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  • 20 Oct 2015
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October 20, 2015

higher tariffs should lead to higher prices and therefore to more integration. We construct firm-level indices of vertical integration for a large set of countries and industries and exploit cross-section... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2016
  • News

Case Study: On the Table

furniture design but in a warehouse, a fleet of trucks, and a staff of drivers—the type of capital-intensive vertical integration he planned for later on, after Gaia Design had established its reputation as... View Details
  • Web

U.S. Healthcare Strategy - Course Catalog

Selected topics and cases include industry analysis (insurance sector: Oscar ), dynamic competition (biopharmaceutical product strategies), sustainability of profits (hospital sector: Vanderbilt ), horizontal and vertical View Details
  • 13 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 13

advertisers use in-house rather than independent advertising agencies and examines inter-industry variation in such internalization. Contrary to the widely held impression that use of an in-house advertising agency is more the exception than the rule, we find that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jul 2006
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Developing a Strategy for Digital Convergence

successful along the entire vertical chain in a converging world. In the course, we try to dissect where, and under what conditions, you want to focus on horizontal layers in the value chain versus offering fully View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer; Education
  • 01 May 2012
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First Look: May 1

Abstract We study the relationship between different margins of information technology (IT) use and vertical integration using plant-level data from the U.S. Census of Manufactures. Focusing on the short-run... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 23 Aug 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Strategy for Small Fish

a fundamental change in technology strategy models. In a vertically integrated setting, a company needs to develop into a massive organization and cover a broad variety of business areas in order to scale... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
  • 01 Dec 2016
  • News

Alumni Leading Change

doubling down in China, where over half of its workers are based. Yang aspires to introduce new competitive strategies to the entire textile and apparel industry, and to be a leader in positive economic development in China. Esquel is fully View Details
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Exploring California’s Climate Frontier: E&E Club’s Bay Area Trek - Blog - Business & Environment

Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business & Environment... View Details
  • 22 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 22

virtues of vertical integration with the flexibility of sourcing. Such arrangements are increasingly discussed in the operations literature and in practice. This case provides students an opportunity to do... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 2014
  • Book

International Strategy: Context, Concepts and Implications

By: David J. Collis
This book is designed for every student who will be involved in managing and advising companies that compete internationally or face international competitors. Designed around the course at Harvard Business School, Collis' new text takes the firm that operates across... View Details
Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Globalized Economies and Regions; Globalized Firms and Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Alignment; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration
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Drone Policy | About

information on UAS use visit knowbeforeyoufly.org . Policy on UAS Flights The FAA is currently developing regulations to safely integrate UAS into the national airspace. Therefore, HBS cannot approve UAS flights over campus for commercial... View Details
  • 18 Jun 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet

mass customization. In the midst of all this added complexity, he said, the large, vertically integrated organization, involved with everything from Research and Development to customer delivery, is passing... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
  • 01 Feb 1997
  • News

Herzlinger on Health Care: Revolution in Evolution

transactions. Now they're requiring that the health-care system also provide convenience and information. Patients can't be patient anymore. What other market forces are at work? Major organizational changes. During the 1980s, companies learned that bigger is not... View Details
  • 20 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 20, 2007

numerical tests, sales forecasts from our model are more accurate than forecasts from time-series models that ignore inventory and price as well as forecasts from financial analysts. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-056.pdf International Financial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 28, 2010

integrated downstream buyer. But a vertical merger with a larger buyer helps more to facilitate upstream collusion than a similar merger with a smaller buyer. This formalizes the idea expressed in the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Nov 2021
  • Blog Post

How HBS Supported My Career Transitions During and After Graduation

work just as I did. We traded suggestions, job leads, complaints, and plenty of jokes as we worked together to get everyone hired. Everyone in that group (30+ classmates) found work by the end of 2020. My career coach Martha from the HBS Career and Professional... View Details
  • 10 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

IT Links for Boundaryless Companies

markets grow as the number of people who are on the network grow, same as we saw on the phones. As they get bigger, many more people will come to them because that's where you go. "Now we see that the Internet land grab is really important when it comes to B2B... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
  • 27 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

Hansen was looking to add new verticals to the portfolio, but he also saw opportunities to drive growth in Cantel’s core businesses, both at home and internationally. Over two decades, the company had delivered consistent organic growth... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Feb 2023
  • Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on STEM

during the MBA program. Giovanni Estrella (MBA 2024) Where is your hometown? Jacksonville, Florida. What was your pre-MBA industry and role? I was a Senior Quality Engineer for the largest vertically View Details