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  • 28 Apr 2015
  • First Look

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http://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Rules-Timeless-Lessons-Gates/dp/0062373951/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1427236936&sr=8-1 April 2015 Harvard Business Review Leaders as Decision Architects: Structure Your Organization's Work to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    The Truth About Open Offices

    It’s never been easier for workers to collaborate—or so it seems. Open, flexible, activity-based spaces are displacing cubicles, making people more visible. Messaging is displacing phone calls, making people more accessible. Enterprise social media tools are displacing... View Details
    • 11 Sep 2008
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Competing Complements

    Keywords: by Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Barry Nalebuff & David B. Yoffie
    • July 2010 (Revised September 2012)
    • Case

    Public Architecture

    By: Lakshmi Ramarajan, Christopher Marquis and Bobbi Thomason
    Public Architecture is a non-profit architecture company dedicated to creating social and professional change through design for the public good. Public has focused on three strategies to create change: 1) promoting the design community's commitment to pro bono work,... View Details
    Keywords: Design; Innovation and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Nonprofit Organizations; Business Strategy; Integration
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    • 12 Aug 2018 - 14 Aug 2018
    • Conference Presentation

    Abstraction, Knowledge Flows, and the Rapid Dissemination of Emerging Technologies

    By: Willy C. Shih
    Many emerging technologies are remarkably complex and embody high levels of technological sophistication, and they often are key enablers for new products and services. Yet the speed of dispersal of the know-how required to employ these technologies and foster... View Details
    Keywords: Emerging Technologies; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Dissemination
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    • 2018
    • Working Paper

    Ratcheting, Competition, and the Diffusion of Technological Change: The Case of Televisions Under an Energy Efficiency Program

    By: Tomomichi Amano and Hiroshi Ohashi
    In differentiated goods markets with societal implications, quality standards are commonly implemented to avoid the under-provision of innovation. Firms have clear incentives to engage in strategic behavior because policymakers use market outcomes as a benchmark in... View Details
    Keywords: Product Differentiation; Energy Efficiency Standards; Ratcheting; Diffusion Of Innovation; Technological Innovation; Competition; Quality; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy
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    • August 2012 (Revised December 2012)
    • Case

    Telecommunications Regulation and Coordinated Competition in Romania

    By: Arthur Daemmrich, Alex Radu and Ana Sarbu
    Leaders of the Romanian telecommunications agency must decide about a proposed international merger and how to structure bandwidth auctions critical to the telecoms market. The case is designed to teach about regulatory choices from the perspective of a regulatory... View Details
    Keywords: Regulation; Auction Policy; European Union; Government Policy; Cell Phone Industry; Mergers and Acquisitions; Telecommunications Industry; Romania
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    • July 2004 (Revised July 2020)
    • Case

    Hines Goes to Rio

    By: Arthur I Segel and Ricardo Reisen De Pinho
    The Torre Almirante office tower, Hines' newest project in Rio de Janeiro, was a 36-story, Class AA office tower with an adjoining 420-stall parking structure and a preserved 14-story historic facade. It was completely different from anything that had previously been... View Details
    Keywords: Property; Design; Construction; Buildings and Facilities; Risk Management; Problems and Challenges; Real Estate Industry; Brazil; New York (city, NY)
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    • March 2009 (Revised July 2014)
    • Case

    PNC Financial: Grow Up Great (A)

    By: Christopher Marquis, V. Kasturi Rangan and Alison Comings
    In 2003, PNC Financial focused its corporate citizenship and philanthropic resources on a ten-year, $100 million investment in early childhood education called PNC Grow Up Great. The case tracks the origination of Grow Up Great, how it was developed and implemented... View Details
    Keywords: Early Childhood Education; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Leadership; Brands and Branding; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Structure; Business and Community Relations
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    • November 2019
    • Case

    Apple, Einhorn, and iPrefs (Abridged)

    By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and W. Carl Kester
    In March 2013, Apple Computer has a very large cash balance, and is under pressure to return cash to shareholders. Hedge fund manager David Einhorn thinks Apple can "unlock value" by issuing perpetual preferred stock, dubbed iPrefs. Henry Blodget, CEO of Business... View Details
    Keywords: Markets; Stock Shares; Value Creation; Business and Shareholder Relations
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    • TeachingInterests

