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  • 13 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Science Business: What Happened to Biotech?

Thirty years ago it appeared as if biotech would not only revolutionize healthcare, but also radically improve the very process of R&D itself. This hasn't happened. Though some firms such as Amgen have created dramatic breakthroughs, the overall View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Biotechnology
  • 2014
  • Book

Reinventing State Capitalism: Leviathan in Business, Brazil and Beyond

By: Aldo Musacchio and Sergio G. Lazzarini
In this book we describe the transformation of state capitalism from a model in which governments owned and ran corporations and broadly controlled the allocation of financial resources into two new varieties of state capitalism: Leviathan as a majority and as a... View Details
Keywords: State Capitalism; State-owned Enterprises; Industrial Policy; Development Banks; Capitalism; Financial Markets; Corporate Governance Theory; CEO Effects; Public Sector; Economic Systems; Financial Institutions; Corporate Governance; Business and Government Relations; Governing and Advisory Boards; State Ownership; Privatization; Public Ownership; Emerging Markets; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry
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    Antonio Moreno

    Antonio (Toni) Moreno is the Sicupira Family Associate Professor in the Technology and Operations Management Unit. He teaches courses related to technology and operations management in the MBA, executive, and doctoral programs. Before joining HBS, he was an... View Details

    Keywords: e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry
    • Research Summary

    Distributed Innovation in Open Systems—The Role of Modularity

    By: Carliss Y. Baldwin
    Distributed innovation in open systems is an important trend in the modern global economy. As education levels rise and communication costs fall, more people have the means and motivation to innovate. Supply chains now stretch around the world as firms outsource... View Details
    • February 2017
    • Case

    Yemeksepeti: Growing and Expanding the Business Model through Data

    By: William R. Kerr, Gamze Yucaoglu and Eren Kuzucu
    In October 2016, Nevzat Aydin, co-founder and CEO of Yemeksepeti, the Turkish online food-ordering company, was looking over the company's quarterly results and projections for the upcoming year with his management team. It had been almost a year and a half since Aydin... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurial Ventures; Turkey; Big Data; Customer Focused Organization; Service Management; Continuous Improvement; Data Analysis; Internet; Growth Strategy; Technological Change; Information Systems; Entrepreneurship; Corporate Strategy; Analytics and Data Science; Analysis; Customer Focus and Relationships; Emerging Markets; Service Operations; Competitive Advantage; Performance Improvement; Internet and the Web; Growth and Development Strategy; Information Technology; Value Creation; Food and Beverage Industry; Turkey
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    • 2019
    • Working Paper

    Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 15 The IBM PC

    By: Carliss Y. Baldwin
    The IBM PC was the first digital computer platform that was open by as a matter of strategy, not necessity. The purpose of this chapter is to understand the IBM PC as a technical system and set of organization choices in light of the theory of how technology shapes... View Details
    Keywords: IBM; Personal Computer; Digital Platforms; System; Strategy
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    • 16 Apr 2019
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019

    Management Review What to Do When Industry Disruption Threatens Your Career By: Groysberg, Boris, Eric Lin, and Whitney Johnson Abstract—This article discusses how to diagnose the risks that disruptive View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 01 Apr 2013
    • News

    Corporate-Tax Reform Without Tears

    • December 1980 (Revised February 1998)
    • Case

    McDonald's Corp. (Condensed)

    By: W. Earl Sasser and David C. Rikert
    Describes the operating system of McDonald's, the world's most successful fast food chain. The case does not have a decision focus; it is designed for use with Burger King Corp. Students are asked to compare the operating systems of these two fast food hamburger... View Details
    Keywords: Service Operations; Competition; Food and Beverage Industry
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    • July 1990 (Revised October 1999)
    • Case

    Nordstrom: Dissension in the Ranks? (A)

    By: Robert L. Simons and Hilary Weston
    In 1989, the performance measurement systems and compensation policies of Nordstrom Department Stores unexpectedly came under attack by employees, unions, and government regulators. The case describes the "sales-per-hour" monitoring and compensation system that many... View Details
    Keywords: Performance Consistency; Performance Evaluation; Compensation and Benefits; Motivation and Incentives; Labor Unions; Salesforce Management; Retention; Growth and Development; Industrial Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry
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    • 2014
    • Working Paper

    Crony Capitalism, American Style: What Are We Talking About Here?

