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Turnkey or Tailored? Relational Pluralism, Institutional Complexity, and the Organizational Adoption of More or Less Customized Practices
By: Ryan Raffaelli and Mary Ann Glynn
We examine how the organizational adoption of new practices is influenced by relational pluralism, i.e., an organization's multiple ties to actors inside and outside its industry. We theorize that institutional mechanisms of practice diffusion underlying relational...
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Keywords:
Networks;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Business Processes;
Adoption;
Customization and Personalization
Raffaelli, Ryan, and Mary Ann Glynn. "Turnkey or Tailored? Relational Pluralism, Institutional Complexity, and the Organizational Adoption of More or Less Customized Practices." Academy of Management Journal 57, no. 2 (April 2014): 541–562.
- January 2018 (Revised May 2018)
- Case
AT&T Managing Technological Change and the Future of Telephone Operators in the 20th Century
By: Daniel P. Gross and William R. Kerr
By the 1930s, AT&T dominated the American phone industry, serving 10 million telephones and employing over 100,000 switchboard operators. But beginning in the mid-1910s, the company began changing from manually operated switchboards to mechanical switching systems that...
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Keywords:
AT&T;
Bell Telephone;
Phone Lines;
Phone Operators;
Mechanical Switching;
Layoffs;
Technological Change;
Transition;
History;
Innovation and Invention;
Technological Innovation;
Information Technology;
Disruption;
Change Management;
Communications Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
United States
Gross, Daniel P., and William R. Kerr. "AT&T: Managing Technological Change and the Future of Telephone Operators in the 20th Century." Harvard Business School Case 718-486, January 2018. (Revised May 2018.)
- 2022
- Working Paper
Talent Flows and the Geography of Knowledge Production: Causal Evidence from Multinational Firms
By: Dany Bahar, Prithwiraj Choudhury, Sara Signorelli and James M. Sappenfield
Leveraging a unique dataset merging patent data with all work-related migration reforms that took place in 15 countries over 26 years, we show that reforms discouraging inventor mobility decrease the patenting of MNE subsidiaries within a country, while reforms...
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Keywords:
Migration;
Technology;
Policy Evaluation;
Patents;
Information Technology;
Immigration;
Policy;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Globalization
Bahar, Dany, Prithwiraj Choudhury, Sara Signorelli, and James M. Sappenfield. "Talent Flows and the Geography of Knowledge Production: Causal Evidence from Multinational Firms." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-047, January 2022. (Revised December 2022.)
- February 1983 (Revised September 1990)
- Teaching Note
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.: MIS Evaluation of End-User Systems, Teaching Note
- Web
Identify a list of comparable companies | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
× Please sign in You need to log in to use the bookmarking feature. Sign In Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Search Find Services Ask Browse Databases Collections & Archives Guides Exhibits Find Books, Articles & More More Places HOLLIS...
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- January 2006
- Tutorial
Alternative Choice Decisions Analysis
By: David F. Hawkins, V.G. Narayanan, Jacob Cohen and Michele Jurgens
Shows how managers use information on costs and revenues to decide between possible alternative courses of action. Presents two case examples of differential cost analysis. The first, a make or buy decision, examines two alternatives in which only costs vary. The...
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- May 2009
- Article
Intellectual Property, Architecture, and the Management of Technological Transitions: Evidence from Microsoft Corporation
By: Alan David MacCormack and Marco Iansiti
Keywords:
Intellectual Property;
Information Technology;
Transition;
Applications and Software;
Information Technology Industry
MacCormack, Alan David, and Marco Iansiti. "Intellectual Property, Architecture, and the Management of Technological Transitions: Evidence from Microsoft Corporation." Journal of Product Innovation Management 26, no. 3 (May 2009): 248–263.
- July 1985 (Revised January 1988)
- Case
American Hospital Supply Corp.: The ASAP System (A)
American Hospital Supply, the largest firm in the U.S. hospital supply industry, has achieved success in part through the use of information systems. Changes in the hospital marketplace suggest a shift in strategy would be appropriate. What role should information...
