Coordinated Industry Structure - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2017
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017

business backstage. This book provides an overview of both the product on stage and the industry that makes it possible. While the industry’s product has unique supply and demand characteristics, it is still an industry, with economic... View Details

23 Jan 2019
Blog Post

The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition

mainstream music industry today made all of the hard work of the past decade deeply worth it.” Tucker: “I think professionally it provides nice exposure for the work we have been doing here at Troy Capital. I’d like to think it doesn’t... View Details

17 Jan 2019
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The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition

doing things as an entrepreneur and activist, you can often feel solo in your journey or that you are operating on the periphery of mainstream culture. So being recognized with such a prestigious accolade alongside many leaders of the mainstream music View Details

29 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Hunting for a Hot Job in High Tech? Try 'Digitization Economist'

the ability to understand industry structure and equilibrium behavior by firms. Working in a real-world setting with interdisciplinary teams on complex problems is part of the lure of the tech sector, says... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Technology; Education

01 Jun 2007
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Power Trip

of business. The first had to do with relocation. In the early 20th century, if you were Catholic, Jewish, or from the South, which didn’t have much of an industrial base, you would probably look for opportunities out west, where social... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

December 1999
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Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A6): Enterprise 250: Mark Canepa on the Newcomer as Change Agent

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Jane Roessner

Coming to Sun Microsystems after 20 years with Hewlett-Packard (HP), Mark Canepa brought a highly organized leadership style more characteristic of HP than Sun. His goal was to use the development of a new workstation product to build a disciplined, process-oriented,... View Details

Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Cost Management; Leadership Style; Product Development; Technology Industry; Technology Industry

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September 2018 (Revised November 2018)
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From Beirut With Love (A)

By: Christina R. Wing, Esel Y. Cekin and Samer Al-Rachedy

This case describes how Robert Fadel, CEO and chairman of ABC, one of Lebanon’s leading retail and real estate groups, professionalized the family business. Robert was the second son of the company’s founder, Maurice Fadel, who had run it single-handedly. Concerned... View Details

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01 Dec 2013
News

Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL

stadium in Los Angeles, a lucrative media market long devoid of an NFL team. Meanwhile, games in England have drawn huge crowds, and three regular season contests are scheduled for London next year. Backed by coordinated media and... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

01 Dec 2018
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018

greatest success factor: disciplined leadership. The authors relate the stories of executives who have successfully broken through the barriers of growth to identify what they all have in common. They supplement these findings with decades of View Details

24 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017

levels of poverty. One common challenge is that farmers only have access to one channel, often an auction, in which to sell their crops. Recently, e-intermediaries have emerged as alternate, technology-driven posted-price channels. We aim to develop insights into the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 17

Piecemeal attempts to fix elements of corporate governance will fail. The problem, to illustrate, is not just the structure of compensation. Nor will increasing required capital prevent problems at companies with strong incentives and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

Dividends from Schumpeter’s Noble Failure

models, individual entrepreneurs, companies, and industries vanish from the scene. In complete contrast to Schumpeter's approach in Business Cycles, no mention of a single business firm occurs over the 403-page length of The General... View Details

Keywords: by Thomas K. McCraw

01 Jun 2020
News

Inside Out

structures that we occupy. The authors make the case that the characteristics of where we live and work—things like air quality, acoustics, and lighting—have a massive impact on our physical and mental health, and lay the foundations for... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

03 Sep 2013
First Look

First Look: September 3

practices in structural units that align with the logic emphasized by the practice: when adopting practices reflecting a market logic, organizations will locate them in mainline business units, such as marketing; conversely, when adopting... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2016
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016

Skooter, his wife of sixty years, as she accompanied him on work-related trips to foreign countries. A Profile of the Performing Arts Industry by David H. Gaylin (MBA 1979) (Business Expert Press) At their best, the performing arts... View Details

07 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends

industries in different ways. Venture capital, for example, was once mostly reserved for institutional investors backed by endowments and pension funds. Today, it increasingly includes individual investors who are using technological... View Details

Keywords: Re: Josh Lerner; Financial Services; Banking

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Launching leaders: HBS's new initiative fuels first-generation and low-income student success - Recruiting

the pre-orientation, Bedford, Dean Srikant Datar, and Professor Juan Alcacer shared their personal experiences and insights. Practical sessions focused on budgeting, academic strategies, and leveraging campus resources. Structured and... View Details

16 Nov 2021
News

Getting Back Together for Global Networking Night; Healthcare Conference Draws New Interest

be key, as will engaging the entire school personally (educate yourself), interpersonally (work across differences), and institutionally (work together for structural change). “In some ways, I think DEI work needs to be top-down, but I... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

06 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 6, 2007

depression, led to a crisis in the industry. Nonetheless, the pioneering group of forecasters shaped the core problems, and invented many of the techniques, that influenced the maturation of the industry in the decades that followed.... View Details