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- April 2003
- Case
HP-Cisco Alliance (A), The
In 2002, Hewlett-Packard and Cisco Systems strove to develop their long-standing partnership into a strategic alliance with increasing impact. Critical components of successful alliance implementation emerge from the analysis. Specifically, the case illuminates the...
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Interpersonal Communication;
Organizational Design;
Alliances;
Organizational Structure
Casciaro, Tiziana E., and Christina Darwall. "HP-Cisco Alliance (A), The." Harvard Business School Case 403-120, April 2003.
- September 1992 (Revised October 1995)
- Teaching Note
Eastman Kodak Co.: Managing Information Systems Through Strategic Alliances TN
Teaching Note for (9-192-030).
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Managing Alliances with the Balanced Scorecard
By: Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton and Bjarne Rugelsjoen
The article addresses failures in strategic alliances and illustrates, via a detailed description of the successful strategic alliance between Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Quintiles company how the creation of a strategy map and Balanced Scorecard helps align the...
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Keywords:
Alliances;
Balanced Scorecard;
Employees;
Alignment;
Corporate Governance;
Interests;
Management Practices and Processes;
Goals and Objectives;
Partners and Partnerships
Kaplan, Robert S., David P. Norton, and Bjarne Rugelsjoen. "Managing Alliances with the Balanced Scorecard." Harvard Business Review 88, nos. 1/2 (January–February 2010): 114–120.
- April 2013
- Article
Business Model Innovation and Competitive Imitation: The Case of Sponsor-Based Business Models
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Feng Zhu
This paper provides the first formal model of business model innovation. Our analysis focuses on sponsor-based business model innovations where a firm monetizes its product through sponsors rather than setting prices to its customer base. We analyze strategic...
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Keywords:
Business Model Innovation;
Imitation;
Sponsor-based Business Model;
Strategic Revelation;
Strategic Concealment;
Business Model;
Innovation and Invention;
Price;
Competitive Strategy;
Adoption;
Value;
Duopoly and Oligopoly;
Product;
Customers;
Market Entry and Exit;
Monopoly
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Feng Zhu. "Business Model Innovation and Competitive Imitation: The Case of Sponsor-Based Business Models." Strategic Management Journal 34, no. 4 (April 2013): 464–482.
- Aug 2011
- Conference Presentation
Willing and Able? Cooperation and Coordination in Strategic Alliances
By: Ranjay Gulati, Franz Wohlgezogen and Pavel Zhelyazkov
- Summer 2013
- Article
Strategic Management of Intellectual Property: An Integrated Approach
By: William W. Fisher III and Felix Oberholzer-Gee
In many organizations, the R&D, strategy, and legal functions are poorly integrated. As a consequence, firms miss opportunities to create and exploit the value of intellectual property. Functional silos are one reason for the lack of integration. More important,...
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Keywords:
Innovation Management;
Strategic Management;
Legal Aspects Of Business;
Licensing;
Law;
Innovation and Management;
Knowledge Management;
Intellectual Property;
Business Strategy
Fisher III, William W., and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. "Strategic Management of Intellectual Property: An Integrated Approach." California Management Review 55, no. 4 (Summer 2013): 157–183.
- 1997
- Conference Presentation
The Architecture of Cooperation: Managing Coordination Uncertainty and Interdependence in Strategic Alliances
By: Ranjay Gulati
- 2016
- Chapter
Oliver Hart's Contributions to the Understanding of Strategic Alliances and Technology Licensing
By: Josh Lerner
Lerner, Josh. "Oliver Hart's Contributions to the Understanding of Strategic Alliances and Technology Licensing." In The Impact of Incomplete Contracts on Economics, edited by Philippe Aghion, Mathias Dewatripont, Patrick Legros, and Luigi Zingales, 151–161. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016.
- November 1976 (Revised January 1984)
- Case
Norton Co.: Strategic Planning for Diversified Business Operations
By: Francis Aguilar
Describes an elaborate approach to strategic planning for diversified business operations. Includes the use of the BCG experience curve and growth share matrices and of PIMS profit-factor data. (Both sets of ideas are described in appendices to the case.) Also...
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Keywords:
Growth and Development Strategy;
Strategic Planning;
Diversification;
Operations;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business or Company Management;
Resource Allocation
Aguilar, Francis. "Norton Co.: Strategic Planning for Diversified Business Operations." Harvard Business School Case 377-044, November 1976. (Revised January 1984.)
