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- May 2024
- Article
Design of Off-Grid Lighting Business Models to Serve the Poor: Field Experiments and Structural Analysis
By: Bhavani Shanker Uppari, Serguei Netessine, Ioanna Popescu and Rowan P. Clarke
A significant proportion of the world's population has no access to grid-based electricity and so relies on off-grid lighting solutions. Rechargeable lamp technology is gaining popularity as an alternative off-grid lighting model in developing countries. In this paper,... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Developing Countries and Economies; Consumer Behavior; Poverty; Logistics; Business Model; Utilities Industry
Uppari, Bhavani Shanker, Serguei Netessine, Ioanna Popescu, and Rowan P. Clarke. "Design of Off-Grid Lighting Business Models to Serve the Poor: Field Experiments and Structural Analysis." Management Science 70, no. 5 (May 2024): 3038–3058.
- Article
How to Capture Value from Innovation: Shaping Intellectual Property and Industry Architecture
By: Gary P. Pisano and David J. Teece
Capturing value from innovation requires innovators to figure out how to blunt inroads into the profit stream by imitators, customers, suppliers, and other providers of complementary products and services. In making strategic decisions around technology... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Intellectual Property; Knowledge Management; Knowledge Sharing; Industry Structures; Standards; Commercialization; Value
Pisano, Gary P., and David J. Teece. "How to Capture Value from Innovation: Shaping Intellectual Property and Industry Architecture." Special Issue on Leading Through Innovation (50th Anniversary Issue). California Management Review 50, no. 1 (Fall 2007): 278–296.
- April 2012
- Supplement
Meli Marine, Instructor Supplement (Brief Case)
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Sunru Yong
- April 2012
- Supplement
Meli Marine, Spreadsheet Supplement (Brief Case)
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Sunru Yong
- January 1998
- Article
Risk Management, Capital Budgeting and Capital Structure Policy for Financial Institutions: An Integrated Approach
By: K. A. Froot and J. Stein
Keywords: Catastrophe Risk; Corporate Finance; Cost Of Capital; Banking And Insurance; Asset Pricing; Hedging; Banking; Decision Choice And Uncertainty; Financial Markets; Insurance; Policy; Risk Management; Natural Disasters; Insurance Industry
Froot, K. A., and J. Stein. "Risk Management, Capital Budgeting and Capital Structure Policy for Financial Institutions: An Integrated Approach." Journal of Financial Economics 47, no. 1 (January 1998): 55–82. (Winner of Journal of Financial Economics. Jensen Prize. First Place For the best paper published in the Journal of Financial Economics in the areas of corporate finance and organizations. Revised from NBER Working Paper No. 5403, January 1996 and HBS Working Paper 96-030, December 1995.)
- 20 Feb 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Where Should We Build a Mall? The Formation of Market Structure and Its Effect on Sales
- Article
Bureaucratic versus Craft Administration: The Relationship of Market Structure to the Construction Firm
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "Bureaucratic versus Craft Administration: The Relationship of Market Structure to the Construction Firm." Administrative Science Quarterly 26, no. 3 (September 1981): 449–469.
- August 1983 (Revised July 1984)
- Case
Antitrust Movement: Symbolic Politics and Industrial Organization Economics
Tedlow, Richard S. "Antitrust Movement: Symbolic Politics and Industrial Organization Economics." Harvard Business School Case 384-051, August 1983. (Revised July 1984.)
- Article
The New Face of Chinese Industrial Policy: Making Sense of Anti-Dumping Cases in the Petrochemical and Steel Industries.
Why have China's petrochemical and steel industries behaved so differently in seeking trade protection through anti-dumping measures, especially given that both industries face the full force of the global economy? We argue that the patterning of anti-dumping actions... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Trade; Economy; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Motivation and Incentives; Marketing Channels; Industry Structures; System Shocks; Price; Restructuring; Interests; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; China
Abrami, Regina M., and Yu Zheng. "The New Face of Chinese Industrial Policy: Making Sense of Anti-Dumping Cases in the Petrochemical and Steel Industries." Journal of East Asian Studies 11, no. 3 (September–December 2011).
- 2012
- Article
Conflict Policy and Advertising Agency-Client Relations: The Problem of Competing Clients Sharing a Common Agency
By: Alvin J. Silk
What restrictions should be placed on advertising agencies with respect to serving accounts or clients that are competitors of one another in order to avoid conflicts of interest? In recent decades, the advertising and marketing services industry has undergone a number... View Details
Keywords: Advertising Agency; Competitors; Marketing Services Industry; Structural Changes; Agency-client Relationships; Hybrid Conflict Policies; Safeguards; Advertising; Advertising Industry; Europe; Latin America; North and Central America
Silk, Alvin J. "Conflict Policy and Advertising Agency-Client Relations: The Problem of Competing Clients Sharing a Common Agency." Foundations and Trends® in Marketing 6, no. 2 (2012): 63–149.
