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The Decision to Terminate a Strategic Alliance
Concha, A.; Ariño, AfricaTechnical Note DGN-614-EStrategyThis technical note offers managers a discussion of some basic concepts concerning the termination of strategic alliances. An alliance should be terminated when the expected benefits are exceeded by the costs. This happens when the goals pursued through the alliance are no longer being achieved by means of the alliance, or when the alliance's management and coordination costs increase beyond an acceptable level, or when there are changes in the e...Starting at €8.20
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Partner selection in strategic alliances
Concha, A.; Ariño, AfricaTechnical Note DGN-612-EStrategyThis technical note offers managers a discussion of some fundamental issues to be considered when selecting a partner for a strategic alliance. Choosing the right partner is key to alliance success. First, the note discusses the issues to be considered when selecting a partner, then it offers some recommendations to help managers who want to find the best partner for a planned strategic alliance.Starting at €8.20
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Managing Strategic Alliances: A Process Framework
Otegui M.; Ariño, AfricaTechnical Note DGN-646-ECorporate Governance, StrategyThis note provides a framework for managing strategic alliances (SAs). The high rate of SA failure unveils the fact that mutual cooperation is not automatic. Accordingly, management needs to be proactive both at the SA formation and implementation stages. By proposing the analysis of five issues to be considered at different stages of the SA lifecycle, we provide a framework that helps managers reduce the possibilities of failure when forming and...Starting at €8.20
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Alstom (C): The Joint Venture Dissolution
Vendiola C.; Ariño, AfricaCase DG-1357-EStrategyIn March 1999, Alstom's chairman was reviewing the forecasted results of his company¿s first year of operation and he had plenty of reasons to be proud of the achievements of the company in only oneyear of operation. Alstom was a French giant in the energy and transportation business. Although the results looked very promising, competing in this industry required a strategy. The matter was complicated by GE's unwillingness to continue the license...Starting at €5.74
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Innovis Telecom: Entrepreneurial Internationalization
Ariño, Africa; Tatarinov, KatherineCase SM-1627-EDecision Analysis, Service and Operations Management, StrategyInnovis was a telecom services start-up founded in 2010 in India. Due to certain government regulations banning the import of telecom equipment from China, Innovis managers saw that the survival of the company was at risk and that it would have a greater competitive advantage if it were to provide its services in countries outside India. Within the first five years of its existence, and with limited resources, the company had already expanded to ...Starting at €8.20
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Alstom (A): In Search of a Partner
Vendiola C.; Ariño, AfricaCase DG-1355-EStrategyIn March 1999, Alstom's chairman was reviewing the forecasted results of his company¿s first year of operation and he had plenty of reasons to be proud of the achievements of the company in only oneyear of operation. Alstom was a French giant in the energy and transportation business. Although the results looked very promising, competing in this industry required a strategy. The matter was complicated by GE's unwillingness to continue the license...Starting at €8.20
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Alstom (B): The Joint Venture with ABB
Vendiola C.; Ariño, AfricaCase DG-1356-EStrategyIn March 1999, Alstom's chairman was reviewing the forecasted results of his company¿s first year of operation and he had plenty of reasons to be proud of the achievements of the company in only oneyear of operation. Alstom was a French giant in the energy and transportation business. Although the results looked very promising, competing in this industry required a strategy. The matter was complicated by GE's unwillingness to continue the license...Starting at €5.74
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I Was Greedy, Too (Spanish version)
Coutu, Diane L.Article HBS-R0302BAmericans are outraged at the greediness of Wall Street analysts, dot-com entrepreneurs and, most of all, chief executive officers. How could Tyco's Dennis Kozlowski use company funds to throw his wife a million-dollar birthday bash on an Italian island? How could Enron's Ken Lay sell thousands of shares of his company's once high-flying stock just before it crashed, leaving employees with nothing? Even America's most popular domestic guru, Marth...Starting at €8.20
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Picking Winners: A Conversation with MacArthur Fellows Program Director Daniel J. Socolow
Socolow, Daniel J.; Coutu, Diane L.Article HBS-R0705H-ELeadership and People ManagementIn the business world, "creativity" has become the latest buzzword. How to attract, nurture, and direct the extraordinarily talented people who will come up with the next Lipitor, Sony Walkman, or iPod is an enduring topic among businesspeople. As the director of the MacArthur Fellows Program, Daniel J. Socolow has considerable experience with the process of rooting out creativity. In this conversation with HBR senior editor Diane Coutu, he descr...Starting at €8.20
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Strategic alliances: An option to enable corporate growth
Ariño, Africa; de Puig, MaríaTechnical Note SMN-711-ECorporate Governance, StrategyIn this technical note, we present what we consider to be the most important issues in creating an SA. To avoid any terminological confusion, we will start by defining what we understand by SAs in the context of this technical note and the objectives that most often lie behind the creation of an SA. We will then present the different types of SAs, followed by a discussion of the advantages and difficulties they raise. We will then address the asp...Starting at €8.20