Publications

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part One]

Companies were hyper-responsive to meeting the needs of all their sister companies. Clusters are based on informal relationships among firms. When firms are concentrated in a given area, firms can get the benefits of collaboration and frequent interchange without the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

February 1992 (Revised April 1995)
Case

Pfizer: Global Protection of Intellectual Property

By: Lynn S. Paine and Michael Santoro

Top officials at Pfizer are assessing their strategy for improving protection of Pfizer's patents around the world. The outcome of the Uruguay Round of the GATT negotiations is uncertain, and it is not clear whether an acceptable intellectual property protection... View Details

Keywords: Patents; Trade; Policy; Government and Politics; Business Strategy; Agreements and Arrangements; Alliances; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States; Japan; Europe

November 2010 (Revised August 2013)
Case

Chrysler Fiat 2009

By: J. Bruce Harreld, Paul W. Marshall and David Lane

In spring 2009, Chrysler entered a prepackaged bankruptcy and exited 40 days later in a deal with Fiat, the U.S. Treasury, and the UAW that kept the automaker alive. Looking forward, what was necessary for Chrysler to move beyond the life support it had received? What... View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Leadership Development; Alliances; Business Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Growth and Maturation; Financial Condition; Auto Industry

13 May 2014
Op-Ed

The Alibaba Effect

state-owned enterprise. Its unique combination of timing, wits, external capital, and alliances make it the kind of home-grown success story Apple and Amazon have been in the US. Operating away from the politically sensitive domains of... View Details

Keywords: by Bill Kirby & Warren McFarlan; Retail

25 Jun 2019
Cold Call Podcast

In the Platform Economy, Upwork Searches for Better Matches in the Cloud

Keywords: Re: David B. Yoffie; Web Services

07 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

The Organizational Model for Open Source

construction of the types of corporate alliances that are possible and productive to include collaboration with collectives that identify with political or occupational norms and values. View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

29 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 29, 2008

developed countries—can be conducted more efficiently and effectively from an Indian research center. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708482 Radical Collaboration: IBM Microelectronics Joint Development View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?

Council on Mining and Metals has developed transparency principles for mining firms, and the Responsible Care program of the chemical industry has focused on outcomes ranging from employee safety to environmental impact. Similarly, the Global Agri-business View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining

1984
Chapter

Stable Coalition Formation: Aspects of a Dynamic Theory

By: A. E. Roth

Keywords: Alliances; Balance and Stability; Theory

1986
Chapter

Patterns of International Coalition Activity

By: Pankaj Ghemawat, Michael E. Porter and Richard Anthony Rawlinson

Keywords: International Relations; Alliances

03 Oct 2005
What Do You Think?

What’s the Future of Globally Organized Labor?

objectives on which these kinds of actions should be based? Can organized labor form the necessary kinds of alliances with business and government that might be necessary to, in Pinel's words, "address the contemporary issues of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

The Business of Free Software

Iansiti says. "Traditional alliances are formed between a business development executive and an individual company like IBM or Cisco. In the open source scenario, you could say that there's an alliance... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Computer

April 2009 (Revised April 2009)
Case

Immusol and Novartis

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Keyne M. Monson, Juan D. Betancourt and Victor Li

Should Immusol strive to become a fully integrated pharmaceutical company? How should a small pharmaceutical company structure a deal for its novel technology with the giant Novartis? View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Rights; Negotiation Deal; Negotiation Participants; Alliances; Pharmaceutical Industry