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      • July 2007 (Revised September 2007)
      • Module Note

      Managing Networked Businesses: Summary Module

      By: Thomas R. Eisenmann
      Offers pedagogical guidance for instructors teaching the summary module of Managing Networked Businesses, an elective course described in "Managing Networked Businesses: Course Overview for Educators." Also describes how the module materials can be adapted for use in... View Details
      Keywords: Networks; Business Organization
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      Eisenmann, Thomas R. "Managing Networked Businesses: Summary Module." Harvard Business School Module Note 808-003, July 2007. (Revised September 2007.)
      • July 2007
      • Article

      A Two-Person Game of Information Transmission

      By: Jerry R. Green and Nancy L. Stokey
      We consider a statistical decision problem faced by a two player organization whose members may not agree on outcome evaluations and prior probabilities. One player is specialized in gathering information and transmitting it to the other, who takes the decision. This... View Details
      Keywords: Game Theory; Cheap Talk; Communication Games; Communication; Information
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      Green, Jerry R., and Nancy L. Stokey. "A Two-Person Game of Information Transmission." Journal of Economic Theory 135, no. 1 (July 2007): 90–104.
      • June 2007
      • Article

      Implementing New Practices: An Empirical Study of Organizational Learning in Hospital Intensive Care Units

      By: A. L. Tucker, I. Nembhard and A. C. Edmondson
      Keywords: Practice; Organizations; Learning; Health; Information; Health Industry
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      Tucker, A. L., I. Nembhard, and A. C. Edmondson. "Implementing New Practices: An Empirical Study of Organizational Learning in Hospital Intensive Care Units." Management Science 53, no. 6 (June 2007): 894–907.
      • March 2007 (Revised April 2007)
      • Case

      The University of Utah and the Computer Graphics Revolution

      By: H. Kent Bowen and Courtney Purrington
      Computer science departments were new to universities in the 1960s, and the one created at the University of Utah by David Evans and Ivan Sutherland had a research mission to invent the field of computer graphics. Details the research process that led to many of the... View Details
      Keywords: Engineering; Entrepreneurship; Management Practices and Processes; Mission and Purpose; Research and Development; Technology Adoption; Computer Industry; Education Industry; Utah
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      Bowen, H. Kent, and Courtney Purrington. "The University of Utah and the Computer Graphics Revolution." Harvard Business School Case 607-036, March 2007. (Revised April 2007.)
      • 2007
      • Book

      Commentaries and Cases on the Law of Business Organization

      By: William T. Allen, Reinier Kraakman and Guhan Subramanian
      Keywords: Cases; Law; Organizational Structure
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      Allen, William T., Reinier Kraakman, and Guhan Subramanian. Commentaries and Cases on the Law of Business Organization. 2nd ed. Aspen Publishing, 2007.
      • 2007
      • Working Paper

      Global Competitors as Next-Door Neighbors: Competition and Geographic Concentration in the Semiconductor Industry

      By: Minyuan Zhao and Juan Alcacer
      Despite the many advantages offered by technology clusters, firms located in them face the risk of losing valuable knowledge to nearby competitors. In this study, we argue that multi-location firms strategically organize their R&D activities to appropriate the value of... View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Industry Clusters; Innovation and Invention; Geographic Location; Competitive Strategy; Globalization; Semiconductor Industry
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      Zhao, Minyuan, and Juan Alcacer. "Global Competitors as Next-Door Neighbors: Competition and Geographic Concentration in the Semiconductor Industry." Michigan Ross School of Business Working Paper, No. 1091, March 2007. (Available at SSRN.)
      • February 2007 (Revised August 2007)
      • Case

      Microsoft Office 2007

      By: Marco Iansiti and Bianca Buccitelli
      A discussion of the history and processes behind the development of Microsoft's Office 12 software. View Details
      Keywords: History; Applications and Software; Research and Development; Business Processes; Product Development
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      Iansiti, Marco, and Bianca Buccitelli. "Microsoft Office 2007." Harvard Business School Case 607-015, February 2007. (Revised August 2007.)
      • January 2007 (Revised December 2007)
      • Case

      Digital China Holdings Limited: Managing the Transition from a Product-oriented to a Service-oriented Company

