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  • 23 Aug 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Strategy for Small Fish

play a crucial role in structuring the complexity of an ecosystem in ways that make it accessible and manageable. In effect, they represent rungs in a ladder of ascending complexity that facilitate the power of platform leveraging:... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
  • 23 Jun 2015
  • First Look

First Look: June 23, 2015

legal battles had destroyed the relationship between the families of the two cousins. This case describes the complexities of corporate governance for a family owned organization. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Aug 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Who is Boss in the Sharing Economy?

clear sense from the courts of exactly where the dividing line between platforms and employers might be." In some ways Uber doesn't look like a traditional company—but it does have a corporate headquarters, in San Francisco.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Service; Technology
  • 28 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 28, 2009

forward? Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709404 Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation Harvard Business School Case 609-063 Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation has... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Dec 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Regional Slice of Your Global Strategy

inflexible, organizational structure to successfully execute a strategy. As companies think through the risks and opportunities of various regional strategies, they also need to clarify what they mean by the word "region." I... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
  • 08 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 8

management, flawed internal and external accounting, low skill and/or low integrity people, and corrosive cultures. Piecemeal attempts to fix elements of corporate governance will fail. The problem, to illustrate, is not just the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Oct 1996
  • News

Leading In a New Era

but rather as a portfolio of flexible and interlinked roles and relationships." While the outmoded top-down management structure of corporate divisions gave managers tight control and enabled their companies... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
  • 04 Jun 2024
  • Blog Post

Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)

some of the most prominent law firms. Through Boston Lawyers Group, she identified potential firms and legal internships to get exposure to the sector and pressure test her interests. Yet, as she explored undergraduate courses and majors,... View Details
  • October 2017
  • Supplement

Snap Inc. Goes Public (B)

By: Lynn Sharp Paine and Will Hurwitz
Supplements the (A) case.

Snap Inc.’s chairman must decide how to address investor concerns about the company’s unprecedented plans to issue only non-voting shares in its upcoming IPO. View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Capital Structure; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Going Public; Business and Shareholder Relations; Leadership; Management; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Venture Capital; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States; California
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  • 22 Sep 2003
  • Research & Ideas

How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS

factors that inhibit trust formation and those are easier to identify—but the ones that work may be a bit harder," he said. A corporate structure containing relatively few layers of authority is also... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 02 Oct 2000
  • What Do You Think?

What Lies Beyond NAFTA?

terrible thing. Not only does it create a new social class of underground activity in the U.S., but it also creates millions of broken homes ... in Mexico." He concludes that legalizing the free flow of labor into the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 15 Jul 2019
  • Blog Post

Exploring the World of Electric Adventure Vehicles

decide where we should open stores, what the stores should look like, how we should structure test drives, and how we should communicate with customers.” Applying her HBS education at Rivian After only a year at HBS, Danziger has found... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing; Consumer Products / Retail
  • 26 Nov 2013
  • First Look

First Look: November 26

  Publications August 2013 Journal of Corporate Finance Golden Parachutes and the Wealth of Shareholders By: Bebchuk, Lucian A., Alma Cohen, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—Golden parachutes (GPs) have attracted substantial attention from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 8

  PublicationsConcentrating on Governance Authors:Dalida Kadyrzhanova, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract This paper develops a novel trade-off view of corporate governance. Using a simple model... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 May 2010
  • First Look

First Look: May 11

Author:Louis T. Wells Publication:AIB Insights 10, no. 1 (2010) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Download the Paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/lwells/Insights.pdf   Working PapersAgency Costs, Mispricing, and Ownership Structure... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 May 2019
  • Blog Post

Top-Notch Talent Begets Top-Notch Talent

Corporation status—a third-party certification driving a movement to use business as a force for good. Certified B Corporations are legally required to consider the impact of... View Details
  • 24 Apr 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

that normative or preconceived beliefs about the functioning of the social world may guide social behavior in children. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54387 Coupling Labor Codes of Conduct and Supplier Labor Practices: The Role of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Jan 2009
  • First Look

First Look: January 13, 2009

as complicated local etiquette, obscured decision-making processes, and heavy reliance on interpersonal relationships instead of legal instruments all add to the complexities of Sino-foreign business negotiations and can make the process... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Aug 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Making an Ally of Uncle Sam

Goals for influencing government should flow directly from the analytic frameworks that companies use to develop business strategies. As Michael Porter noted in Competitive Strategy, "No structural analysis is complete without a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins, Mickey Edwards & Usha Thakrar
  • 19 Jan 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Activist Board Members Increase Firm’s Market Value

Public company shareholders have long complained that corporate boards don't always act in the best interest of their investors. But does the addition of a shareholder-sponsored board member increase the market value of the firm? The... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel