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      • February 2009 (Revised July 2012)
      • Supplement

      Jieliang Phone Home! (C)

      By: Willy Shih, Ethan Bernstein and Nina Bilimoria
      At Precision Electro-Tek's mobile phone manufacturing facility in southern China, thousands of operators - bright and capable young men and (mostly) women like Jieliang Hao are motivated to improve line productivity through small innovations for faster assembly and... View Details
      Keywords: Globalization; Compensation and Benefits; Surveys; Innovation and Invention; Management Practices and Processes; Production; Performance Productivity; Groups and Teams; Labor and Management Relations; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Manufacturing Industry; Telecommunications Industry; China
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      Shih, Willy, Ethan Bernstein, and Nina Bilimoria. "Jieliang Phone Home! (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 609-082, February 2009. (Revised July 2012.)
      • February 2009 (Revised March 2009)
      • Case

      Publicis Groupe 2009: Toward a Digital Transformation

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Matthew Bird
      After a series of acquisitions, Maurice Levy, the Chairman and CEO of Publicis Groupe, had created the fourth largest marketing and communications company in the world. His next major challenge was managing the firm's digital transformation. In December 2006, the... View Details
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Transformation; Financial Crisis; Globalized Firms and Management; Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Expansion; Information Technology; Advertising Industry; Communications Industry
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      Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Matthew Bird. "Publicis Groupe 2009: Toward a Digital Transformation." Harvard Business School Case 309-085, February 2009. (Revised March 2009.)
      • 2009
      • Working Paper

      Applying the Care Delivery Value Chain: HIV/AIDS Care in Resource Poor Settings

      By: Joseph Rhatigan, Sachin H Jain, Joia S. Mukherjee and Michael E. Porter
      The care delivery value chain is a framework that can help conceptualize the organization and structure of care delivery for medical conditions.  We apply this framework to HIV/AIDS care in resource-limited settings. Several conclusions arise than can help inform... View Details
      Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Framework; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Service Delivery
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      Rhatigan, Joseph, Sachin H Jain, Joia S. Mukherjee, and Michael E. Porter. "Applying the Care Delivery Value Chain: HIV/AIDS Care in Resource Poor Settings." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-093, February 2009.
      • January 2009 (Revised June 2014)
      • Supplement

      CityCenter (B): Economics and Delivery

      By: A. Eugene Kohn, John D. Macomber and Ben Creo
      Bill Smith is informed by his general contractor that a key component of the Aria Resort is going to be delayed. Aria is the centerpiece of CityCenter: a $9 billion complex and a bet-the-firm decision for MGM Mirage. Smith must make a decision as to whether to force... View Details
      Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Decision Choices and Conditions; Construction; Finance; Organizational Structure; Projects; Complexity
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      Kohn, A. Eugene, John D. Macomber, and Ben Creo. "CityCenter (B): Economics and Delivery." Harvard Business School Supplement 209-094, January 2009. (Revised June 2014.)
      • January 2009 (Revised May 2011)
      • Case

      China Mobile's Rural Communications Strategy

      By: William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, G.A. Donovan and Tracy Manty
      China Mobile was the world's leading mobile communications service provider with over 400 million customers. In some cities, its penetration rate was over 100%. With such huge successes, Chairman Wang Jianzhou was exploring ways to expand its customer base. Nearly... View Details
      Keywords: Communication Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Investment; Rural Scope; Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Telecommunications Industry; China
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      Kirby, William C., F. Warren McFarlan, G.A. Donovan, and Tracy Manty. "China Mobile's Rural Communications Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 309-034, January 2009. (Revised May 2011.)
      • 2009
      • Chapter

      Creativity, Improvisation, and Organizations

      By: Colin M. Fisher and Teresa M. Amabile
      Although the literatures on both organizational creativity and organizational improvisation have been expanding in recent years, the links between these literatures have not been deeply explored. This chapter explores those links to create a conceptualization of... View Details
      Keywords: Body of Literature; Innovation and Invention; Organizational Culture; Research; Creativity; Theory
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      Fisher, Colin M., and Teresa M. Amabile. "Creativity, Improvisation, and Organizations." In The Routledge Companion to Creativity, edited by Tudor Rickards, Mark A. Runco, and Susan Moger. Oxford, U.K.: Routledge, 2009.
      • 2009
      • Manual

