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Internationalization in the Information Age: A New Era for Places, Firms, and International Business Networks
By: Juan Alcacer, John Cantwell and Lucia Piscitello
Alcacer, Juan, John Cantwell, and Lucia Piscitello. "Internationalization in the Information Age: A New Era for Places, Firms, and International Business Networks." Journal of International Business Studies 47, no. 5 (June–July 2016): 499–512.
- June 1997
- Article
Customization or Conformity? An Institutional and Network Perspective on the Content and Consequences of TQM Adoption
By: Ranjay Gulati, James Westphal and Steve Shortell
Gulati, Ranjay, James Westphal, and Steve Shortell. "Customization or Conformity? An Institutional and Network Perspective on the Content and Consequences of TQM Adoption." Administrative Science Quarterly 42, no. 2 (June 1997): 366–394. (Winner of Academy of Management. Organization and Management Theory Division. Best Paper Award For the empirical or conceptual paper submitted to the Academy of Management annual meeting that offers a significant contribution to the field of organization and management theory presented by Academy of Management. Also appeared in the Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings.)
- June 2008
- Article
From the Head and the Heart: Locating Cognition- and Affect-based Trust in Managers' Professional Networks
By: Roy Y.J. Chua, P. Ingram and M. Morris
Chua, Roy Y.J., P. Ingram, and M. Morris. "From the Head and the Heart: Locating Cognition- and Affect-based Trust in Managers' Professional Networks." Academy of Management Journal 51, no. 3 (June 2008): 436–452.
- July 2006
- Article
Egocentric, Sociocentric, or Dyadic? Identifying the Appropriate Level of Analysis in the Study of Organizational Networks
By: Mark S. Mizruchi and Christopher Marquis
Mizruchi, Mark S., and Christopher Marquis. "Egocentric, Sociocentric, or Dyadic? Identifying the Appropriate Level of Analysis in the Study of Organizational Networks." Social Networks 28, no. 3 (July 2006): 187–208.
- 2002
- Book
Corporate Information Strategy and Management: The Challenge of Doing Business in a Network Economy
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Robert D. Austin and F. Warren McFarlan
Applegate, Lynda M., Robert D. Austin, and F. Warren McFarlan. Corporate Information Strategy and Management: The Challenge of Doing Business in a Network Economy. 6 New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002.
- 1996
- Working Paper
How Strategic Networks Get Built: The Dynamics of Alliance Formation in the Global Automobile Industry
By: Nitin Nohria and Carlos Garcia-Pont
- September–October 2020
- Article
Global Supply Chains in a Post-Pandemic World: Companies Need to Make Their Networks More Resilient. Here's How.
By: Willy C. Shih
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the vulnerabilities in the production strategies and supply chains of firms everywhere. Coupled with a rise in economic nationalism, manufacturers everywhere are going to be under pressure to rethink their sourcing and logistics... View Details
Keywords: Resilience; Pandemic; Operations Management; Health Pandemics; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Manufacturing Industry; United States; Asia; Europe
Shih, Willy C. "Global Supply Chains in a Post-Pandemic World: Companies Need to Make Their Networks More Resilient. Here's How." R2005F. Harvard Business Review 98, no. 5 (September–October 2020): 82–89.
- September–October 2017
- Article
Managing Our Hub Economy: Strategy, Ethics, and Network Competition in the Age of Digital Superpowers
By: Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani
A small number of digital superpowers—Alibaba, Amazon, Microsoft, and others—have become “hub firms” because they control access to billions of mobile customers coveted by all kinds of product and service providers. These hubs drive increasing returns to scale and... View Details
Iansiti, Marco, and Karim R. Lakhani. "Managing Our Hub Economy: Strategy, Ethics, and Network Competition in the Age of Digital Superpowers." Harvard Business Review 95, no. 5 (September–October 2017): 84–92.
- 2006
- Working Paper
Where Do Transactions Come From? A Network Design Perspective on the Theory of the Firm
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Kim B. Clark
Baldwin, Carliss Y., and Kim B. Clark. "Where Do Transactions Come From? A Network Design Perspective on the Theory of the Firm." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 06-051, May 2006.
- November 2014
- Teaching Note
American Airlines in 2011
By: Willy Shih
The American Airlines in 2011 case set was developed to provide a setting for the comparative analysis of two very different business models in the U.S. domestic airline industry—the network carrier and the low cost carrier (LCC). These models offer very different... View Details
- July 2014 (Revised November 2015)
- Case
American Airlines in 2011
By: Willy Shih
The American Airlines in 2011 case was developed to provide a setting for the comparative analysis of two very different business models in the U.S. domestic airline industry—the network carrier and the low cost carrier (LCC). These models offer very different value... View Details
Keywords: American Airlines; Network Carrier; Low-cost Carrier; LCC; Business Model; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Disruption; Transportation Industry; Travel Industry; Air Transportation Industry; United States
Shih, Willy. "American Airlines in 2011." Harvard Business School Case 615-009, July 2014. (Revised November 2015.)
