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- 05 May 2015
- News
Economist: The Internet of Things will deliver surge of productivity
- 27 Feb 2011
- News
Moonlighting Within Microsoft, in Pursuit of New Apps
- 17 Jun 2019
- News
‘How Perfect Do I Need to Be?’
- Web
Podcast - Business & Environment
transition risks and physical risks for insurance companies, and affects how insurance companies are assessing and pricing risk in their underwriting process, and influences their investment strategy. Claudine also describes innovative...
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- Web
Initiatives & Projects - Faculty & Research
research, study, and practice. Health Care The Health Care Initiative serves as a gateway for health care research, educational programs, and collaboration across all sectors of the health care industry. Impact Investments The Project on...
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- 01 Apr 2013
- News
Corporate-Tax Reform Without Tears
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
How Can Managers Avoid Greenwashing?
- May 2018 (Revised October 2018)
- Case
Argentina Power—Don't Cry for Me Argentina
By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Sayiddah Fatima McCree
In 2016, Bruce Wayne, Managing Director of Energy Finance Corporation (“EFC”), was refining the Investment/Credit Committee materials for the development of up to 10 power generating plants in Argentina. As a subsidiary of the much larger International Conglomerate...
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Keywords:
Cross Border;
Energy Markets;
Infrastructure Finance;
Infrastructure Development;
Business Subsidiaries;
Business Cycles;
Macroeconomics;
Energy Generation;
International Finance;
Project Finance;
Government and Politics;
Demand and Consumers;
Infrastructure;
Utilities Industry;
Energy Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Argentina;
Latin America
Lietz, Nori Gerardo, and Sayiddah Fatima McCree. "Argentina Power—Don't Cry for Me Argentina." Harvard Business School Case 218-041, May 2018. (Revised October 2018.)
- Article
Digital Ubiquity: How Connections, Sensors, and Data Are Revolutionizing Business
By: Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani
When Google bought Nest, a maker of digital thermostats, for $3.2 billion just a few months ago, it was a clear indication that digital transformation and connection are spreading across even the most traditional industrial segments and creating a staggering array of...
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Keywords:
Digital Innovation;
Digitization;
Industrial Internet;
Technological Innovation;
Production;
Competitive Strategy;
Engineering;
Aerospace Industry
Iansiti, Marco, and Karim R. Lakhani. "Digital Ubiquity: How Connections, Sensors, and Data Are Revolutionizing Business." Harvard Business Review 92, no. 11 (November 2014): 90–99.
- August 2004 (Revised July 2005)
- Case
Allianz (D1): The Turnaround
By: Joseph L. Bower, Anders Sjoman and Sonja Ellingson Hout
Examines the acquisition of Dresdner Bank by Allianz--the deal of the year in 2002. Examines some of the challenges posed by the turnaround of Dresdner as seen by Michael Diekmann, the new CEO of Allianz. In working with Dresdner, Allianz needed to figure out what it...
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Financial Institutions;
Investment Banking;
Brands and Branding;
Product Development;
Organizational Structure;
Problems and Challenges
Bower, Joseph L., Anders Sjoman, and Sonja Ellingson Hout. "Allianz (D1): The Turnaround." Harvard Business School Case 305-016, August 2004. (Revised July 2005.)
- Web
Strategy Explained - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
fundamental goal of a company is superior long-term return on invested capital (ROIC). Only if you achieve strong ROIC are you creating true economic value, which says that you can produce a product for a price that’s greater than the...
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- 2001
- Book
Foreign Multinationals in the United States: Management and Performance
By: Geoffrey Jones and Lina Galvez-Munoz
In this volume, leading scholars in international business and business history examine the investments and performance of British, Canadian, French, German, Spanish and Japanese firms in the United States over time. They explore why so many foreign firms experience...
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Keywords:
Investment;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Books;
Management;
Performance;
Perspective;
United States
Jones, Geoffrey, and Lina Galvez-Munoz, eds. Foreign Multinationals in the United States: Management and Performance. London: Routledge, 2001.
- 2003
- Other Unpublished Work
The Cluster Initiative Greenbook
By: Örjan Sölvell, Göran Lindqvist and Christian H.M. Ketels
After Michael Porter's seminal work on clusters and competitiveness published around 1990, cluster initiatives (CIs) have become a central feature of microeconomic policy around the world. CIs add a new dimension to traditional policy areas such as industrial...
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Keywords:
Macroeconomics;
Policy;
Investment;
Industry Clusters;
Innovation and Invention;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Transition;
Partners and Partnerships;
Science
Sölvell, Örjan, Göran Lindqvist, and Christian H.M. Ketels. "The Cluster Initiative Greenbook." Ivory Tower AB, Stockholm, Sweden, August 2003. (Prepared for the 6th Annual Conference of The Competitiveness Institute (TCI), Gothenburg, Sweden, September 2003.)
- February 1991 (Revised July 1994)
- Case
Tom Paine Mutual Life Insurance Company
A junior portfolio manager at a major life insurance company must choose among various public and private debt alternatives in connection with the funding of a new Guaranteed Investment Contract. The case serves as an introduction to life insurance companies as...
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Moore, Ronald W. "Tom Paine Mutual Life Insurance Company." Harvard Business School Case 291-030, February 1991. (Revised July 1994.)
- February 2017
- Case
GE Digital
By: Rajiv Lal and Scott Johnson
Known for manufacturing industrial equipment, GE has decided to invest in software and analytics capabilities to become a digital industrial company. They have also created a software platform that they hope will power the Industrial Internet. GE executives forecasted...
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Keywords:
GE;
General Electric;
Manufacturing;
Industrial Internet;
Wind Power;
Digital Manufacturing;
Renewable Energy;
Energy;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Applications and Software;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Transformation;
Green Technology Industry;
Technology Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
North America
Lal, Rajiv, and Scott Johnson. "GE Digital." Harvard Business School Case 517-063, February 2017.
- April 2005 (Revised June 2006)
- Case
Evergreen Investments: Mobile CRM (A)
Evergreen Investments has had a troubled history with its customer relationship management (CRM) system. Sales agents feel that they derive no value from it and that it is a tax on their jobs. Evergreen is investigating whether it can improve CRM by making its data...
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Keywords:
Management;
Customer Relationship Management;
Information Technology;
Financial Services Industry
McAfee, Andrew P. "Evergreen Investments: Mobile CRM (A)." Harvard Business School Case 605-057, April 2005. (Revised June 2006.)
- 05 Feb 2013
- News
The Social Sector Needs to Take More Risk and Accept Failure
- 05 Nov 2012
- News