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- 22 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Section Life: Your HBS Family
provided. Without a doubt, my section (Section J, which is the best section, of course!) is one of the main reasons my past two years were as wonderful as they were. As you think about whether HBS is the right place for you, I encourage you to consider how the section...
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India Transformed? Insights from the Firm Level 1988-2005 (with Anusha Chari)
By: Laura Alfaro
Using firm-level data this paper analyzes, the transformation of India’s economic structure following the implementation of economic reforms. The focus of the study is on publicly-listed and unlisted firms from across a wide spectrum of manufacturing and services...
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- 2009
- Working Paper
India Transformed: Insights from the Firm Level 1988-2005
By: Laura Alfaro and Anusha Chari
Using firm-level data this paper analyzes, the transformation of India's economic structure following the implementation of economic reforms. The focus of the study is on publicly-listed and unlisted firms from across a wide spectrum of manufacturing and services...
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Keywords:
Transformation;
Economic Sectors;
Economy;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Growth and Development Strategy;
India
Alfaro, Laura, and Anusha Chari. "India Transformed: Insights from the Firm Level 1988-2005." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-030, October 2009. (NBER Working Paper Series, No. 15448, October 2009.)
- January 2017 (Revised February 2022)
- Background Note
Assessing and Enhancing Market Attractiveness
This note gives students a systematic and comprehensive framework for analyzing and influencing market attractiveness. It pays explicit attention to value creation, complements, and the dynamics of market attractiveness. It also includes careful sub-frameworks for...
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Van den Steen, Eric. "Assessing and Enhancing Market Attractiveness." Harvard Business School Background Note 717-466, January 2017. (Revised February 2022.)
- 14 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots
sustained success. Source: “Deflategate” HBS case study; image created by Micaela Brody “Whether they take the air out or no you will have to do the analysis for yourself but what we can say is that this is an organization that’s taken a sleepy and essentially...
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- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
Casadesus-Masanell decided to dive in. Most research to date into the OSS movement has focused on the organization and management issues surrounding OSS. Ghemawat and Casadesus-Masanell chose to explore the fundamental competitive View Details
- 2021
- Article
Les multinationales comme catégorie politique: les années formatrices (1970-1990)
By: Sabine Pitteloud
While multinationals are emblematic economic actors driving the current globalization process through the organization of production in global value chains, they appear to be important political actors as well. This article provides an historical perspective on such...
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Keywords:
Multinational Corporation;
Lobbying;
Investor Protection;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Business and Government Relations;
Governance
Pitteloud, Sabine. "Les multinationales comme catégorie politique: les années formatrices (1970-1990)." Special Issue on L'entreprise comme acteur politique. Entreprises et histoire 3, no. 104 (2021): 93–110.
- 2016
- Article
The Mirroring Hypothesis: Theory, Evidence, and Exceptions
By: Lyra J. Colfer and Carliss Y. Baldwin
The mirroring hypothesis predicts that organizational ties within a project, firm, or group of firms (e.g., communication, collocation, employment) will correspond to the technical dependencies in the work being performed. This article presents a unified picture of...
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Keywords:
Modularity;
Mirroring Hypothesis;
Organization Design;
Conway's Law;
Knowledge Boundaries;
Relational Contracts;
Open Source Software;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Structure;
Boundaries;
Knowledge Management;
Applications and Software
Colfer, Lyra J., and Carliss Y. Baldwin. "The Mirroring Hypothesis: Theory, Evidence, and Exceptions." Industrial and Corporate Change 25, no. 5 (2016): 709–738. (Lead Article.)
- 2009
- Article
India Transformed: Insights from the Firm Level 1988–2007
By: Laura Alfaro and Anusha Chari
Using firm-level data, this paper analyzes the transformation of India's economic structure following the implementation of economic reforms. The focus of the study is on publicly listed and unlisted firms from across a wide spectrum of manufacturing and services...
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Keywords:
Financial Statements;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Transformation;
Economics;
Ownership;
Assets;
Sales;
Profit;
Stock Shares;
Private Sector;
Investment Return;
Manufacturing Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
India
Alfaro, Laura, and Anusha Chari. "India Transformed: Insights from the Firm Level 1988–2007." India Policy Forum 6 (2009). (Also NBER Working Paper w15448. Featured in The Economist. Economics focus. "Dancing elephants. Is Indian capitalism becoming oligarchic?" Jan 27th 2011.)
- 23 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
examine a class of dynamic decision-making processes that involve endogenous commitment. Our analysis is relevant to group decision-making settings as well as to hierarchical decision-making settings in which, for example, subordinates...
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Sean Silverthorne
- August 2006 (Revised May 2016)
- Case
Cluster Mobilization in Mitteldeutschland
By: Jeffrey Fear, Christian H.M. Ketels and Claudia Linsenmeier
As part of the privatization in Eastern Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Dow Chemical made a major investment in the Halle-Leipzig region, one of the largest chemical industry sites in Europe. The executive in charge of Dow's operations in the region, Bart...
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Keywords:
Industry Clusters;
Development Economics;
Privatization;
Chemicals;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Management Teams;
Private Sector;
Competitive Strategy;
Brands and Branding;
Market Participation;
Chemical Industry;
Germany
Fear, Jeffrey, Christian H.M. Ketels, and Claudia Linsenmeier. "Cluster Mobilization in Mitteldeutschland." Harvard Business School Case 707-004, August 2006. (Revised May 2016.)
- September 2019 (Revised January 2021)
- Case
Vispera: Visual Intelligence for Retail
By: Yael Grushka-Cockayne and Gamze Yucaoglu
The case opens in 2019 as Aytul Ercil, co-founder and CEO of Vispera, computer vision technology provider for retail, is contemplating the company’s agenda trying to decide how to prioritize the impeding options. The case chronicles the founding of Vispera, the...
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Keywords:
Computer Vision Technology;
Visual Analysis;
Retail;
Information Technology;
Business Model;
Operations;
Performance Efficiency;
Competitive Strategy;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Global Strategy;
Technology Industry;
Technology Industry;
Turkey
Grushka-Cockayne, Yael, and Gamze Yucaoglu. "Vispera: Visual Intelligence for Retail." Harvard Business School Case 620-022, September 2019. (Revised January 2021.)
- 02 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top
industry or the biotechnology industry? Both industries share similarities with software, in that firms codify their intellectual property into libraries that can be reused and extended over time. But do we...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Wintel: Cooperation or Conflict
- January 2020 (Revised October 2023)
- Case
Governing PG&E
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
The five commissioners of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) listened intently at a public forum in April 2019 as PG&E Corporation’s out-going chairman Richard Kelly described the company’s proposed new board. PG&E, which provided electricity and natural...
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Keywords:
Bankruptcy;
Board Of Directors;
Board Dynamics;
Business Ethics;
Business Model Innovation;
Corporate Boards;
Energy Efficiency;
Environmental And Social Sustainability;
Government And Business;
Hedge Funds;
Institutional Investors;
Legal Aspects Of Business;
Regulated Monopolies;
Regulation;
Shareholders;
Stakeholder Management;
Strategy And Execution;
Utilities;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Ethics;
Capital Structure;
Climate Change;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Governance;
Environmental Sustainability;
Executive Compensation;
Leadership;
Management;
Safety;
Business and Government Relations;
Energy Industry;
Energy Industry;
California;
United States
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "Governing PG&E." Harvard Business School Case 320-024, January 2020. (Revised October 2023.)
- February 2018
- Background Note
Patent Trolling
By: Lauren H. Cohen, Umit G. Gurun, Scott Duke Kominers and George Hou
The U.S. Intellectual Property (IP) Ecosystem is one of the most robust and dynamic in the world—and has been for centuries. The bedrock of this system is the "patent," a legal document that allows its holder exclusive commercialization rights of a part of the "idea...
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Cohen, Lauren H., Umit G. Gurun, Scott Duke Kominers, and George Hou. "Patent Trolling." Harvard Business School Background Note 218-085, February 2018.
- 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...
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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.
- 2010
- Working Paper
Local R&D Strategies and Multi-location Firms: The Role of Internal Linkages
By: Juan Alcacer and Minyuan Zhao
This study looks at the role of firms' internal linkages in highly competitive technology clusters, where much of the world's R&D takes place. The leading players in these clusters are multi-location firms that organize and integrate knowledge across sites worldwide....
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Keywords:
Geographic Location;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Technological Innovation;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Industry Clusters;
Research and Development;
Competitive Advantage;
Semiconductor Industry
Alcacer, Juan, and Minyuan Zhao. "Local R&D Strategies and Multi-location Firms: The Role of Internal Linkages." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-064, February 2010.
- 14 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
5 Facts About HBS Conferences
Club conferences are a vibrant part of the student life ecosystem at HBS. Over 25 conferences are held each year on topics ranging from finance to entrepreneurship, and some of the most well-known conferences include the Africa Business Conference, the View Details
- February 2019 (Revised April 2021)
- Case
Honda Innovations: Leveraging External Insights to Accelerate Creation
By: Antonio Davila
Nick Sugimoto, CEO of Honda Innovations—the open innovation organization of Honda, has to decide how to extend his organization’s approach to innovation across the world. Honda Innovations dates back to 2000 when Honda created Honda Research Institute in Silicon...
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Keywords:
Innovation;
Radical Innovation;
Corporate Venturing;
Corporate Innovation;
Organization Structure;
Management Control;
Business Units;
Disruption;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Global Strategy;
Disruptive Innovation;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Organizational Structure;
Strategy;
Auto Industry;
San Francisco;
Japan
Davila, Antonio. "Honda Innovations: Leveraging External Insights to Accelerate Creation." Harvard Business School Case 119-062, February 2019. (Revised April 2021.)