Fuel - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

Capital Rules: The Tensions of Global Finance

What fuels a global economy? Certainly the easy flow of capital across national boundaries would seem near the top of the list. But financial globalization is not an on/off switch, notes Professor Rawi Abdelal. Different countries and... View Details

Keywords: by Rawi Abdelal

02 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

George C. Lodge

to fueling change engines, with Lodge as vice chairman. In Central America, Lodge began to perceive ideology as "the collection of ideas that a society uses to make values explicit." Considering this concept further upon his... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

19 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: “The Architecture of Innovation”

parks his Fiesta next to the independent venture capitalists' Ferraris, the temptation to go elsewhere becomes too great." In other words, companies who create internal venture teams to fuel their research and development must not... View Details

Keywords: by Josh Lerner; Financial Services

22 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

When Protestors Knock at Your Door

might meet face-to-face with NGO leaders or create an outlet to field NGO inquiries. Anecdotal and case study evidence suggests that stonewalling NGOs may only serve to fuel the fires of activism. Q: What strategies would you recommend... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

09 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

Starbucks’ Lessons for Premium Brands

experience to the American mass market. Wall Street bought into the vision of Starbucks as the "third place" after home and work. New store openings and new product launches fueled the stock price. But sooner or later chasing... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Retail

22 Nov 2016
First Look

November 22, 2016

scale their company and cut waste in Medicare spending. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817029-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 516-087 OPET: Precision Marketing in Uncertain Times During Timucin Guler’s decade at OPET, a prominent... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Dec 2011
First Look

First Look: December 20

School Case 712-002 Duke Energy, an American investor-owned electric utility, confronts multibillion-dollar decisions about its future fuel mix. In particular, its leaders are considering building new nuclear capacity. Whether this is... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

18 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas, April 18

Danaher’s stock price had reached an all-time high. In 2015, Danaher had decided to split off its test and measurement, fuel and fleet management, and automation businesses, leaving the “new Danaher” focused on life sciences, diagnostics,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Nov 2009
First Look

First Look: Nov. 10

are also consistent with SOX and regulatory actions reducing the incentives to sell ahead of privately known negative news. Bye Bye Bundles: The Unbundling of Music in Digital Channels Author:Anita Elberse Publication:Journal of Marketing (forthcoming) Abstract View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Aug 2009
Op-Ed

Where Cash for Clunkers Ran Off the Road

have attracted the older, most fuel inefficient used cars. Instead, a $4,500 incentive attracted many perfectly serviceable vehicles. Because of government concerns over fraudulent recycling of trade-ins, vehicles had to be destroyed.... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Auto

20 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

The Acquirers

debt?" The paper explores how the possibility of misvalued debt markets can both fuel merger activity and alter the balance between PE and strategic buyers. One approach was to study whether "cheap" debt led to more... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Financial Services

01 Aug 2008
What Do You Think?

Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?

flat-footed on the issue of fuel efficiency? Granted, Detroit was busy catering to consumer demands for more profitable, lower-mileage vehicles. But at the same time, could stretch have given greater urgency to responses to alternative... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

03 Dec 2015
Op-Ed

How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It

plants per year) across all major markets by 2030. All of this will require true innovation in reactor designs, fast-cycle development, physical stress testing, manufacturing/servicing, fuel processing, waste disposal, and even financing.... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy

09 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

The Unconscious Executive

fascinating. In fact, there is an automatic process that continues to work on your question in the back of your mind. We call that process "unconscious thought." Unconscious thought can do more than just help you remember facts. It actually has the power to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 Sep 2006
First Look

First Look: September 19, 2006

channels will fuel a shift in consumption away from hits to a much larger number of lower-selling niche products. While the long-tail view predicts an increase in the heterogeneity of consumption patterns, the well-known superstar effect... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth

our corporate parents will willingly continue to make the investments required to fuel our profitable growth. Now, as the second step, let's apply McCall's theory. List the courses that we would want members of Pandesic's management team... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Raynor

23 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Oil Price Fallout: What Happens Next?

The last six years have proved just how fluid the international oil market is. And if recent support of the Keystone Pipeline by the U.S. House of Representatives and the Nebraska Supreme Court (which approved the pipeline's path through that state) are any indication,... View Details

Keywords: Re: Richard H.K. Vietor; Energy; Utilities

30 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

India’s Ambitious National Identification Program

walking around town without a photo ID or a driver's license. You can't buy certain things; you can't go to the police and verify who you are. It is a surreal nonexistence." On the flip side, some residents assume fake identities to collect subsidized food and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

12 Dec 2016
HBS Case

Business Lessons from Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson

his wallet and saw he only had seven dollars left. That stuck with him, and it has fueled him ever since. “The power in the entertainment industry is shifting to the superstars, and the smartest among those stars are finding ways to... View Details

Keywords: Re: Anita Elberse; Motion Pictures & Video; Entertainment & Recreation

16 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historical Perspective: Levitt Shaped the Debate

development everywhere has been fueled by greed, profiteering, special privileges, and megalomania." "Really?" Tedlow asked. "Every one, Ted?" But his outrageousness had a point, Tedlow continued. What Levitt did... View Details