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  • 2014
  • Working Paper

Management Practices, Relational Contracts and the Decline of General Motors

By: Susan Helper and Rebecca Henderson
General Motors was once regarded as one of the best managed and most successful firms in the world, but between 1980 and 2009 its share of the US market fell from 62.6 to 19.8 percent, and in 2009 the firm went bankrupt. In this paper we argue that the conventional... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Structure; Decision Making; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry
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Senior Executive Program—Africa

Summary African countries face a distinct set of social, economic, and political conditions that create unique business challenges—along with exciting opportunities. To gain a competitive advantage, businesses across the continent need... View Details
  • 19 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Climbing the Great Wall of Trust

"It's a gap that might make you less competitive compared with someone who is of the same ethnic culture." “To the extent that you could speak the language or demonstrate a certain level of understanding of culture, that might... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding

    Graphic Packaging: Project Cowboy

    In July 2019, Graphic Packaging CEO Michael Doss was proposing a $600 million investment in a new machine to produce coated recycled board (CRB), a type of paper packaging used for consumer products (cups, cereal boxes, beverage boxes, etc.) that utilized recycled... View Details
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    Faculty & Advisors | MBA

    Sclerosis, Ischemic Stroke, and Neuro-Oncology. A tech-bio company co-founded with Mayo Clinic, Ibis Therapeutics’ AI-driven Dynamic Fingerprint Platform engine enables the discovery of novel compounds and selection of patient cohorts... View Details
    • Program

    Behavioral Economics—Virtual

    Summary What if you could predict how customers will respond to a product? Or how employees will decide to implement a new initiative? In Behavioral Economics—Virtual, you'll acquire a dynamic framework for interpreting, analyzing, and... View Details
    • 14 Mar 2007
    • Op-Ed

    Government’s Misguided Probe of Private Equity

    that Judge Medina flagged a half-century ago seem destined to be repeated. Dynamic Industry Far from being a static industry with ossified giants, private equity features brutal competition and enormous... View Details
    Keywords: by Josh Lerner; Financial Services
    • 23 Aug 2013
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Waves in Ship Prices and Investment

    Keywords: by Robin Greenwood & Samuel Hanson
    • 20 Aug 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: August 20

    Publications August 2013 Marketing Science Do Bonuses Enhance Sales Productivity? A Dynamic Structural Analysis of Bonus-Based Compensation Plans By: Chung, Doug J., Thomas Steenburgh, and K. Sudhir Abstract—We estimate a View Details
    Keywords: Anna Secino
    • Program

    Managing Turbulence

    innovation and productivity. Details Optimize your organization's capacity to survive and thrive Understand the building blocks of organizational transformation Measure organizational readiness, resilience, and agility Apply value-based thinking to deepen View Details
    • May 2018 (Revised June 2018)
    • Case

    Ashar Group: Brokers and Co-opetition in the Life Settlement Industry

    By: Alexander Braun, Lauren H. Cohen, Christopher J. Malloy and Jiahua Xu
    Connecting life insurance policyholders with potential investors (called Life Settlement Providers), Ashar Group plays a pivotal role in the industry. Its current position is, however, increasingly being challenged by consumer-direct models, led by major providers... View Details
    Keywords: Insurance; Investment; Markets; Competitive Strategy; Cooperation; Financial Services Industry
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      Rosabeth M. Kanter

      Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights guide leaders worldwide through teaching, writing, and direct... View Details

      Keywords: accounting industry; advertising; airline; apparel; arts; automobiles; banking; beauty products; beverage; biotechnology; broadcasting; chemical; clothing; communications; computer; consulting; consumer products; e-commerce industry; education industry; electrical equipment; electronics; entertainment; fashion; fast food; federal government; financial services; food; food processing; grocery; health care; high technology; hotels ＆ motels; industrial goods; information; information technology industry; insurance industry; internet; legal services; management consulting; manufacturing; medical supplies; nonprofit industry; oil ＆ gas; petroleum; pharmaceuticals; professional services; publishing industry; real estate; recreation; restaurant; retail financial services; retailing; semiconductor; soft drink; software; sports; state government; telecommunications; textiles; tourism; toy; transportation; travel; utilities; wine
      • 20 Dec 2016
      • First Look

      December 20, 2016

      the competitive advantage of firms during periods of rapid innovation. Focusing on the dynamic capabilities framework, it shows how three models of historical change—evolutionary, dialectical, and... View Details
      Keywords: Carmen Nobel
      • 27 Sep 2011
      • First Look

      First Look: September 27

      terms expire, changes to the U.S. healthcare system are also of significance to patients and the pharmaceutical industry internationally. This article evaluates how the ACA will affect the size of the biopharmaceutical market and View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 2008
      • Working Paper

      On Best-Response Bidding in GSP Auctions

      By: Matthew Cary, Aparna Das, Benjamin Edelman, Ioannis Giotis, Kurtis Heimerl, Anna R. Karlin, Claire Mathieu and Michael Schwarz
      How should players bid in keyword auctions such as those used by Google, Yahoo! and MSN? We model ad auctions as a dynamic game of incomplete information, so we can study the convergence and robustness properties of various strategies. In particular, we consider... View Details
      Keywords: Online Advertising; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Game Theory; Mathematical Methods; Competitive Strategy
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      Managing Health Care Delivery

      organization Enhance coordination of services Stimulate and improve innovation over time Become a more capable health care leader Build skills to design and lead a competitive health care delivery organization Understand how effective... View Details
      Keywords: Health Care; Health Care
      • 20 Jan 2010
      • First Look

      First Look: Jan. 20

      benefits from outsourcing the use of intellectual property increases. We also examine how the variability of payoffs to effort affects the optimal way the owner of the intellectual property uses it. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-100.pdf Does... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 12 Sep 2006
      • First Look

      First Look: September 12, 2006

      human capital are also important for the effect of FDI on economic growth. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-013.pdf Architectural Innovation and Dynamic Competition: The Smaller "Footprint" Strategy... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • Research Summary

      Overview

      The research activity of Stefano Denicolai regards the management of innovation and technology. His recent works investigate if and how the investment in intangible assets (IA) - especially knowledge assets, such as patents or copyright - impacts on the firm... View Details
      Keywords: Innovation Management; International Entrepreneurship; Intangible Assets; Open Innovation; Innovation and Management; Entrepreneurship; Competitive Strategy; Technology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Web Services Industry; Tourism Industry
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      Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

      pressure to look successful has never been greater. In organizations without psychological safety, these dynamics are exacerbated. This session will focus on ideas and practices for thinking about and learning from failure. Professor Amy... View Details