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  • 29 Oct 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Hunting for a Hot Job in High Tech? Try 'Digitization Economist'

economist herself, delve into the phenomenon in their paper Economists (and Economics) in Tech Companies, forthcoming in the Journal of Economic Perspectives. “Inside tech firms there’s a huge competition for talent right now,” Athey... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Technology; Education

    David B. Yoffie

    Professor David B. Yoffie is a Baker Foundation Professor and the Max and Doris Starr Professor of International Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. A member of the HBS faculty since 1981, Professor Yoffie received his... View Details

    Keywords: communications; computer; e-commerce industry; electronics; financial services; information; information technology industry; internet; retail financial services; semiconductor; soft drink; telecommunications; video games
    • November 2009
    • Case

    Finance Myopia in a Systems Business

    By: J. Bruce Harreld
    This short case describes the tensions that often arise between finance executives attempting to curtail unproductive activities and strategy executives trying to optimize overall firm performance. View Details
    Keywords: Finance; Managerial Roles; Performance Improvement; Performance Productivity; Conflict and Resolution; Strategy; Competition
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    Harreld, J. Bruce. "Finance Myopia in a Systems Business." Harvard Business School Case 810-071, November 2009.
    • 2010
    • Working Paper

    Boundary Spanning in a For-profit Research Lab: An Exploration of the Interface Between Commerce and Academe

    By: Christopher C. Liu and Toby E. Stuart
    In innovative industries, private-sector companies increasingly are participants in open communities of science and technology. To participate in the system of exchange in such communities, firms often publicly disclose what would otherwise remain private discoveries.... View Details
    Keywords: For-Profit Firms; Higher Education; Information Publishing; Innovation and Invention; Science-Based Business; Social and Collaborative Networks; Boundaries; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
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    Liu, Christopher C., and Toby E. Stuart. "Boundary Spanning in a For-profit Research Lab: An Exploration of the Interface Between Commerce and Academe." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-012, August 2010.
    • March 1968 (Revised July 2010)
    • Case

    Basic Industries

    By: Joseph L. Bower and John W. Rosenblum
    Policy problems, mainly organizational issues, face a young middle manager in the context of capital budgeting in a highly technological conglomerate firm with high market uncertainty. View Details
    Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Capital Budgeting; Policy; Managerial Roles; Risk and Uncertainty
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    Bower, Joseph L., and John W. Rosenblum. "Basic Industries." Harvard Business School Case 313-121, March 1968. (Revised July 2010.)
    • 02 Jan 2014
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Managing the Family Firm: Evidence from CEOs at Work

    Keywords: by Oriana Bandiera, Andrea Prat & Raffaella Sadun
    • May 2003
    • Module Note

    Managing Development Networks

    By: Stefan H. Thomke
    Describes the concepts and pedagogy for a module on understanding and managing product development networks between firms and within firms and among products themselves. Introduces students to the increasingly important role of networks in the development of new... View Details
    Keywords: Product Development; Resource Allocation; Research and Development; Networks; Design; Groups and Teams
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    Thomke, Stefan H. "Managing Development Networks." Harvard Business School Module Note 603-091, May 2003.
    • October 1991 (Revised November 1996)
    • Case

    Gordon Cain and the Sterling Group (A)

    By: Michael C. Jensen
    A Houston-based LBO firm makes two petrochemical acquisitions that benefit from improved industry conditions and improved organizational performance. The LBOs generate huge increases in value, creating problems for managers, who have large, undiversified equity... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Value Creation; Business Exit or Shutdown; Leveraged Buyouts; Chemical Industry; Houston
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    Jensen, Michael C. "Gordon Cain and the Sterling Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 492-021, October 1991. (Revised November 1996.)
    • November–December 2012
    • Article

    Toward a Theory of Extended Contact: The Incentives and Opportunities for Bridging Across Network Communities

    By: Maxim Sytch, Adam Tatarynowicz and Ranjay Gulati
    This study investigates the determinants of bridging ties within networks of interconnected firms. Bridging ties are defined as nonredundant connections between firms located in different network communities. We highlight how firms can enter into these relationships... View Details
    Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Opportunities
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    Sytch, Maxim, Adam Tatarynowicz, and Ranjay Gulati. "Toward a Theory of Extended Contact: The Incentives and Opportunities for Bridging Across Network Communities." Organization Science 23, no. 6 (November–December 2012): 1658–1681.
    • 2009
    • Chapter

