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- 29 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Exploring Sustainable Energy: A Visit to Vestas Wind Turbine Manufacturing in Odense, Denmark
intricate manufacturing process of Vestas' V174 nacelle, a vital component of the 9.5 MW wind turbines. The nacelle, a housing unit that encapsulates the generator, gearbox, and other key generation and safety components, is the... View Details
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Diversity & Entrepreneurship: Race & Gender Gaps Persist - Race, Gender & Equity
Pathways to Inclusive Entrepreneurship Diversity & Entrepreneurship: Race & Gender Gaps Persist Entrepreneurship is the path of choice for many Harvard Business School alumni. Drawing on the most recent Life & Leadership data , this... View Details
- 28 Aug 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: History Matters
decades have generated rich empirical data on firms and business systems that can confirm or challenge many of today's fashionable theories and assumptions by other disciplines. Business history has... View Details
Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones & Anthony Mayo
- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
on the financing of innovation, inclusive of large companies and new startups. This research strand has been very active over the past five years, generating important new findings, questioning some long-held beliefs, and creating its own... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 26
and David Moss Publication:Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010 Abstract After two generations of emphasis on governmental inefficiency and the need for deregulation, we now see growing interest in the possibility of constructive... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Amazon Prime Day: The Logic Behind a Retailer’s Made-up Holiday
"These peak events are a way to generate excitement, especially for a well-established player like Amazon. It's a means of creating news and buzz by coming up with your very own Black Friday out of nowhere." Gupta pointed out... View Details
- 01 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Much Time Should CEOs Devote to Customers?
versus the inside. Marketing expertise depends on customer insights. These insights cannot be gleaned from looking at market research data on a computer screen. Just like politics, all marketing is retail. The customer votes every day at... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 30 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
Why the U.S. Should Encourage FDI
two reasons. First, they are systematically lower than the returns of American outbound FDI. By way of example, the data indicate that GE earns a much higher return on overseas activities than Siemens does in the United States. Indeed,... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
might be appropriate to redesign (“refactor”) a system, to reduce what has been called “architectural debt.” Unfortunately, we lack robust data by which to evaluate the relationship between architectural design choices and system... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
Curbing an Unlikely Culprit of Rising Drug Prices: Pharmaceutical Donations
Anti-Kickback Statute prohibits the exchange of anything of value that rewards or generates business reimbursable by federal health care programs. While the law prohibits drugmakers from directly covering copays and other out-of-pocket... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
What to Do When Your Organization Has Dueling Missions
A couple of years ago, hip-hop artist Macklemore topped the Billboard 100 chart with Thrift Shop, a paean to buying inexpensive used clothing from Goodwill Industries. Indeed, like the rapper, millions of people know Goodwill primarily as a successful retailer; in... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 30 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 30
Daniel Kahneman, 217-247. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. Abstract We test for whether, once "basic needs" are satisfied, there is happiness adaptation to further gains in income using three data sets. Individual German... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
improvement collaboration. The results support our hypothesis that learn-how is positively related to organizational performance, as measured by NICUs' risk-adjusted mortality rates for 1,061 infant patients. Moreover, our data reveal... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Four Ways to Create Lasting Change
generations of a customer-satisfaction program at a large American retailer, dubbed "Alpha Corporation" for the sake of confidentiality. The first of Alpha's customer satisfaction programs, launched in the early 1990s, fell... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 07 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Banning Big-box Stores Can Hurt Local Retailers
census data on retail stores located in England, Sadun found that stricter planning restrictions against big-box stores actually coincided with independent retailers closing down or hiring fewer workers, a signal their business was... View Details
- 30 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 30, 2007
article concludes that it is critical to make institutions in our current 'consumer era' more attentive to individual patients who are put at risk. Collaborative Brokerage, Generative Creativity, and Creative Success Authors:Lee Fleming,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works
in general is too risky a strategy, and entertainment businesses should vigorously try to save costs in an effort to increase profits. But in my research I have found that betting heavily on the most likely blockbusters and spending... View Details
- 22 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution
competitive dynamics in their space. However, managers outside the tech sector will still appreciate the general management lessons throughout the book. Q: What is strategic integrity, and why is it important? A: Every firm has two... View Details
- 29 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors
which, to start with, is very much out there and, to varying degrees, not really proprietary. That's one extreme. Obviously a lot of firms still try and erect the walls, but I think in general the network View Details
- 17 Jun 2020
- News
Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines
facility by converting pier terminals and passenger ships. FPH has committed to provide $2 million to this effort. Finally, in collaboration with the Philippine General Hospital, FPH is set to increase their laboratory capacity from 150... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley