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February 2009 (Revised June 2010)
Background Note

Note on Valuing Control and Liquidity in Family and Closely Held Firms

Most companies around the world are family controlled and/or closely held. The need to value these companies routinely arises in practice for a variety of reasons, e.g., to buy out minority shareholders; for gift and estate tax purposes; to tie executive compensation... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Financial Liquidity; Governance Controls; Valuation

2024
Working Paper

Igniting Innovation: Evidence from PyTorch on Technology Control in Open Collaboration

By: Daniel Yue and Frank Nagle

Many companies offer free access to their technology to encourage outside addon innovation, hoping to later profit by raising prices or harnessing the power of the crowd while continuing to steer the direction of innovation. They can achieve this balance by opening... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Power and Influence; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Corporate Governance

September 2009
Article

Spousal Control and Intra-Household Decision Making: An Experimental Study in the Philippines

By: Nava Ashraf

Using an experimental design I elicit causal effects of spousal observability and communication on financial choices of married individuals in the Philippines. Making choices public moves men from putting money into their own account to consumption; communication with... View Details

Keywords: Intra-household; Bargaining; Experiments; Economic Development; Saving; Governance Controls; Decision Choices and Conditions; Personal Finance; Family and Family Relationships; Household; Gender

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March 2005 (Revised June 2005)
Case

Capital Controls in Chile in the 1990s (B)

By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Governance Controls; Financial Crisis; Foreign Direct Investment; Currency Exchange Rate; Inflation and Deflation; Demand and Consumers; Interest Rates; Capital; System; Central Banking; Chile

2017
Working Paper

Empowering Bureaucracy: Achieving Non-Hierarchical Control and Employee Autonomy Through Dynamic Formal Roles

By: Michael Lee

Hierarchy and formal structure are conventionally viewed as two tightly coupled dimensions of organization design. As organizations move from more hierarchical to less hierarchical authority structures, they also tend to reduce formal structure. However, organic... View Details

Keywords: Organization Design; Autonomy; Decentralization; Self-Managed Organizations; Formalization; Roles; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Management Systems

August 1974 (Revised November 1980)
Case

Japan (B): The Military Challenge to Civilian Control

By: Bruce R. Scott and Audrey T. Sproat

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Japan

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April 7, 2017
Article

Signs You’re Losing Control of Your Family Business

By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer

These red flags signal the need to reassert authority. View Details

August 1994
Case

Higashimaru Shoyu Company, Ltd. (A): Price Control System

Illustrates how Japanese firms use profit pressures to increase efficiency. In particular, explores how pseudo profit centers create pressure on workers to increase revenues and reduce costs, and the use of semiautonomous teams in a traditional Japanese workforce. View Details

Keywords: Cost Management; Groups and Teams; Organizational Structure; Performance Efficiency; Management Systems; Japan

1991
Book

Japanese Takeovers: The Global Contest for Corporate Control

By: W. C. Kester

Keywords: Integration; Japan

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1999
Book Review

Review of Out of Control by Kevin Kelly

By: Jan W. Rivkin

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22 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Control Your Inventory in a World of Lean Retailing

Manufacturers generally classify products in terms of broad product lines, developing a single marketing strategy and production plan for each line. That makes sense for marketing, but it's a mistake for production. Different SKUs [stock-keeping units] within a product... View Details

Keywords: by Frederick H. Abernathy, John T. Dunlop, Janice H. Hammond & David Weil; Consumer Products

2002
Chapter

Creditor Control in Financially Distressed Firms: The Empirical Evidence

By: S. C. Gilson and M. R. Vetsuypens

Keywords: Insolvency and Bankruptcy

2008
Chapter

How XBRL Will Dramatically Improve Reporting and Control Processes

By: Robert G. Eccles, Liv Watson and Mike Willis

Keywords: Financial Reporting; Applications and Software; Standards

1987
Article

Accounting Control Systems and Business Strategy: An Empirical Analysis

Keywords: Accounting; System; Business Strategy

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June 2002
Article

Control Implications of Worker Identification with Firm Sales Success

By: M. G. Alles and S. Datar

Keywords: Sales; Success; Employees

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summer 2003
Article

Ownership and Control Rights in Internet Portal Alliances, 1995-1999

By: Daniel W. Elfenbein and Josh Lerner

Keywords: Ownership; Rights; Internet and the Web; Alliances

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November–December 2000
Article

Control Your Inventory in a World of Lean Retailing

By: F.H. Abernathy, J.T. Dunlop, J. Hammond and D. Weil

Keywords: Assets; Sales

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July – August 1998
Article

Connectivity and Control in the Year 2000 and Beyond

By: R. L. Nolan

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1995
Article

Creditor Control in Financially Distressed Firms: The Empirical Evidence

By: S. C. Gilson and M. R. Vetsuypens

Keywords: Finance; Business Ventures

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May–August 1984
Article

An Economic View of the Market for Corporate Control

By: R. S. Ruback

Keywords: Economics; Markets; Business Ventures

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