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January 8, 2010
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Multinational Firms, Agglomeration, and Global Networks

By: Laura Alfaro and Maggie Chen

Agglomeration effects are important but difficult to measure. This column uses a new database with precise geographical information to investigate the locational interdependence of multinational firms. Knowledge spillovers and capital- and labour-market externalities... View Details

Keywords: Geographic Location; Business Subsidiaries; Industry Clusters; Multinational Firms and Management; Network Effects

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26 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes

Institute at Harvard University and Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School, offers some insights into the causes and conditions at play. Zeenat Potia: Can you give some context around the... View Details

Keywords: by Zeenat Potia

09 Apr 2008
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The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy

result would be a stronger country with a growing supply of well-paying jobs. In forming ARD, its founders were guided by an intuitive understanding of the dynamics View Details

Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante

15 Jun 2021
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The Path out of Polarization

“Everybody Knows: Russia and the Election,” Professors Rawi Abdelal and Rafael Di Tella examine the shifting media landscape and geopolitics that contributed to this moment. Di... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Telecommunications; Information

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Commodities Research: data and reports

face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> and information on the worldwide supply of, demand... View Details

August 2005 (Revised March 2007)
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Leitax (A)

By: Noel H. Watson, Rogelio Oliva and Laura Winig

Leitax, a young digital camera manufacturer selling its cameras mainly through retailers, experienced poor matching of inventory availability with demand for new and existing products in 2002. Describes the implementation and details of a consensus forecasting... View Details

Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Supply Chain Management; Forecasting and Prediction; Supply and Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Retail Industry

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08 Feb 2023
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Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears

underrepresented communities. As the COVID-19 pandemic dragged on, executives worked to continue these efforts, despite supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, and erratic consumer spending. Beyond the... View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore

17 Sep 2021
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The Trial of Elizabeth Holmes: Visionary, Criminal, or Both?

Ramesh Balwani, had long known that Theranos’ home blood test didn’t work, but misled investors to keep money flowing in. Holmes and Balwani are accused of defrauding patients, doctors, View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Medical Devices & Supplies; Medical Devices & Supplies; Medical Devices & Supplies

23 Dec 2002
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Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

well as tying up capital from buying and paying for materials and merchandise well in advance of when they are used. The quality of incoming... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

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Community College Report - Managing the Future of Work

more relevant and effective in three areas: training and education aligned with industry needs, commitments to hire community college students, and sharing View Details

15 Sep 2003
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The Lessons of New-Market Disruption

investments in customized test software developed for UNIX systems. Teradyne's top customers were not interested in sacrificing accuracy and scrapping already installed software for the cost benefits of CMOS... View Details

Keywords: by Clark Gilbert; Technology

17 Aug 2021
Op-Ed

Dispensing Justice: The Case for Legalizing Cannabis Nationally

services. Institutional investors, such as endowments and pension funds, often have “vice clauses” prohibiting investments in Schedule I industries. Even private investors are dissuaded by the industry’s lack View Details

Keywords: by Ashish Nanda and Tabatha Robinson

16 Jun 2020
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Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again.

further forced changes to customers and hence firm-based behaviors. The outcome of customers’ health and fears has resulted not in a traditional recession but a “deaccession,”... View Details

Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim; Retail; Service

12 Jun 2006
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The Promise of Channel Stewardship

small and dispersed, and they were unsophisticated in understanding the properties of metal-cutting coolants. They were usually accessed by a second tier View Details

Keywords: by V. Kasturi Rangan & Marie Bell; Consumer Products

30 Nov 2009
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Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music

could still purchase an entire album. But consumers found more value in cherry-picking favorite tunes for much less money. Fans of Strawberry Alarm Clock, for instance, could buy the 1960s hit Incense and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

Workers: Untapped Talent , Report, Harvard Business School Project on Managing the Future of Work, September 2021. With Joseph B. Fuller, Eva Sage-Gavin, and Kristen Hines. Building The On View Details

01 Dec 2004
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The Future of Stem Cells

intense, markets tend to form, with supply responding to demand, in spite of controversy. Thus, with the potentially huge, lucrative, and beneficial industry that could emerge... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

10 Jan 2005
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Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

government blames the industrial sector, thus holding manufacturers responsible. The upcoming period of legislative meetings will tackle the new law on containers and packages.... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team

11 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

and affect aggregate inflation dynamics. In particular, I show that in the past ten years online competition has raised both the frequency of price changes View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

11 Jun 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives

You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard Business School professor Forest... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

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