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- 2013
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Industry Equilibrium with Open-Source and Proprietary Firms
By: Gaston Llanes and Ramiro de Elejalde
We present a model of industry equilibrium to study the coexistence of open-source and proprietary firms. Two novel aspects of the model are (i) participation in open source arises as the optimal decision of profit-maximizing firms, and (ii) open-source and proprietary... View Details
Keywords: Open Source Distribution; Balance and Stability; Software; Knowledge Management; Supply and Industry; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Research and Development; Cooperation
Llanes, Gaston, and Ramiro de Elejalde. "Industry Equilibrium with Open-Source and Proprietary Firms." International Journal of Industrial Organization 31, no. 1 (January 2013): 36–49.
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Online Transforming Customer Experiences Course | HBS Online
This course is part of the Entrepreneurship & Innovation and Leadership & Management track. Introduction to Transforming Customer Experiences ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today! New... View Details
- April 2003
- Case
Energis (A)
By: John R. Wells
Describes the history of Energis, one of the United Kingdom's major alternative telecommunications network service providers (altnets). Tracks the company from its birth as a diversification move by the National Grid, the U.K.'s leading electricity distributor, through... View Details
Keywords: History; Change Management; Business Exit or Shutdown; Business Growth and Maturation; Organizational Structure; Industry Structures; Telecommunications Industry; United Kingdom
Wells, John R. "Energis (A)." Harvard Business School Case 703-505, April 2003.
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
Publications October 2014 John Wiley & Sons International Strategy: Context, Concepts and Implications By: Collis, David J. Abstract—This book is designed for every student who will be involved in managing and advising companies... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- August 2006 (Revised May 2016)
- Case
Cluster Mobilization in Mitteldeutschland
By: Jeffrey Fear, Christian H.M. Ketels and Claudia Linsenmeier
As part of the privatization in Eastern Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Dow Chemical made a major investment in the Halle-Leipzig region, one of the largest chemical industry sites in Europe. The executive in charge of Dow's operations in the region, Bart... View Details
Keywords: Industry Clusters; Development Economics; Privatization; Chemicals; Foreign Direct Investment; Management Teams; Private Sector; Competitive Strategy; Brands and Branding; Market Participation; Chemical Industry; Germany
Fear, Jeffrey, Christian H.M. Ketels, and Claudia Linsenmeier. "Cluster Mobilization in Mitteldeutschland." Harvard Business School Case 707-004, August 2006. (Revised May 2016.)
- 28 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Why Manufacturing Matters
semiconductor industries. So the world's supply of high-efficiency lighting will be from those same regions of the world, primarily Taiwan, South Korea, and China. Thompson: Could semiconductor makers have foreseen that outsourcing one... View Details
- 03 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Making Money Making Movies
investigates the drivers of success and failure of media and entertainment products such as motion pictures and video games. Her paper, "Demand and Supply Dynamics for Sequentially Released Products in International Markets: The Case... View Details
- 08 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Catching the Entrepreneurship Bug at HBS
Maker Scholar was born! Now I’m selling greeting cards, custom art, and really a whole lot of other stuff I make with my hands and some art supplies via Shopify and Instagram from my little home “studio” (aka my kitchen table). It’s been... View Details
- 29 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
First Year at HBS: A Foundation for Business
or execute business strategy. No matter your intended industry or function, these 12 courses prepare future graduates to quickly analyze a situation, formulate a reasoned analysis, and create an action plan. A general manager needs to... View Details
- April 2008
- Exercise
Exercise: Customer-Operator Letter Writing
By: Frances X. Frei
The exercise involves having students write letters to an organization of their choice describing their operating experience at a detailed level. The companies' responses are paired with the students' letters and the entire collection is made available to the class.... View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Customer Satisfaction; Customer Value and Value Chain; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Performance Improvement
Frei, Frances X. "Exercise: Customer-Operator Letter Writing." Harvard Business School Exercise 608-126, April 2008.
- 30 Mar 2022
- News
Giving Hope and Comfort
often-overlooked aspect of poverty. Feingold himself didn’t understand the need until 2010, when he and his wife were discussing how to celebrate their children’s second and fourth birthdays. At the time, Feingold was a portfolio manager... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Group Therapy: The Role of Business Groups in Emerging Economies
nation’s infrastructure. They boost entrepreneurship by supplying seed capital for budding entrepreneurs, providing a range of support activities, and assisting in the distribution and marketing of goods and services. And if an... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Helping Hands for HBS
that their HBS degree could not save them from the vicissitudes of the marketplace." (In Transition: From the HBS Club of New York's Career Management Seminar, a 1991 book written by Burton and Wedemeyer, is still a favorite among job... View Details
- May 2004 (Revised April 2006)
- Case
Ultra: The Quest for Leadership (A)
By: Dwight B. Crane and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho
Ultra is one of a small group of competing Brazilian petrochemical companies, each of which buys raw material and is a minority owner of Copene, a "cracking" company that provides ethylene and other materials. Because of an industry restructuring, an auction of shares... View Details
Keywords: Capital; Capital Budgeting; Investment; Risk and Uncertainty; Risk Management; Industry Structures; Cash Flow; Cost of Capital; Valuation; Bids and Bidding; Economy; Ownership Stake; Chemical Industry; Brazil
Crane, Dwight B., and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho. "Ultra: The Quest for Leadership (A)." Harvard Business School Case 204-146, May 2004. (Revised April 2006.)
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
considered so basic that, regardless of culture, they are accepted as public responsibilities. However, for the low-income populations in developing countries, which constitute the majority of the world, access to these takes place through cash markets, which often... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Middle Way
Woods”—a series of demonstrations involving environmental and First Nations activists blocking the path of logging equipment and chaining themselves to trees and bulldozers. The protests attracted international attention and spread beyond... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous
- 01 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 1
opportunistic low-ball offers. Working Papers The Effect of Management Control Elements on Coordination By: Bormann, Sara, Jan Bouwens, and Christian Hofmann Abstract—This study examines how control elements of a firm affect... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
Kittyhawk team had to weigh its market options: Sell the disk drive to DMD's existing customers, who were manufacturing increasingly portable computing devices, or explore emerging opportunities elsewhere. A leading video game manufacturer, Nintendo, told a senior HP... View Details
- 03 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 3
quite limited. The best path forward involves extensive experimentation and careful evaluation. Publisher's link: http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/I/bo18508109.html August 2013 Advances in Strategic Management The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The Class of 1974: Timed for a Change
how it all happened. I have been a traveler and a student of a world that has become more complex and more diverse." Jack of Many Trades Since graduating from Harvard College in 1963, Chuck Mercer has worked as a textbook editor, encyclopedia salesman, ship broker,... View Details
Keywords: Charles B. ("Chuck") Mercer