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  • 07 Nov 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy

became instruments of liberty; economic ideas once marshaled to the cause of imperialism were transformed into a political economy of independence in former colonies, a political economy anchored in the essential necessity of encouraging... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 8

Retailing, supply chain experts Marshall Fisher and Ananth Raman explain how to use analytics to better manage your inventory for faster turns, fewer discounted offerings, and fatter profit margins. Featuring case studies of retailing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 17

explanations of workplace silence. We discuss implications of these results for theory and practice and suggest directions for future research. Paper not available   Working PapersPlatform Envelopment Authors:Thomas Eisenmann, Geoffrey Parker, and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 11

of corporations. The sixth section of the chapter summarizes accounts that aim to specify standards for MNCs without having to take a position on the purpose of the corporation or the moral agency of corporations. August 2013 Review of Economics and Statistics... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Sep 2003
  • Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act

perspectives, or points of view. "There's got to be a plausible tension in the case," says W. Carl Kester, chair of the M.B.A. program and Industrial Bank of Japan professor of finance. "It's what allows me to build a... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
  • 21 Aug 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Faculty Research Looks to Latin America

I've begun to study Latin America. "I've written a series of papers on how industry structure changes following liberalization. Going forward I'm doing a series of cases and starting some research on high-tech View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 15 May 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

Review] Global Business over Time By: Jones, G. Abstract—This article explores how business enterprises have been powerful actors in the spread of global capitalism between 1840 and the present day. It also shows how global firms, emerging out of View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 11 Jan 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 11

redefining productivity in the value chain, and building supportive industry clusters at the company's locations. A number of companies known for their hard-nosed approach to business—including GE, Wal-Mart,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 15

explores the role of economic and cluster performance. Detailed historical economic and social data allow for an evaluation of policy results. The case finishes highlighting the main economic challenges the city was facing in 2012.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 May 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 9

a sovereign default may affect the economy. 2017 Green Capitalism? Business and the Environment in the Twentieth Century Entrepreneurship, Policy, and the Geography of Wind Energy By: Jones, G. Abstract—This study examines the geography of the global wind energy View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Nov 2010
  • First Look

First Look: November 23

Casals, 129-150. Papers d'Economia Industrial. Barcelona: Generalitat de Catalunya, 2010 Abstract The chapter provides an overview of the recent literature discussing the pros and cons of cluster policy. Read the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 May 2003
  • Research & Ideas

What Your Competition is Telling You

employees is "a competitive world, in which you come to work every day just a little bit scared." Making The Pie Bigger If you're an independent operator and an industry giant like Wal-Mart or Barnes & Noble enters your... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
  • 13 Oct 2015
  • First Look

October 13, 2015

James Heppelmann looked at how this shift is changing the structure of industries and forcing firms to rethink their strategies. In this companion article, the authors look at the effects inside firms, examining the impact that smart,... View Details
  • 14 Mar 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 14

somewhere to stay. Clustering created positive externalities drawing new entrepreneurs into the industry who could also learn from knowledge spillovers. There were downsides to the new industry. The creation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jul 2013
  • Op-Ed

Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In

start, locate, or invest in a city. As HBS professor Michael Porter has explained in The Competitive Advantage of Nations, political units—whether nations or cities - are in competition with each other and can control their destiny using the analytical tools of... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber, Robert C. Pozen, Eric D. Werker & Benjamin Kennedy; Auto
  • 24 Apr 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Managing Alignment as a Process

that existing stores must participate in normal industry growth while the new stores experience targeted revenue growth. The corporate scorecard also measures the amount of cash flow generated and invested. The customer synergy comes from... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Consumer Products; Retail
  • 06 Nov 2007
  • First Look

First Look: November 6, 2007

people but are often blind to the need for radical change. Outsiders see the need for a new approach but can't make the necessary changes because they don't know the organization or industry sector well enough. What companies must do,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 8, 2008

of luck is the share of the oil industry in the state's economy multiplied by the price of oil. The correlation is negative, suggesting that more reliance on luck is correlated with less individualism. We provide three short models that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Sep 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

better economic outcomes. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54920 September–October 2018 Harvard Business Review Navigating Talent Hot Spots By: Kerr, William R. Abstract—Innovation clusters like San... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 31 Oct 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017

this new stream of research, which focuses on two related but distinct themes. The earliest theme to be explored, in a literature dating from the 1990s, is the story of how and why some conventional industries sought to become less... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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