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- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
you never have it figured out. Unlike other industries, you can't manufacture endless quantities of the product on a predictable cost curve." As the hunt for oil goes on, even optimists agree that the search will only present more... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Judith R. Haberkorn, 111th AMP, 1992
impact on how they dealt with me during and after my illness." Today, Haberkorn is on the boards of three companies-Armstrong World Industries, a leader in the design and manufacture of floors, ceilings, and cabinets; the Enesco Group, a... View Details
- 10 Dec 2007
- HBS Case
One Laptop per Child
agreed to manufacture the laptop. On the technological front, OLPC tackled puzzles such as creating a product both useful and fun for children of primary school age. (See CloseUp below). But despite its... View Details
- 06 Sep 2017
- What Do You Think?
Summing Up: What Are the Limits of CEO Activism?
American Manufacturing Council, citing the president’s failure to condemn “hatred, bigotry and group supremacy.” Frazier's action triggered a mass exodus of other CEOs from two business advisory groups created by the president. One of the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
GM’s IPO: Back to the Future
alter significantly how people think about the company, its products, and the brand. US consumers have not had a high-quality perception of GM brands over the past few decades. Although driven in part by the company's missteps, the View Details
- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
and complicated than it is today. So I would say the primary impact of the FDA over the past century has been to make predictable the safety of food, drugs, cosmetics, and other products regulated by the agency. As consumers we don't have... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Rahul Bajaj, MBA 1964
Minister, Rajiv Gandhi-of Japanese manufacturers such as Honda, Yamaha, and Suzuki changed the dynamics of the marketplace completely. Waiting lists eventually gave way to overcapacity, and a new generation of motorcycles drove the sale... View Details
- 21 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 21
26, no. 1 (February 2012). For the last decade we have been using double-blind survey techniques and randomized sampling to construct management data on over 10,000 organizations across 20 countries. On average, we find that in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
control on the part of the primary agent. Experiment 2B indicates that reflective moral judgment is sensitive to indirect agency, but only to the extent that indirectness signals reduced foreknowledge and/or control. Experiment 3... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 21, 2008
Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain? Authors:Edward L. Glaeser and William R. Kerr Abstract Why are some places more entrepreneurial than others? We use Census Bureau data to study local determinants of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Sep 2014
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Choose Your Boss?
the world choosing a leader for an organization is a primary responsibility of a board of directors. But others tempered that judgment with a variety of cautions. Richard Belloff made the base case by saying "The Board should choose... View Details
- 08 Jan 2014
- What Do You Think?
Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?
social inequality." Romuald Kepa added: "The invention of the steam engine and resulting shifts in the society are great providers of insight… Luckily, (the) world did not collapse " Others were not so sure that productivity is the View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Donald P. Nielsen, MBA 1963
self-cleaning rat cages for psychology labs. Learning that pharmaceutical companies use large quantities of rats, they negotiated a deal with him and over the next few months also executed a roll-up strategy that eventually made them the largest U.S. View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976
lab and the Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases. But in a much larger sense, Yeo is looking out on Singapore's future-a future he has played a primary role in creating since 1986, first as the longtime chairman of the Economic... View Details
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Operations and the Competitive Edge
designing and managing an operations organization. The best way to do something depends critically on the characteristics and capabilities of your organization and the competitive context in which it finds itself. That is, lean View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act
cases themselves, exist or may be supplied for teaching business." Business-school faculty therefore needed to develop cases of their own. But Donham recognized that these cases would have to be different from legal cases. For businessmen, the View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
Get What You Pay Them Case: Lincoln Electric Company Written: 1975 Copies Sold: 284,826 With a tradition of innovation and technological leadership, the Lincoln Electric Company of Cleveland, Ohio, was the world's largest manufacturer of... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
Get What You Pay Them Case: Lincoln Electric Company Written: 1975 Copies Sold: 284,826 With a tradition of innovation and technological leadership, the Lincoln Electric Company of Cleveland, Ohio, was the world’s largest manufacturer of... View Details
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
based upon firm and agglomeration economy traits. We test our framework on the U.S. location choices of new manufacturing entrants between 1985 and 1994 and find that firms are far more attracted to skilled labor and specialized suppliers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
data with firm-level financial data, we find evidence that differs from prior literature. Instead of reducing expenditures to boost earnings, soup manufacturers roughly double the frequency and change the mix of marketing promotions... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace