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- April 2003
- Case
Sunk Costs: The Plan to Dump the Brent Spar (A)
This case explores the conflict between Shell Oil and Greenpeace over Shell's plans to sink the aging Brent Spar oil platform in the North Atlantic. It details the tactics Greenpeace employed and examines Shell's responses. View Details
Keywords: Alliances; Crisis Management; Environmental Sustainability; Mining Industry; Energy Industry; North America
Watkins, Michael D., and Samuel Passow. "Sunk Costs: The Plan to Dump the Brent Spar (A)." Harvard Business School Case 903-010, April 2003.
- 1995
- Chapter
Towards a Winning Climate Coalition
Sebenius, James K. "Towards a Winning Climate Coalition." In Negotiating Climate Change: The Inside Story of the Rio Convention, edited by Irving Mintzer, 277–320. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
- 14 Jan 2021
- News
Better Than Cash
Goals. Whether it’s improvements in sanitation or health or education, it starts with a payment system everyone can use.” The Better Than Cash Alliance advocates for this type of digital financial inclusion, provides guidance to... View Details
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
increase in cooperative arrangements between not-for-profit organizations. Yet, despite the richness of the existing alliance literature in the for-profit sector, interorganizational cooperative arrangements between not-for-profit... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 2007
- Book
Managing Network Resources: Alliances, Affiliations, and Other Relational Assets
By: Ranjay Gulati
Gulati, Ranjay. Managing Network Resources: Alliances, Affiliations, and Other Relational Assets. Oxford University Press, 2007.
- 13 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Making Biotech Work as a Business
productivity are hellishly difficult to sort out. This is due to the difficulty of measuring such amorphous factors as intellectual property creation and the long time lag before any expected return on investment. The sector's tendency to form View Details
- 27 Apr 2023
- News
Life Preserver
led to the creation of the Organ Preservation Alliance, a nonprofit established to advocate for additional funding for research into cryopreservation and connect scientists in the field. Giwa served as founding CEO of what he calls a "mini American Cancer Society," and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
The Drive for Excellence: An Interview with Jim Henderson
thing to do, but it also contributes to a feeling of fairness on the part of the people who remain. What are some of the things you've learned from your international experience? I used to think that Cummins should have a controlling interest in any international View Details
- Web
Research Links - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
others. This stunning group of black and white gelatin silver prints and color images was originally displayed in a 1934 exhibit sponsored by the National Alliance of Art and Industry (NAAI) and The Photographic Illustrators, Inc. The... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Film School
fabrics firm in Pennsylvania, but prior to that, he had run a departmentstore chain in Southern California and had friends and contacts in the movie industry. With their help, in 1994 Seder founded the Big Picture Alliance (BPA), an... View Details
- 11 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
E-Commerce Unplugged
tickets for the game. What does Soda X get out of the transaction? Revenues from Soda X products and services jointly developed with alliance partners such as Guess? and Chicago Fire, revenues from products and services that users buy... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria & Marty Leestma
- Web
Europe’s green transition | Institute for Business in Global Society
gigafactory, can it truly deliver "the world’s greenest battery"? A case for climate alliances Business leaders are under pressure to address the climate crisis, but they can’t do so alone. Climate alliances... View Details
- 08 Jan 2001
- What Do You Think?
Have We Extended the Boundaries of the Firm Too Far?
toughest decisions often are associated with situations in which strategic risk is high but in-house capability is low. Here Doherty suggests a strategic alliance with the purpose of upgrading in-house capability as at least one... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Sixth Annual Cyberposium an SRO Success
sometimes heated discussion of cyber-competition, rivalries, and alliances among traditional media companies and high-tech startups. Twelve afternoon breakout sessions allowed participants to delve into a host of topics, including online... View Details
- 2011
- Other Unpublished Work
From Farms to Fuel Tanks: Collective Actors and New-Venture Innovation in the U.S. Biodiesel Fuel Sector
By: Shon R. Hiatt
Little is known about the influence of collective actors on innovative technological recombinations by new ventures. Using data from U.S. biodiesel producers, I examine how the efforts of multiple collective actors (farm associations) to promote varying types of... View Details
- January 1991 (Revised November 1994)
- Case
Black Caucus Groups at Xerox Corp. (A)
In 1970 Xerox had a very progressive affirmative action program yet, once hired, black employees faced serious problems, due both to overt discrimination and to their exclusion from the informal networks of support, information and mentoring that the other salespeople... View Details
Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Alliances; Race Characteristics; Employees; Consumer Products Industry; Electronics Industry; United States
Friedman, Raymond A. "Black Caucus Groups at Xerox Corp. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 491-047, January 1991. (Revised November 1994.)
- Web
1934 Art and Industry Exhibition Photograph Collection | Baker Library
sponsored by The National Alliance of Art and Industry and The Photographic Illustrators, Inc. The exhibition was held at Rockefeller Center, New York City, September 18-October 6, 1934, and at The Lake Side Press Galleries, November... View Details
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers
relationships. In many cases, partnerships are a more appropriate way to grow than M&A. Even a company as large as IBM uses alliances in its PC business, which has been deemed unprofitable but still important given its links with... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat & Fariborz Ghadar
- March 2000
- Article
The Duality of Collaboration: Inducements and Opportunities in the Formation of Interfirm Linkages
By: Gautam Ahuja
I argue that the linkage-formation propensity of firms is explained by simultaneously examining both inducement and opportunity factors. Drawing upon resource-based and social network theory literatures I identify three forms of accumulated... View Details
Keywords: Collaboration; Innovation; Networks; Strategy; Alliances; Social and Collaborative Networks; Innovation and Invention; Chemical Industry
Ahuja, Gautam. "The Duality of Collaboration: Inducements and Opportunities in the Formation of Interfirm Linkages." Special Issue on Strategic Networks edited by Ranjay Gulati, Nitin Nohria, Akbar Zaheer. Strategic Management Journal 21, no. 3 (March 2000): 317–343.
- 1996
- Chapter
Sequencing to Build Coalitions: With Whom I Should I Talk First?
Sebenius, James K. "Sequencing to Build Coalitions: With Whom I Should I Talk First?" In Wise Choices: Decisions, Games, and Negotiations, edited by Richard Zeckhauser, Ralph Keeney, and James Sebenius, 324–348. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1996.