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- 04 Mar 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
The Dirty Laundry of Employee Award Programs: Evidence from the Field
- April 2002
- Case
Contingent Workforce Planning at Motorola, Inc.
Details the rationale for and design of a unique organizational response by Motorola to the challenges of contingent staffing at its semiconductor facility in Austin, Texas. The new outsourcing strategy is built on principles of supply chain management and business...
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Beaulieu, Nancy D. "Contingent Workforce Planning at Motorola, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 902-211, April 2002.
- Teaching Interest
Strategy and Technology
Overview
This course explores the unique aspects of creating effective management and investment strategies for technology-intensive businesses. What are effective strategies for winning in markets with strong network effects? How should... View Details
- 2008
- Working Paper
Laws vs. Contracts: Legal Origins, Shareholder Protections, and Ownership Concentration in Brazil, 1890–1950
By: Aldo Musacchio
The early development of large multidivisional corporations in Latin America required much more than capable managers, new technologies, and large markets. Behind such corporations was a market for capital in which entrepreneurs had to attract investors to buy either...
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Keywords:
Voting;
Entrepreneurship;
Investment;
Governance Controls;
Contracts;
Laws and Statutes;
Ownership Stake;
Brazil
Musacchio, Aldo. "Laws vs. Contracts: Legal Origins, Shareholder Protections, and Ownership Concentration in Brazil, 1890–1950." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-053, January 2008.
- 29 Mar 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Entrepreneurs, Firms, and Global Wealth since 1850
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by Geoffrey G. Jones
- Web
Curriculum - MBA
circumstances are private firms a reasonable solution to society’s problems? And when should they cede this role to other players instead? Life Science, Ethics, and Management Seminar This seminar is...
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- February 2022
- Case
Toraya
By: Lauren Cohen and Akiko Kanno
Mitsuharu Kurokawa was the 18th generation leader of a family firm that produced and sold premium Japanese sweets, Toraya Confectionery Co., Ltd. He had succeeded the business from his father, Mitsuhiro Kurokawa who had led the firm for thirty years. Mitsuharu was...
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- 04 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
How a Juicy Brand Came Back to Life
by asserting that a brand might fit better in one company's portfolio than in another's. But a marketing professional would probably explain the improved fit in terms of distribution economies or manufacturing synergies. I would explain it differently: First, as every...
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- 15 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Medallia
Organization:Ursela Knezevic, University Programs, MBA Talent Outreach, Medallia Describe your organization in three to five sentences. Medallia is the fastest growing Customer Experience Management Company in the world. We give leading...
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Technology
- Program
Senior Executive Leadership Program—India
change agents. Taking place in three modules, the Senior Executive Leadership Program–India accelerates the transformation of experienced senior executives into capable leaders who can drive business success. Delivered in a series of modules in Boston and Mumbai, this...
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- March 1988 (Revised July 1990)
- Case
Walt Disney Productions: Greenmail
Considers a firm whose investment strategies have essentially run out. Walt Disney's original visions and goals have all been fulfilled and after his death no new ones are forthcoming. Disney faces repeated takeover attacks and is forced to either set new corporate...
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Keywords:
Corporate Strategy;
Crisis Management;
Acquisition;
Financial Strategy;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
United States
Asquith, K. Paul. "Walt Disney Productions: Greenmail." Harvard Business School Case 288-045, March 1988. (Revised July 1990.)
- June 2000 (Revised February 2003)
- Case
Must Zee TV
By: Bharat N. Anand and Tarun Khanna
Explores issues related to (1) the vertical boundaries of the firm in an emerging-economy context, especially the effects of lack of intellectual property rights and lack of contract enforcement on both industry structure and boundaries of the firm; and (2) the extent...
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Keywords:
Corporate Strategy;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Copyright;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Anand, Bharat N., and Tarun Khanna. "Must Zee TV." Harvard Business School Case 700-122, June 2000. (Revised February 2003.)
- 2022
- Working Paper
Multinationals and Varieties of Capitalism: When U.S. Giants Stepped into the Swiss Coordinated Labor Market in the 1950s
By: Sabine Pitteloud
This working paper investigates unintended consequences of U.S. FDI in Switzerland in the 1950s-1960s: the increased competition that U.S. firms generated within the national labor market and the challenge their hiring practices constituted for the institutional...
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Keywords:
Multinationals;
Capitalism;
Business & Government Relations;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Immigration Policy;
History;
Switzerland;
Americanization;
R&D;
Labor History;
Labor Market Institutions;
Tax Havens;
"USA,";
Business Interest Association;
Lobbying;
Labor and Management Relations;
Business History;
Multinational Firms and Management
Pitteloud, Sabine. "Multinationals and Varieties of Capitalism: When U.S. Giants Stepped into the Swiss Coordinated Labor Market in the 1950s." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-075, June 2022.
- 2012
- Book
Strategic IQ: Creating Smarter Corporations
By: John R. Wells
In today's world, only the smartest survive. The competitive landscape is littered with graves of well-known firms whose revenues, profits and stock prices rose for decades until they suddenly imploded.
In fast-changing business environments, firms must adapt...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Change Management;
Competition;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Adaptation;
Corporate Strategy;
Decision Making;
Innovation and Invention
Wells, John R. Strategic IQ: Creating Smarter Corporations. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2012.
- February 2006 (Revised June 2007)
- Case
Brazos Partners and Cheddar's Inc.
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Randall Fojtasek, a partner at Brazos Private Equity Partners, must decide whether to invest more money in Cheddar's restaurant chain, which the firm invested in 10 months earlier. The incremental investment would fund a real estate subsidiary that would own the...
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Keywords:
Negotiation Deal;
Price;
Partners and Partnerships;
Management;
Investment;
Leadership;
Business Subsidiaries;
Stocks
Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "Brazos Partners and Cheddar's Inc." Harvard Business School Case 806-069, February 2006. (Revised June 2007.)
- 25 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Developing the Global Leader
development," says Professor of Management Practice William George, the former chairman and chief executive officer of Medtronic. “We're looking to companies to create a global cadre of people who are comfortable operating anywhere...
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by Julia Hanna
- September 1997
- Background Note
Note on Political Risk Analysis
By: Debora L. Spar
Describes the emergence and subsequent decline of the political risk analysis industry. Discusses what political risk means for multinational firms and various ways in which firms have tried to analyze and grapple with these risks.
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Spar, Debora L., Heidi Deringer, and Jennifer Wang. "Note on Political Risk Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 798-022, September 1997.
George Serafeim
George Serafeim is the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, where he co-leads the Climate and Sustainability Impact Lab in the Digital, Data, and Design Institute. He teaches the course "Risks, Opportunities and... View Details
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
in employment at small firms in high-tech industries, which are a frequent target of patent trolls. By contrast, the laws have no significant impact on employment at larger or non-high-tech firms. Anti-troll...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jan 2020
- Blog Post
Navigating Grey in the Ever-Evolving Tech Community
Carlyn Strand Sylvester (MBA 2016) leads a small team at Netflix focused on creative testing and innovation for the streaming service’s global paid digital and acquisition channels, with an emphasis on growing the Netflix audience through...
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