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  • 2009
  • Chapter

Opening Platforms: When, How and Why?

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Geoffrey Parker and Marshall Van Alstyne
Platform-mediated networks encompass several distinct types of participants, including end users, complementors, platform providers who facilitate users' access to complements, and sponsors who develop platform technologies. Each of these roles can be opened-that... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Governance Controls; Market Participation; Digital Platforms
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  • Research Summary

Capital flows in a Globalized Economy: The Role of Policies and Institutions (joint with Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan and Vadym Volosovych)

By: Laura Alfaro
We describe the patterns of international capital flows in the period 1970-2000. We then examine the determinants of capital flows and capital flow volatility during this period. We find that institutional quality is an important determinant of capital flows.... View Details
  • June 20, 2013
  • Article

The Tyranny of Minority Shareholders

By: Josh Baron and Henry Foley
The article discusses challenges arising from minority ownership in the context of the proposed Empire State Building IPO. It emphasizes the complexities that minority shareholders can introduce in business decisions when families take their assets public. The article... View Details
Keywords: Business and Shareholder Relations; Ownership; Family Ownership; Corporate Governance; Power and Influence
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  • March 2022 (Revised April 2022)
  • Case

MTN: Unlocking Value While Driving Socioeconomic Progress

By: Benjamin C. Esty, Pippa Tubman Armerding and Dilyana Karadzhova Botha
On March 10, 2021, Ralph Mupita the new CEO of MTN Group, Africa's largest telecommunications company, presented the group’s 2020 annual results and unveiled a new strategy to “drive growth and unlock value.” Despite MTN’s leadership in most of its markets, the... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Goals and Objectives; Valuation; Emerging Markets; Business Strategy; Financial Management; Information Technology; Corporate Finance; Telecommunications Industry; Africa; South Africa; Ghana; Nigeria
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  • 21 Apr 2021
  • Research & Ideas

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

Jim Rogers, for example, distributed a one-page drawing to his staff to explain the complex competitive environment outside of the company. Structure conversations. Set topics, agendas, and deliverables for meetings in advance, and View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden
  • November 2019
  • Case

Apple, Einhorn, and iPrefs (Abridged)

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and W. Carl Kester
In March 2013, Apple Computer has a very large cash balance, and is under pressure to return cash to shareholders. Hedge fund manager David Einhorn thinks Apple can "unlock value" by issuing perpetual preferred stock, dubbed iPrefs. Henry Blodget, CEO of Business... View Details
Keywords: Markets; Stock Shares; Value Creation; Business and Shareholder Relations
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  • 2023
  • Report

The 2023 India Cluster Panorama

By: Christian Ketels, Amit Kapoor, Bibek Debroy and Subhanshi Negi
The India Cluster Panorama 2023 provides unique new insights into the cluster structure of the Indian economy. It leverages powerful data from the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), which has comprehensive coverage of the Indian labour force and granular data... View Details
Keywords: Clusters; Industry Clusters; Economic Growth; India
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  • 07 Jan 2022
  • News

Ask Help Desk: Creating Community and Safety at Work While Omicron Surges

  • October 2008 (Revised November 2010)
  • Case

NEC Electronics

By: C. Fritz Foley, Robin Greenwood and James Quinn
Why do shares in NEC Electronics, a publicly listed subsidiary of Japan conglomerate NEC, trade at a discount to their fundamental value? Can Perry Capital, a U.S. hedge fund, restructure this subsidiary and generate significant returns? This case provides students... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Private Equity; Investment Return; Ownership Stake; Business and Shareholder Relations; Financial Services Industry; Japan
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  • 28 Apr 2023
  • Blog Post

From Harvard Business School to Spotify: Four Lessons in My Journey to Land My Dream Job

interactive experiences. My friends and MBA classmates know how passionate I am about music and this role is nothing short of a dream job for me. In reflecting on my professional journey to get to this point, I wanted to share four pieces... View Details
  • November 2008
  • Supplement

NEC Electronics (CW)

