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- 14 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 14, 2009
(roommate) problems in which agents can either be matched as pairs or remain single. We introduce a so-called bi-choice graph for each pair of stable matchings and characterize its structure. Exploiting this structure we obtain as a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Business History around the World
structures of large manufacturing corporations remains important, but a new generation of researchers has explored business networks, the family firm, knowledge creation and transfer, public policy and business, and a host of other... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why the Internet Doesn’t Change Everything
cyberspace is new and sparkling with opportunity, it is not that new and that much sparklier than other technologies were on the eve of their creation. We are undeniably living in a revolutionary period. We see this revolution every day and feel it crack the View Details
Keywords: by Debora L. Spar
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
penetrated the field of negotiation and then presents a framework for bridging the gap between these two literatures. The paper notes that one of the reasons for its limited impact on negotiation research is that extant research on social influence focuses almost... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- November 2012 (Revised May 2013)
- Case
ASUSTeK and the Google Nexus 7 Tablet
By: Willy C. Shih and Jyun-Cheng Wang
Days after Jerry Shen introduced a new tablet computer at the Consumer Electronics Show, a Google meeting convinced him to go with a lower price point and co-branding as the Nexus 7. While his company would have a premier position at launch, companies like Samsung... View Details
Keywords: Nexus; Google; ASUSTeK; Android; Tablet; Kindle; Kindle Fire; Notebook Computers; ODM; Apple; Price Point; App Store; Ecosystem; Open Handset Alliance; Reference Design; iPad; EMS; Electronic Manufacturing Services; Smartphone; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Industry Structures; Product Design; Product Development; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Digital Platforms; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Computer Industry; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Taiwan; United States
Shih, Willy C., and Jyun-Cheng Wang. "ASUSTeK and the Google Nexus 7 Tablet." Harvard Business School Case 613-056, November 2012. (Revised May 2013.)
- 27 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 27
Publications January 2015 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Do Strict Capital Requirements Raise the Cost of Capital? Bank Regulation, Capital Structure, and the Low Risk Anomaly By: Baker, Malcolm, and Jeffrey Wurgler Abstract—Traditional capital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
reputations, or the banks' prominence in structured financing markets. Banks' involvement in private equity investments provides significant cross-selling opportunities. Collectively, this evidence is consistent with banks' taking... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Apr 2013
- Research Event
Conference Challenges Gender Conventions
Yankees," she sees workplace issues as more structural than gender-based. "Women in corporations are canaries in a coal mine," she said, pointing to a steep decline in traditional families that she believes will affect... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
intended to help address that imbalance. This note provides a roadmap for managers and employees to follow when instituting or facing layoffs. It aims to help managers consider the broader implications that should be taken into account when conducting layoffs,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
Calhoun as he decides whether to invest $200 million in Bain Capital's eleventh global buyout fund: Bain Capital Fund XI. For the fund, Bain was offering its limited partners a choice among three different fee structures: first, a "conventional" fee View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
integrating operations to avoid corruption. The difference, the authors believe, lies in the choice between “push” and “pull” investment. MNCs seek growth by pushing current products onto emerging middle-class consumers. They retain some large portion of their existing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring
element of structure and control during an uncertain time. The fact that many of the types of exercises mentioned were repetitive and contemplative in nature suggests that this may have been a quality the CEOs sought out, consciously or... View Details
- 18 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018
British merchant houses established business groups with diversified portfolio and pyramidal structures overseas, especially in developing economies, including both British colonies and the independent nations of Latin America. While... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
chains have engaged in private political strategies prompting transnational corporations (TNCs) to adopt codes of conduct and monitor their suppliers for compliance, but it is not clear whether organizational structures established by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 14
40 years, albeit with substantial evolution. By unpacking how one of the major network carriers was able to evolve its model successfully for such a long time before industry structural changes necessitated a radical overhaul, the cases... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 5
current state of access to bank capital for small business from the best available sources. We explore both the cyclical impact of the recession on small business and access to credit and several structural issues in that impede the full... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 6
GlaxoSmithKline employees were accused of bribing Chinese health care workers to prescribe the company's drugs. The accusations brought to light the questionable incentive structures of the Chinese health care system and the pressure on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 30
Africa Project (B) David A. Thomas and Stephanie J. CrearyHarvard Business School Supplement 412-028 This case continues the story of the evolution of GE's business initiatives Africa. Between November 2010 and March 2011 several significant View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 4
became clear that the technology had applications far beyond Tennant's core markets. In mid-2009, the company set up a new venture to develop the technology's promise. In 2010 this venture was wholly owned by Tennant and run by a Tennant manager. The case examines the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Create Winning Streaks
the organizational structures and routines for accountability, collaboration, and initiative. External confidence: This is confidence that external stakeholders, based on their positive expectations produced by the previous three levels... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel