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- July–August 1991
- Article
The Boundaries of Business: The Developing-Country Difference
By: J. E. Austin
Austin, J. E. "The Boundaries of Business: The Developing-Country Difference." Harvard Business Review 69, no. 4 (July–August 1991).
- 13 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis
to nurture talent is legendary. Just about anybody who is anybody in jazz can trace some lineage back to "Miles University." Finally, the process that led to Kind of Blue is an example of pushing boundaries and taking... View Details
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Global Brands: Connecting With Consumers Across Boundaries
What's in a name? Plenty if you're a consumer marketer trying to build a brand. "They are road signs that help people find orientation in the jungle of supply", said Hans G. Gueldenberg, CEO of Nestlé Deutschland AG. According to Ingo Klauss, chairman of... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- Article
Special Boundary Roles in the Innovation Process
By: Michael Tushman
Keywords: Innovation and Invention
Tushman, Michael. "Special Boundary Roles in the Innovation Process." Administrative Science Quarterly 22, no. 4 (December 1977): 587–605.
- 18 Sep 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Modularity, Transactions, and the Boundaries of Firms: A Synthesis
Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin
- 08 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Negotiate “Yes” Across Cultural Boundaries
Cultural differences can influence business negotiations in significant and unexpected ways, as many a hapless dealmaker has learned. In some cases, it's a matter of ignorance or blatant disrespect, as with the American salesman who presented a potential Saudi Arabian... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 04 Aug 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
A Dynamic Perspective on Ambidexterity: Structural Differentiation and Boundary Activities
Keywords: by Sebastian Raisch & Michael L. Tushman
- March 1981
- Article
Characteristics and External Orientation of Boundary Spanning Individuals
By: Michael Tushman and Thomas Scanlan
Tushman, Michael, and Thomas Scanlan. "Characteristics and External Orientation of Boundary Spanning Individuals." Academy of Management Journal 24, no. 1 (March 1981): 83–98.
- Article
Crossing Boundaries to Increase Relevance in Organizational Research
Polzer, Jeffrey, Ranjay Gulati, Rakesh Khurana, and Michael Tushman. "Crossing Boundaries to Increase Relevance in Organizational Research." Journal of Management Inquiry 18, no. 4 (December 2009): 280–286.
- February 2022 (Revised April 2022)
- Case
Pushing Past the Boundaries of ESG Investing: AQR Capital Management
By: Lauren H. Cohen, Richard B. Evans, Umit G. Gurun and Quoc H. Nguyen
Cliff Asness was facing a dilemma into how he would plunge his hedge fund into the hottest investment area worldwide—ESG Investing. Founder and managing principal of AQR—one the most storied quantitative hedge funds in the world—Asness knew anything less than a big... View Details
Cohen, Lauren H., Richard B. Evans, Umit G. Gurun, and Quoc H. Nguyen. "Pushing Past the Boundaries of ESG Investing: AQR Capital Management." Harvard Business School Case 222-058, February 2022. (Revised April 2022.)
- February 2008
- Article
Where Do Transactions Come From? Modularity, Transactions, and the Boundaries of Firms
This article constructs a theory of the location of transactions and the boundaries of firms in a productive system. It proposes that systems of production can be viewed as networks, in which tasks-cum-agents are the nodes and transfers—of material, energy and... View Details
Keywords: Boundaries; Production; Market Transactions; Supply Chain; Management; Cost; Theory; Performance Productivity; Information Management; Complexity
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Where Do Transactions Come From? Modularity, Transactions, and the Boundaries of Firms." Industrial and Corporate Change 17, no. 1 (February 2008): 155–195. (Selected as one of the top twenty articles in the first twenty years of publication, 1992-2011.)
- 21 Jun 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Information Technology and Boundary of the Firm: Evidence from Plant-Level Data
Keywords: by Chris Forman & Kristina McElheran
- 07 Sep 2007
- Conference Presentation
Modularity, Transactions, and the Boundaries of Firms: A Synthesis
Keywords: Market Transactions
- March 1990
- Article
The R&D Boundaries of the Firm: An Empirical Analysis
By: Gary P. Pisano
Pisano, Gary P. "The R&D Boundaries of the Firm: An Empirical Analysis." Administrative Science Quarterly 35, no. 1 (March 1990): 153–176.
- March – April 2007
- Article
Brokerage, Boundary Spanning, and Leadership in Open Innovation Communities
Fleming, Lee, and David M. Waguespack. "Brokerage, Boundary Spanning, and Leadership in Open Innovation Communities." Organization Science 18, no. 2 (March–April 2007): 165–180.
- 2002
- Working Paper
International Joint Ventures and the Boundaries of the Firm
By: Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Desai, Mihir A., C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. "International Joint Ventures and the Boundaries of the Firm." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 03-017, August 2002.
- February 4, 2017
- Article
Historical Transformations in Boundary and Land Use in New Delhi's Urban Villages
By: Sudev J Sheth
New Delhi’s “urban villages” are the result of government land acquisitions that began in 1912 and continued into the 1960s. Since the 1980s, growing demand for real estate within the city has engendered unprecedented residential and commercial development in these... View Details
Keywords: India; Urban Planning; Eminent Domain; Land Politics; Real Estate; History; City; Planning; Urban Scope; India; Delhi
Sheth, Sudev J. "Historical Transformations in Boundary and Land Use in New Delhi's Urban Villages." Economic & Political Weekly 52, no. 5 (February 4, 2017): 41–49.
- Research Summary
Rethinking Brand Contamination: How Consumers Maintain Distinction When Symbolic Boundaries Are Breached"
If consumers view their brands as extensions of themselves, what happens when undesirable consumers adopt these same brands? I address this question by examining an issue that is of great concern to managers of high-status brands: the rampant spread... View Details