      Instructor's Manual to Accompany Corporate Information Strategy and Management: Text and Cases

      By: Lynda M. Applegate, Robert D. Austin and Deborah Soule
      This new edition examines how information technology enables organizations to conduct business in radically different and more effective ways. The authors objective is to provide readers with a better understanding of the influence of twenty-first century technologies... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Information Management; Managerial Roles; Strategy; Information Technology
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      Applegate, Lynda M., Robert D. Austin, and Deborah Soule. Instructor's Manual to Accompany Corporate Information Strategy and Management: Text and Cases. 8th ed. NY: McGraw-Hill, 2009.
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      Renewal Through Reorganization: The Value of Inconsistencies between Formal and Informal Organization

      By: Ranjay Gulati and P. Puranam
      Keywords: Value; Organizations
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      Gulati, Ranjay, and P. Puranam. "Renewal Through Reorganization: The Value of Inconsistencies between Formal and Informal Organization." Organization Science 20, no. 2 (March–April 2009): 422–440.
      • 2008
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      Corporate Honesty and Business Education: A Behavioral Model

      By: Rakesh Khurana and Herbert Gintis
      Since the mid-1970s neoclassical economic theory has dominated business school thinking and teaching in dealing with the nature of human motivation. However valuable in understanding competitive product and financial markets, neoclassical economic theory employs an... View Details
      Keywords: Business Education; Ethics; Managerial Roles; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Culture; Business and Shareholder Relations; Mathematical Methods; Behavior
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      Khurana, Rakesh, and Herbert Gintis. "Corporate Honesty and Business Education: A Behavioral Model." In Moral Markets: The Critical Role of Values in the Economy, edited by Paul J. Zak. Princeton University Press, 2008.
      • 2008
      • Book

      On Competition

      By: M. E. Porter
      Competition is one of society's most powerful forces for making things better in many fields of human endeavor. The study of competition and the creation of value, in their full richness, have preoccupied me for several decades. Competition is pervasive, whether it... View Details
      Keywords: Leadership; Practice; Competitive Strategy; Theory; Value Creation
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      Porter, M. E. On Competition. Updated and Expanded Ed. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2008.
      • 2008
      • Working Paper

      Resolving Information Asymmetries in Markets: The Role of Certified Management Programs

      By: Michael W. Toffel
      Firms and regulators are increasingly relying on voluntary mechanisms to signal and infer quality of difficult-to-observe management practices. Prior evaluations of voluntary management programs have focused on those that lack verification mechanisms and have found... View Details
      Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Information; Standards; Performance Improvement; Programs; Environmental Sustainability; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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      Toffel, Michael W. "Resolving Information Asymmetries in Markets: The Role of Certified Management Programs." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-023, December 2008. (October 2006.)
      • December 2008
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      The Teaching of Strategy: From General Manager to Analyst and Back Again?

      By: Joseph L. Bower
      Courses in strategy are an outgrowth of the business policy course first taught at Harvard Business School in 1912. This article examines how the teaching of a course concerned with the development and implementation of the goals and policies of a firm changed during... View Details
      Keywords: Business Education; Curriculum and Courses; Teaching; Policy; Business History; Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy
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      Bower, Joseph L. "The Teaching of Strategy: From General Manager to Analyst and Back Again?" Journal of Management Inquiry 17, no. 4 (December 2008).
      • 2008
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      Corporate Information Strategy and Management: Text and Cases

      By: Robert D. Austin, Lynda M. Applegate and Deborah Soule
      The 8th edition of Corporate Information Strategy and Management: Text and Cases is written for students and managers who desire an overview of contemporary information systems technology management. This new edition examines how information... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Making; Management; Business Strategy; Information Technology
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      Austin, Robert D., Lynda M. Applegate, and Deborah Soule. Corporate Information Strategy and Management: Text and Cases. 8th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2008.
      • October 2008
      • Article