- 2021
- Working Paper
The Old Boys' Club: Schmoozing and the Gender Gap
By: Zoë B. Cullen and Ricardo Perez-Truglia
Offices are social places. Employees and managers take breaks together and talk about
family and hobbies. In this study, we show that employees’ social interactions with their managers
can be advantageous for their careers, and that this phenomenon contributes to the... View Details
Keywords: Career; Promotions; Social Interactions; Networking; Gender; Personal Development and Career; Wages; Social and Collaborative Networks
Cullen, Zoë B., and Ricardo Perez-Truglia. "The Old Boys' Club: Schmoozing and the Gender Gap." Working Paper, June 2021. (American Economic Review 2023, 113(7): 1703–1740. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20210863.)
- September 2007
- Book Review
Book Review of 'Managing Network Resources: Alliances, Affiliation, and Other Relational Assets,' by Ranjay Gulati
By: Gautam Ahuja
Ahuja, Gautam. "Book Review of 'Managing Network Resources: Alliances, Affiliation, and Other Relational Assets,' by Ranjay Gulati." Administrative Science Quarterly 52, no. 3 (September 2007): 476–481.
- June 1993
- Article
Power, Social Influence, and Sense Making: Effects of Network Centrality and Proximity on Employee Perceptions
By: H. Ibarra and S. Andrews
Ibarra, H., and S. Andrews. "Power, Social Influence, and Sense Making: Effects of Network Centrality and Proximity on Employee Perceptions." Administrative Science Quarterly 38, no. 2 (June 1993): 277–303.
- April 1999
- Teaching Note
Value Networks and the Impetus to Change: Managing Innovation: Overview Teaching Note for Module 1
By: Clayton M. Christensen
Provides instructors with an overview teaching note for the first module of the Managing Innovation course in which the disruptive technology framework is explored and used. Summarizes this framework and provides a brief synopsis of each of the cases used in the... View Details
- Summer 2014
- Article
When Does a Platform Create Value by Limiting Choice?
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Hanna Halaburda
We present a theory for why it might be rational for a platform to limit the number of applications available on it. Our model is based on the observation that even if users prefer application variety, applications often also exhibit direct network effects. When there... View Details
Keywords: Platform Governance; Direct Network Effects; Indirect Network Effects; Complements; Tragedy Of The Commons; Equilibrium Selection; Coordination; Foresight; Strategy; Value Creation; Digital Platforms; Balance and Stability; Decision Choices and Conditions; Consumer Behavior; Applications and Software; Network Effects
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Hanna Halaburda. "When Does a Platform Create Value by Limiting Choice?" Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 23, no. 2 (Summer 2014): 259–293.
- Article
Stability and Competitive Equilibrium in Matching Markets with Transfers
By: John William Hatfield and Scott Duke Kominers
This note surveys recent work in generalized matching theory, focusing on trading networks with transferable utility. In trading networks with a finite set of contractual opportunities, the substitutability of agents’ preferences is essential for the guaranteed... View Details
Keywords: Matching; Networks; Joint Ventures; Stability; Competitive Equilibrium; Core; Efficiency; Economics; Theory
Hatfield, John William, and Scott Duke Kominers. "Stability and Competitive Equilibrium in Matching Markets with Transfers." ACM SIGecom Exchanges 10, no. 3 (December 2011).
- September 1998
- Article
Producer Network Positions and Propensities to Collaborate: An Investigation of Strategic Alliance Formations in a High-technology Industry
Stuart, Toby E. "Producer Network Positions and Propensities to Collaborate: An Investigation of Strategic Alliance Formations in a High-technology Industry." Administrative Science Quarterly 43, no. 3 (September 1998): 668–698.
- Article
Does 'Liking' Lead to Loving? The Impact of Joining a Brand's Social Network on Marketing Outcomes
Does “liking” a brand on Facebook cause a person to view it more favorably? Or is “liking” simply a symptom of being fond of a brand? We disentangle these possibilities and find evidence for the latter: brand attitudes and purchasing are predicted by consumers’... View Details
Keywords: Brands; Marketing Effectiveness; Brand Evaluation; Peer Influence; Brands and Branding; Social and Collaborative Networks; Social Media
John, Leslie K., Oliver Emrich, Sunil Gupta, and Michael I. Norton. "Does 'Liking' Lead to Loving? The Impact of Joining a Brand's Social Network on Marketing Outcomes." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 54, no. 1 (February 2017): 144–155.
- 2014
- Working Paper
Eclipsed and Confounded Identities: When High-Status Affiliations Impede Organizational Growth
By: Daniel Malter
I propose that an organization's growth potential may suffer if its identity is eclipsed by or confounded with the organizations with which it collaborates and competes. Using status as a salient feature of identity, I devise two network measures to capture the degree... View Details
Keywords: Distinctiveness; Status; Networks; Resource Acquisition; Growth; Venture Capital; Status and Position; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Identity; Growth and Development Strategy
Malter, Daniel. "Eclipsed and Confounded Identities: When High-Status Affiliations Impede Organizational Growth." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-019, October 2014.