Control Rights - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?

The model suggests that the more forward-looking buyers are, the more advantageous it is to use fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) tactics to drive the competing system out. Consider SCO, a small "vulture" firm that had bought up the intellectual property... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

20 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School

executives. Healy: To put it in context, we live in a society in which the stars—entertainers, professional athletes, the top performers in any industry—make all the money. That includes the executive market as well. The irony about pay-for-performance is that pay... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

12 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 12, 2009

Publication:Harvard Business Review 87, no. 5 (May 2009) Abstract Few companies are thinking about hiring right now, but that's a mistake. If history is any guide, staffing will become a front-burner issue once the economic upheaval... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer

in their competition against p2p. Other differences are related to the "packaging" of content. Digital rights management (DRM) technologies, for example, are used to limit the playback of music purchased on iTunes, while music... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music

29 Apr 2020
Book

The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages

Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

20 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively

future," Miller says. There is no blueprint for the right way to share information, he adds. A strong IR function is best developed in a way consistent with the firm's unique operating position. "What is really fascinating is... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

growth The strategy map and accompanying scorecard provide a powerful communication vehicle about the organization's vision and strategy. Rather than use measurement to control employees, leaders use strategy maps and Balanced Scorecards... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

15 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 15, 2008

controlling for other known effects on citation rate, such as outlet, discipline, length, number of citations and methodology. Our findings suggest that multidisciplinary fields can enhance their knowledge sharing by attending to the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel

important parts, providing for both bank insurance and bank regulation. The two have to be paired, he suggested. "My concern right now is that although there's an enormous amount of discussion about the $700 billion, the discussion... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

04 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 4

controlled, hierarchical organization, which would mirror the buildings' design structure, the Manchester City Council created a "commons organization," and chose to share decision-rights with local claimants. Each school's faculty was thus given View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

02 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 2

propensity score matched samples. We find significant heterogeneity in corporate disclosure responses across those four countries. Relative to propensity score matched control firms, treated firms in China and South Africa increased... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: Jan. 29

they also induced large spillovers of technical knowledge in prefectures adjacent to those with prizes, relative to distant control prefectures without prizes. Linking competition expenditures with the expected market value of patents... View Details