- March 2009 (Revised May 2011)
- Case
The Credit Suisse/Gerson Lehrman Group Alliance
By: Robert G. Eccles and Laura Winig
The equity research department of Credit Suisse and the expert network firm of Gerson Lehrman Group, historically competitors, have established a strategic alliance which both believe will give them a competitive advantage. Under the leadership of its head of equity...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Financial Crisis;
Investment Banking;
Innovation and Invention;
Alliances;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Competitive Advantage;
Banking Industry
Eccles, Robert G., and Laura Winig. "The Credit Suisse/Gerson Lehrman Group Alliance." Harvard Business School Case 409-046, March 2009. (Revised May 2011.)
- 1995
- Book
Business Policy: Managing Strategic Processes
By: Joseph L. Bower, Christopher A. Bartlett, Hugo Uyterhoeven and Richard E. Walton
Bower, Joseph L., Christopher A. Bartlett, Hugo Uyterhoeven and Richard E. Walton, eds. Business Policy: Managing Strategic Processes. Chicago: Irwin, 1995.
- February 2004
- Article
Launching a World-Class Joint Venture
By: James Bamford, David Ernst and David G. Fubini
More than 5,000 joint ventures, and many more contractual alliances, have been launched worldwide in the past five years. Companies are realizing that JVs and alliances can be lucrative vehicles for developing new products, moving into new markets, and increasing...
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Keywords:
Mergers & Acquisitions;
Strategic Alliances;
Joint Ventures;
Alliances;
Organizational Structure;
Alignment;
Mergers and Acquisitions
Bamford, James, David Ernst, and David G. Fubini. "Launching a World-Class Joint Venture." Harvard Business Review 82, no. 2 (February 2004): 90–100.
- December 1998
- Article
The Architecture of Cooperation: Managing Coordination Costs and Appropriation Concerns in Strategic Alliances
By: Ranjay Gulati and Harbir Singh
Gulati, Ranjay, and Harbir Singh. "The Architecture of Cooperation: Managing Coordination Costs and Appropriation Concerns in Strategic Alliances." Administrative Science Quarterly 43, no. 4 (December 1998): 781–814.
- January 1988 (Revised May 1988)
- Case
General Motors' Asian Alliances
Describes all of General Motors' major alliances with Asian firms. These include Toyota, Fanuc, Isuzu, Daewoo, Suzuki, Nissan, and Hitachi. Students can discuss the rationale of each alliance, their risks, their management problems, and their likely evolution. Also...
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Keywords:
Joint Ventures;
Cost Management;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Problems and Challenges;
Alliances;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Adoption;
Corporate Strategy
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr. "General Motors' Asian Alliances." Harvard Business School Case 388-094, January 1988. (Revised May 1988.)
- February 2011
- Article
When the Social Structure Overshadows Competitive Incentives: The Effects of Network Embeddedness on Joint Venture Dissolution
By: Francisco Polidoro Jr., Gautam Ahuja and Will Mitchell
The embeddedness of interfirm relationships in a social structure can engender order in new tie formation, but competitive incentives may undermine the order that firms seek to achieve and lead to tie dissolution. We examine how relational embeddedness (history of...
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Keywords:
Social Structure;
Business Enterprises;
Strategic Alliances (Business);
Business Networks (Research);
Competition;
Joint Ventures;
Alliances;
Social and Collaborative Networks
Polidoro, Francisco, Jr., Gautam Ahuja, and Will Mitchell. "When the Social Structure Overshadows Competitive Incentives: The Effects of Network Embeddedness on Joint Venture Dissolution." Academy of Management Journal 54, no. 1 (February 2011): 203–223.
- March 2000
- Article
Strategic Collaboration between Nonprofits and Businesses
By: J. E. Austin
Austin, J. E. "Strategic Collaboration between Nonprofits and Businesses." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 29, no. 1 (March 2000): 69–97.
- 2012
- Article
The Two Facets of Collaboration: Cooperation and Coordination in Strategic Alliances
By: Ranjay Gulati, Franz Wohlgezogen and Pavel Zhelyazkov
This paper unpacks two underspecified facets of collaboration: cooperation and coordination. Prior research has emphasized cooperation, and specifically the partners' commitment and alignment of interests, as the key determinant of collaborative success. Scholars have...
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Gulati, Ranjay, Franz Wohlgezogen, and Pavel Zhelyazkov. "The Two Facets of Collaboration: Cooperation and Coordination in Strategic Alliances." Academy of Management Annals 6 (2012): 531–583.
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
donor and grateful recipient, toward deeper, strategic alliances. These changes are already under way, and the changing alliance landscape is rich in variety, with businesses...
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by James Austin