade shocks, previously shown to raise relative poverty, also increased the incidence of violent crimes and property... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Sep 2016
  • What Do You Think?

How Can the Threat of Networks Be Reduced?

great they are as individuals, reap the personal benefits of their position, and deftly blunt competition from potential inter-organizational rivals.” His point is that an age of knowledge sharing facilitated by networks negates the effectiveness of View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • February 2004 (Revised April 2007)
  • Case

Random House

By: Bharat N. Anand, Kyle F. Barnett and Elizabeth Lea Carpenter
On June 12, 2003, the proposed merger of Random House and Time Warner Book Group was called off by the CEO of Random House's parent company, Bertelsmann. The announcement was welcomed by several critics who had questioned the logic of further consolidation in the book... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Information Publishing; Problems and Challenges; Relationships; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competition; Vertical Integration; Internet; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Publishing Industry
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  • 09 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 9, 2008

H.Watson, Yu-Sheng Zheng Abstract In this paper, we study managers' errors in decision making for inventory replenishment and how these errors affect their inventory system. In particular, primarily for its expected relationship with the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Dec 2021
  • News

Case Study: Let’s Dance

globally. She sees a huge potential for vertical social networks in the dance community, which is inherently social in the real world but has been largely overlooked by tech. And given its position at the crossroads of music, fitness, and... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • 13 Jan 2016
  • Research & Ideas

The Problem with Productivity of Multi-Ethnic Teams

Pons. At the same time, the findings of Pons and his fellow researchers offer a note of caution in how teams are put together. “Ethnic homogeneity matters a lot, and it may affect productivity in different ways, whether it’s on a horizontal or View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 04 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 4

Abstract—What is the relationship between product prices and vertical integration? While the literature has focused on how integration affects prices, this paper shows that prices can affect integration.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Nov 2002
  • Research & Ideas

From Lone Star to Team Player

on individual performance are prone to this problem. It is a problem in investment banking and can also be a problem in sales organizations where individuals are compensated for their own sales and not for helping others and sharing best practices. Q: Could you... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
  • 01 Mar 2025
  • News

Work of Art

That’s the Kaphar effect. It’s also a picture of vertical integration, as Price, the MBA of the partnership, explains: The manufacturing is the creativity. Four apartments provide affordable housing for artists and generate income while... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photos by Chris Sorensen; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • 21 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 21, 2009

businesses outperform both single-unit firms and multi-unit firms composed of unrelated businesses. Explanations for this relationship between focus and firm performance have largely centered on economies of scope achieved by sharing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Developing the Global Leader

networks that are internal and external to the organization. "It's a process of shifting from vertical management to horizontal collaboration. One's title and role are far less important than the capacity to get things done."... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 16 Jan 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018

candidates. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53708 Transaction Costs and the Duration of Contracts By: MacKay, Alexander Abstract—The duration of a vertical View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 17

identified and classified in terms of specifying, allocating, and utilizing capacity. The first two categories reflect challenges faced by infrastructure providers; the last category, challenges faced by airlines. Building Effective Business View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • December 2001
  • Case

Qwest Communications International Inc.

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Christopher Hackett
Describes the evolution of Qwest from a small fiber-optic construction firm in 1996 to a global telecommunications giant in 2001. Focuses on Qwest's pivotal acquisition of "Baby Bell" US West, a regional Bell operating company many times Qwest's size. Discusses the... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Asset Pricing; Business History; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Organizational Culture; Partners and Partnerships; Vertical Integration; Telecommunications Industry
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  • 23 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 23

exporting, learning from competitors, users, and alliance partners. In this paper we focus attention on another locus of learning that has received less attention from academics despite popular interest: learning by supplying. Using a detailed panel dataset on supply... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 02 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

Laura, Nick Bloom, Paola Conconi, Harald Fadinger, Patrick Legros, Andrew F. Newman, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen Abstract—Little is known theoretically, and even less empirically, about the relationship between firm boundaries... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • February 1995 (Revised August 1995)
  • Case

Microsoft in the People's Republic of China, 1993

By: Tarun Khanna
Explores some of the economic and political tradeoffs that need to be negotiated by a firm seeking to influence industry structure. The setting is the nascent personal computer software industry in the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1993. Microsoft has to localize... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Product Marketing; Market Entry and Exit; Market Transactions; Industry Structures; Partners and Partnerships; Vertical Integration; Software; Information Technology Industry; China
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  • 02 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 2

vertical production and financial linkages with parents exhibited greater resilience. Finally, in contrast to the crisis period, the effect of foreign ownership and linkages on establishment performance was insignificant in non-crisis... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 10, 2008

note examines the relationship between video gaming devices (console, handhelds, mobile and PC) and gaming software development. The impact of broadband, wireless technologies and other innovations are also presented. Purchase this note: View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016

Cagé, and William R. Kerr Abstract—We build an endogenous growth model to analyze the relationships between taxation, corruption, and economic growth. Entrepreneurs lie at the center of the model and face disincentive effects from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne