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- 2023
- Working Paper
Corporate Leaders Say They Are for Stakeholder Capitalism—But Which Version Exactly?: A Critical Look at Four Varieties
By: Lynn S. Paine
The past few years have seen an outpouring of articles and statements heralding the
arrival of a new and more inclusive form of capitalism often called stakeholder capitalism. The
new capitalism promises to strengthen companies, improve outcomes for their...
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Keywords:
Stakeholder Capitalism;
Corporate Governance;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Economic Systems;
Business and Shareholder Relations
Paine, Lynn S. "Corporate Leaders Say They Are for Stakeholder Capitalism—But Which Version Exactly? A Critical Look at Four Varieties." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-008, August 2023.
- 2012
- Book
Producing Prosperity: Why America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance
By: Gary P. Pisano and Willy Shih
For years—even decades—in response to intensifying global competition, American companies decided to outsource their manufacturing operations in order to reduce costs. But we are now seeing the alarming long-term effect of those choices: in many cases, once...
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Keywords:
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Production;
Competitive Advantage;
Transformation;
Innovation and Invention;
Manufacturing Industry;
United States
Pisano, Gary P., and Willy Shih. Producing Prosperity: Why America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press, 2012.
- 13 Dec 2012
- HBS Seminar
Raffaella Sadun, Harvard Business School
- 28 Jul 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
The Three Foundations of a Great Life, Great Leadership, and a Great Organization
Keywords:
by Michael C. Jensen
- Teaching Interest
MBA Elective Curriculum Personal Selling and Sales Force Management
Personal selling is the primary (and sometimes the only) form of marketing activity for many firms, especially in a business-to-business context. The course focuses on the tactical component of managing a salesforce and on the strategic element of linking sales... View Details
- Research Summary
Corporate Investment and Stock Market Listing: A Puzzle?
In joint work with John Asker and Alexander Ljungqvist, we investigate whether short-termism distorts the investment decisions of stock market listed firms. To do so, we compare the investment behavior of observably similar public and private firms using a new... View Details
- September 2020
- Teaching Note
Miami's Tech Future (D): Developing New Leadership
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Joyce J. Kim
Traditional establishment leadership of Miami is increasingly challenged by a rising millennial generation that is more diverse and brings more innovative and entrepreneurial “outside-the-building” approaches, including impatience for change. Leadership succession is...
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- January 2014
- Article
Fashioning an Industry: Socio-cognitive Processes in the Construction of Worth of a New Industry
By: Mukti Khaire
This study of the high-end fashion industry in India examines the process of construction of the worth of a new industry. Analyses of data from multiple sources revealed that framing by early entrepreneurs and the socio-cognitive processes that resulted from the...
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Khaire, Mukti. "Fashioning an Industry: Socio-cognitive Processes in the Construction of Worth of a New Industry." Organization Studies 35, no. 1 (January 2014): 41–74.
- 2013
- Article
Industry Equilibrium with Open-Source and Proprietary Firms
By: Gaston Llanes and Ramiro de Elejalde
We present a model of industry equilibrium to study the coexistence of open-source and proprietary firms. Two novel aspects of the model are (i) participation in open source arises as the optimal decision of profit-maximizing firms, and (ii) open-source and proprietary...
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Keywords:
Open Source Distribution;
Balance and Stability;
Software;
Knowledge Management;
Supply and Industry;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Research and Development;
Cooperation
Llanes, Gaston, and Ramiro de Elejalde. "Industry Equilibrium with Open-Source and Proprietary Firms." International Journal of Industrial Organization 31, no. 1 (January 2013): 36–49.
- 2015
- Chapter
Diversity in Groups
By: Catarina Fernandes and Jeff Polzer
Diversity has the potential to either disrupt group functioning or, conversely, be the source of collective creativity and insight. These two divergent perspectives pose a paradox that has held the attention of scholars for many years. In response, researchers have...
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Fernandes, Catarina, and Jeff Polzer. "Diversity in Groups." In Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Interdisciplinary, Searchable, and Linkable Resource, edited by Robert A. Scott and Stephen M. Kosslyn. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2015. Electronic.
- November 2008 (Revised November 2008)
- Case
Cyworld: Creating and Capturing Value in a Social Network
By: Sunil Gupta and Sangman Han
In May 2008, the new CEO of Cyworld, a social network company in Korea, had to decide how to create and capture value from his rapidly growing user base. Cyworld was founded in 1999, and in 2003 it was acquired by SK Telecom, a leading mobile service provider in Korea....
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Keywords:
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Consumer Behavior;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Segmentation;
Value Creation;
South Korea
Gupta, Sunil, and Sangman Han. "Cyworld: Creating and Capturing Value in a Social Network." Harvard Business School Case 509-012, November 2008. (Revised November 2008.)
