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  • 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
Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Consumer Products
  • 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
  • 12 Aug 2019
  • Research & Ideas

How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities

to one of your managers, bring it up with the manager and put yourself in their shoes as you help them with this employee. Be empathetic and manage your power carefully. View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
  • 28 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 28

the educational technology space can approach early product development, pilot in classrooms, and connect with different stakeholders. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Dec 2016
  • First Look

December 20, 2016

securities to retail investors. We focus on a large market of investment products targeted exclusively at households: retail-structured products in Europe. We hypothesize that banks strategically use View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • March 1, 2021
  • Article

Transitioning to Clean Energy Transportation Services: Life-cycle Cost Analysis for Vehicle Fleets

By: Stephen Comello, Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein
Comprehensive global decarbonization requires that transportation services cease to rely on fossil fuels for power generation. This paper develops a generic, time-driven life-cycle cost model for mobility services to address two closely related questions central to the... View Details
Keywords: Decarbonization; Electric Vehicles; Renewable Energy; Biofuel; Carbon Emissions; Mobility; Batteries; Energy; Environmental Management; Environmental Accounting; Transportation; Operations; Management; Sustainable Cities; Decision Making; Investment; Industrial Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Europe; North America; South America; Africa; Asia
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  • 10 May 2016
  • First Look

May 10, 2016

essentially the same frequency as they target cash related to the alleged infringement. By contrast, cash is neither a key driver of intellectual property lawsuits by practicing entities (e.g., IBM and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 07 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 7, 2009

paper addresses these questions by analyzing the available evidence on two related claims: (1) that the current U.S. policy of deferring taxation of foreign profits represents a subsidy to American firms and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Apr 2019
  • Research & Ideas

The 'Amazon Effect' Is Changing Online Price Competition—and the Fed Needs to Pay Attention

It’s no secret that fierce competition from Amazon puts downward pressure on prices charged by Walmart and other big multichannel retailers for the same items. However, the bigger “Amazon effect” relates not... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Retail
  • 18 Jun 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Warning: Scary Warning Labels Work!

The law, which is still being hashed out in court, requires manufacturers to say sugary drinks can lead to obesity, diabetes, and tooth decay. New research from Harvard Business School suggests that even if... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Public Relations; Public Relations
  • 12 Aug 2014
  • First Look

First Look: August 12

economics, in the sections that follow, we review three sets of possible interpretations for understanding the empirical facts related to the entry into, and persistence in, entrepreneurship. Differences in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 26

would create net benefits for society that contain salient costs frequently lack enough support for enactment because losses loom larger than gains. To address this consequence of loss aversion, we propose a policy-bundling technique in which View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Jun 2008
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Monetizing IP: The Executive’s Challenge

directly competitive product, if the rival introduces an inferior substitute, it may damage consumers' perceptions and depress sales in the entire product category. As a result, intellectual property... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services
  • 10 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink

generally is at a tipping point, with category killers being the first significant casualties of the (r)evolution that is occurring. Retail store asset productivity has been in decline since the start of the recession in 2007, View Details
Keywords: by Rajiv Lal & Jose B. Alvarez; Retail
  • 26 Mar 2018
  • Research & Ideas

To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty)

productivity boost or lag in response to an actual reward or punishment was short-lived in comparison to those from implicit consequences. (While they couldn’t say exactly how much longer the effects lasted, they liken it to the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing
  • 06 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 6

separated from manufacturing. When modularity is low, product designs can't be clearly specified and design choices affect manufacturing processes in subtle,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 May 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Desperate for Talent? Consider Advancing Your Own Employees First

Job openings in the United States continue to hover at record high levels, exacerbated by the Great Resignation and a sputtering emergence from the pandemic. Competition remains fierce among companies struggling to find qualified workers. Yet many employers,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 20 Oct 2010
  • Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

long-standing feature of economics. The theoretical arguments focused traditionally on the ability to exploit gains from trade, essentially leading to higher productivity by exploiting comparative advantages. Over time, arguments View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
  • 12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12

ESG dimensions should be mandated by regulation, and if yes, what form such regulation should take. The underlying debate, of course, relates to the broader issue of the role of the business organization... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Nov 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Globalization: The Strategy of Differences

independently from the way it chooses to compete in product markets. Some companies have gone further. Consider the case of GE Medical Systems (GEMS), the division that Jeffrey Immelt built up between 1997 View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

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