      By: F. Warren McFarlan, Guoqing Chen, Kai Reimers and Xunhua Guo
      Digital China is the largest Chinese independent systems integrator (IBM and HP are larger). Describes their history and their current strategy and invites the student to advise them as to how they should continue to grow in the future. This is the closest China... View Details
      Keywords: History; Information Technology; Service Operations; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry; China
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      McFarlan, F. Warren, Guoqing Chen, Kai Reimers, and Xunhua Guo. "Digital China Holdings Limited: Managing the Transition from a Product-oriented to a Service-oriented Company." Harvard Business School Case 307-093, January 2007. (Revised December 2007.)
      • January 2007
      • Article

      Introducing the First Management Control Systems: Evidence from the Retail Sector

      By: Tatiana Sandino
      Focusing on a sample of US retailers, I study the management control systems (MCS) that firms introduce when they first invest in controls, and identify four categories of initial MCS, which are defined in terms of the purposes these MCS fulfill. The first category,... View Details
      Keywords: Management Control Systems; Entrepreneurial Organizations; Firm Growth; Corporate Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Management Systems; Growth and Development Strategy
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      Sandino, Tatiana. "Introducing the First Management Control Systems: Evidence from the Retail Sector." Accounting Review 82, no. 1 (January 2007): 265–293. (Awarded the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2005, Management Accounting Section, American Accounting Association; Awarded the Emerging Scholar Competitive Manuscript Award, 2011, Foundation for Applied Research, Institute of Management Accountants.)
      • 2007
      • Conference Presentation

      Renewal Through Reorganization: The Value of Inconsistencies Between Formal and Informal Organization

      By: Ranjay Gulati
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      Gulati, Ranjay. "Renewal Through Reorganization: The Value of Inconsistencies Between Formal and Informal Organization." Paper presented at the Organization Science Special Issue Conference, Chicago, 2007.
      • November 2006 (Revised May 2007)
      • Case

      Hewlett-Packard Company: The War Within

      By: Krishna G. Palepu, Jay W. Lorsch, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Eliot Sherman
      In September 2006 it was revealed that the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) had been carrying out an extended investigation of its own employees, board members, and journalists outside the company. The investigation was launched in response to a series of leaks to the... View Details
      Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Employee Relationship Management; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Communication Technology; Conflict and Resolution; Newspapers; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry
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      Palepu, Krishna G., Jay W. Lorsch, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Eliot Sherman. "Hewlett-Packard Company: The War Within." Harvard Business School Case 107-030, November 2006. (Revised May 2007.)
      • September 2006 (Revised December 2006)
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      Arizona Department of Public Health: The Challenges of Preparing for a Public Health Emergency

      By: Lynda M. Applegate, Ajay Vinze, T. S. Raghu and Minu Ipe
      In the post-9/11 era information technology enablement for emergency preparedness and response have taken on increased significance. Public health organizations like ADHS play a critical role in any statewide preparation for large scale emergencies. With issues like... View Details
      Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Information Technology; Health Care and Treatment; Business Processes; Service Delivery; National Security; Health Industry; Public Administration Industry; Arizona
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      Applegate, Lynda M., Ajay Vinze, T. S. Raghu, and Minu Ipe. "Arizona Department of Public Health: The Challenges of Preparing for a Public Health Emergency." Harvard Business School Case 807-016, September 2006. (Revised December 2006.)
      • June 2006 (Revised July 2009)
      • Case

      MassMEDIC: The Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council

      By: Willis M. Emmons III, Michael E. Porter and Spencer Wallace
      Set in 2004, as Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council (MassMEDIC) President Tom Sommer contemplates the future direction of a successful medical device cluster association. Focuses on the formation of cluster organizations and their roles and effectiveness,... View Details
      Keywords: Economic Growth; Industry Clusters; Nonprofit Organizations; Social and Collaborative Networks; Cooperation; Massachusetts
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      Emmons, Willis M., III, Michael E. Porter, and Spencer Wallace. "MassMEDIC: The Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council." Harvard Business School Case 706-498, June 2006. (Revised July 2009.)
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      Interorganizational Ties and Business Group Boundaries: Evidence from an Emerging Economy