By: C. Fritz Foley, Robin Greenwood and James Quinn
Why do shares in NEC Electronics, a publicly listed subsidiary of Japan conglomerate NEC trade at a discount to their fundamental value? Can Perry Capital, a U.S. hedge fund, restructure this subsidiary and generate significant returns? This case provides students with... View Details
Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Business Subsidiaries; Restructuring; Decisions; Investment Return; Investment Funds; Price; Ownership; Agency Theory; Business and Shareholder Relations; Value Creation; Electronics Industry; Japan; United States
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    Economic Value of the Advertising-Supported Internet Ecosystem

    This 105 page report analyzes the structure and dynamics of the commercial internet by classifying individually the internet-dependent revenues and employment of the 412 largest firms that participate in the ecosystem, and rolling up smaller firms and individuals. The... View Details
    • Research Summary

    Distributed Innovation in Open Systems—The Role of Modularity

    By: Carliss Y. Baldwin
    Distributed innovation in open systems is an important trend in the modern global economy. As education levels rise and communication costs fall, more people have the means and motivation to innovate. Supply chains now stretch around the world as firms outsource... View Details
    • 16 Jul 2013
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Visualizing and Measuring Enterprise Architecture: An Exploratory BioPharma Case

    Keywords: by Robert Lagerstrom, Carliss Baldwin, Alan MacCormack & David Dreyfus
    • August 8, 2018
    • Article

    Hospital-based ACOs Face Challenges in Tracking Performance Indicators

    By: Christiana Beveridge, Sofia Warner, Greg Leya and Thomas W. Feeley
    Given that accountable care organizations (ACOs) have not achieved the degree of cost reductions and quality improvements initially hoped for, we sought to better understand the underlying reasons for their limited success. Our analysis of American Hospital Association... View Details
    Keywords: ACOs; Health Care and Treatment; Cost Management; Performance; Measurement and Metrics
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    • February 2002 (Revised February 2006)
    • Case

    Volvo Trucks (A): Penetrating the U.S. Market

    By: Michael E. Porter and Orjan Solvell
    Volvo Trucks has worked on a global strategy for several decades. Beginning in the mid-1970s, the company decided to enter the largest market for trucks: the United States. Over time, the company has struggled to get a significant share of the U.S. market and at the... View Details
    Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Competitive Strategy; Five Forces Framework; Truck Transportation; Global Strategy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Manufacturing Industry; Retail Industry; United States; Europe
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    • 2016
    • Working Paper

    Financing Payouts

    By: Joan Farre-Mensa, Roni Michaely and Martin Schmalz
    We study the extent to which firms rely on the capital markets to fund their payouts. We find that 42% of firms that pay out capital also initiate debt or equity issues in the same year, resulting in 32% of aggregate payouts being externally financed. Most firms with... View Details
    Keywords: Payout Policy; Financing Decisions; Debt Issues; Equity Issues; Capital Structure; Decision Making; Financing and Loans; Corporate Finance
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    • March 2010 (Revised February 2011)
    • Case

    Cognizant 2.0: Embedding Community and Knowledge Into Work Processes

    By: Robert G. Eccles and Thomas H. Davenport
    Knowledge management has been a high priority for Cognizant Technology Solutions since its inception since its global delivery model requires the global sharing of knowledge. Its first major tool was called the Knowledge Management Appliance but as Web 2.0 tools came... View Details
    Keywords: Knowledge Management; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Product Development; Service Delivery; Business Processes; Organizational Structure; Cooperation; Information Technology Industry
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    • 15 Jun 2007
    • Research & Ideas

    Remembering Alfred Chandler

    in the School's Business History Group to reflect on Chandler's legacy and to share personal memories. To listen to this interview with professor Richard Tedlow, click on the triangular play button below. The Macromedia Flash plug-in is... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • June 2018
    • Background Note

    Introduction to Life Settlements

    By: Alexander Braun, Lauren H. Cohen, Christopher J. Malloy and Jiahua Xu
    Life insurance is an asset owned by the majority of American adults (61%). Note that this 61% penetration rate is essentially at parity with home ownership (64%) and higher than that of 401(k) retirement account ownership (53%). Life settlements, or life insurance... View Details
    Keywords: Insurance; Assets; Value; Markets; Investment Return
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