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- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster
ensure that potentially influential parties bought into the new social contract. When third parties drive the deal. Failure also happens when one team, such as the business development unit, uses a heavily price-driven process to negotiate an View Details
- 03 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Business History around the World
structures of large manufacturing corporations remains important, but a new generation of researchers has explored business networks, the family firm, knowledge creation and transfer, public policy and business, and a host of other... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 10 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures
considering JVs. Cynthia D. Churchwell: You and your colleagues found that companies are increasingly willing to "go it alone" without local partners. Did these results surprise you? Mihir Desai: Given the popular rhetoric on the importance of View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part One]
former HBS professor who is now dean at the new Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy at Tokyo's Hitotsubashi University; and Sakakibara, a former Ministry of Trade and Industry (MITI) official with a doctorate from Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 19 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard
common cause does not mean that the production line is secure. In fact, the nesting dolls model may be the best way to go wrong while seemingly doing the right thing. Rosabeth M. Kanter The frail, forlorn face of Rupert Murdoch in the news exposes the vulnerability at... View Details
- 26 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Learning from Failed Political Leadership
framework that has significant corporate applications as well. The concepts in this book are grounded in a historically significant case study on how the American President deals with foreign policy. We are highly critical of much... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
which had historically been very manual in nature. CEO Juan Villarzu's initial turnaround attempts introduced a customer-centric corporate culture to his ranks, but he was still challenged by how to create an outsourcing strategy given... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Free Software
variety of corporations for very logical purposes," notes Iansiti. "If you have an environment in which part of the service you provide and the product you sell can be given away for free, that changes the dynamics of the... View Details
- 04 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018
link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55322 forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics Governance Through Shame and Aspiration: Index Creation and Corporate Behavior By: Chattopadhyay, Akash, Matthew D. Shaffer, and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Oct 2016
- Op-Ed
Why Business Should Invest in Community Health
corporate attention than employee, consumer, and environmental health. In a survey of more than 80 companies attending the Building a Culture of Health conference at Harvard Business School in April 2016, a lower percentage of respondents... View Details
- 24 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Managing Alignment as a Process
outsourcers, and alliance partners are reflected in business unit strategies. Corporate support: The strategies of the local business support units reflect the priorities of the View Details
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers
expansion." In this excerpt, they detail seven such strategies that corporate leaders can pursue. Pick Up the Scraps. As Peter Drucker recently noted, for every megamerger or large acquisition, there are usually several spin-offs,... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat & Fariborz Ghadar
- 04 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Putting Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector
enable more sustainable social impact increasingly relevant. Social entrepreneurs stay relentlessly focused on their missions and seek to continually innovate to achieve greater impact with the resources that they are able to mobilize. Q: On the theme of View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- December 1997 (Revised August 1998)
- Case
Shanghai Real Estate (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Harold F. Hogan Jr
An independent consultant from the United States must decide what to do when faced with his client's apparent violation of an agreement with a third party. The consultant is American, the client is a Chinese real estate developer, and the third party is a French... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Contracts; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Law; Agreements and Arrangements; Alliances; Corporate Accountability; Consulting Industry; Real Estate Industry; China; United States; France
Paine, Lynn S., and Harold F. Hogan Jr. "Shanghai Real Estate (A)." Harvard Business School Case 398-088, December 1997. (Revised August 1998.)
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
commitments for repayment. Research suggests that a common commitment mechanism is to borrow U.S. securities laws, which involves listing the emerging economy firm's shares on a U.S. exchange. This paper uses a quasi-natural experiment from Mexico to examine the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Howard Stevenson on the Lessons of the Internet Era
technologies. He reminded listeners that the key to Microsoft's success has been not through technology excellence, but rather by its ability to have the industry embrace standards built around its products. Companies must also become smarter at business... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Are the Olympics a Catalyst for China Reforms?
the Americas, etcetera. The litany is very impressive. Most of all, he seemed to serve as a human bridge. Q: If reformers wanted to take the Yung Wing example and work for change inside China, what potential routes or alliances are open... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
Working PapersA Reference Point Theory of Mergers and Acquisitions Authors:Malcolm Baker, Xin Pan, and Jeffrey Wurgler Abstract The use of judgmental anchors or reference points in valuing corporations affects several basic aspects of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- November 1996 (Revised December 1996)
- Case
SAP America
By: David A. Garvin and Artemis March
SAP America has grown at an explosive rate. This case describes the company's strategy, organization, and culture, with special attention to its approach to partnering and its sales and consulting process, which have been instrumental in allowing growth to proceed. Now... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Change Management; Entrepreneurship; Growth Management; Demand and Consumers; Organizational Culture; Alliances; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; United States
Garvin, David A., and Artemis March. "SAP America." Harvard Business School Case 397-057, November 1996. (Revised December 1996.)
- 25 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 25, 2008
School Case 909-007 In 2008, the Japanese consumer payments landscape featured ongoing widespread use of cash, limited use of credit cards and rapid rise of e-money systems based on contactless technology embedded in cards and especially mobile phones. The case details... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace