Tiebout Sorting And Efficiency - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy

a tradeoff here, in terms of how similar a product will be around the world and what sort of product range a company will offer," Collis says. Will a company allow for local variation View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan

in its marketing. In the period since the Internet boom, there have been a large number of very conspicuous successes.—John A. Deighton Physical distribution of groceries in the United States is a marvel of logistics. It's amazingly View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products; Retail

30 Jan 2018
First Look

January 30, 2018

outcomes of an organization’s immediate interventions or the ability to affect system-wide change. By graphing the two levels of scale against the two levels of impact, we have constructed a four-quadrant framework. Quadrant #1 focuses on the activities of a single... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 29

on the circumstances and prospects of a company. In fact, companies often turn to outsiders because they have failed to recruit, train, and develop the sort of talent that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

The Big Money for Big Projects

the cost and schedule overruns. In general, I think the project would have benefited from more "for-profit" incentives—if there's not clear incentives to be efficient View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

29 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy

revolutionized by bringing in market forces in a way that they never were before. Competition that we take for granted in most sectors of the economy is now driving efficiencies and innovations in the space... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Aerospace

15 Aug 2005
HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

reading in a trade publication about Benihana's innovative and efficient use of labor and layout to lower costs and facilitate customer... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

05 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss

As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller

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