Paper Manufacturing - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?

Great Training Robbery, a working paper based on case studies conducted by Beer, Magnus Finnstrom, and Derek Schrader, as well as decades of research on training effectiveness, will be the focus of a Harvard Business Review article this... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education

06 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 6

Racial Asymmetries, and Team Learning Environment: Effects on Performance Authors:Robin J. Ely, Irene Padavic, and David A. Thomas Publication:Organization Studies (forthcoming) Abstract This paper argues that learning in cross-race... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

exporting to 32 countries and had manufacturing plants in Brazil and Uruguay. As it continued its international expansion, should it follow the same vertical integration strategy in other countries, or should it develop its retail... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 23

innovation in clusters should account for these links. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-064.pdf The Strategic Use of Architectural Knowledge by Entrepreneurial Firms Author:Carliss Y. Baldwin Abstract This paper... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

New Medical Devices Get To Patients Too Slowly

working paper by Ariel Dora Stern, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School. “There is a huge delay associated with being the first product to enter a new device market” She found that first movers in a particular category spent... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Technology

27 May 2014
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First Look: May 27

through their purchasing. Working Papers Leveraging Market Power Through Tying and Bundling: Does Google Behave Anti-Competitively? By: Edelman, Benjamin Abstract—I examine Google's pattern and practice of tying and bundling to leverage... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17

(2012) Abstract This paper summarizes research trends and opportunities in the area of managing air transportation demand and capacity. Capacity constraints and resulting congestion and low schedule reliability currently impose large... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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

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21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21

Art Museum By: Lund, Ragnar, and Stephen A. Greyser Abstract—This paper examines cultural sponsorship from a partnership perspective. It studies the collaboration between two international institutions, a bank and a museum, and their... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

19 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

Like many business leaders, Donovan Neale-May routinely seeks out information on business innovation and management trends. He reads reports from market analysis firms, white papers from companies in his field, and articles in online... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

17 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 17

http://hbr.org/2012/01/when-one-business-model-isnt-enough/ar/1 Do Powerful Politicians Cause Corporate Downsizing? Authors:Lauren Cohen, Joshua Coval, and Christopher J. Malloy Publication:Journal of Political Economy (forthcoming) Abstract This View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

Fed Up Workers and Supply Woes: What's Next for Dollar Stores?

such huge growth. They need a lot of people for their distribution centers. We’ve seen, for example, Walmart raise their minimum wage; we’ve seen Amazon raising their minimum wage. Manufacturing wages have jumped significantly. "Here it... View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Retail

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How One Center of Innovation Lost its Spark

How do once-thriving centers of innovation slow down, falter, and in some cases all but grind to a halt? That's a question that fascinates HBS professor Donald N. Sull. In a new working paper describing his in-depth research, Sull focused... View Details

Keywords: by Donald Sull; Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Manufacturing

15 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 15

Imitation: The Case of Sponsor-Based Business Models Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Feng Zhu Publication:Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract This paper provides the first formal model of business model innovation.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

Curbing an Unlikely Culprit of Rising Drug Prices: Pharmaceutical Donations

fallen to 3 percent, meaning that in 2017, “if charitable assistance induced just 3 percent of spending on the top manufacturer’s drugs, the median manufacturer would have found it profitable to finance all assistance for the relevant... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Insurance; Health; Pharmaceutical

March 1997
Case

Stone Container in Honduras (B)

By: Hannah Bowles and James K. Sebenius

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Negotiation Preparation; Negotiation Types; Environmental Sustainability; Conflict of Interests; Globalized Firms and Management; Developing Countries and Economies; Government and Politics; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Honduras; Chicago

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June 2023
Teaching Note

Graphic Packaging: Project Cowboy (A, B, C, & D)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Scott Mayfield

Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 223-009, 223-066, 223-068, and 223-086. View Details

Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Growth Management; Demand and Consumers; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Expansion; Value Creation; Supply and Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry; United States; North America

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15 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 15

Working PapersThe CHAT Dataset Authors:Diego A. Comin and Bart Hobijn NBER Working Paper Series, No. 15319, September 2009 Abstract This note accompanies the Cross-country Historical Adoption of Technology (CHAT) dataset. CHAT is an... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace