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  • 2022
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Buying Time? The Vietnam War and Southeast Asia

By: Mattias Fibiger
This article examines the “buying time thesis”—the idea that the American war in Vietnam bought time for the rest of Southeast Asia to build up political, economic, military, and diplomatic defenses against communism. It finds that there is some truth to claims that... View Details
Keywords: Vietnam War; Impact; Legacy; Geopolitics; War; History; Government and Politics; Southeast Asia
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Fibiger, Mattias. "Buying Time? The Vietnam War and Southeast Asia." In The Vietnam War in the Pacific World, edited by Brian Cuddy and Fredrik Logevall, 231–256. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2022.
  • September 1991 (Revised January 1992)
  • Case

Allegheny Ludlum: Research and Engineering Resource Allocation

By: Dorothy Leonard-Barton and Geoffrey K. Gill
Allegheny Ludlum's (AL) technical vice president, Jack Shilling faces the task of determining how to allocate engineering resources among five areas of technology. AL's technology organization has great strategic importance and has therefore been untouched by the... View Details
Keywords: Engineering; Resource Allocation; Information Technology; Policy; Leadership; Decisions; Competency and Skills; Projects; Joint Ventures; Strategy; Electronics Industry; Technology Industry
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Leonard-Barton, Dorothy, and Geoffrey K. Gill. "Allegheny Ludlum: Research and Engineering Resource Allocation." Harvard Business School Case 692-027, September 1991. (Revised January 1992.)
  • 25 Sep 2024
  • HBS Seminar

Nan Clement, MIT Sloan School of Management

  • June 29, 2022
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Strategic Complexity? Using Experiments to Understand and Overcome Obfuscation

By: Michael Luca, Ginger Zhe Jin and Daniel Martin
Credit card companies must decide what product features to disclose to consumers, such as payment schedules, penalties, and fees--and also whether to present them clearly or bury them in the fine print. Firms face similar choices in settings ranging from privacy... View Details
Keywords: Obfuscation; Credit Cards; Strategic Incentives; Complexity; Agreements and Arrangements; Customers; Consumer Behavior; Financial Services Industry
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Luca, Michael, Ginger Zhe Jin, and Daniel Martin. "Strategic Complexity? Using Experiments to Understand and Overcome Obfuscation." Management Science Review (June 29, 2022). (Summary of "Complex Disclosure," Management Science, May 2022.)
  • 01 Dec 2020
  • Blog Post

Hiring a Career Switcher: The Value of the MS/MBA

curriculum provides a strong foundation in general management, builds students’ design skills, and extends their understanding of engineering. Upon completion of the program, graduates are prepared to make decisions grounded in technical... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • October 2010 (Revised December 2015)
  • Supplement

Toyota Motor Corporation: 1990-2010

By: Roy D. Shapiro and Stephanie van Sice
This case follows Toyota's remarkable growth and geographic expansion from 1990 to 2010 and, in the recalls of 2009 and 2010, poses questions about the impact of that growth. Issues of increasing technological complexity also play a part. View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development; Problems and Challenges; Expansion; Complexity; Technology; Auto Industry
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Shapiro, Roy D., and Stephanie van Sice. "Toyota Motor Corporation: 1990-2010." Harvard Business School Supplement 611-035, October 2010. (Revised December 2015.)
  • 2015
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Do Managers Have a Role to Play in Sustaining the Institutions of Capitalism?

By: Rebecca Henderson and Karthik Ramanna
In a capitalist system based on free markets, do managers have responsibilities to the system itself? If they do, should these responsibilities shape their behavior when they engage in the political processes that structure the institutions of capitalism? The... View Details
Keywords: Capitalism; Lobbying; Leadership; Economic Systems; Managerial Roles; Business and Government Relations
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Henderson, Rebecca, and Karthik Ramanna. "Do Managers Have a Role to Play in Sustaining the Institutions of Capitalism?" Governance Studies, The Initiative on 21st Century Capitalism, No. 20, Brookings Institution, 2015.
  • September 2018 (Revised January 2019)
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Sobha Group Real Estate: Backward Integration for Quality

By: John Macomber and Alpana Thapar
From humble beginnings in Kerala, India, Mr. PNC Menon built a reputation for quality, detail, and trustworthiness, earning him major construction commissions in the Gulf region. This paved the way for venturing into real estate development in Dubai, UAE. Striving to... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate; Backward Integration; Land Acquisition; Raising Capital; Construction; Family Business; Decision Making; Joint Ventures; Quality; Real Estate Industry; Construction Industry; India; Middle East; Dubai
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Macomber, John, and Alpana Thapar. "Sobha Group Real Estate: Backward Integration for Quality." Harvard Business School Case 219-034, September 2018. (Revised January 2019.)
  • November 2024
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AlphaGo (A): Birth of a New Intelligence

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
This case, the first of a three-part series, traces DeepMind's evolution from its 2010 founding through its acquisition by Google in 2014. Often referred to as the "Apollo project" of artificial intelligence, DeepMind used games as a testing ground to develop AI... View Details
Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Technology Adoption; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Technological Innovation; Creativity; Technology Industry; South Korea; China; United States
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Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "AlphaGo (A): Birth of a New Intelligence." Harvard Business School Case 825-073, November 2024.
  • 26 Sep 2024
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Garrett Van Ryzin, Columbia & Amazon

    Thin Political Markets: The Soft Underbelly of Capitalism

    California Management Review Vol. 57, No. 2 (Winter 2015), pp. 5-19.

