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  • 31 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

This study empirically examines firms' post-merger behavior using an institutional theory framework. While mergers can serve as a strategic tool for firms to reconfigure their product and customer mix, differences in institutional... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Sep 2011
  • Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

remarkable transformation of both the economic performance and the social institution. Gooding oversaw a rise in revenues from £1 billion to more than £5 billion, and she and her team worked to reconfigure the business portfolio. When she... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

exit China the right one for Uber? What does this latest reconfiguration of the market mean for China's burgeoning ridesharing industry? What lessons could other tech companies learn from Uber’s experiences in China? Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 29

influence in their organizations. Specifically, we examine how influence-seeking risk managers (1) establish and maintain interpersonal connections with decision makers and how they (2) adopt, deploy, and reconfigure tools-practices that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 5, 2008

research in strategy, suggests that dynamic capabilities, the ability of a firm to reconfigure assets and existing capabilities, explains long-term competitive advantage. The second, based on organizational design, argues that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Oct 2004
  • Research & Ideas

The Bias of Wall Street Analysts

brokerages are working on repairing the tarnished image of the sell-side analyst profession while at the same time reconfiguring the economics of that function. Up until brokerage commissions were deregulated on May 1, 1975 (known in the... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • 29 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 29

highlights that a process we term toolmaking, whereby experts adopt, adjust, and reconfigure tools that embody their expertise, is central to the way in which the risk managers in our study attempt to gather influence in their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2013
  • News

Curing Health Care

line and on improving the quality of patient care. In 2005, Porter developed a multiyear learning partnership with MD Anderson, regularly ranked as the top cancer treatment center in the United States. The organization radically View Details
Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 22 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 22, 2007

latter view has coalesced around two themes. The first, based on research in strategy, suggests that dynamic capabilities, the ability of a firm to reconfigure assets and existing capabilities, explains long-term competitive advantage.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 21

they (2) adopt, deploy, and reconfigure tools-practices that we define collectively as toolmaking. Using prior literature and our empirical observations, we distinguish between influence activities to which toolmaking was not central, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 7

copyrighted content over peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing networks and its impact on the music industry and to assess the viable business models for the industry in the future. Competitiveness: Business Model Reconfiguration for Innovation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 29

customers. Company Strategy: Business Model Reconfiguration for Innovation and Internationalization Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan E. Ricart Publication:In Competitiveness in Catalonia: Looking Ahead—A Report of the Center... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 18, 2007

opportunities by reconfiguring existing assets and competencies. We review the literature on dynamic capabilities and, using IBM as a case example, show how their strategy process permits them both to explore new markets and technologies... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 27

able to reallocate resources and reconfigure assets to simultaneously explore and exploit. Using interviews and qualitative case studies from thirteen organizations, this article explores the actions senior managers took to implement... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009

highlight the need for firms to be mindful of the behavioral implications of making add-ons readily available in the marketplace. Creating Superior Customer Value in a Connected World Author:Ranjay Gulati Publication:In Business Network Transformation: Strategies to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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time: extending lines are part of the tool kit necessary in managing a product or service over time, and in satisfying customer needs more precisely and blocking competitive advances. Cases include Evernote, an online notetaking app. We will discuss the company’s View Details