      By: Tarun Khanna and Jan W. Rivkin
      Keywords: Organizations; Groups and Teams; Boundaries; Information; Economy
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      Khanna, Tarun, and Jan W. Rivkin. "Interorganizational Ties and Business Group Boundaries: Evidence from an Emerging Economy." Organization Science 17, no. 3 (May–June 2006): 333–352.
      • April 2006 (Revised April 2007)
      • Case

      Endeca Technologies: New Growth Opportunities

      By: Paul A. Gompers and Kristin Perry
      Steve Papa, CEO of Endeca Technologies, must decide whether to expand into a new market with a new application of his company's technology. Endeca has experienced significant success with its information access software in the online retail industry, and in September... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Market Entry and Exit; Production; Organizational Structure; Partners and Partnerships; Opportunities; Expansion; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Information Technology Industry
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      Gompers, Paul A., and Kristin Perry. "Endeca Technologies: New Growth Opportunities." Harvard Business School Case 206-041, April 2006. (Revised April 2007.)
      • April 2006
      • Case

      Medical Innovation Beyond MedStar: Mobilizing for National Impact

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Ryan Raffaelli and Michelle Heskett
      Dr. Craig Feied, director of MedStar Health's Medical Informatics programs, wanted his innovations to influence national health care. Since joining Washington Hospital Center's Emergency Department in 1995 with Dr. Mark Smith, their information system had become the... View Details
      Keywords: Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Policy; Government and Politics; Innovation and Management; Projects; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Health Industry; Washington (state, US)
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      Kanter, Rosabeth M., Ryan Raffaelli, and Michelle Heskett. "Medical Innovation Beyond MedStar: Mobilizing for National Impact." Harvard Business School Case 306-096, April 2006.
      • March 2006
      • Module Note

      Finance in Weak Institutional Environments

      By: Mihir A. Desai and Kathleen Luchs
      Describes the sixth module in the International Finance course at Harvard Business School. The module explores the issues confronting firms that operate in weak institutional environments. The cases examine situations where investor protections are limited and how... View Details
      Keywords: International Finance; Curriculum and Courses; Business Ventures; Framework; Organizational Design; Outcome or Result; Education Industry
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      Desai, Mihir A., and Kathleen Luchs. "Finance in Weak Institutional Environments." Harvard Business School Module Note 206-127, March 2006.
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      The Information Technology Ecosystem: Structure, Health, and Performance

      By: Marco Iansiti and Gregory L. Richards

      A number of modern industries are organized as complex networks of firms whose integrated efforts are necessary to deliver value to end customers. The complexity of these networks, or business ecosystems, and the associated interdependencies among firms, make... View Details

      Keywords: Business Ventures; Networks; Value; Customers; Performance Productivity; Product; Applications and Software; Innovation and Invention; Competition; Business Model; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology Industry
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      Iansiti, Marco, and Gregory L. Richards. "The Information Technology Ecosystem: Structure, Health, and Performance." Antitrust Bulletin 51, no. 1 (Spring 2006).
      • November 2005 (Revised December 2005)
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      County Department of Public Health: Organizing for Emergency Preparedness and Response

      By: Lynda M. Applegate, Ajay Vinze and Minu Ipe
      The anthrax attacks of 2001 exposed serious inadequacies in the response of the U.S. public health system to meet such grave threats. The public health infrastructure required rebuilding to respond to any type of large-scale health emergency. The Public Health... View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Change Management; Crisis Management; Health Care and Treatment; Infrastructure; Public Administration Industry; Health Industry; United States
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      Applegate, Lynda M., Ajay Vinze, and Minu Ipe. "County Department of Public Health: Organizing for Emergency Preparedness and Response." Harvard Business School Case 806-089, November 2005. (Revised December 2005.)
      • November 2005
      • Case

      Playgrounds and Performance: Results Management at KaBOOM! (A)

      By: Herman B. Leonard, Marc J. Epstein and Laura Winig
      KaBOOM!, a successful playground-building social enterprise funded through corporate partnerships, wants to develop a performance measurement system that will enable the organization to expand its impact substantially. The board of directors and management are trying... View Details
      Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Growth and Development Strategy; Social Enterprise; Performance Evaluation; Management Systems; Design; Construction Industry
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      Leonard, Herman B., Marc J. Epstein, and Laura Winig. "Playgrounds and Performance: Results Management at KaBOOM! (A)." Harvard Business School Case 306-031, November 2005.
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