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Designing an Agile Software Portfolio Architecture: The Impact of Coupling on Performance

By: Alan MacCormack and Robert Lagerstrom
The modern industrial corporation encompasses a myriad of different software applications, each of which must work in concert to deliver functionality to end-users. However, the increasingly complex and dynamic nature of competition in today’s product-markets dictates... View Details
Keywords: Applications and Software; Design; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Effectiveness
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MacCormack, Alan, and Robert Lagerstrom. "Designing an Agile Software Portfolio Architecture: The Impact of Coupling on Performance." Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings (2017). (doi:10.5465/AMBPP.2017.297, ISSN 2151-6561.)

    Strength in Numbers: The Political Power of Weak Interests

    Many consumers feel powerless in the face of big industry’s interests. And the dominant view of economic regulators (influenced by Mancur Olson’s book The Logic of Collective Action, published in 1965) agrees with them. According to this... View Details

    • 16 May 2007
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    Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal?

    Keywords: by Laura Alfaro & Andrew Charlton
    • 11 Jul 2005
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    The New International Style of Management

    customer-centric tends to be deeply embedded throughout the organization." 'corporate Culture Trumps National Culture' These findings suggest that excellence in global corporate competition demands certain success-enabling... View Details
    Keywords: by Garry Emmons
    • November 2004 (Revised June 2006)
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    Hala Madrid: Managing Real Madrid Club de Futbol, the Team of the Century

    Florentino Perez, the president of Real Madrid, a leading European soccer team, is preparing for a press conference in which he will be asked about his plans for the coming season. Economic success and some sports mishaps during the prior season represent the scenario... View Details
    Keywords: Decisions; Strategic Planning; Value Creation; Risk Management; System; Budgets and Budgeting; Sports Industry; Spain
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    Martinez-Jerez, Francisco de Asis, and Rosario de Albornoz. "Hala Madrid: Managing Real Madrid Club de Futbol, the Team of the Century." Harvard Business School Case 105-013, November 2004. (Revised June 2006.)
    • June 2019
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    Social Risk, Fiscal Risk, and the Portfolio of Government Programs

    By: Samuel G. Hanson, David S. Scharfstein and Adi Sunderam
    We develop a model of government portfolio choice in which a benevolent government chooses the scale of risky projects in the presence of market failures and tax distortions. These two frictions generate motives to manage social risk and fiscal risk. Social risk... View Details
    Keywords: Risk Management; Government and Politics; Programs
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    Hanson, Samuel G., David S. Scharfstein, and Adi Sunderam. "Social Risk, Fiscal Risk, and the Portfolio of Government Programs." Review of Financial Studies 32, no. 6 (June 2019): 2341–2382. (Internet Appendix Here.)
    • October 2012 (Revised September 2014)
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    Doing Business in Vietnam

    By: Alan MacCormack, Michael Shih-ta Chen and Dawn H. Lau
    This case gives an overview of the current business environment in Vietnam as of 2012. The first part of the case introduces the main economic, political and cultural aspects of the country of which anyone who has business interest in the country ought to be aware.... View Details
    Keywords: Emerging Market Finance; Emergent Countries; Business History; Economic History; Emerging Markets; Business Ventures; Strategy; Viet Nam
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    MacCormack, Alan, Michael Shih-ta Chen, and Dawn H. Lau. "Doing Business in Vietnam." Harvard Business School Case 713-434, October 2012. (Revised September 2014.)
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    A Chronicle of the China Trade. The Papers of Augustine Heard & Co., 1840-1877

    of the China Trade. The Papers of Augustine Heard & Co., 1840-1877 Introduction Doing Business with China Augustine Heard & Co. The Canton Trade Commodities & Currencies Treaty Ports & Compradors Clippers &... View Details
    • 04 Jan 2010
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    Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009

    What were the management trends in 2009? Fascination with social networking and rethinking common wisdom about goal setting. Here are the Top 10 articles and Top 5 working papers that appeared in HBS Working Knowledge in 2009. Enjoy! TOP 10 ARTICLES View Details
    Keywords: by Staff
    • March 2008 (Revised April 2009)
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    The Xiamen PX Project: The Rule of Contract or Citizens in China Today

    This case examines the effect of environmental activism on China's investment climate, focusing on the petrochemical sector. It shows how tensions between a country's national economic development goals and political constraints make for a more unpredictable investment... View Details
    Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Investment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Conflict and Resolution; China
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    Abrami, Regina M., and Weiqi Zhang. "The Xiamen PX Project: The Rule of Contract or Citizens in China Today." Harvard Business School Case 808-123, March 2008. (Revised April 2009.)
    • May 2013
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    Transport Corporation of India (D): Business Development across Divisions

    By: V.G. Narayanan and Saloni Chaturvedi
    Transport Corporation of India was a logistics company that provided multi-modal transport solutions to its customers. Set up in 1958, TCI had grown from a 'one man, one truck, one office' set-up to a company with revenues of $400 million in half a century. TCI's... View Details
    Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Business Divisions; Sales; Transportation Industry; India
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    Narayanan, V.G., and Saloni Chaturvedi. "Transport Corporation of India (D): Business Development across Divisions ." Harvard Business School Supplement 113-134, May 2013.
    • 2013
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    Innovation and Development of China Machine Press in the New Century (TN)

    By: F. Warren McFarlan, Ning Jia and Guo Jia
    China Machine Press (CMP), founded in 1952, is a leading multi-field, multi-discipline and multimedia publishing group in China with large scale, comprehensive and specialized business that integrates paper media, audiovisual media and online media, and combines... View Details
    Keywords: General Management; Organizational Structure; Strategy; China; China
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    McFarlan, F. Warren, Ning Jia, and Guo Jia. "Innovation and Development of China Machine Press in the New Century (TN)." Tsinghua University Teaching Note, 2013.
    • 12 Sep 2011
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    The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs

    In the 1920s, on pitch black nights in rural eastern Montana, the farmhouse owned by the parents of brothers Marcellus and Joe Jacobs stood out for one reason: it had light, although located far from power lines and gasoline supplies. It was a beacon in the dark that... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • November 2012 (Revised August 2013)
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    A Politician in a Leather Suit and the Paradox of Japanese Capitalism

    By: Karthik Ramanna and Matthew Shaffer
    Two lost decades later, capitalism in Japan embodies peculiar contradictions—preserving wealth and social stability in the face of declining economic power. Scant transparency in Japanese corporate practices plays an important role in this phenomenon. Sometimes... View Details
    Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Economic Systems; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Fairness; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Civil Society or Community; Japan; Tokyo
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    Ramanna, Karthik, and Matthew Shaffer. "A Politician in a Leather Suit and the Paradox of Japanese Capitalism." Harvard Business School Case 113-026, November 2012. (Revised August 2013.)
    • 15 Nov 2016
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    Uncovering The Secrets of Mittelstand Success

    companies prevalent in German-speaking countries—has long captured the attention of global business practitioners and scholars. Why are these firms so competitive globally, particularly in emerging markets,... View Details
    • 2021
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    Getting Schooled: The Role of Universities in Attracting Immigrant Entrepreneurs

    By: Natee Amornsiripanitch, Paul A. Gompers, George Hu and Kaushik Vasudevan
    Immigrant founders of venture capital-backed companies have been critical to the entrepreneurial ecosystem. We document the channels through which immigrant founders find their way to the United States and how those channels have changed over time. Immigrants have been... View Details
    Keywords: Immigrants; Entrepreneurial Ecosystem; Higher Education; Immigration; Entrepreneurship
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    Amornsiripanitch, Natee, Paul A. Gompers, George Hu, and Kaushik Vasudevan. "Getting Schooled: The Role of Universities in Attracting Immigrant Entrepreneurs." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 28773, May 2021.
    • March 2021 (Revised December 2023)
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    Capitalism and the Party-State: The People's Republic of China at 70

    By: Meg Rithmire and Courtney Han
    In 2019, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) turned seventy-years-old and became the longest active authoritarian regime in recent history. By then, China was the world’s second largest economy by GDP (after the United States), and a high-technology industrial... View Details
    Keywords: Party-state; Economic Systems; Business and Government Relations; Economy; Society; International Relations; China
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    Rithmire, Meg, and Courtney Han. "Capitalism and the Party-State: The People's Republic of China at 70." Harvard Business School Case 721-040, March 2021. (Revised December 2023.)
    • 25 Sep 2000
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    More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry

    was a seminal event in the growth of Silicon Valley. CB: The effects of the ensuing competition on modules were better designs and lower prices. Customers were eager to buy the... View Details
    Keywords: by Staff; Computer; Consumer Products; Technology
    • December 2011
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    How Do Acquirers Retain Successful Target CEOs? The Role of Governance

    By: Julie Wulf and Harbir Singh
    The resource-based view argues that acquisitions can build competitive advantage partially through retention of valuable human capital of the target firm. However, making commitments to retain and motivate successful top managers is a challenge when contracts are not... View Details
    Keywords: Capital; Mergers and Acquisitions; Acquisition; Equity; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Contracts; Performance; Governance; Legal Services Industry
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    Wulf, Julie, and Harbir Singh. "How Do Acquirers Retain Successful Target CEOs? The Role of Governance." Management Science 57, no. 12 (December 2011): 2101–2114.
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    The Rise of Synthetic Colors in the American Food Industry, 1870–1940

    By: Ai Hisano
    This article examines how, starting in the 1870s, food manufacturers in the United States began to use standardized color, achieved by synthetic dyes, as part of their marketing strategies. The emergence of the synthetic dye industry paralleled the growth of mass... View Details
    Keywords: Safety; Food; Health; Brands and Branding; Manufacturing Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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    Hisano, Ai. "The Rise of Synthetic Colors in the American Food Industry, 1870–1940." Special Issue on Food and Agriculture. Business History Review 90, no. 3 (October 2016): 483–504.
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