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- 13 Jun 2019
- News
Uber Must Go Slow When Drivers Rate Riders
- 26 May 2015
- News
Innovation and immersion overseas
TED Institute
While email and mobile technology have greatly accelerated the way we do business, Leslie Perlow argues that the always “on” mentality can have a long-term detrimental effect on many organizations. In her sociological experiments at BCG and other organizations, Perlow...
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- June 2012
- Article
The Transparency Paradox: A Role for Privacy in Organizational Learning and Operational Control
Using data from embedded participant-observers and a field experiment at the second largest mobile phone factory in the world, located in China, I theorize and test the implications of transparent organizational design on workers' productivity and organizational...
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Keywords:
Transparency;
Privacy;
Organizational Learning;
Operational Control;
Organizational Performance;
Chinese Manufacturing;
Field Experiment;
Rights;
Interpersonal Communication;
Management Practices and Processes;
Ethics;
Corporate Disclosure;
Performance Productivity;
Boundaries;
Organizations;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Labor and Management Relations;
Power and Influence;
Manufacturing Industry;
China
Bernstein, Ethan S. "The Transparency Paradox: A Role for Privacy in Organizational Learning and Operational Control." Administrative Science Quarterly 57, no. 2 (June 2012): 181–216.
- 2023
- Book
Suharto's Cold War: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and the World
By: Mattias Fibiger
After the murder of senior generals in the Indonesian army by elements of the country's communist party in 1965, General Suharto orchestrated the mass killing of some half a million leftists and fellow travelers. But his ambitions spanned far beyond perpetrating a...
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Keywords:
Indonesia;
Cold War;
Political Economy;
Foreign Aid;
International Investment;
International Relations;
International Finance;
History;
War;
Economic Systems;
Government and Politics;
Indonesia;
Southeast Asia
Fibiger, Mattias. Suharto's Cold War: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and the World. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023.
- April 2008
- Supplement
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (B)
By: Paul W. Marshall, Michael Shih-ta Chen and Keith Chi-ho Wong
In late November 2000, Chung Telecom Co., Ltd., the once-monopolized telecom operator owned by the Taiwanese government, was on its way to privatization. Mr. C.K. Mao, Chairman of the company, was headed the job only three months earlier, after its prior chairman...
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Keywords:
State Ownership;
Jobs and Positions;
Monopoly;
Privatization;
Competition;
Decisions;
Motivation and Incentives;
Labor and Management Relations;
Resignation and Termination;
Compensation and Benefits;
Price;
Status and Position;
Telecommunications Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
Taiwan
Marshall, Paul W., Michael Shih-ta Chen, and Keith Chi-ho Wong. "Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 808-138, April 2008.
- Article
The Ecosystem of Shared Value
By: Mark R. Kramer and Marc W. Pfitzer
Governments, NGOs, companies, and community members must all be involved in programs to create shared value, yet they work more often in opposition than in alignment. A movement known as collective impact has facilitated successful collaborations in the social sector,...
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Kramer, Mark R., and Marc W. Pfitzer. "The Ecosystem of Shared Value." Harvard Business Review 94, no. 10 (October 2016): 80–89.
- 2015
- Working Paper
Can Marshall's Clusters Survive Globalization?
By: Giulio Buciuni and Gary P. Pisano
It is widely presumed that in today's globalized economy, the value of geographic clustering of manufacturing industries is no longer valuable. Manufacturing is represented as a highly mobile "commodity" that can be sourced from anywhere in the world where factor costs...
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Keywords:
Manufacturing;
Globalization;
Marshall Industrial Clusters;
Global Supply Chains;
Manufacturing Industry
Buciuni, Giulio, and Gary P. Pisano. "Can Marshall's Clusters Survive Globalization?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-088, May 2015.
- January 2011
- Case
AIC Netbooks: Optimizing Product Assembly
By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Sunru Yong
AIC Systems, located in Taichung, Taiwan, is a manufacturer of printed circuit boards, primarily for motherboards and video cards for personal computers. The firm is considered an original design manufacturer (ODM) and takes an active role in innovating and designing...
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Keywords:
Performance Management;
Quantitative Analysis;
Manufacturing;
Production Planning;
Production Management;
Diversification;
Production;
Performance Efficiency;
Product Design;
Performance Improvement;
Mobile Technology;
Manufacturing Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Taiwan
Wheelwright, Steven C., and Sunru Yong. "AIC Netbooks: Optimizing Product Assembly." Harvard Business School Brief Case 114-245, January 2011.
- 02 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 2, 2010
two new customers and how to pursue a claim against a customer who has missed a payment deadline. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/211033-PDF-ENG Developing an App for That: Mobile Application Strategy (Banking)...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Feb 2014
- HBS Seminar
Paula Stephan, Georgia State Univ and NBER
- 09 Apr 2012
- News
Harvard Women Entrepreneurs Find Resource in Women's Founders Forums
- 10 Feb 2012
- News
World's Best B-School Professors: Clayton Christensen
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Building India’s First $100 Billion Company
California Management Review article wins 2007 Accenture Award
Greater job mobility among engineers and scientists has caused the extended social networks of inventors to become increasingly connected. Firms that operate within small worlds such as in Silicon Valley long ago learned to manage invention in an... View Details
- July 2010 (Revised December 2010)
- Case
AdMob (A)
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, Samuel Cohen and Nithya Vaduganathan
AdMob's CEO is deciding between international expansion and increasing the number of publishers to strengthen the company's advantage in the mobile advertising industry. AdMob displayed advertising on global devices, powered 6,000 websites and 1,000 applications, and...
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Keywords:
Digital Marketing;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Resource Allocation;
Competition;
Competitive Strategy;
Expansion;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Advertising Industry
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan, Samuel Cohen, and Nithya Vaduganathan. "AdMob (A)." Harvard Business School Case 711-406, July 2010. (Revised December 2010.)
- March 2014
- Case
MediaTek: From Feature Phones to Smartphones
By: Willy Shih
MediaTek was the third largest fabless semiconductor company in the world, and was the second largest supplier of the silicon microchips that powered mobile phones. Yet as the company's chairman reflected on his R&D strategy, he wondered why it hadn't moved faster on...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Decisions;
Business Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Technology Adoption;
Telecommunications Industry;
Semiconductor Industry;
China;
Taiwan
Shih, Willy. "MediaTek: From Feature Phones to Smartphones." Harvard Business School Case 614-059, March 2014.
Sleeping with Your Smartphone
Does it have to be this way? Can't resist checking your smartphone or mobile device? Sure, all this connectivity keeps you in touch with your team and the office--but at what cost? In "Sleeping with Your Smartphone," Harvard Business School professor Leslie Perlow...
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- February 2003 (Revised June 2006)
- Case
Implementing the Nissan Renewal Plan
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Masako Egawa
Carlos Ghosn, a former executive vice-president of Renault, became the COO of Nissan Motor Co., a troubled auto company in Japan when Renault bought 38% of the company in 1999. This case deals with how Ghosn turned the company around. Examines in considerable detail...
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Change Management;
Employees;
Leading Change;
Strategic Planning;
Motivation and Incentives;
Auto Industry;
Japan
Yoshino, Michael Y., and Masako Egawa. "Implementing the Nissan Renewal Plan." Harvard Business School Case 303-111, February 2003. (Revised June 2006.)
Shawn A. Cole
Shawn Cole is the John G. McLean Professor in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School, where he teaches and conducts research on financial services, impact investing, and Social Enterprise. He serves as faculty chair of the Social Enterprise... View Details