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Order Taking and Fulfillment;
Distribution Industry;
Health Industry;
United States
Vitale, Michael R. "American Hospital Supply Corp.: The ASAP System (A)." Harvard Business School Case 186-005, July 1985. (Revised January 1988.)
- May 2015
- Case
Venture Republic, 2011
By: W. Carl Kester and Mayuka Yamazaki
In December 2011, the founders of Venture Republic, a Japanese developer and operator of on-line search engines for shopping and travel, faced a decison about whether or not to take the company private in a management buyout transaction just three years after an...
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- 2016
- Working Paper
Standardized Color in the Food Industry: The Co-Creation of the Food Coloring Business in the United States, 1870–1940
By: Ai Hisano
This working paper examines how, starting in the 1870s, food manufacturers in the United States began to use standardized color, achieved by synthetic dyes, as part of their marketing strategies. Food manufacturers along with dye makers and regulators co-created the...
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Keywords:
Food;
Supply and Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States
Hisano, Ai. "Standardized Color in the Food Industry: The Co-Creation of the Food Coloring Business in the United States, 1870–1940." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-037, October 2016.
- 24 Feb 2016
- News
Did William Alden Invent the Car of the Future in the 1960s?
William Alden (MBA 1952) was sorting mail when he had the thought: The concept behind the automated conveyer system he was perfecting for routing letters could be used to move people. It was the 1950s, a time View Details
- September 1995 (Revised November 2005)
- Teaching Note
Microsoft in the People's Republic of China, 1993 & 2005 Update (TN)
By: Tarun Khanna
Teaching Note for (9-795-115) and (9-797-107).
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- May 1986
- Case
Data Administration in Citibank Brazil (D): Implementation of the Central Liabilities Pilot
By: Shoshana Zuboff
Zuboff, Shoshana. "Data Administration in Citibank Brazil (D): Implementation of the Central Liabilities Pilot." Harvard Business School Case 486-112, May 1986.
- March 30, 2010
- Article
The Quest for the 'Holy Grail' of Integrated Financial and CSR Reporting
By: Robert Eccles and Michael Krzus
Eccles, Robert, and Michael Krzus. "The Quest for the 'Holy Grail' of Integrated Financial and CSR Reporting." Responsible Investor (March 30, 2010), 1–3.
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
A defining global experience before college can unlock a lifetime of potential
Believing in the importance of a global experience for young people, Abby Falik (MBA 2008) created Global Citizen Year, a nonprofit social enterprise that is forging a new educational pathway for America’s emerging leaders. By immersing a...
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- 16 Feb 2023
The Value of an MBA in Manufacturing, Consumer Products, and Retail
Have you ever wondered what an MBA could do to help you accomplish your personal and professional goals? Join us to hear more about why an MBA degree can be of value to students interested in working...
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Innovations in Retail Operations: Thirty Years of Lessons from Production and Operations Management
By: Marshall Fisher and Ananth Raman
We review papers published in Production and Operations Management (POM) during its thirty-year history that deal with retail operations issues with an empirical approach. The papers span a range of issues, from traditional ones like forecasting and inventory...
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Keywords:
RFID;
Innovation and Invention;
Technology Adoption;
Operations;
E-commerce;
Strategy;
Retail Industry
Fisher, Marshall, and Ananth Raman. "Innovations in Retail Operations: Thirty Years of Lessons from Production and Operations Management." Special Issue on The 30th Anniversary Issue of Production and Operations Management edited by Subodha Kumar and Christopher S. Tang. Production and Operations Management 31, no. 12 (December 1, 2022): 4452–4461.
- April 2011
- Teaching Note
Office of Technology Transfer - Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (TN)
By: Willy Shih and Sen Chai
Teaching Note for 611057.
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- December 2002
- Book Review
Review of International Taxation and Multinational Activity edited by J.R. Hines, Jr.
By: Mihir A. Desai
Desai, Mihir A. "Review of International Taxation and Multinational Activity edited by J.R. Hines, Jr." National Tax Journal 55, no. 4 (December 2002): 845–848.