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March 2022
Supplement

Washio (B3): Considering Vertical Integration

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman

April 2001
Supplement

Merrill Lynch: Integrated Choice (Supplement)

By: F. Warren McFarlan and Christina Ruth

Supplements the case. Designed as an in-class handout. View Details

Keywords: Financial Services Industry

2023
Working Paper

Financial and Informational Integration Through Oracle Networks

By: Lin William Cong, Eswar Prasad and Daniel Rabetti

Oracles are software components that enable data exchange between siloed blockchains and external environments, enhancing smart contract capabilities and platform interoperability. We find that oracle integration is positively associated with total value locked and... View Details

Keywords: Decentralized Finance; Blockchain; Smart Contract; International Economy; Interoperability; Risk Sharing; Applications and Software; Financial Markets; Economics; Risk Management

SSRN

September 2006 (Revised October 2007)
Case

Shinsei Bank: Developing an Integrated Firm

By: Thomas J. DeLong and Masako Egawa

Tom Pedersen, newly appointed chief learning officer (CLO) of Shinsei Bank in Japan, pondered how he could facilitate development of an integrated culture and transformation of the organization. Shinsei Bank had not developed longstanding tradition or a strong... View Details

Keywords: Integration; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Talent and Talent Management; Organizational Culture; Performance Evaluation; Cooperation; Diversity; Japan

October 2016 (Revised January 2018)
Supplement

BlackRock (C): Integrating BGI

By: Ranjay Gulati, Jan W. Rivkin and Aldo Sesia

This (C) case is a supplement to HBS case no. 717-404 “BlackRock (A): Selling the Systems?” View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Competition; Information Technology; Asset Management; United States

26 Mar 2015
News

Podcast: Integrated Corporate Reporting

31 May 1996 - 04 Oct 1996
Conference Presentation

Leadership, Ethics, and Organizational Integrity

By: Lynn S. Paine

Keywords: Leadership; Ethics; Organizations; Trust

October 2001
Teaching Note

Merrill Lynch: Integrated Choice (Abridged)TN

By: F. Warren McFarlan

Teaching Note for (9-301-081). View Details

Keywords: Financial Services Industry

24 May 2010
News

The importance of integrated reporting

08 May 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Corporate and Integrated Reporting: A Functional Perspective

Keywords: by Robert Eccles & George Serafeim

September 2009 (Revised April 2011)
Case

Integrated Project Delivery at Autodesk, Inc. (A)

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Faaiza Rashid

Describes Autodesk's engagement in Integrated Project Delivery—a new model of risk management, inter-firm teamwork, and multi-objective (aesthetic, cost, and sustainability) optimization in building projects. In 2008, Autodesk, Inc., the world's largest design software... View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Business Headquarters; Design; Risk Management; Business Processes; Projects; Groups and Teams; Partners and Partnerships; Cooperation; Construction Industry; Service Industry

Article

Achieving Sustainability Through Integrated Reporting

By: Robert G. Eccles and Daniela Saltzman

Keywords: Integration; Reports

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23 Apr 2014
Lecture

Systems Integration and Growth

By: Michael E. Porter

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April 2002
Supplement

Merrill Lynch: Integrated Choice

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

May 1998
Case

Integral Vision Ltd. (A)

A stop-action simulation case takes participants through the process whereby four people (three young entrepreneurs and an investor) take a machine vision company from start-up to acquisition by a major publicly-traded company. Over several years, they have to... View Details

Keywords: Negotiation; Business Growth and Maturation; Acquisition; Business Startups

07 Nov 2014
Video

FIELD 3: Integrative Intelligence

08 Jun 2015
News

Gender integration in consulting

One of the first women to be recruited by McKinsey & Company, pioneer Joan Griewank Colligan (MBA 1964) eventually launched her own practice as an independent consultant. (Published June 2015) View Details

January 2020 (Revised October 2021)
Case

Zara: An Integrated Store and Online Model (A)

By: Antonio Moreno

In 2010, amidst the growth of ecommerce and the emergence of new, purely online, fashion players, Zara launched its first online store, Zara.com. Since then, Zara’s online business had grown at a fast pace. By 2018, 12% of Inditex Group’s total sales came from the... View Details

Keywords: Stores; Integration; Operations; Business Model; Strategy; E-commerce; Retail Industry; Fashion Industry; Europe