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- 26 May 2022
- HBS Case
Apple vs. Feds: Is iPhone Privacy a Basic Human Right?
privacy comes under fire An industrial engineer known for his practical work style and deep manufacturing expertise, Cook has used his position to take on several hot-button topics, including fighting... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 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.... View Details
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
a three-year study of 238 professionals from seven companies in the high-tech, consumer products, and chemicals industries. Without revealing the focus of their study, they asked the subjects (all of whom were working on projects... View Details
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
Abstract—Using test data for all children attending Danish public schools between school years 2009–-2010 and 2012–2013, we examine how the time of the test affects performance. Test time is determined by the weekly class schedule View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- August 2012
- Case
Danshui Plant No. 2
By: William Bruns, Julie H. Hertenstein and Kelvin Liu
Danshui Plant No. 2 in southern China has a one-year contract with Apple Inc. to assemble 2.4 million iPhones. In the first three months of the contract, the plant is unable to assemble as many phones as expected and is operating at a loss. The plant manager must... View Details
Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Production; Budgets and Budgeting; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; China
Bruns, William, Julie H. Hertenstein, and Kelvin Liu. "Danshui Plant No. 2." Harvard Business School Brief Case 913-525, August 2012.
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
capital shortages, distributed urban territory to assuage losers of reform and promote economic growth. The findings suggest that 1) growth strategies, and the territorial politics they produce, are View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2022
- Book
Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed
runs), and scaling (the development of a full-fledged new product or service). "Becoming a corporate explorer is not a route to a safe or easy career." The authors share the stories of influential explorers,... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 19 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 19
in a truck. The company's main products continued to be tomato-based, including a 40% share in the tomato paste and diced tomato market in 2013. Different from traditional View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 26 Sep 2023
- Book
Digital Strategy: A Handbook for Managing a Moving Target
clearly epitomized by the advent and affirmation of the electronic processing and sharing of data at a magnitude and speed that in no way we have... 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, technology providers, View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 26 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 26, 2006
expertise of South African generic drug manufacturer Aspen Pharmacare are shown to be ameliorating misguided policy decisions by the South African government; communications campaigns, operational synergies, alternative distribution... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987
utilities, financial services, telecommunications, electronics manufacturing, business process outsourcing, and IT. "Our goal is to strike a balance that allows us to find new avenues for growth locally,... View Details
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets
sellers), ad-supported media (ad sponsors and readers/viewers), computer operating systems (application developers and users), videogame consoles (game developers View Details
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
existing material handling systems. Prior to joining Webvan, Mick spent three years in product marketing at Apple Computer as a Product Manager where he helped move many new... View Details
- 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
- Web
Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research
We document this mechanism in the case of rare earth elements (REEs)—critical inputs for manufacturing at the knowledge frontier, with low elasticity of substitution, inelastic supply, and high View Details
- 27 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 27
consumers make complementary choices in purchase decisions (e.g., chips and salsa), product inter-operabilities (smartphones and networks), and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Fix This! Why is it so Painful to Buy a New Car?
prices. And high-end dealerships can make car buying feel like a trip to the spa. But overall, little has changed in the high-pressure business of selling vehicles. So what should the industry be doing to make customers feel better about... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company
objective. Combining the two banks created opportunities to eliminate overlaps in such areas as back-office staff, branch offices, and computing infrastructure. Management of both banks also believed that... View Details
Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson