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Course Overview - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
region is a daunting challenge. The MOC course not only explores theory and policy, but also the organizational structures, institutional structures, and change processes required for sustained improvements...
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Porter Prize Japan - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC About Michael Porter About Michael Porter A Letter from Michael Porter Biography The Essential Porter Honors & Awards Affiliated Organizations & Institutions VBHCD Initiative Honors & Awards Honors & Awards Porter Prize Japan...
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- 17 Mar 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Marketplace Institutions Related to the Timing of Transactions
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by Alvin E. Roth
- 2009
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Institutional Work and the Paradox of Embedded Agency
By: Julie Battilana and Thomas D'Aunno
Battilana, Julie, and Thomas D'Aunno. "Institutional Work and the Paradox of Embedded Agency." In Institutional Work: Actors and Agency in Institutional Studies of Organizations, edited by T. Lawrence, R. Suddaby, and B. Leca, 31–58. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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Competitiveness & Economic Development - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
businesses to innovate and grow? Traditional economic theories fail to capture many of the underlying forces at work in today’s global economy. Competitiveness is the only way to achieve sustainable job growth, improve wages, and raise...
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Antitrust & Competition Policy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
litigation and legislation, both in the United States and internationally. Jul 2001 (Revised Jun 2002) Fundamental Theory Task Force Washington, DC Perspectives on Fundamental Antitrust Theory Report of the...
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- 01 Mar 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
How Foundations Think: The Ford Foundation as a Dominating Institution in the Field of American Business Schools
- December 2010
- Article
Acquisitions as Exaptation: The Legacy of Founding Institutions in the U.S. Commercial Banking Industry
By: Christopher Marquis and Zhi Huang
This study focuses on the imprinting of institutional environments, particularly how founding institutions impact intra-organizational capabilities and how such imprints may have different external manifestations in subsequent historical eras. We introduce the concept...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Commercial Banking;
Organizations;
Theory;
Policy;
Government and Politics;
Management Practices and Processes;
Strategy;
Competency and Skills;
United States
Marquis, Christopher, and Zhi Huang. "Acquisitions as Exaptation: The Legacy of Founding Institutions in the U.S. Commercial Banking Industry." Academy of Management Journal 53, no. 6 (December 2010): 1441–1473.
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A Letter from Michael Porter - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
for those engaged in solving the world’s most complex, large-scale problems. Creating theory that guides practice is hard work. I owe much to my colleagues and collaborators at Harvard University, at the View Details
- November – December 2011
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Explaining Influence Rents: The Case for an Institutions-Based View of Strategy
By: Gautam Ahuja and Sai Yayavaram
Research in strategy has identified and tried to explain four types of rents: monopolistic rents, efficiency rents, quasi rents, and Schumpeterian rents. Building on previous work on political and institutional strategies, we add a fifth type of rent: influence rents....
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Keywords:
Institutions;
Influence Rents;
Generic Strategies;
Strategy;
Organizations;
Renting or Rental;
Economics
Ahuja, Gautam, and Sai Yayavaram. "Explaining Influence Rents: The Case for an Institutions-Based View of Strategy." Organization Science 22, no. 6 (November–December 2011): 1631–1652.
- March 1989
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Cheap Talk and the Fed: A Theory of Imprecise Policy Announcements
Stein, Jeremy. "Cheap Talk and the Fed: A Theory of Imprecise Policy Announcements." American Economic Review 79, no. 1 (March 1989): 32–42.
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What Others Are Saying - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC About Michael Porter About Michael Porter A Letter from Michael Porter Biography The Essential Porter Honors & Awards Affiliated Organizations & Institutions VBHCD Initiative Honors & Awards Honors & Awards Porter Prize Japan...
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- 22 May 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
The Speed of New Ideas: Trust, Institutions and the Diffusion of New Products
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by Felix Oberholzer-Gee & Joel Waldfogel
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Theory in Action at King Fahad Medical City - Forum for Growth
Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Topics Topics Alumni Spotlight Current Events Through the Lens of Theory Peer Insights Theory in Action Filters Topics Topics Alumni Spotlight Current Events...
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My research is at the intersection of organizational strategy, global sustainability governance, and social change. It explores the diffusion of sustainability standards to non-traditional sectors (e.g. jewelry, cannabis, plastics, pets) and the relationship between...
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Keywords:
Sustainability Standards;
Extractive Industries;
Luxury;
Gold;
Institutional Change;
Institutional Entrepreneurship;
Hybrid Organizations;
Governance;
Policy;
Consumer Behavior;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Pollution and Pollutants;
Environmental Sustainability;
Social Enterprise;
Non-Governmental Organizations;
Poverty;
Diversification;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Tourism Industry;
Africa;
Latin America;
Europe
- 2023
- Working Paper
Racial Discrimination and the Social Contract: Evidence from U.S. Army Enlistment during WWII
By: Nancy Qian and Marco Tabellini
This paper documents several new facts about the relationship between discrimination and political exclusion and the motivation to fight in wartime. The Pearl Harbor attack triggered a sharp increase in volunteer enlistment rates of American men, the magnitude of the...
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Keywords:
State Capacity;
Institutions;
War;
Race;
Prejudice and Bias;
Government Administration;
United States
Qian, Nancy, and Marco Tabellini. "Racial Discrimination and the Social Contract: Evidence from U.S. Army Enlistment during WWII." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-005, July 2020. (Revised June 2023. Revise and Resubmit at the Review of Economic Studies. Available also from KelloggInsight, HBS Working Knowledge, and NBER.)
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What theory did you just use? News brief — week of Apr 4 2016 - Forum for Growth
Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Topics Topics Alumni Spotlight Current Events Through the Lens of Theory Peer Insights Theory in Action Filters Topics Topics Alumni Spotlight Current Events...
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My research examines how companies manage environmental issues, occupational safety, and working conditions in global supply chains. More recently, I have also begun researching the drivers and implications of CEO activism, where organizational leaders speak out on...
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Keywords:
Environmental Performance;
Environmental Strategy;
Labor Management;
Transparency;
Institutional Theory;
Economic Analysis;
Quality Improvement;
Operations Management;
Supply Chain;
Regulation;
Environmental Sustainability;
Safety;
Quality;
Climate Change;
Environmental Regulation;
Pollution;
Environmental Management;
Operations;
Supply Chain Management;
Manufacturing Industry;
Construction Industry;
Asia;
Europe;
United States
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What Theory Did You Just Use — Guest Post: How Amplify Broke All the Rules for Innovators (EdSurge News) - Forum for Growth
Use — Guest Post: How Amplify Broke All the Rules for Innovators (EdSurge News) The Forum at HBS Author tag Current Events Through the Lens of Theory written by Michael B. Horn, Co-founder and Distinguished fellow at the Clayton...
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Matthew's research examines how entrepreneurial organizations and their managers create social and institutional change. His latest project focuses on hybrid organizations that combine aspects of non-profits and companies to create innovative organizational forms. In...
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