    Strategy Execution

    By: Dennis Campbell

    This course takes strategy as given and teaches what students need to know to execute and win in highly competitive markets. Using fundamental building blocks based on accountability systems and structures, this course is divided into seven modules:

    1.... View Details

    • November 1980 (Revised October 1984)
    • Supplement

    Progressive Corp.'s Divisionalization Decision (B)

    By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
    Supplements the (A) case. Designed as an in-class handout. View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Structure
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    • March 2024 (Revised September 2024)
    • Case

    Supercell 2.0: Clash of Plans

    By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and George Gonzalez
    Founded in 2010, Supercell was a Helsinki, Finland-based mobile gaming company that had developed and launched five global hit mobile games: Clash of Clans, Clash Royale, Hay Day, Brawl Stars, and Boom Beach. The company’s early philosophy was that it could produce... View Details
    Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Restructuring; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Corporate Strategy; Video Game Industry; Finland
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    • 2015
    • Government Testimony

    Price Coherence in Online Platforms — Impact and Responses

    By: Benjamin Edelman and Julian Wright
    We examine the role of price coherence in shaping market structure and offer policy recommendations to advance both efficiency and equity. View Details
    Keywords: Price Coherence; Price Parity; MFN; Distribution Channels; Market Design; Travel Industry; Financial Services Industry
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    • Article

    Variety of Innovation in Global Value Chains

    By: Giulio Buciuni and Gary P. Pisano
    This article analyzes how the geography and organization of pre- and production stages in Global Value Chains (GVC) contribute to lead firms' innovation development. A novel approach in GVC studies is introduced based on transaction cost economics (TCE) and the... View Details
    Keywords: GVC; Global Value Chains; Manufacturing; Production; Global Range; Innovation and Invention
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    • March 2010 (Revised February 2011)
    • Case

    Cognizant 2.0: Embedding Community and Knowledge Into Work Processes

    By: Robert G. Eccles and Thomas H. Davenport
    Knowledge management has been a high priority for Cognizant Technology Solutions since its inception since its global delivery model requires the global sharing of knowledge. Its first major tool was called the Knowledge Management Appliance but as Web 2.0 tools came... View Details
    Keywords: Knowledge Management; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Product Development; Service Delivery; Business Processes; Organizational Structure; Cooperation; Information Technology Industry
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    • October 2003 (Revised February 2004)
    • Background Note

    Introduction to the Large-Scale Investment (LSI) Course at Harvard Business School

    By: Benjamin C. Esty
    Introduces students to the Large-Scale Investment (LSI) course taught at Harvard Business School. LSI is a case-based course about project finance that is designed for second-year MBA students. The course is about project finance, which involves creation of a legally... View Details
    Keywords: Value Creation; Project Finance; Investment; Projects
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    • 06 Oct 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    The Growth of the Social Enterprise

    practices designed to promulgate a particular culture, commitment to diversity, strategy for corporate involvement, and other core elements of City Year's theory of social change. It is expanding geographically through branches, in part,... View Details
    Keywords: by Carla Tishler
    • Article

    The Hidden Costs of Initial Coin Offerings

    By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Ramana Nanda
    In recent years, much has been written about how the Blockchain is poised to transform traditional industries such as banking, real estate, and healthcare. More recently, it has gained attention as a way to finance new ventures, through what is known as an Initial Coin... View Details
    Keywords: Initial Coin Offerings; Business Ventures; Entrepreneurship; Finance
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    • September 2009
    • Article

    Spousal Control and Intra-Household Decision Making: An Experimental Study in the Philippines

    By: Nava Ashraf
    Using an experimental design I elicit causal effects of spousal observability and communication on financial choices of married individuals in the Philippines. Making choices public moves men from putting money into their own account to consumption; communication with... View Details
    Keywords: Intra-household; Bargaining; Experiments; Economic Development; Saving; Governance Controls; Decision Choices and Conditions; Personal Finance; Family and Family Relationships; Household; Gender
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