    “Thin political markets” are the processes through which some of the most complex and critical institutions of our capitalist system are determined—e.g., our... View Details
    • December 2010 (Revised November 2013)
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    Talent Recruitment at frog design Shanghai

    By: Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson and Yi Kwan Chu
    This case illustrates the complexity and importance of hiring decisions in the Chinese operation of a global design and innovation firm. View Details
    Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Recruitment; Talent and Talent Management; Decision Making; Complexity; Innovation and Invention; Shanghai
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    Eccles, Robert G., Amy C. Edmondson, and Yi Kwan Chu. "Talent Recruitment at frog design Shanghai." Harvard Business School Case 411-040, December 2010. (Revised November 2013.)
    • summer 2003
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    Patents, Invalidity, and the Strategic Transmission of Enabling Information

    By: James J. Anton and Dennis A. Yao
    The patent system encourages innovation and knowledge disclosure by providing exclusivity to inventors. Exclusivity is limited, however, because a substantial fraction of patents have some probability of being ruled invalid when challenged in court. The possibility of... View Details
    Keywords: System; Innovation and Invention; Knowledge Dissemination; Courts and Trials; Competition; Patents; Corporate Disclosure
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    Anton, James J., and Dennis A. Yao. "Patents, Invalidity, and the Strategic Transmission of Enabling Information." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 12, no. 2 (summer 2003): 151–178. (Harvard users click here for full text.)
    • 12 Feb 2025
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    How risk can be the key to a sustainable future with Sophie Levin (MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences 2022)

    describe startups tackling some of the most pressing and complex challenges of our time. Many of these companies face technical hurdles or market risks that require significant time and resources to... View Details
    • February 2021
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    Apple: Privacy vs. Safety (A)

    By: Henry McGee, Nien-hê Hsieh, Sarah McAra and Christian Godwin
    In 2015, Apple CEO Tim Cook debuted the iPhone 6S with enhanced security measures that enflamed a debate on privacy and public safety around the world. The iPhone 6S, amid a heightened concern for privacy following the 2013 revelation of clandestine U.S. surveillance... View Details
    Keywords: Iphone; Encryption; Data Privacy; Customers; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decision Making; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Globalized Firms and Management; Government and Politics; National Security; Law; Law Enforcement; Leadership; Markets; Safety; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Civil Society or Community; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Technology Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Electronics Industry; United States; China; Hong Kong
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    McGee, Henry, Nien-hê Hsieh, Sarah McAra, and Christian Godwin. "Apple: Privacy vs. Safety (A)." Harvard Business School Case 321-004, February 2021.
    • July 2010 (Revised March 2013)
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    One Firm One Future at Davis Langdon (A)

    By: Robert G. Eccles and Kaitlyn A. Simpson
    Senior Partner Rob Smith just led construction consultancy firm Davis Langdon through a major organizational change in Europe and the Middle East. In the past, compensation arrangements had not incentivized partners to collaborate across the firm to serve clients'... View Details
    Keywords: Profit Sharing; Global Strategy; Compensation and Benefits; Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Partners and Partnerships; Cooperation; Expansion; Consulting Industry; Europe; Middle East
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    Eccles, Robert G., and Kaitlyn A. Simpson. "One Firm One Future at Davis Langdon (A)." Harvard Business School Case 411-006, July 2010. (Revised March 2013.)
    • October 2009 (Revised April 2010)
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    Societe Generale (B): The Jerome Kerviel Affair

    By: Francois Brochet
    This case illustrates the tension/balance that firms with complex and risky business models must consider in designing their internal controls. It describes the environment in which a derivatives trader engaged in massive directional positions on major European stocks... View Details
    Keywords: Risk Management; Governance Controls; Crisis Management; Financial Services Industry
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    Brochet, Francois. "Societe Generale (B): The Jerome Kerviel Affair." Harvard Business School Supplement 110-030, October 2009. (Revised April 2010.)
    • 24 Sep 2018
    • Research & Ideas

    How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti

    in rural Haiti. Using a costing system developed at Harvard Business School, researchers found that the cost of care varied dramatically from clinic to clinic. The research and the concerns it raises are detailed in a recent case study,... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health
    • July 2019 (Revised November 2019)
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    Osaro: Picking the Best Path

    By: William R. Kerr, James Palano and Bastiane Huang
    The founder of Osaro saw the potential of deep reinforcement learning to allow robots to be applied to new applications. Osaro targeted warehousing, already a dynamic industry for robotics and automation, for its initial product—a system which would allow robotic arms... View Details
    Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning; Robotics; Robots; Ecommerce; Fulfillment; Warehousing; AI; Startup; Technology Commercialization; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Logistics; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Information Technology; Commercialization; Learning; Complexity; Competition; E-commerce
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    Kerr, William R., James Palano, and Bastiane Huang. "Osaro: Picking the Best Path." Harvard Business School Case 820-012, July 2019. (Revised November 2019.)
    • December 2001
    • Exercise

    Exercise on Employee Stock Option Dilution

    By: Brian J. Hall
    Discusses the effects of option dilution on stock prices and shareholder value. To simplify the example and isolate the complexity of option dilution, we make a number of simplifying assumptions. View Details
    Keywords: Stocks; Price; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Business and Shareholder Relations; Complexity; Value
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    Hall, Brian J. "Exercise on Employee Stock Option Dilution." Harvard Business School Exercise 902-162, December 2001.
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