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- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
state police powers to control competitive practices and price outcomes for ordinary goods and services was nothing less than a constitutional revolution, which would also affect labor standards, wage legislation, and consumer prices.”... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
Future. "One of the biggest unknowns right now is what Saddam Hussein will be allowed to do. Most people think that his reserves are very, very large. If he were free to expand the production and export of oil, that would definitely bring down prices." View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Tackling Climate Change Will Cost Less Than We Think
No one knows how much it will cost to keep the risks of significant climate disruption to a reasonable level. One commonly cited estimate puts the cost at roughly 1 percent of world GDP a year, or about $840 billion. This is a large number, but it seems smaller when... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Paulson Advocates Regulatory Reform
institution should be too big to fail,” he added. But regulation alone is not enough. Said Paulson, “We need a combination of regulation and market discipline,” an attribute in short supply in the run-up to the financial crisis. View Details
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
Organization Tax Aversion in Labor Supply By: Kessler, Judd B., and Michael I. Norton Abstract—In a real-effort laboratory experiment, labor View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Plan B: The Brick Bank
“Brick Bank” in partnership with a building supply retailer that would enable local residents to invest their savings in inflation-proof building materials, thus accumulating the necessary materials over time. “We take some things for... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 20 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster
typically build up around a geographic location where natural resources, an appropriately educated labor force, and a university or other research institution co-mingle. In recent years, some economists have argued that manufacturing... View Details
- 07 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Market Investors Pay More for Resilient Companies
The steep market drop in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis is being used as a laboratory to study the importance of companies investing in stakeholder relations with their employees, suppliers, and customers, and how those investments could be strategic resources... View Details
- 11 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 11
account is one that frames the purpose of the for-profit corporation in terms of its function in allowing members of society to meet their wants and needs by coordinating labor and capital in the production of goods and services. August... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Elevator Pitch: Power Sourced
Illustration by Drue Wagner Illustration by Drue Wagner Chaku Foods Nikki Okrah (MBA 2021), CEO and Founder Concept: A snack-food company in Okrah’s native Ghana that is building farming supply chain infrastructure for other consumer... View Details
- Article
Local Industrial Conditions and Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain?
By: Edward L. Glaeser and William R. Kerr
Why are some places more entrepreneurial than others? We use Census Bureau data to study local determinants of manufacturing startups across cities and industries. Demographics have limited explanatory power. Overall levels of local customers and suppliers are only... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Geographic Location; Employment; Market Entry and Exit; Supply Chain; Manufacturing Industry
Glaeser, Edward L., and William R. Kerr. "Local Industrial Conditions and Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain?" Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 18, no. 3 (Fall 2009): 623–663.
- November 1975 (Revised October 1976)
- Case
Cross River Products
Describes production task of meeting peak seasonal demands in a light manufacturing plant. Information is provided for evaluating the options of overtime, second shift, second production line, and inventory buildup. View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Information; Labor; Demand and Consumers; Production; Supply Chain
Wheelwright, Steven C. "Cross River Products." Harvard Business School Case 676-086, November 1975. (Revised October 1976.)
- 30 Jun 2019
- News
Alumni in France honor self-made entrepreneurs; Shih talks trade in Buffalo
about global supply chain and the current trade war, offering some historical perspective. “I never give the same talk twice because it’s been so disruptive.” says Shih. “We know China wants to become an advanced country—and with a larger... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Web
Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry - Course Catalog
“unicorns.” We hope to engage not only with students interested in the restaurant industry, but also those interested in food and sustainability, applications of technology and, given the labor-intense characteristic of restaurants, the complex interaction of food and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Gazprom Goes Global
A Russian Giant Grows, Despite a Bad Rap THE BIG CHILL: Russia and Ukraine’s gas wars give Europe the shivers. In a virtual replay of events this past January, in 2006 Russia’s energy giant Gazprom cut off its supply of natural gas to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Home Sweet (Modular) Home
on supplying 580 multifamily affordable-housing units for low- and moderate-income residents of Boston. But finding a factory site in the city proved impossible, and the deal died. Searches in Providence, Rhode Island, and Hartford,... View Details
- Web
Ursula von Rydingsvard Elegantka II 2013–14 / 2016 | About
father who were brought there as forced labor during World War II. After the war, the family was moved through a series of refugee camps before emigrating to New York by ship in 1950 and settling in Plainville, Connecticut. Best known for... View Details
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
tens of thousands of code-of-conduct audits, we conduct one of the first large-scale comparative studies to determine which international, domestic, civil society, and market institutions promote supply chain factories' compliance with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Trade Off
ideally under the auspices and rules of the WTO. The problem is that nowadays trade wars may have unintended consequences that complicate their resolution. Global supply chains are incredibly complex. When a phone is designed in America... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Case Study: On the Table
(PMD 58, 1989) Gaia Design should use an already established logistics company such as UPS, FedEx, or DHL. Although the e-commerce infrastructure as a whole is not good in Mexico, these organizations are large enough to drive world-class View Details