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  • 19 Dec 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Affordable Housing: Israel and the United States

besieged with global discord that threatens regional peace, faces the same domestic headlines. In 2011, when young Israelis—and extending eventually to not-so-young Israelis, fueled by Facebook—mounted a "cottage cheese... View Details
Keywords: by Nicolas P. Retsinas, John H. Vogel & Charles S. Laven; Construction; Real Estate
  • 23 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 23

service (price) sensitive customers in markets where it has supplied relatively high (low) levels of service quality in the past. Furthermore, we show that it is the high quality incumbent's most valuable customers, those with the longest... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Mar 2025
  • News

Alumni Explore a Changing Hong Kong; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Singapore

Conference Looks at Future of Hong Kong as a Global Leader The HBS Association of Hong Kong (HBSAHK) celebrated the club’s 45thanniversary in February, with its 2025 Signature Conference at Cloud 39, a rooftop ballroom at The Henderson skyscraper in central Hong Kong.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 31 May 2016
  • First Look

May 31, 2016

additively separable in its state variables, leading to conquering the curse of dimensionality and the opportunity to manage the supply chain using independently acting managers. We develop conditions under... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2024
  • News

The Exchange: Lessons from the Edge

very important people would talk in extended interviews—and talk quite openly, too. When Nitin Nohria became Dean, I launched the idea that one of the most important things we could do is expand the pilot throughout the global south. At... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Educational Support Services; Educational Services
  • 08 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 8, 2008

PublicationsEstimating Demand Uncertainty Using Judgmental Forecasts Authors:Vishal Gaur, Saravanan Kesavan, Ananth Raman, and Marshall L. Fisher Periodical:Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 9, no. 4 (fall 2007) Abstract Measuring demand uncertainty is a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

2025 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

relatively benign trading environment. Revolutions in transportation and communications empowered the reconfiguration of global supply chains and a dramatic shift in production... View Details
  • November 2002 (Revised June 2003)
  • Case

Monsanto: Leadership in a New Environment

By: Ray A. Goldberg, James Weber and James M Beagle
Monsanto is the biotechnology leader in agriculture. How does it use its leadership in Round Up to fund long-term research and development in biotechnology that is acceptable to the priority system of consumers in different parts of the world? Includes color exhibits. View Details
Keywords: Research and Development; Science-Based Business; Food; Business or Company Management; Agribusiness; Industry Growth; Customer Focus and Relationships; Globalization; Leadership; Biotechnology Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States
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  • 02 Nov 2010
  • First Look

First Look: November 2, 2010

with limited financial resources can then focus on supplying superior bottleneck modules, while outsourcing and allowing complementors to supply non-bottleneck components. I show that a firm pursuing this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Oct 2013
  • Op-Ed

Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

article has changed minds, but I do hope it encourages people to open their minds to consider new possibilities. Things that were once seen as relatively safe are now understood as likely to be quite dangerous, such as coal burning's contribution to View Details
Keywords: by Joe Lassiter; Energy; Utilities
  • 19 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 19, 2008

Author:Noel Watson Abstract In this paper we propose a perceptions framework for categorizing a range of inventory decision making that can be employed in a single-stage supply chain. We take the existence of a wide range of inventory... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Are Creative People More Dishonest?

behavior. It's a sobering thought in a corporate culture that champions out-of-the-box thinking. "In any organization, especially in contexts that are global and very competitive, there is so much focus on trying to be innovative and... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising
  • 08 Dec 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 8

Economics 1, no. 1 (December 2009) Abstract Much of empirical corporate finance focuses on sources of the demand for various forms of capital, not the supply. Recently, this has changed. Supply effects of equity and credit markets can... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • October 2010
  • Teaching Note

Whole Foods: Balancing Social Mission and Growth (TN)

By: Christopher Marquis and Bobbi Thomason
Teaching Note for 410023. View Details
Keywords: Food; Growth and Development; Mergers and Acquisitions; Mission and Purpose; Supply Chain; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Integration; Management Practices and Processes; Labor Unions; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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  • 21 Jun 2021
  • Blog Post

Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 1: HBS/HKS Faculty Reflections

obvious, several facts were. The business-government interface was growing larger and more important. Talented, “multilingual” leaders capable of fostering constructive interaction among business, government, and non-profit sectors were in limited View Details
  • 14 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 14

  Publications October 2014 Journal of International Economics The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Xiaoyang Chen Abstract—The explosion of multinational activities in recent decades is rapidly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Apr 2011
  • News

BioMine Strikes Gold

a Boston-based technology financial services company whose mission is to reinvent hedge fund investing through disruptive technology, transparency and liquidity. PhytoTEK supplies a unique biologic solution for the infection-control... View Details
Keywords: Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 04 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business

accurate, they’re not managerially useful. Companies sell to customers, not to a trend, and priorities must be set. Make sure that key customers are aware of supply disruptions or other problems. Do not assume that, in a View Details
Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes
  • 03 Mar 2008
  • First Look

First Look: March 4, 2008

management. We find a large effect: pre-Reg FD the return premium from school ties was 8.16% per year, while post-Reg FD the return premium was nearly zero and insignificant. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-074.pdf Bond View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 4

allocation within an economy. The theory predicts that GAAP's principal focus, as shaped by the demand for and supply of financial information, is on the use of the income statement and balance sheet for performance measurement and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace