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- 2009
- Chapter
Institutional Work and the Paradox of Embedded Agency
By: Julie Battilana and Thomas D'Aunno
Battilana, Julie, and Thomas D'Aunno. "Institutional Work and the Paradox of Embedded Agency." In Institutional Work: Actors and Agency in Institutional Studies of Organizations, edited by T. Lawrence, R. Suddaby, and B. Leca, 31–58. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- December 2007
- Article
Contingent Political Capital and International Alliances: Evidence from South Korea
By: Jordan I. Siegel
Though prior research has suggested that a company's ties to political networks have only a positive value or no value, this study examines whether political network ties can also be a significant liability for companies. Analyzing South Korea as a representative... View Details
Keywords: Political Networks; Sociopolitical Networks; Government and Politics; Capital; Alliances; South Korea
Siegel, Jordan I. "Contingent Political Capital and International Alliances: Evidence from South Korea." Administrative Science Quarterly 52, no. 4 (December 2007): 621 – 666. (Though prior research has suggested that a company's ties to political networks have only a positive value or no value, this study examines whether political network ties can also be a significant liability for companies. Analyzing South Korea as a representative emerging economy, I find that being tied through elite sociopolitical networks to the regime in power significantly increased the rate at which South Korean companies formed cross-border strategic alliances, but also that being tied through elite sociopolitical networks to the political enemies of the regime in power significantly decreased that rate. Results show that an unexpected change in political regime could quickly change a political liability into an asset and that network ties continued to be important determinants of cross-border alliance activity as South Korea proceeded with liberalization. The present study sheds further light on the so-called dark side of embeddedness by focusing on who is negatively targeted by having the "wrong friends" at the wrong time. Just as positive ties can lead to favor exchange and other benefits for companies, negative ties can lead companies to be the victims of discrimination, resource exclusion, and even occasional expropriation and sabotage between rival sociopolitical networks.)
- June 2007
- Article
Business Groups in Emerging Markets: Paragons or Parasites?
By: Tarun Khanna and Yishay Yafeh
Khanna, Tarun, and Yishay Yafeh. "Business Groups in Emerging Markets: Paragons or Parasites?" Journal of Economic Literature 45, no. 2 (June 2007): 331–372. (Reprinted and adapted as Chapter 20 in The Oxford Handbook of Business Groups, edited by Asli M. Colpan, Takashi Hikino, and James R. Lincoln. Oxford Handbooks in Business and Management Series. Oxford University Press, July 2010.)
- 2005
- Class Lecture
The Power of Supporting Players in High-Performance Industries
By: Thomas J. DeLong
DeLong, Thomas J. "The Power of Supporting Players in High-Performance Industries." Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing Class Lecture, 2005. Electronic. (Faculty Lecture: HBSP Product Number 9-825-8C.)
- 2006
- Chapter
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Perspective Taking in Groups
By: E. M. Caruso, N. Epley and M. H. Bazerman
- Article
Learning from Mistakes Is Easier Said than Done: Group and Organization Influences on the Detection and Correction of Human Error
By: A. Edmondson
Edmondson, A. "Learning from Mistakes Is Easier Said than Done: Group and Organization Influences on the Detection and Correction of Human Error." Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 32, no. 1 (March 1996): 5–28.
- September 1995 (Revised November 1995)
- Case
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.: Partnering in the '90s
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Thomas N. Urban Jr
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Partners and Partnerships; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., and Thomas N. Urban Jr. "Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.: Partnering in the '90s." Harvard Business School Case 596-029, September 1995. (Revised November 1995.)
- September 1990 (Revised December 1990)
- Case
Privatizing the Mexican Sugar Industry/Grupo Beta San Miguel
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Keywords: Privatization; Business and Government Relations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Mexico
Goldberg, Ray A. "Privatizing the Mexican Sugar Industry/Grupo Beta San Miguel." Harvard Business School Case 591-031, September 1990. (Revised December 1990.)
- 1986
- Chapter
Patterns of International Coalition Activity
By: Pankaj Ghemawat, Michael E. Porter and Richard Anthony Rawlinson
- 2003
- Book
Identity Issues in Groups
By: M. Neale, E. Mannix and J. Polzer
Neale, M., E. Mannix, and J. Polzer, eds. Identity Issues in Groups. Vol. 5, Research on Managing Groups and Teams. Stamford, CT: JAI Press, 2003.
- September 2002
- Article
Situated Knowledge and Learning in Dispersed Teams
By: Deborah Sole and Amy Edmondson
Sole, Deborah, and Amy Edmondson. "Situated Knowledge and Learning in Dispersed Teams." British Journal of Management 13 (September 2002): S17–S34.
- 1991
- Chapter
The Future of Bureaucracy and Hierarchy in Organizational Theory: A Report from the Field
By: R. M. Kanter
Kanter, R. M. "The Future of Bureaucracy and Hierarchy in Organizational Theory: A Report from the Field." In Social Theory for a Changing Society, edited by P. Bourdieu and J. Coleman. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1991. (University of Chicago/Russell Sage Foundation Conference on "Social Theory and Emerging Issues for a Changing Society," April 1989.)
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
out how to build and support organizations is something we're learning how to do through the for-profit world. It's absolutely critical to have that in place first—if you don't, it's hard to figure out what are the important things to measure. So that's number one: the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- December 2011
- Exercise
What We Carry: Success, Failure, and Happiness in Family Systems
By: Timothy Butler
The purpose of this exercise is to enable participants to identify essential career and life themes. The core task of the exercise is to extract themes, images, metaphors and "dynamic tensions" from a list of exciting careers that have been selected from a larger... View Details
Butler, Timothy. "What We Carry: Success, Failure, and Happiness in Family Systems." Harvard Business School Exercise 812-026, December 2011.
- September 2007
- Exercise
Values Concerning Inheritance Worksheet
By: John A. Davis
Outlines several questions that address core issues in planning for inheritance. Appropriate for all families, no matter what assets they have to pass to heirs. View Details
Keywords: Assets; Management Succession; Family Business; Family and Family Relationships; Planning; Value
Davis, John A. "Values Concerning Inheritance Worksheet." Harvard Business School Exercise 808-071, September 2007.
- 06 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
How to Do Away with the Dangers of Outsourcing
challenge of managing relationships with "partners" or "associates." Yet as the Rana Plaza disaster and too many other examples show, every outsourced stop along the supply and production chains holds the potential for... View Details
- 14 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
Desktop Search and Revenue Streams
about the desktop; it's not about where the content is on your hard drive versus on a public-facing Web site. It's really about the user's relationship to that content." The company also has a product on the market, Horowitz said,... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 04 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
From Lone Star to Team Player
on individual performance are prone to this problem. It is a problem in investment banking and can also be a problem in sales organizations where individuals are compensated for their own sales and not for helping others and sharing best practices. Q: Could you... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
On The Case
operates and then learn of the leadership challenges and opportunities in Abu Dhabi. We ask questions like, What should the relationship be between the mothership and the field location? Who should have decision-making rights about what?... View Details