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  • 31 Mar 2010
  • Working Paper Summaries

When Open Architecture Beats Closed: The Entrepreneurial Use of Architectural Knowledge

Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin
  • March 2002
  • Background Note

Incentive Strategy Within Organizations

By: Brian J. Hall
This case serves as a supplement to any course on incentive design and implementation. The analysis first locates incentive strategy within the larger structure of organizations and markets and then helps to define the central components and difficulties of incentive... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Compensation and Benefits; Performance Evaluation; Strategy; Situation or Environment; Problems and Challenges
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Hall, Brian J. "Incentive Strategy Within Organizations." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-131, March 2002.
  • 23 Nov 2021
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Job Hunting Nightmare: 1,000 Plus Job Applications and Still No Offers

  • November 2004 (Revised June 2005)
  • Background Note

Designing Products and Processes: Aligning Hierarchical Problem Levels with Problem-Solving Team Forms

All complex systems have four distinct hierarchical design levels: system objectives, architecture, interfaces, and components. Each level has a distinct design question associated with it. Distinguishing among these levels and understanding the questions associated... View Details
Keywords: Design; Complexity
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Spear, Steven J. "Designing Products and Processes: Aligning Hierarchical Problem Levels with Problem-Solving Team Forms." Harvard Business School Background Note 605-039, November 2004. (Revised June 2005.)
  • 13 Feb 2018
  • Working Paper Summaries

In Search of Organizational Alignment Using a 360° Assessment System: Evidence from a Retail Chain

Keywords: by Carolyn Deller, Susanna Gallani, and Tatiana Sandino; Retail
  • October 2004 (Revised May 2006)
  • Case

Transforming Singapore's Public Libraries (Abridged)

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Roger H. Hallowell
The Singapore Public Library system was transformed from being mediocre at best to world class using information technology, progressive human-resources management, and marketing approaches unusual for government agencies. View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Service Delivery; Marketing Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Human Resources; Information Technology; Nonprofit Organizations; Public Administration Industry; Singapore
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Applegate, Lynda M., and Roger H. Hallowell. "Transforming Singapore's Public Libraries (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 805-028, October 2004. (Revised May 2006.)
  • 30 Nov 2016
  • Op-Ed

Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.

Our regulatory system has also been an unnecessary albatross on the growth of fintech players and on banks who try to partner with them. No single federal regulator has authority to oversee business lending. Instead, there is a spaghetti... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills and Brayden McCarthy; Financial Services
  • March 2003 (Revised November 2003)
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Resourcery, Ltd.

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Feyi A. Boroffice
Recounts the story of how a successful Nigerian entrepreneur has expanded his systems integration/networking business. He now faces the problem of raising growth capital in a developing country. View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Growth Management; Expansion; Race; Entrepreneurship; Developing Countries and Economies
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Hamermesh, Richard G., and Feyi A. Boroffice. "Resourcery, Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 803-148, March 2003. (Revised November 2003.)
  • 2011
  • Working Paper

Fairness, Efficiency and Flexibility in Organ Allocation for Kidney Transplantation

By: Dimitris Bertsimas, Vivek F. Farias and Nikolaos Trichakis
We propose a scalable, data-driven method for designing national policies for the allocation of deceased donor kidneys to patients on a waiting list, in a fair and efficient way. We focus on policies that have the same form as the one currently used in the U.S. In... View Details
Keywords: Fairness; Policy; Health Disorders; Marketplace Matching; Performance Effectiveness; Rank and Position; Health Industry; United States
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Bertsimas, Dimitris, Vivek F. Farias, and Nikolaos Trichakis. "Fairness, Efficiency and Flexibility in Organ Allocation for Kidney Transplantation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-025, October 2011.
  • July 1998 (Revised August 1998)
  • Case

Optimark: Launching a Virtual Securities Market

Bill Lupien's OptiMark Technologies, Inc., plans to launch a super-computer system in September, 1998 that he believes will release previously withheld liquidity to the securities market. While today's market matches those trades based on price and size, Lupien's... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Financial Markets; Product Launch; Financial Services Industry; United States
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Sviokla, John J., and Melissa Dailey. "Optimark: Launching a Virtual Securities Market." Harvard Business School Case 399-005, July 1998. (Revised August 1998.)
  • March 2018
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GiveDirectly

By: John Beshears, Joshua Schwartzstein, Tiffany Y. Chang and Brian J. Hall
How should nonprofits design compensation systems to attract and retain talent? GiveDirectly is a respected charitable organization with an unconventional approach. Instead of spending on traditional aid programs in areas such as health care and food access in... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofits; Charity; Effective Altruism; International Aid; Compensation; Goals; Bonuses; Incentives; GiveDirectly; Compensation and Benefits; Motivation and Incentives; Goals and Objectives; Recruitment; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
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Beshears, John, Joshua Schwartzstein, Tiffany Y. Chang, and Brian J. Hall. "GiveDirectly." Harvard Business School Case 918-036, March 2018.
  • November 1997
  • Case

Case Corporation

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Tom Clay
A successful turnaround global farm machinery company is attempting to redefine its role in the global food system and develop a strategic plan for the company. View Details
Keywords: Change; Machinery and Machining; Global Strategy; Growth and Development; Strategic Planning; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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Goldberg, Ray A., and Tom Clay. "Case Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 598-046, November 1997.
  • 10 Jan 2017
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Team Building For Survival

  • 24 Apr 2019
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Hikma Health Wins 2019 New Venture Competition Student Social Enterprise Track

  • March 2013
  • Article

Financial Development, Fixed Costs and International Trade

Exporting firms face significant up-front costs in product design, marketing, and distribution, which likely would be difficult to finance externally. We argue that a developed financial system can facilitate exports, and we test three implications. First, a more... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Finance
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Becker, Bo, David Greenberg, and Jinzhu Chen. "Financial Development, Fixed Costs and International Trade." Review of Corporate Finance Studies 2, no. 1 (March 2013): 1–28.
  • June 2000 (Revised July 2000)
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ORIX KK

By: Malcolm S. Salter and Andrew Eggers
Describes the challenges facing a Japanese financial services company as it attempts to maintain its ability to attract and retain talented employees. The CEO's ideas of corporate governance and evidence from the competitive labor environment suggest the need for more... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Compensation and Benefits; Motivation and Incentives; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Geographic Location; Financial Services Industry; Japan
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Salter, Malcolm S., and Andrew Eggers. "ORIX KK." Harvard Business School Case 800-272, June 2000. (Revised July 2000.)
  • 12 May 2015
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After Words with Rosabeth Moss Kanter

  • September 1997 (Revised March 1998)
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Automobile Retailing in the U.S.

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell
In the mid-1990s, the U.S. automobile retailing industry is on the brink of profound change. This case traces the drivers of change, the history of the industry, and potential distribution systems of the future. View Details
Keywords: History; Distribution; Change; Auto Industry; Retail Industry; United States
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Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Marie Bell. "Automobile Retailing in the U.S." Harvard Business School Background Note 598-014, September 1997. (Revised March 1998.)
  • 14 Apr 2015
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How crowdsourcing could help simplify America’s tax code

  • June 1991 (Revised June 1993)
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Railroads and the Beginnings of Modern Management (Abridged)

By: Thomas K. McCraw
Consists of three selections by the most innovative of the early American railroad managers describing the organizational structures and control systems they created. Questions to be asked are: why and how such managerial techniques were created, how well they worked,... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Rail Transportation; Organizational Structure; Management Systems; Rail Industry; United States
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McCraw, Thomas K. "Railroads and the Beginnings of Modern Management (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 391-131, June 1991. (Revised June 1993.)
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