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  • 31 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 31

introduction to the field of global strategic management/international business. Purchase this note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711456-PDF-ENG Renewing GE: The Africa Project David A. Thomas and Stephanie View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • February 2022
  • Case

Corporate Divestitures and Spinoffs

By: David J. Collis, Ashley Hartman and Terrence Shu
Increasingly in the 2010s, corporations turned to divestitures and spinoffs to streamline their operations. Over the course of one week in November 2021, conglomerates General Electric, Johnson & Johnson, and Toshiba announced plans for separation. The news reflected... View Details
Keywords: Divestiture; Divestment; Spin Off; Spinoffs; Business Conglomerates; Restructuring; Corporate Strategy
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  • 2010
  • Chapter

The Impact of Employer Matching on Savings Plan Participation under Automatic Enrollment

By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian
Existing research has documented the large impact that automatic enrollment has on savings plan participation. All the companies examined in these studies, however, have combined automatic enrollment with an employer match. This raises a question about how effective... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Consumer Behavior; Personal Finance; Investment Funds; Microeconomics; Compensation and Benefits
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  • March 2011 (Revised February 2014)
  • Case

Cree, Inc.: Which Bright Future?

By: David J. Collis, Mary Furey and Matthew Shaffer
After its founding in the late 1980s, Cree Inc. quickly grew into a major player in the emerging LED market. By 2007, technological improvements in LEDs had made them suitable for TV, computer, and mobile "backlighting"; and concerns over global warning led to calls to... View Details
Keywords: Cree; LEDs; Lighting Market; Clean Tech; Energy Policy; Semiconductors; North Carolina; Business Growth and Maturation; Forecasting and Prediction; Innovation and Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Market Entry and Exit; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Technology Adoption; Electronics Industry; Green Technology Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States; North Carolina; Raleigh
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  • 13 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 13

Ramanna, and Douglas J. Skinner Abstract Based on extant literature, we review the positive theory of GAAP. The theory predicts that GAAP's principal focus is on control (performance measurement and stewardship) and that verifiability and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

for Implementing Planned Organizational Change Authors:Julie Battilana, M.J. Gilmartin, A.-C., Pache, M. Sengul, and J. Alexander Periodical:Leadership Quarterly (forthcoming) Abstract This paper bridges the leadership and organizational... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • September 2012
  • Article

The Size and Composition of Corporate Headquarters in Multinational Companies: Empirical Evidence

By: David J. Collis, David Young and Michael Goold
Based on a six-country survey of nearly 250 multinationals (MNCs), this paper is the first empirical analysis to describe the size and composition of MNC headquarters and to account for differences among them. Findings are as follows: MNC corporate headquarters are... View Details
Keywords: Headquarters; Subsidiaries; Multinational Corporations; Organization Design; Administrative Heritage; International Strategy; Business Subsidiaries; Organizational Design; Multinational Firms and Management; Size; Business Headquarters; Global Strategy
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  • 31 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

Finance By: Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian Abstract—This chapter provides an overview of household finance. The first part summarizes key facts regarding household... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 08 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 8, 2016

March 2016 Harvard Business Review Lean Strategy By: Collis, David J. Abstract—Strategy and entrepreneurship are often seen as polar opposites. Yet the two desperately need each other: strategy without... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Forthcoming
  • Article

The Case Study as an Academic Methodology

By: David J. Collis
Pankaj Ghemawat made contributions to the strategy field with his application of case research as an academic methodology. View Details
Keywords: Case Research Methods; Case Method; Case Teaching; Cases; Teaching; Education Industry
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  • 2019
  • Working Paper

Why Has Strategy Become Irrelevant? Understanding the Complete Strategy Landscape

By: David J. Collis
Developing the firm’s strategy was once seen as the most important task facing a CEO. Yet in the last 20 years, the practice of strategy has been relegated to a routinized function—part of the annual planning process, like performance management and succession planning... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Value Creation; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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  • December 2012
  • Teaching Note

DeRemate.com: Building a Latin American Internet Auction Site (TN)

By: David J. Collis
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  • April 2009
  • Module Note

Process of Strategy Making

By: David J. Collis
Keywords: Strategy
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  • May 2005 (Revised March 2010)
  • Teaching Note

Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream, Inc.: A Period of Transition (TN)

By: David J. Collis
Teaching Note to (9-796-109). View Details
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
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  • December 1995
  • Supplement

EnClean: Malcolm Waddell, CEO, Video

By: David J. Collis
Presents Malcolm Waddell in a question-and-answer session (the actual questions do not appear on the tape) with HBS MBA students following a class in which the case is discussed. View Details
Keywords: Diversification; Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; Going Public; Decision Making; Acquisition; Interactive Communication
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  • 2002
  • Chapter

New Business Models for Higher Education

By: David J. Collis
Keywords: Business Model; Higher Education; Non-Governmental Organizations
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  • June 1991 (Revised April 1997)
  • Background Note

Managing the Multibusiness Corporation

By: David J. Collis
Lays out some ideas on how to restructure a multibusiness corporation. Identifies sixteen elements of organization design, and then applies contingency theory to argue that these elements need to be aligned with the tasks the corporation uses to create value across its... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Alignment; Corporate Strategy; Theory; Value Creation
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  • June 1991 (Revised March 1995)
  • Teaching Note

Major Home Appliance Industry in 1984 (Revised) and Maytag in 1984, Teaching Note

By: David J. Collis
Teaching Note for (9-386-115) and (9-389-055). View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products Industry; United States
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  • June 1991 (Revised February 1995)
  • Teaching Note

Berkshire Partners, Teaching Note

By: David J. Collis
Teaching Note for (9-391-091). View Details
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  • June 1991 (Revised April 2005)
  • Teaching Note

IBP and the U.S. Meat Industry (TN)

By: David J. Collis
Teaching Note for (9-391-006). View Details
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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