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January 2009
Background Note

Financial Networks and Informal Banking in China: From Pawnshops to Private Equity

By: Elisabeth Koll

Provides an analysis of why informal financial networks and institutions still play an extremely important role in China's economy in the 21st century. Although China has emerged as one of the fastest growing economies in the world, it still suffers from a weak... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Private Equity; Banks and Banking; Financing and Loans; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; State Ownership; Business and Government Relations; Networks; China

Forthcoming
Article

The Effect of a System for Sharing Best Practices Within Pre-existing Peer Networks

By: Shelley Xin Li and Tatiana Sandino

Peer networks, such as enterprise social networks (ESNs), can facilitate knowledge transfer across employees. However, such systems can also lead to information overload or difficulty in finding useful information. We examine data from a natural field experiment where... View Details

Keywords: Retail; Best Practices; Enterprise Social Media; Management Accounting And Control Systems; Social and Collaborative Networks; Communication Technology; Knowledge Sharing; Sales; Social Media; Retail Industry

March 2004 (Revised April 2005)
Case

International Rivers Network and the Bujagali Dam Project (B)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Energy Industry; Uganda

April 2011
Teaching Note

Cork'd: Building a Social Network for Wine Lovers (TN)

Teaching Note for 911026. View Details

Keywords: Social and Collaborative Networks; Internet and the Web; Competitive Strategy; Web Services Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

November–December 2012
Article

Toward a Theory of Extended Contact: The Incentives and Opportunities for Bridging Across Network Communities

By: Maxim Sytch, Adam Tatarynowicz and Ranjay Gulati

This study investigates the determinants of bridging ties within networks of interconnected firms. Bridging ties are defined as nonredundant connections between firms located in different network communities. We highlight how firms can enter into these relationships... View Details

Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Opportunities

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July 2010
Article

Board Interlocks and the Propensity to Be Targeted in Private Equity Transactions

By: Toby E. Stuart and Soojin Yim

In this paper, we examine the propensity for U.S. public companies to become targets for private equity-backed, take-private transactions. We consider the characteristics of 483 private equity-backed deals in the 2000-2007 period relative to public companies, and find... View Details

Keywords: Board Interlocks; Board Networks; Social Networks; Private Equity; Corporate Governance; Public Ownership; Market Transactions; Governing and Advisory Boards; United States

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17 Dec 2011
Conference Presentation

Unified Modeling of User Activities on Social Networking Sites

By: Himabindu Lakkaraju and Angshu Rai

2001
Conference Presentation

Trust in Business-to-Business Relationships: Combining Social and Electronic Networks

By: Ranjay Gulati

December 2006 (Revised December 2009)
Case

Tejas Networks India Pte. - A Venture in India

Sanjay Nayak, co-founder of the Bangalore-based start-up, Tejas Networks, is faced with two completely different opportunities to choose between: pursing a short-term, quantifiable but unprofitable contract with Tejas' biggest telco customer in India, or an... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Decision Choices and Conditions; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Contracts; Telecommunications Industry; India

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April 2006
Article

Competitive Advantage and the Value Network Configuration: Making Decisions at a Swedish Life Insurance Company

By: Øystein D. Fjeldstad and Christian H.M. Ketels

When the Swedish Life Insurers Förenade Liv found themselves in difficulties in a rapidly changing market, their response was to call in the consultants. And one of the consultant's first suggestions was to use the Value Network, not the Value Chain, as a new... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Fluctuation; Networks; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Value; Quality; Decision Making; Market Transactions; Performance Effectiveness; Customers; Insurance Industry; Sweden

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Aug 2010 - 2010
Conference Presentation

Power, Social Influence and Organizational Change: A Network Perspective

By: Julie Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro

Keywords: Organizations; Change; Power and Influence

June 2002
Teaching Note

Customer Value Measurement at Nortel Networks-Optical Networks Division, TN

By: Das Narayandas

Teaching Note for (9-501-050). View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications Industry

May 1995 (Revised May 1995)
Supplement

Reuters Holdings PLC: Network Renewal and Product Integration (B)

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June 1993 (Revised June 1994)
Case

IBM: A Product for Managing Local Area Networks (A)

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2003
Other Teaching and Training Material

Eight Imperatives for Leaders in a Networked World: E-Governance

By: L. M. Applegate and J. Mechling

Keywords: Leadership Development; Information Infrastructure; Governance

1999
Working Paper

Estimating the Performance Effects of Networks in Emerging Markets

By: Tarun Khanna and Jan Rivkin

December 1999
Case

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A2): Network Visions: Mike Clary on the Product that Hid in HR

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Jane Roessner

Chief scientist Bill Joy of Sun Microsystems, Inc. had a vision for a new product called "Jini": a network computing piece of infrastructure that would reinforce Sun's leadership role in the industry for helping define how the Internet and networking technology... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Internet and the Web; Media; Product Development; Communication; Innovation and Management; Technology Industry; Computer Industry

November 2023 (Revised April 2024)
Case

Celsius Network Inc.: Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt in the Brave New World of Crypto Bankruptcy

By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott

In July 2022, Celsius Network filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. CEO Alex Mashinsky acknowledged that Celsius had grown its assets “faster than the Company was prepared to deploy [them]” and as a result had made “certain poor asset deployment decisions.” Two months after... View Details

Keywords: Cryptocurrency; Chapter 11; Restructuring; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Asset Management; Acquisition; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Services Industry; United States

2015
Book

How the Internet Became Commercial: Innovation, Privatization, and the Birth of a New Network

By: Shane Greenstein

In less than a decade, the Internet went from being a series of loosely connected networks used by universities and the military to the powerful commercial engine it is today. This book describes how many of the key innovations that made this possible came from... View Details

2010
Other Unpublished Work

Hunkering Down and Venturing Out: Network Activation in Response to the Uncertainty of Organizational Restructuring

Uncertain times in organizational life are often accompanied by shifts in resources and power and can trigger a desire for people to affiliate with others. Yet little is understood about which network ties people activate when they feel uncertain about their standing... View Details

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Restructuring; Interpersonal Communication; Organizational Structure

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