- 2004
- Working Paper
Thinking About Technology: Applying a Cognitive Lens to Technical Change
We apply a cognitive lens to understanding technology trajectories across the life cycle by developing a coevolutionary model of technological frames and technology. Applying that model to each stage of the technology life cycle, we identify conditions under which a...
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Kaplan, Sarah, and Mary Tripsas. "Thinking About Technology: Applying a Cognitive Lens to Technical Change." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 04-039, January 2004. (Revised September 2006, August 2007, April 2008.)
- Web
Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online
analysis Apply conjoint analysis to understand what features customers value most Understand the power of network effects to drive demand Identify sources of competitive advantage through differentiation Who Will Benefit Aspiring...
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- 2019
- Working Paper
Government Technology Policy, Social Value, and National Competitiveness
By: Frank Nagle
This study seeks to better understand the impact that government technology procurement regulations have on social value and national competitiveness. To do this, it examines the impact of a change in France’s technology procurement policy that required government...
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Keywords:
Social Value;
Competitiveness;
Government Administration;
Information Technology;
Acquisition;
Policy;
Value
Nagle, Frank. "Government Technology Policy, Social Value, and National Competitiveness." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-103, March 2019.
- March 2008 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
MySpace
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, David T. Chen and Carin-Isabel Knoop
The case, set in late 2007, examines what MySpace—the largest online social network—should do to respond to its agile competitor, Facebook. Since its inception MySpace had experienced phenomenal growth, acquiring 20 million members in its first 20 months of operation,...
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Keywords:
Open Source Distribution;
Partners and Partnerships;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Competition;
Competitive Strategy;
Internet and the Web;
Digital Platforms;
Information Technology Industry
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan, David T. Chen, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "MySpace." Harvard Business School Case 708-499, March 2008. (Revised June 2011.)
- 2021
- Working Paper
Studying the U.S.-Based Portfolio Companies of U.S. Impact Investors
By: M. Diane Burton, Gurveen Chadha, Shawn A. Cole, Abhishek Dev, Christina Jarymowycz, Leslie Jeng, Laura Kelley, Josh Lerner, Jaime R. Diaz Palacios, Yue (Cynthia) Xu and T. Robert Zochowski
Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in the reliance on market-based solutions to social and environmental problems around the world (Barman 2016; Horvath and Powell 2020). The growth of impact investing is a vivid example of this trend and, although there have...
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Keywords:
Impact Investing;
Impact Portfolio Companies;
Investment;
Social Issues;
Environmental Sustainability;
Investment Portfolio;
Business Ventures;
Analytics and Data Science;
Performance;
United States
Burton, M. Diane, Gurveen Chadha, Shawn A. Cole, Abhishek Dev, Christina Jarymowycz, Leslie Jeng, Laura Kelley, Josh Lerner, Jaime R. Diaz Palacios, Yue (Cynthia) Xu, and T. Robert Zochowski. "Studying the U.S.-Based Portfolio Companies of U.S. Impact Investors." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-130, June 2021.
- Program
Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management
Summary Today's nonprofit organizations are faced with shifting demands for services, resource constraints, and diverse operational challenges. They must also learn to navigate the advent of new technology and new sources of funding. To...
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- 29 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business Press Is a Watchdog that Bites
company, through suppliers or customers at trade shows saying something was weird, or through tracking the names of people who had been involved in fraud in the past and finding another company they're in. The press's next most frequent View Details
- November 2017 (Revised September 2020)
- Supplement
Miami's Tech Future (D): Developing New Leadership
Traditional establishment leadership of Miami is increasingly challenged by a rising millennial generation that is more diverse and brings more innovative and entrepreneurial “outside-the-building” approaches, including impatience for change. Leadership succession is...
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Keywords:
Leaders;
Civic Innovation;
Change;
Change Leadership;
Startup;
Scaling And Growth;
Jurisdictional Disputes;
Communication;
Community Impact;
Community Relations;
Leading Change;
Leadership;
Diversity;
Demographics;
Entrepreneurship;
Business and Community Relations;
Miami;
Florida
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "Miami's Tech Future (D): Developing New Leadership." Harvard Business School Supplement 318-036, November 2017. (Revised September 2020.)
- January 2012 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
Ctrip: Scientifically Managing Travel Services
By: David A. Garvin and Nancy Hua Dai
Ctrip is a $437 million Chinese on-line travel services company with a scientific, data driven approach to management. The case explores Ctrip's founding and early growth, its expansion into multiple market segments including hotel reservations, air ticketing, leisure...
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Keywords:
Scientific Management;
Data-driven Management;
Management;
Expansion;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Market Entry and Exit;
Mathematical Methods;
Business Processes;
Information Management;
Travel Industry;
China
Garvin, David A., and Nancy Hua Dai. "Ctrip: Scientifically Managing Travel Services." Harvard Business School Case 312-092, January 2012. (Revised March 2013.)