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- 22 Feb 2018
- Book
The New History of American Capitalism
businesspeople visible, and sees them as crucial to the emergence of a new kind of political economy. A third point of departure in the new literature concerns the production of knowledge. Sometime in the... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 18 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 18
managers-firms with the greatest information frictions prior to the rule change. We report three changes related to compensation after 1992 for division managers. First, within firms with dispersed managers, division manager pay co-moves... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
to influence prices set by downstream retailers. Although manufacturers expect retail partners to comply with MAP policies, violations of MAP are common in practice. In this research, we document and explain... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Mar 2019
- HBS Case
The Ferrari Way
“If you drive a Ferrari, you put premium petrol in the tank, you hit the motorway, and you step on the gas.” —Soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic That purring engine. The buttery soft leather. Those sleek curves. The essence of a Ferrari... View Details
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
use standardized color, achieved by synthetic dyes, as part of their marketing strategies. Food manufacturers along with dye makers and regulators co-created the food-coloring business. Synthetic food dyes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
West Coast headed to eastern ports, with a smaller flow of manufactured goods and agricultural products headed the other way. The canal supercharged the growth of the West... View Details
- 14 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 14
studied and how it relates to the environment in which it occurs—affect the dissemination of knowledge from subfields to the broader field of study. Micro-process research in organizational studies rests on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises
action.” Yakult delivers water and instant noodles to survivors They are called the “Yakult Ladies,” a team that delivers probiotic drinks manufactured by Yakult to customers’ homes. Shortly after the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
literature that suggests firms reduce marketing expenditures in order to boost reported earnings, we find that soup manufacturers roughly double the frequency of all marketing promotions (price discounts, feature advertisements, View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 27
or form networks. Firms make complementary choices when determining production inputs, entering related markets, and strategic mergers. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2008
Molded) grommet, was supported heavily by the product development group because it was simpler to design and improved the leak seat. Process development was against using it because it cost more, complicated... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Jul 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Pay for the Costs of Globalization?
is because we have been relentless in taking out costs.” Let's assume that this is free enterprise at work, producing benefits along with costs to be paid. But who picks up the costs and how? At least one US presidential candidate has... View Details
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value in Your Business Ecosystem
larger than the companies themselves: the success of their respective business ecosystems. These loose networks—of suppliers, distributors, outsourcing firms, makers of related products or services,... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 26 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 26, 2008
levels of related expertise; (ii) subsidiaries exhibit significant heterogeneity in this expertise; and (iii) the subsidiaries are more diversified and less concentrated. We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Future of IT Consulting
communicating with warehouse computers, which in turn directly communicate with manufacturer computers, and, again in the chain, manufacturers' computers directly communicate with their supplier computers. In addition,... View Details
- 14 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 14
PublicationsThe Paradox of Excellence Authors:Thomas J. DeLong and Sara DeLong Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 6 (June 2011) Abstract Why is it that so many smart, ambitious professionals are less View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017
the observer’s perspective, leaving the perspective of the observed to the realm of scholarly methodology courses and philosophical debates on privacy. I suggest how the literature on transparency and View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
network relations for others. An analysis of the population dynamics of the intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) that are the basis of the interstate networks that influenced global economic relations, peace, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
by Beijing is unlikely to suffice. Product Positioning in a Two-Dimensional Vertical Differentiation Model: The Role of Quality Costs Authors: Dominique Lauga and Elie Ofek Publication: Marketing Science... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
Japanese company's equity. It then concentrated on enhancing its functional capabilities in product development, production, and marketing. These learned capabilities permitted it to enter View Details