Publications

August 2004
Article

The Costs of Shared Ownership: Evidence From International Joint Ventures

By: Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.

Keywords: Cost; Ownership; Joint Ventures; Global Range

SSRN

April 2024
Article

How Our Ideological Out-Group Shapes Our Emotional Response to Our Shared Socio-Political Reality

By: Julia Elad-Strenger, Amit Goldenberg, Tamar Saguy and Eran Halperin

What shapes our emotional responses to socio-political events? Following the social identity approach, we suggest that individuals adjust their emotional responses to socio-political stimuli based on their ideological out-group's responses, in a manner that preserves... View Details

Keywords: Political Ideology; Emotions; Identity; Groups and Teams; Israel

April 2015
Teaching Note

Yara International: Africa Strategy

By: Michael Porter and Jorge Ramirez-Vallejo

Leading fertilizer producer Yara International demonstrates the concept of creating shared value through the Southern Agricultural Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) initiative, which brought together multiple organizations to enhance agricultural development in rural... View Details

Keywords: Shared Value; Tanzania; Agriculture Reform; Africa; Tanzania

17 Apr 2017
Research Event

The Most Pressing Issues for Platform Providers in the Sharing Economy

The so-called chicken-and-egg problem is arguably the most discussed and most obvious business dilemma in the sharing economy. Platform providers–like Uber, Airbnb, or Etsy–rely on both consumers and producers to create and sustain a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Service

May 2015
Teaching Note

Walmart: Segmenting Social Impact

By: Michael E. Porter, Mark R. Kramer and Pamela Sud

This case provides a sample of Walmart's social engagement activities and asks students to categorize each as philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, or creating shared value. View Details

Keywords: Creating Shared Value; Society; Value Creation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving

2011
Working Paper

The Flexible Substitution Logit: Uncovering Category Expansion and Share Impacts of Marketing Instruments

By: Qiang Liu, Thomas J. Steenburgh and Sachin Gupta

Different instruments are relevant for different marketing objectives (category demand expansion or market share stealing). To help brand managers make informed marketing mix decisions, it is essential that marketing mix models appropriately measure the different... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Forecasting and Prediction; Investment; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Demand and Consumers; Mathematical Methods

October 2017
Article

Progress In Interoperability: Measuring US Hospitals' Engagement In Sharing Patient Data

By: A Jay Holmgren, Vaishali Patel and Julia Adler-Milstein

Achieving an interoperable health care system remains a top US policy priority. Despite substantial efforts to encourage interoperability, the first set of national data in 2014 suggested that hospitals’ engagement levels were low. With 2015 data now available, we... View Details

Keywords: Health; Technology; Electronic Health Records; Health Care and Treatment; Data and Data Sets; Technology Networks; Policy; United States

March 2006 (Revised March 2010)
Teaching Note

Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and the Market for Digital Information Goods (TN)

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Andres Hervas-Drane and Jordan Mitchell

Keywords: Information Technology

September 1983 (Revised June 1985)
Background Note

Note on Income Recognition, Results of Operations, and Earnings per Share

14 Nov 2011
Other Presentation

New York City’s Anchor Institutions: From Social Responsibility to Shared Value

By: Michael E. Porter

Professor Michael E. Porter: Initiative for a Competitive Inner City View Details

Keywords: Economics; Growth and Development; United States

24 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Career Advice for Minorities and Women: Sharing Your Identity Can Open Doors

Should people share their identities? The researchers believe the current research shows that women and minorities can benefit by putting their identities front and center, rather than waiting for unconscious biases to creep in,... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

July 2023
Article

Negative Expressions Are Shared More on Twitter for Public Figures Than for Ordinary Users

By: Jonas P. Schöne, David Garcia, Brian Parkinson and Amit Goldenberg

Social media users tend to produce content that contains more positive than negative emotional language. However, negative emotional language is more likely to be shared. To understand why, research has thus far focused on psychological processes associated with... View Details

Keywords: Social Media; Emotions

March 2013
Course Overview Note

Creating Shared Value: Entrepreneurial and Corporate Models for a Changing Economy

By: Christopher Marquis

February 2007
Article

The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales: An Empirical Analysis

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Koleman Strumpf

Keywords: Information Technology; Sales; Theory

November 2019 (Revised December 2020)
Case

Grupo Éxito: Facing Colombia's Competitive Grocery Retail Industry

By: José B. Alvarez, Carla Larangeira, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago and Miguel Diaz Moreno

Grupo Éxito, a leading South American retailer, faced declining market shares in Colombia in 2019 with the arrival of low-cost competitors and emerging digital trends. Originally founded in Medellín, Éxito had over the course of its seventy-year history evolved from a... View Details

Keywords: Grocery; Market Share; Information Technology; Trends; Competitive Strategy; Retail Industry; Colombia; Latin America

Educators

2005
Article

Beyond Knowledge Transfer: A Typology of Knowledge Sharing Behavior in Virtual Teams

By: Deborah Soule and Lynda M. Applegate

Keywords: Knowledge; Behavior; Groups and Teams; Knowledge Sharing

November 2014 (Revised March 2017)
Exercise

Walmart: Segmenting Social Impact

By: Michael Porter, Mark Kramer and Pamela Sud

This case provides a sample of Walmart's social engagement activities and asks students to categorize each as philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, or creating shared value. View Details

Keywords: Creating Shared Value; Society; Value Creation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Retail Industry

November 2016 (Revised February 2017)
Case

CVS Health: Redefining the Value Proposition

By: Michael E. Porter, Jorge Ramirez-Vallejo and Alexandra Houghtalin

This case explores how a company can use shared value as a lens to think about competition and strategy choices in a challenging and evolving industry. The case takes a historical look at the structure of the retail pharmacy industry and the changing nature of rivalry... View Details

Keywords: Shared Value; Pharmacy; Health Care; Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Retail Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States

Educators

September 2019 (Revised May 2020)
Case

Keroche (A): Fighting for Share in the Kenyan Alcoholic Drinks Market

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Pippa Tubman Armerding

This case discusses the challenges faced by Kenyan alcoholic drinks producer Keroche Industries Limited in 2003, when the Kenyan government accused the company of manufacturing and selling substandard alcoholic drinks, revoked its liquor licenses, and shut down its... View Details

Keywords: Keroche; Alcohol; Wine; Manufacturing; Informal Market; Regulation; Illicit; Illegal; Shutdown; Factory; Low-income Consumers; Multinational; Local; Government; Allegations; Accusations; Negative Press; EABL; Tusker; Beer; SAB; Chang'aa; Naivasha; Rift Valley; East Africa; Lawsuit; Legal Battle; Business Ventures; Business Exit or Shutdown; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Production; Safety; Quality; Distribution; Small Business; Family Business; Crime and Corruption; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decisions; Income; Demographics; Geographic Scope; Geographic Location; Goods and Commodities; Government Legislation; Growth and Development; Business History; Lawsuits and Litigation; Laws and Statutes; Lawfulness; Goals and Objectives; Consumer Behavior; Market Entry and Exit; Problems and Challenges; Social Issues; Poverty; Strategy; Competition; Entrepreneurship; Manufacturing Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Kenya; Nairobi; Africa

Educators