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- March 2005 (Revised July 2007)
- Case
Capital Controls in Chile in the 1990s (A)
By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
In 1991, Chile adopted a framework of capital controls focused on reducing the massive flows of foreign investment coming into the country as international interest rates remained low. Capital inflows threatened the Central Bank's ability to manage the exchange rate... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Capital; Governance Controls; Business and Government Relations; Chile
Alfaro, Laura, Rafael M. Di Tella, and Ingrid Vogel. "Capital Controls in Chile in the 1990s (A)." Harvard Business School Case 705-031, March 2005. (Revised July 2007.)
- March 1982
- Article
The Effect of Discretionary Price Control Decisions on Equity Values
By: R. S. Ruback
Ruback, R. S. "The Effect of Discretionary Price Control Decisions on Equity Values." Journal of Financial Economics 10, no. 1 (March 1982): 83–105.
- April 1996
- Case
Controlling International Oil (B): The Rise and Fall of OPEC (Abridged)
By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Debora L. Spar
Vietor, Richard H.K., and Debora L. Spar. "Controlling International Oil (B): The Rise and Fall of OPEC (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 796-165, April 1996.
- March 1986 (Revised November 1986)
- Case
CFM Technologies, Inc. (D): HF Injection of the Programmable Logic Controller
Jaikumar, Ramchandran. "CFM Technologies, Inc. (D): HF Injection of the Programmable Logic Controller." Harvard Business School Case 686-054, March 1986. (Revised November 1986.)
- 19 Aug 2021
- Op-Ed
Don't Ignore Your Employees' Misery—TAKE Control
and leaders. First step, TAKE control Even though military units face many of the same struggles as corporate teams, the approaches officers use to connect with their chains of... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson
- 2016
- Working Paper
Controlling Versus Enabling — Online Appendix
By: Andrei Hagiu and Julian Wright
Section 1 of this online appendix contains the proof of the technical Lemma (Lemma 2) used in the Proof of Lemma 1 in the main paper, which states that Ω* (.) is continuous and differentiable at R*. Section 2 provides the linear example with cost differences between... View Details
Hagiu, Andrei, and Julian Wright. "Controlling Versus Enabling — Online Appendix." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-004, July 2015. (Revised July 2016.)
- Research Summary
Information and Control in Modern Manufacturing
Ratna Sarkar's research in management accounting focuses on the effect of information and incentives on performance. She has investigated the role of worker empowerment, training and inventory in modern manufacturing settings and her findings suggest that these... View Details
- March 2014
- Module Note
Empty Voting: Corporate Governance and Control in the Age of Derivatives
By: Lucy White
White, Lucy. "Empty Voting: Corporate Governance and Control in the Age of Derivatives." Harvard Business School Module Note 214-080, March 2014.
- Article
How New Top Managers Use Control Systems as Levers of Strategic Renewal
By: R. Simons
Simons, R. "How New Top Managers Use Control Systems as Levers of Strategic Renewal." Strategic Management Journal 15, no. 3 (March 1994): 169–189.
- 1995
- Book
Levers of Control: How Managers Use Innovative Control Systems to Drive Strategic Renewal
By: R. Simons
Keywords: Management Systems
Simons, R. Levers of Control: How Managers Use Innovative Control Systems to Drive Strategic Renewal. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1995.
- February 2017
- Article
The Throne vs. the Kingdom: Founder Control and Value Creation in Startups
By: Noam Wasserman
Does the degree to which founders keep control of their startups affect company value? I argue that founders face a "control dilemma" in which a startup's resource dependence drives a wedge between the startup's value and the founder's ability to retain control of... View Details
Keywords: Founders; Entrepreneurial Management; Value Creation; Governing and Advisory Boards; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups
Wasserman, Noam. "The Throne vs. the Kingdom: Founder Control and Value Creation in Startups." Strategic Management Journal 38, no. 2 (February 2017): 255–277.
- March 1999 (Revised March 2017)
- Teaching Note
J Boats, Inc.
By: Robert Simons
Teaching Note for J Boats (197-015) View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy
Beginning with the influential work of Professor Emeritus Robert N. Anthony in the 1960s and 1970s, Harvard Business School has given a prominent place to research and course development focusing on the intersection View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert Simons
- November 2009
- Article
Organizational Design and Control across Multiple Markets: The Case of Franchising in the Convenience Store Industry
Many companies operate units that are dispersed across different types of markets, and thus serve significantly diverging customer bases. Such market-type dispersion is likely to compromise the headquarter's ability to control its local managers' behavior and satisfy... View Details
Keywords: Market Dispersion; Decentralization; Incentives; Business Headquarters; Geographic Location; Governance Controls; Distribution; Organizational Design; Franchise Ownership; Retail Industry
Campbell, Dennis, Srikant M. Datar, and Tatiana Sandino. "Organizational Design and Control across Multiple Markets: The Case of Franchising in the Convenience Store Industry." Accounting Review 84, no. 6 (November 2009): 1749–1779.
- winter 1994
- Article
The Modern Industrial Revolution, Exit, and the Failure of Internal Control Systems
By: M. C. Jensen
Jensen, M. C. "The Modern Industrial Revolution, Exit, and the Failure of Internal Control Systems." Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 6, no. 4 (winter 1994). (Reprinted in the JACF, (winter 1994); Finanzmarkt und Portfolio Management, (January 1993); and Jensen, Theory of the Firm, (HUP, 2000) & abridged version forthcoming in Management Revolution. . ., (HUP, 2001).)
- 2008
- Working Paper
Organizational Design and Control across Multiple Markets: The Case of Franchising in the Convenience Store Industry
By: Dennis Campbell
Many companies operate units which are dispersed across different types of markets, and thus serve significantly diverging customer bases. Such market-type dispersion is likely to compromise the headquarters' ability to control its local managers' behavior and... View Details
Keywords: Business Headquarters; Customer Focus and Relationships; Geographic Location; Governance Controls; Organizational Design; Franchise Ownership; Retail Industry
Campbell, Dennis. "Organizational Design and Control across Multiple Markets: The Case of Franchising in the Convenience Store Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-091, April 2008.
- 2008
- Blog
Harvard Business Online—Marketing Know:How: How to Control the Middle of the Market
By: John A. Quelch
Quelch, John A. "How to Control the Middle of the Market." Harvard Business Online—Marketing Know:How (blog). March 10, 2008. https://hbr.org/2008/03/how-to-control-midfield.
- March 2011
- Article
Keeping the Illusion of Control Under Control: Ceilings, Floors, and Imperfect Calibration
By: F. Gino, Z. S. Sharek and D. A. Moore
Gino, F., Z. S. Sharek, and D. A. Moore. "Keeping the Illusion of Control Under Control: Ceilings, Floors, and Imperfect Calibration." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 114, no. 2 (March 2011): 104–114.
- 1990
- Article
The Role of Management Control Systems in Creating Competitive Advantage: New Perspectives
By: R. Simons
Simons, R. "The Role of Management Control Systems in Creating Competitive Advantage: New Perspectives." Accounting, Organizations and Society 15, nos. 1-2 (1990): 127–143.