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- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Case Study: Tip the Scale
lights are out. Ideally, orders flow directly from order entry to a warehouse management system, but they can also be scanned or entered manually. None of this is new. I’ve seen it used for everything from tiny, lightweight View Details
- 20 May 2013
- Op-Ed
Making America an Industrial Powerhouse Again
II, hundreds of billions of federal dollars flowed through agencies like the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and NASA to pay for the basic and applied research that spawned the...
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- 01 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy
to be more responsive to markets? The risk exposure calculator helps answer these questions. Another powerful tool we describe in detail is the "profit wheel," a model of the flow of operating profit through a business that enables an...
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- January 2006
- Article
Are Perks Purely Managerial Excess?
By: Raghuram G. Rajan and Julie Wulf
A widespread view is that executive perks exemplify agency problems--they are a route through which managers misappropriate a firm's surplus. Accordingly, firms with high free cash flow, operating in industries with limited investment prospects, should offer more...
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Situation or Environment;
Performance Productivity;
Investment;
Executive Compensation
Rajan, Raghuram G., and Julie Wulf. "Are Perks Purely Managerial Excess?" Journal of Financial Economics 79, no. 1 (January 2006): 1–33. (Winner of the Second Place 2006 Jensen Prize for "Best Paper on Corporate Finance and Organizations" presented by Journal of Financial Economics .)
- 17 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance
international competition means we should expect industries to come and go. Even if this is sometimes painful, it is, in fact, a healthy process by which resources flow to their most productive uses. When a...
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- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
the reverse flow of products are complex and are not optimized for the level of returns some retailers will see. Antonio Moreno (@tmorenog) is the Sicupira Family Associate Professor of Business...
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- 23 Jul 2024
- In Practice
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities
overseas suppliers. One example is Hasbro, which began sourcing from firms in India, Vietnam, and Mexico in the last five years. Moving existing suppliers out of China. Goertek, a supplier of Google’s Pixel watch, and Foxconn, a manufacturer of Apple’s MacBook, have...
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- 13 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 13, 2007
isolate the effects of channel expansion. We argue for advantages to using zip code level data for methodological and consumer data privacy reasons. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-043.pdf Multinational Firms, FDI View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 25 Apr 2016
- News
Trail Blazer
Photography by Alexander Rubin Chuck McMinn (MBA 1978) has worked at enough in startups to know that the only guarantee in technology is that today’s hot product will eventually be replaced by more innovative technology. That’s why...
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- 31 Mar 2002
- What Do You Think?
Is This the Decade of the Investor?
to assess the fairness of the division of returns. And before making assumptions about the future, "we still need to get a firm handle on just how much productivity increased before we take actions based upon assumptions of increased...
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by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Rebooting Europe
through 2019. “The big objective of my tenure is to help Europe to be able to have an ecosystem where you can actually create the conditions for fundamental science and research to be transformed into real products and businesses that...
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- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Vivek Ranadivé
streamlining the flow of data. When Ranadivé arrived at Goldman Sachs, his first potential client, he was astounded by the complicated assortment of monitors, cable, and wire surrounding each trader — the mix even included strategically...
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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Case Study: Sound Check
product, with a case study and clear pricing. It can be a little scary to give up the consulting revenue, which likely provides cash flow to fund the development of the productized offerings. The downside of...
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- 17 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 17, 2007
Autor, William R. Kerr, and Adriana D. Kugler Periodical:Economic Journal 117 (2007): F189-F217 Abstract Theory predicts that mandated employment protections may reduce productivity by distorting production...
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Martha Lagace
- 16 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 16
Development on the Investment Cash Flow Relationship: Cross-Country Evidence from Europe Authors:Bo Becker and Jagadeesh Sivadasan Publication:B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (forthcoming) Abstract We investigate financing...
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Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Breakthrough Negotiation: Don’t Leave It On the Table
bolster their bargaining power, and channeling the flow of the process through time. They understand that actions taken away from the negotiating table can be as important as what goes on at the table, if not more so.1 Specifically,...
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by Michael Watkins
- 03 Apr 2019
- Book
Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business
customers own their banking data and can designate it to be available to a third party. Open data and open banking are important so that data streams are available to multiple financial institutions and entrepreneurs who could provide new View Details
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Pricing Strategy: Monetizing and Growing the Business - Course Catalog
company asks individuals or other businesses to trade good money for the products and services it offers, that ineffective pricing practices tend to creep in and value regrettably “leaks out” of the relationship—making both parties, and...
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- 19 May 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Winner Targets India Dropouts
meet the cash flow crunch that prevents children from staying in school past Class V, and vocational education to ensure that the formal education they receive is complemented with more immediately income-generating skills. Our program is...
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- 06 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Circularity in Denmark
In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new...
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