      Gender in Job Negotiations: A Two-Level Game

      By: Hannah Riley Bowles and Kathleen McGinn
      We propose taking a two-level-game perspective on gender in job negotiations. At Level One, candidates negotiate with employers. At Level Two, candidates negotiate with household members. In order to illuminate the interplay between these two levels, we review research... View Details
      Keywords: Perspective; Negotiation; Research; Organizational Culture; Body of Literature; Jobs and Positions; Gender; Labor
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      Bowles, Hannah Riley, and Kathleen McGinn. "Gender in Job Negotiations: A Two-Level Game." Negotiation Journal 24, no. 4 (October 2008): 393–410.
      • September 2008 (Revised July 2011)
      • Case

      Keeping Google 'Googley'

      By: Boris Groysberg, David A. Thomas and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
      This case, set in 2008, examines how Google has worked to avoid potential negative byproducts of rapid growth such as bureaucracy, slow decision-making, lack of visibility, and organizational inconsistency. When the case protagonist, Kim Scott, started with Google in... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Culture; Internet; Information Technology Industry
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      Groysberg, Boris, David A. Thomas, and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Keeping Google 'Googley'." Harvard Business School Case 409-039, September 2008. (Revised July 2011.)
      • August 2008
      • Supplement

      Microsoft's Unlimited Potential (B)

      By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Madelene Bell
      This short (B) case provides an update of how Microsoft organized its unlimited potential initiative. View Details
      Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Business or Company Management; Information Technology Industry
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      Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Marie Madelene Bell. "Microsoft's Unlimited Potential (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 509-009, August 2008.
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      Untapped Potential in the Study of Negotiation and Gender Inequality in Organizations

      By: Hannah Riley Bowles and Kathleen L. McGinn
      Negotiation is a process that creates, reinforces, and reduces gender inequality in organizations, yet the study of gender in negotiation has little connection to the study of gender in organizations. We review the literature on gender in job negotiations from... View Details
      Keywords: Gender; Body of Literature; Negotiation Process; Organizational Culture; Research; Behavior; Equality and Inequality
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      Bowles, Hannah Riley, and Kathleen L. McGinn. "Untapped Potential in the Study of Negotiation and Gender Inequality in Organizations." Academy of Management Annals 2 (2008): 99–132.
      • July 2008
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      Information Use by Managers in Decision Making: A Team Exercise

      By: Amy C. Edmondson and Ann Cullen
      The purpose of this exercise is to explore the challenges of information collection and analysis. Students will, experientially, gain insights into how information is used and be exposed to a framework for identifying and evaluating information. In addition, the... View Details
      Keywords: Competency and Skills; Decision Making; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Managerial Roles; Business Processes; Groups and Teams
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      Edmondson, Amy C., and Ann Cullen. "Information Use by Managers in Decision Making: A Team Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 609-027, July 2008.
      • July 2008 (Revised September 2009)
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      ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Eee PC (A)

      By: Willy C. Shih, Chintay Shih, Hung-Chang Chiu, Yi-Ching Hsieh and Ho Howard Yu
      ASUSTek Computer was the world's largest manufacture of PC motherboards, yet when it tried to launch its new sub-notebook Eee PC, the organization faced challenges in doing things outside of its established processes. Though many of the team members had worked together... View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Disruptive Innovation; Product Launch; Groups and Teams; Information Infrastructure; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Technology Industry
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      Shih, Willy C., Chintay Shih, Hung-Chang Chiu, Yi-Ching Hsieh, and Ho Howard Yu. "ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Eee PC (A)." Harvard Business School Case 609-011, July 2008. (Revised September 2009.)
      • May 2008 (Revised December 2010)
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      Chi Mei Optoelectronics

      By: Willy C. Shih, Chintay Shih, Jyun-Cheng Wang and Ho Howard Yu
      Chi Mei is a Taiwanese industrial group that makes a major diversification into the technology intensive TFT-LCD flat panel display industry. Because the diversification is far away from its core competence in petrochemicals, it is an opportunity to examine how the... View Details
      Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Supply Chain; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Information Technology; Electronics Industry; Manufacturing Industry; China; South Korea; Taiwan
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      Shih, Willy C., Chintay Shih, Jyun-Cheng Wang, and Ho Howard Yu. "Chi Mei Optoelectronics." Harvard Business School Case 608-123, May 2008. (Revised December 2010.)
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