Publications

28 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?

Source: Cecilie_Arcurs George Serafeim has a startling suggestion to fix the world’s biggest environmental, social, and governance (ESG) problems such as water pollution, deforestation, and wealth inequality: encourage companies within industries to do less competing... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining

30 Aug 2017
News

To Solve The World's Biggest Problems, Should Industries Cooperate More and Compete Less?

05 Jul 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Wintel: Cooperation or Conflict

Keywords: by Ramon Casadesus-Masanell & David B. Yoffie; Computer

December 1973 (Revised November 1993)
Case

Cooper Industries, Inc.

By: Thomas R. Piper

The executive president of a major industrial company must decide 1) whether to acquire a small hand tool company and, if so, 2) the value and form that the acquisition package should take. View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Valuation; Acquisition; Management Teams; Consumer Products Industry

June 1992 (Revised January 1994)
Case

Coopers & Lybrand in Hungary (A)

Multinational professional services firm Coopers & Lybrand has decided to enter the Hungarian market and weighs its strategic options in light of the environment in which it will operate and its resources. View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Market Entry and Exit; Service Industry; Hungary

July 1989 (Revised March 1992)
Case

Cooperative Company Friesland: A Cooperative Joint Venture in Condensed Milk

By: Ray A. Goldberg

Keywords: Joint Ventures; Cooperative Ownership; Food and Beverage Industry

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August 1974 (Revised November 1983)
Case

National Cranberry Cooperative

Requires an analysis of both the process flows and the production control system used in a cranberry receiving plant. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details

Keywords: Analysis; Production; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

August 2003 (Revised March 2004)
Case

Wintel (A): Cooperation or Conflict

By: David B. Yoffie, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Sasha Mattu

Examines the dynamic relationship between two complementors: Intel and Microsoft. Set in 1995, the case asks how Intel and Microsoft should solve a serious division between the two companies that threatens the health of the PC industry. View Details

Keywords: Conflict Management; Competition; Cooperation; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry

January 1992
Teaching Note

Cooper Industries, Inc. TN

By: Thomas R. Piper

Teaching Note for (9-274-116). View Details

Keywords: Electronics Industry; Electronics Industry

May 1986
Case

Cooper Industries, Inc., Software Case

By: Thomas R. Piper

Keywords: Software; Information Technology Industry

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November 2010 (Revised January 2012)
Case

CHS Inc.: Cooperative Leadership in a Global Food Economy

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Matthew Preble

CHS- the largest farm cooperative in the US- was planning its 2020 vision statement and the role the cooperative should play in the food system. View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness; Global Strategy; Goals and Objectives; Cooperative Ownership; Strategic Planning; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States

January 1991 (Revised April 1995)
Case

Cooper Industries' Corporate Strategy (A)

By: David J. Collis

Describes the development of a successful corporate strategy based on the acquisition and subsequent consolidation of low-technology manufacturing companies. Starting with a company history and discussion of current business segments, the case goes on to detail the... View Details

Keywords: Value Creation; Corporate Strategy; Acquisition; Manufacturing Industry

March 2015
Case

Tough Choices at the Gomez Lobster Cooperative

By: Rebecca Henderson and Amram Migdal

This case is designed to be used with HBS Note: Industry Self-Regulation: Sustaining the Commons in the 21st Century, HBS No. 315-074. View Details

Keywords: Governance Compliance

December 2001 (Revised January 2002)
Case

National Cooperative Council for Agriculture and Horticulture of the Netherlands, The

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Cate Reavis

As the No. 1 cooperative country in the world and the second leading trading country in the world, how do the cooperatives of the Netherlands organize to provide leadership in the global food system? View Details

Keywords: Cooperative Ownership; Food; Agribusiness; Globalization; Leadership; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Netherlands

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2023
Article

Conduit Incentives: Eliciting Cooperation from Workers Outside of Managers' Control

By: Susanna Gallani

Can managers use monetary incentives to elicit cooperation from workers they cannot reward for their efforts? I study “conduit incentives,” an innovative incentive design, whereby managers influence bonus-ineligible workers’ effort by offering bonus-eligible employees... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Behavior Modification; Peer Monitoring; Persistence Of Performance Improvements; Crowding Out; Implicit Incentives; Compensation; Healthcare; Social Pressure; Image Motivation; Incentives; Motivation; Performance; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Compensation and Benefits; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Organizational Culture; Health Industry; California

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November 2021
Article

Making Industrial Policy Work for Decarbonization

By: Jonas Meckling

Industrial policy has begun to move into the center of debates on climate policy. This represents a shift away from climate policy as we know it—as classic environmental policy. Industrial policy and environmental policy differ in their policy goals, policy... View Details

Keywords: Environmental Regulation; Policy; Government and Politics; Climate Change