    By: Malcolm S. Salter
    This paper seeks to reduce the ambiguity surrounding our understanding of what crony capitalism is, what it is not, what costs crony capitalism leaves in its wake, and how we might contain it. View Details
    Keywords: Democracy; Industrial Governance; Institutional Corruption; Crony Capitalism; Lobbying; Campaign Finance; Costs; Cronyism; Business Ethics; Campaign Finance Reform; Revolving Door; Economic Systems; Ethics; Political Elections; Financing and Loans; United States
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    • 05 Mar 2010
    • News

    Health Care: The Simple Solution

    • 10 Oct 2008
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Architecture of Platforms: A Unified View

    Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin & C. Jason Woodard
    • 16 Feb 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    As AI Upends Recruiting, Job Seekers Need a Waze App for Careers

    Artificial intelligence is changing the nature of work on a scale some predict will be as transformative as the Industrial Revolution. It’s also exposing the yawning gaps in a fractured US employment system... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology; Technology
    • August 2017 (Revised November 2017)
    • Case

    VTS

    By: Mark Roberge and Michael Roberts
    The case raises issues around sales force deployment and management issues in the SaaS industry. Specifically, VTS sells a software product to the real estate industry and has designed a Go-to-Market strategy for what the founders perceive to be the unique... View Details
    Keywords: Salesforce Management; Compensation and Benefits; Managerial Roles; New York (city, NY)
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    • 31 Aug 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    How Ben Franklin’s ‘Way to Wealth’ Introduced American Capitalism to the World

    economic system at a different rate than they encountered the ideals of capitalism—and the long-term consequences of that gap—is worth exploring,” he says, adding that we take for granted many of the virtues Franklin holds up, such as a... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna
    • January 1995 (Revised September 2011)
    • Case

    Charlotte Beers at Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide (A)

    By: Herminia M. Ibarra and Nicole Sackley
    Examines Beer's actions on assuming leadership of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, the world's sixth largest advertising agency, during a period of rapid industry change and organizational crisis. Focuses on how Beers, the first outsider CEO, engages and leads a senior team... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership; Advertising; Organizational Structure; Advertising Industry
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    • 2003
    • Chapter

    Designing Sustainability at BMW Group: The Designworks/USA Experience

    By: Michael W. Toffel, Natalie Hill and Kellie McElhaney
    This case study describes how an industrial design company developed a Sustainability Management System (SMS) standard, designed and implemented an SMS throughout its business, and then became the first company in the world to achieve third-party SMS certification. The... View Details
    Keywords: Design; Governance Compliance; Management Practices and Processes; Standards; Environmental Sustainability; United States
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    • 2021
    • Working Paper

    The Changing Role of Business in Society

    By: Michael E. Porter
    Business interaction with the U.S. government, historically based on securing industry or company special interests at the expense of the public good, has enabled and furthered government dysfunction. Gridlock within the American political system has precluded the... View Details
    Keywords: Politics; Shared Value; Social Progress Index; Competitiveness; Walmart; BlackRock; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; ESG; Transparency; Campaign Contributions; Campaign Finance; Lobbying; Revolving Door; Political Ideology; Political Parties; Political Partisanship; Government And Business; Government Innovation; Elections; Democracy; Capitalism; Stakeholder Capitalism; Shareholder Engagement; Competition; Strategy; Government and Politics; Society; Social Issues; Human Needs; Wealth and Poverty; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Corporate Accountability; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; United States
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    • 21 Mar 2019
    • HBS Case

    The Ferrari Way

    in 2015 (ticker symbol RACE). Meanwhile, the automotive industry has been shifting through its biggest changes in decades, with companies scrambling to keep up with the pace of innovation—including drivetrain electrification, wireless... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Auto