Operational Focus - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 4

can speculate on the scope and rate of diffusion for any given product, it's helpful to compare and contrast diffusion across products. Doing so allows one to focus on the drivers or product characteristics that influence product... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 30

practices of their portfolio firms. Prior research documents that PE firms create economic value in portfolio firms through effective governance, financial, and operational engineering. Given PE firms' focus... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times

customers, community, and society—not just shareholders. These CEOs operate from deep beliefs and values. Their purpose is to leave a legacy of a great firm. Some were founders but most had arrived in the CEO role much later in the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2012
News

Around the World

the world? And how do we make sure that our students, when they graduate, are equipped to operate in a global world?” Out of that questioning emerged a strategy that remains unique among US business schools. Beginning in the mid-1990s,... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Apr 1996
News

Stewards of the Seventh Generation

of future generations to meet their own needs," it is slowly becoming a part of the lexicon of business leaders around the world. Easy Being Green? "One of the problems with turning the idea of environmental sustainability into a viable View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb

01 Oct 1996
News

Lasting Impressions

new firm. "I realized in 1991 that China was going to be the most extraordinary place to invest for the next several decades," he notes. "After trying a few paths, we've decided to focus on sales and distribution to the Chinese consumer.... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

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