Publications

Educators

15 May 2013
Research & Ideas

From McRibs to Maseratis: The Power of Scarcity Marketing

ourselves). Happy Money provides valuable information not only for pleasure-seeking consumers, but also for companies looking to increase the happiness of both employees and customers. The following excerpt describes how the power of... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael I. Norton

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

Keywords: Innovation and Management; Intellectual Property; Industry Structures; Value

June 2014
Article

Mastering the Intermediaries: Strategies for Dealing with the Likes of Google, Amazon, and Kayak

By: Benjamin Edelman

Many companies depend on powerful platforms which distinctively influence buyers' purchasing. (Consider, Google, Amazon, and myriad others in their respective spheres.) I consider implications of these platforms' market power, then suggest strategies to help companies... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Market Power; Dominance; Advertising Campaigns; Marketing Channels; Agreements and Arrangements; Competitive Strategy; Negotiation; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry

Read Now

12 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions

caps. "These measures were not put in place because of the concentrated lobbying power of France's consumer lending sector," Trumbull says. Instead, French politicians worked closely with industry and family... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

Article

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Electric Utilities, and the Power of Competition

By: Willis Emmons

Keywords: Government and Politics; Energy; Competition; Energy Industry

July 2017 (Revised January 2020)
Background Note

Primer on Multiples Valuation and Its Use in the Private Equity Industry

By: Victoria Ivashina and Henrik Boe

This note explores the mechanics of multiples, different types of multiples, when and how to use them, and common pitfalls associated with multiples valuation. While a multiples approach is a very convenient valuation method, breaking down the underlying assumptions... View Details

Keywords: Valuation Methods; Multiples; Private Equity; Valuation; Measurement and Metrics

Educators

2017
Chapter

Entrepreneurship, Policy, and the Geography of Wind Energy

By: Geoffrey Jones

This study examines the geography of the global wind energy industry before 2000. Between 1980 and 2000, the global generating capacity of wind power grew from 13 megawatts to 17,400 megawatts, but two-thirds of that capacity was in Denmark, Germany, Spain, and the... View Details

Keywords: Wind Power; Business And Government; Renewable Energy; Entrepreneurship; Geography; Business and Government Relations; Policy; Business History; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Asia; Europe; United States

1995
Chapter

Investment in Pollution Compliance Options: The Case of Georgia Power

By: F. L. Reinhardt and M. Edleson

Keywords: Pollutants; Investment; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Energy Industry; Georgia (state, US)

September 2007
Case

Still Leading (B9): Hon. Colin Powell—A Portfolio for Powerful Impact

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Lance P. Pierce

Describes the post-career leadership issues for former General and Secretary of State Colin Powell. View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Transition; Leadership; Public Administration Industry

Educators

20 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry

begin with consumer electronics. That industry began with radio. Two enterprises commercialized, that is, brought the technology into public use: Radio Corporation of America (RCA), a joint venture of the three leading U.S. electrical and... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Consumer Products

04 Apr 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Why Private Investors Must Fund 'New Nuclear' Power Right Now

Drbouz In June 2016, I gave a TED Talk called We Need Nuclear Power to Solve Climate Change. The talk discussed the world’s realistic options for reducing fossil CO2 emissions soon enough to contain climate change’s more severe effects. To my surprise, that talk has... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Green Technology

June–July 2014
Article

Language as a Lightning Rod: Power Contests, Emotion Regulation, and Subgroup Dynamics in Global Teams

By: Pamela J. Hinds, Tsedal Neeley and Catherine Durnell Cramton

Through an ethnographic study comprised of interviews with and observations of 96 globally distributed members in six software development teams, we propose a model that captures how asymmetries in language fluency contribute to an us vs. them dynamic so common in... View Details

Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Communication Intention and Meaning; Groups and Teams; Applications and Software; Emotions; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Power and Influence; Information Technology Industry

November 1988 (Revised May 1998)
Teaching Note

Searching for Trade Remedies: The U.S. Machine Tool Industry--1983 & United States Trade Law, Teaching Note

By: David B. Yoffie

Teaching Note for (9-388-071) and (9-387-137). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry; United States; Japan; Germany

May 2013
Teaching Note

Privatization of the Power Sector in Nigeria (A and B)

By: Eric D. Werker and Ian Cornell

Keywords: Privatization; Energy Industry; Nigeria

02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: Who Has the Power in the Music Industry?

The music industry likes power. Power chords, power ballads, even Towers of Power. The balance of power in the industry, however, has been... View Details

Keywords: Re: Felix Oberholzer-Gee; Music

2025
Working Paper

Quality-Adjusted-Power: How to Decide Where to Site Renewables

By: Vishrut Rana, Christian Kaps and Serguei Netessine

Problem definition: Investments in renewable energy have surged worldwide in recent years, with over $2 trillion spent globally on clean energy. This surge was driven by growing policy support, concerns about energy security, and, most importantly, the cost... View Details

Keywords: Wind Power; Electricity Distribution; Renewable Energy; Profit; Investment Return; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Geographic Location; Revenue; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry

SSRN

June 1987 (Revised May 1992)
Case

Carolina Power & Light Co.: Customer and Operating Services Group

By: Frank V. Cespedes

Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Energy Industry; United States

2010
Working Paper

Reversing the Null: Regulation, Deregulation, and the Power of Ideas

By: David Moss

It has been said that deregulation was an important source of the recent financial crisis. It may be more accurate, however, to say that a deregulatory mindset was an important source of the crisis—a mindset that, to a very significant extent, grew out of profound... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Financial Markets; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government and Politics; Failure; Business and Government Relations; Financial Services Industry; United States