- October 2017
- Article
Toward a Prescriptive Theory of Dynamic Capabilities: Connecting Strategic Choice, Learning, and Competition
By: Gary P. Pisano
The field of strategy has mounted an enormous effort to understand, define, predict, and measure how organizational capabilities shape competitive advantage. While the notion that capabilities influence strategy dates back to the work of Andrews (1971, The Concept... View Details
Keywords: Business Admnistration; Market Structure; Firm Structure; Market Efficiency; Competency and Skills; Organizational Structure; Strategy
Pisano, Gary P. "Toward a Prescriptive Theory of Dynamic Capabilities: Connecting Strategic Choice, Learning, and Competition." Industrial and Corporate Change 26, no. 5 (October 2017): 747–762.
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
band together to lobby for government support, the concerns of restaurant owners and the unique realities and concerns of their industry remain largely unaddressed by government programs designed to help small businesses. Two months into... View Details
- 2014
- Other Article
A Place for Emotion: How Space Structures Nurse-Parent Interactions in West African Pediatric Wards
By: Ryann Manning
Keywords: Healthcare; Emotion; Emotions; Nursing; Africa; Organization; Hospital; Space; Place; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Culture; Organizations; Developing Countries and Economies; Health Industry; Africa
Manning, Ryann. "A Place for Emotion: How Space Structures Nurse-Parent Interactions in West African Pediatric Wards." Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings (2014).
- Winter 2009
- Article
Is Private Equity Out of Control in Latin America?: The Impact of Structures on Private Equity Transactions in Latin America 1988-2007
By: Roberto Charvel
This article explores the private equity industries in 25 Latin American countries from 1988 to 2007. View Details
Keywords: Latin America; Entrepreneurial Finance; Business Startups; Business Cycles; Development Economics; Economic Systems; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Assets; Capital Markets; Venture Capital; Capital Structure; Private Equity; Latin America; North and Central America
Charvel, Roberto. "Is Private Equity Out of Control in Latin America? The Impact of Structures on Private Equity Transactions in Latin America 1988-2007." Journal of Private Equity 13, no. 1 (Winter 2009): 80–88.
- September 2012
- Case
SCMS: Battling HIV/AIDS in Africa
By: Ananth Raman, Noel Watson, Santiago Kraiselburd and Emmanuel Akili
In 2005, USAID and the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), created the Supply Chain Management System (SCMS) to procure and distribute essential medicines and supplies; provide technical assistance to transform existing supply chains; and... View Details
Keywords: HIV; AIDS; Procurement Coordination; Developing Countries; Healthcare; Public Health; Ethiopia; Supply Systems For Healthcare Delivery In Developing Countries; Healthcare Logistics Industry; Health Disorders; Health Care and Treatment; Service Delivery; Supply Chain Management; Logistics; Developing Countries and Economies; Programs; Transition; Strategy; Pharmaceutical Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Ethiopia; Africa
Raman, Ananth, Noel Watson, Santiago Kraiselburd, and Emmanuel Akili. "SCMS: Battling HIV/AIDS in Africa." Harvard Business School Case 613-023, September 2012.
- 2008
- Article
Industrial Specialization and Regional Clusters in the Ten New EU Member States
By: Orjan Solvell, Christian H.M. Ketels and Goran Lindqvist
Purpose—The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of regional concentration patterns within ten new European Union (EU) member states, EU10, and make comparisons with EU15 and the US economy.
Design/methodology/approach—Industrial... View Details
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Keywords: Geographic Location; Policy; Employment; Industry Clusters; Industry Structures; European Union; United States
Solvell, Orjan, Christian H.M. Ketels, and Goran Lindqvist. "Industrial Specialization and Regional Clusters in the Ten New EU Member States." Special Issue on Macro and Micro Level Competitiveness Competitiveness Review 18, nos. 1/2 (2008): 104 – 130.
- 2007
- Working Paper
How to Capture Value from Innovation: Shaping Intellectual Property and Industry Architecture
By: Gary P. Pisano and David J. Teece
In making strategic decisions about how to capture value from innovation, managers often look at two critical domains—the intellectual property environment and the architecture of the industry—as beyond their control. Yet, the intellectual property environment and the... View Details
- December 2020
- Supplement
Tokio Marine Group (B)
By: David J. Collis, Nobuo Sato and Akiko Kanno
Updates the Tokio Marine (A) case by providing information on the organisation structure adopted by the Japanese insurance firm as it moved to integrate its global operations, along with changes in HR policies that sought to balance traditional Japanese practices with... View Details
Keywords: Organisational Design; Organization Structure; Culture; Global Strategy; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Values and Beliefs; Human Resources; Insurance Industry; Japan
Collis, David J., Nobuo Sato, and Akiko Kanno. "Tokio Marine Group (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 721-418, December 2020.
- January 2017
- Case
Exotic Interest Rate Swaps: Snowballs in Portugal
By: Boris Vallee, Patrick Augustin and Philippe Rich
This case explores a complex swap transaction implemented by Metro do Porto in 2007. It represents an opportunity to study fixed income derivative instruments, such as plain-vanilla swaps and structured swaps, as well as understand the opportunities and challenges of... View Details
Keywords: Swaps; Public Finance; Structured Finance; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Public Sector; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Portugal
Vallee, Boris, Patrick Augustin, and Philippe Rich. "Exotic Interest Rate Swaps: Snowballs in Portugal." Harvard Business School Case 217-050, January 2017.