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  • 2014
  • Teaching Note

Bluestar's Acquisition of Adisseo (B) (TN)

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Donghong Li and Lei Li
This case describes the post-M&A integration of Adisseo of France in 2006 by Bluestar Group, the largest subsidiary of ChemChina (a Fortune 500 company) until 2013. Adisseo was mainly engaged in production of methionine, a feed additive, while China had no methionine... View Details
Keywords: Internationalization; Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Postmerger Integration; Strategy; China; France; Chemicals; China; France
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  • 2010
  • Working Paper

The Mirroring Hypothesis: Theory, Evidence and Exceptions

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin
The mirroring hypothesis predicts that the organizational patterns of a development project (e.g. communication links, geographic collocation, team and firm co-membership) will correspond to the technical patterns of dependency in the system under development. Scholars... View Details
Keywords: Infrastructure; Product Design; Organizational Design; Practice; Groups and Teams; Social and Collaborative Networks; Information Technology
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  • 2016
  • Chapter

Unpacking the Dynamics of Successful Change: Ten Insights from the Private Sector

By: Rebecca Henderson
Book Abstract: The aim of this book is to catalyze global interest in the pursuit of transformational changes in natural resource and environmental management. It is shown that transformational policy reforms involve fundamental shifts in strategy with far-reaching... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Environmental Sustainability; Policy; Transformation; Australia; New Zealand; China; United States; Europe; Southeast Asia
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  • 05 Sep 2023
  • Book

Thriving After Failing: How to Turn Your Setbacks Into Triumphs

open the door to major success down the road. In 1993, as a doctoral student at Harvard, Edmondson conducted a study at two local hospitals, where she hypothesized that teams that worked better together would make fewer medical errors.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 17 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018

Spring 2018 Journal of Cold War Studies The Enemy of My Enemy: The Soviet Union, East Germany, and the Iranian Tudeh Party's Support for Ayatollah Khomeini By: Friedman, Jeremy Abstract—This article examines the strategy of the Iranian... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 02 Jan 2024
  • What Do You Think?

Do Boomerang CEOs Get a Bad Rap?

come back to organizations with robust performance records to begin with. And, as is the case in any study of this kind, there is always the unanswerable question of how the organization might have performed... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 25 Nov 2008
  • First Look

First Look: November 25, 2008

Working Papers Reality versus Propaganda in the Formation of Beliefs about Privatization Authors: Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Galiani, and Ernesto Schargrodsky Abstract Argentina privatized most public utilities during the 1990s but re-nationalized the main water... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 2017
  • Working Paper

Intermediation in the Supply of Agricultural Products in Developing Economies

By: Kris J. Ferreira, Joel Goh and Ehsan Valavi
Problem Definition: Farmers face several challenges in agricultural supply chains in emerging economies that contribute to extreme levels of poverty. One common challenge is that farmers only have access to one channel, often an auction, for which to sell their crops.... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries; Agricultural Supply Chain; Intermediation; Multiple Cahnels; Walrasian Auction; Developing Countries and Economies; Supply Chain; Distribution Channels; Profit; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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  • Web

Negotiation, Organizations & Markets - Faculty & Research

unmerited punishment. Moreover, might reputation do more to drive punishment in ambiguous situations, where punishment is less clearly deserved, eroding punishers’ sensitivity to moral nuance? Across eight studies focused on the U.S.... View Details
  • Web

MBA Experience - Health Care

MBA Experience Academics As part of the MBA curriculum, students analyze many cases focused on health care, and can customize their second-year experience by choosing courses, projects, papers, and independent View Details
  • 16 Aug 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

The International Politics of IFRS Harmonization

Keywords: by Karthik Ramanna; Accounting
  • 12 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

(Study 1). A second set of studies points to the specificity of the effect: Study 2A shows that it is unique to the (innocent) messenger and not mere bystanders. Study 2B shows... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 02 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019

perverse effect of perpetuating the problem. Drawing on a case study of a professional service firm, we develop a multilevel theory to explain why organizations are caught in this conundrum. We present data... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 06 Aug 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Go Global—or No? Can You Make the Case?

Ever wanted to judge a Harvard Business Review case study? Here's your chance. In its June issue, Harvard Business Review published an account of the fictional company, DataClear, authored by Harvard Business School associate professor... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
  • 04 Apr 2019
  • Cold Call Podcast

Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?

Professor Bill George about his case entitled, Facebook Confronts a Crisis of Trust. I'm your host, Brian Kenny, and you're listening to Cold Call. Bill George is an expert on leadership, a topic that he teaches and writes about... View Details
  • Web

Asia Pacific - Global

presence, the School has been able to enhance the breadth and depth of faculty research and case studies in the Asia-Pacific region. Locations Harvard Center Shanghai Shanghai, China Asia-Pacific Research... View Details
  • 22 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23

average of $1,459 per salesperson—almost 20% more than they spend on workers in all other functions. Yet, when it comes to equipping sales teams with relevant knowledge and skills, the ROI of sales training is disappointing. Studies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: January 17

studies the direct effects of managers' biases and nonstandard preferences on their decisions. We review relevant psychology, economic theory and predictions, empirical challenges, empirical evidence, new directions such as behavioral... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Mar 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

core business, ranging from environmental issues to LGBTQ rights and race relations. In the first study of this phenomenon, we implement two framed field experiments to provide evidence on how CEO activism can influence public opinions... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 28 Jul 2015
  • First Look

First Look: July 28, 2015

negative impact on innovation at targeted firms: firms substantially reduce their innovative activity after settling with NPEs (or losing to them in court). Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=47648 Scrutiny, Norms, and Selective... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel