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- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
M. Perkins, and Mark Weick Publication: Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 24, no. 2 (spring 2012) Abstract Dow Chemical Company, which was founded in 1894, is now the second‐largest chemical company in the world. From the outset, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 18 Aug 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Courageous Leader Triggers a Moral Revolt of CEOs Against Trump
Nothing like this has happened in 50 years. Forty-three CEOs of major American corporations revolted against President Trump this week, which led to the shutdown of two presidential advisory councils. In so doing, these leaders may have... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 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.)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 05 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building Bridges Between Education and Business
collaboration across the boardroom-classroom divide. The barriers hindering such collaboration should not be ignored, the participants agreed. But, they said, the alliances that stand to be forged and the opportunities that can be... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 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
- 20 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways
filed for bankruptcy protection in November 2011. For the smaller US Airways, it was a chance to bulk up to compete on an equal footing with the big domestic carriers on the tarmac, United and Delta. In their articles below, Harvard Business School Professor Stuart... View Details
- 03 Oct 2005
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Future of Globally Organized Labor?
and continues to be a lack of good leadership! . . . The politics of international labor interaction are extremely complex and will require tremendous leadership ability to negotiate win-win deals across countries so that employees of View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 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
- 07 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Organizational Model for Open Source
construction of the types of corporate alliances that are possible and productive to include collaboration with collectives that identify with political or occupational norms and values. View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
Working PapersCorporate Social Entrepreneurship Authors:James Austin and Ezequiel Reficco Abstract Corporate Social Entrepreneurship (CSE) is a process aimed at enabling business to develop more advanced and powerful forms of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Marketing Wine to the World
even centuries. In contrast, the New World has a number of large, publicly held corporations that are beginning to play a substantial role in the marketplace. To put this in perspective, consider the fact that France has over 230,000... View Details
- 07 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 7, 2006
administrative, cultural, and corporate capital of the Ruhr, Germany's industrial heartland of smoke, coal, and steel. Art became a source of competitiveness. Through creative cooperative efforts, which we could call cluster activities... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 2, 2007
facing several acute problems: a conflict between his director of marketing and his director of field operations; a dramatic increase in prices by a key supplier; and a major strategic alliance that does not seem to be moving forward.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 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