    Creating Superior Customer Value in a Connected World

    By: Ranjay Gulati
    "In the early twenty-first century, customers are more demanding than ever, and difficult economic times make them all the more so. As customers tighten their wallets and increase their demands, firms face greater pressure to provide superior customer value. Reducing... View Details
    Keywords: Customer Satisfaction; Customer Value and Value Chain; Consumer Behavior; Product Design; Social and Collaborative Networks; Value Creation
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    Gulati, Ranjay. "Creating Superior Customer Value in a Connected World." In Business Network Transformation: Strategies to Reconfigure Your Business Relationships for Competitive Advantage, edited by Jeffrey Word. Jossey-Bass, 2009.
    • 17 Jan 2008
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Competition in Modular Clusters

    Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin & C. Jason Woodard; Consulting; Communications; Telecommunications; Pharmaceutical
    • 26 Nov 2018
    • HBS Seminar

    Emily Truelove, MIT Sloan School of Management

    • 17 Sep 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: September 17

    Paul Healy, George Serafeim, and Devin Shanthikumar Abstract—Prior research on equity analysts focuses almost exclusively on those employed by sell-side investment banks and brokerage houses. Yet investment firms undertake their own... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 12 Jul 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: July 12

    implementation of firm strategy). Thus, agency theory predicts managers will, on average, use the discretion in SFAS 142 consistent with private incentives. We test these hypotheses in a sample of firms with... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 17 Feb 2014
    • Research & Ideas

    Companies Detangle from Legacy Pensions

    "defined benefit" plans because they assured recipients of a set monthly amount they could always rely on. Then, starting in the 1980s, the nest egg started to crack. As firms began competing globally, pension perks began to be... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Aerospace; Financial Services
    • January–February 2017
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    The Truth about Blockchain

    By: Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani
    Contracts, transactions, and records of them provide critical structure in our economic system, but they haven’t kept up with the world’s digital transformation. They’re like rush-hour gridlock trapping a Formula 1 race car. Blockchain promises to solve this problem.... View Details
    Keywords: Technological Innovation; Technology Adoption; Information Management; Information Technology Industry
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    Iansiti, Marco, and Karim R. Lakhani. "The Truth about Blockchain." Harvard Business Review 95, no. 1 (January–February 2017): 118–127.
    • 18 Jan 2019
    • Blog Post

    Exploring the Tech World Through WesTrek

    post-HBS. The tech industry changes quickly, and we heard over and over how the case method - which forces us to take a firm position and make decisions with incomplete information - has contributed to alums’ success.   The Connections... View Details
    • June 2019 (Revised April 2020)
    • Teaching Note

    Vox Capital: Pioneering Impact Investing in Brazil

    By: Julie Battilana, Marissa Kimsey and Falko Paetzold
    Teaching Note for HBS No. 417-051. This Teaching Note provides conceptual foundations and teaching plan recommendations for the case on Vox Capital, a firm that launched one of the first impact investing funds in Brazil. The learning objectives are to understand how an... View Details
    Keywords: Impact Investing; Social Performance Measurement; Social Entrepreneurship; Investment Funds; Social Enterprise; Brazil
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    Battilana, Julie, Marissa Kimsey, and Falko Paetzold. "Vox Capital: Pioneering Impact Investing in Brazil." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 419-087, June 2019. (Revised April 2020.)
    • March 2005
    • Background Note

    Home Video Games: Generation Seven

    By: Elie Ofek
    Discusses the issues facing firms in the seventh generation of home video game platforms. In particular, Sony and Microsoft plan to launch new game consoles in the 2005 to 2006 time frame. Each firm seems to be following a different strategy. Microsoft wants to launch... View Details
    Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Technological Innovation; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Information Technology Industry
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    Ofek, Elie. "Home Video Games: Generation Seven." Harvard Business School Background Note 505-072, March 2005.
    • 02 Jun 2012
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