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- 01 Jun 2002
- News
In VMI Partnerships, the Devil is in the Data
decade, however, influential manufacturers such as Procter & Gamble and Campbell Soup initiated such partnerships to help smooth production cycles and improve profits. Retailers were wooed by the potential... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA 1988)
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Telling the Electronic Century's Unfinished Story
wanted to record where, when, how, and by whom technical knowledge was commercialized into the new products that laid the foundation for this era. I realized that I ran the risk of telling a story that isn't yet finished, but for the... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Research Brief: Field Research
investing. Whereas most randomized control trials have long learning cycles of years or more, PAD’s interventions are delivered digitally, “so we know immediately who listens to what messages, and we can conduct surveys by phone in near... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Students Forecast Climate Change’s Impact
Education. “While the corporation’s internal practices greatly impact the environment, H&M believes that 26% of the greenhouse gas emissions in a garment’s life cycle [occur] after the product is sold to the... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Rural Renewal
the much-neglected soil back to life through rotational grazing. “Nutrients cycle from the grass through our cows and sheep, and wind up back in the soil,” explains Reade. The global market for organic food and drink increased to $23... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Toy Story
centered on quality, FAO Schwartz now focuses on higher-end toys. The company is also designing its own products with its own brand and has acquired a children’s clothing company. The chain is now down from forty stores to just three, in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Lessons from Private Equity
potential of your company Developing a road map to get to that potential Accelerating current organizational performance Harnessing and rewarding top talent Leveraging cash as productively as possible Fostering a results-oriented mindset.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Case Study: A Good Fit
billion in disability benefits a year, Eldridge says. Gain Life’s existing wellness market has good prospects, although it’s highly competitive, “almost to the point of commoditization,” he adds, and the sales cycles can last up to a... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 18 May 2011
- News
U.S. Manufacturing Comeback?
expect net labor costs for manufacturing in China and the United States to converge by around 2015. As a result of the changing economics, you’re going to see a lot more products ‘Made in the USA’ over the next five years.” Even now some... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A U.S. Turnaround?
objective was met. Our space research gave rise to Silicon Valley, and U.S. industrial strength was enhanced by technology innovation derived from products created for our satellite program. By 1980, however, Europe, helped by the... View Details
Keywords: Byron Wien; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968
and War, by Nathaniel Philbrick In 1979, Mal Mixon parlayed $10,000 of his own money to engineer the purchase of an Ohio-based wheelchair maker that nobody else wanted. Today Invacare is the world's leading manufacturer and distributor of medical View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2014
low-income youth and companies needing skilled labor. His yearlong training program offers 18 through 24-year-olds the technical, professional, and communications skills needed to transition into careers and college. The award-winning nonprofit has partnered with 250... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
HBS Posts Strong Results in 2008
centers. The intellectual capital generated by this research is transformed into programs and products offered in a competitive marketplace by Executive Education and Harvard Business Publishing (HBP). The income generated by these twin... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Reunion Highlights: A Case in Point
once again. Some 2,800 graduates and guests from five MBA classes took to the campus as though they’d never left, enjoying a busy schedule of social events and academic presentations by HBS and Harvard University faculty. As it happens, View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
manufactured consumer goods first used the union label as a way to show solidarity through their purchases. One hundred years later, men and women, and even teenagers, organized to protest sweatshop production in various countries around... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Meeting the Challenges of Third-World Development
productivity but also by offering a sustainable means for families to improve the quality of their lives through their own hard work and initiative. The goal is to empower individuals so they can mobilize their talents, break the View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
among the many essential ingredients for success in a business where product life cycles are measured in months and where "new-and-improved" is a mantra. Dubbed by Fortune magazine last year as one of the... View Details
- 25 Aug 2015
- News
Sunset in the East?
population doubled from 500 million to 1 billion. There was and is—in terms of quality of property—still some catch-up to do. It’s said that China is in a better position than the developed world to elongate the business cycle using... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
original Hendersonianism: “In this new environment, the essence of strategy is not the structure of a company’s position in products and markets, but the dynamics of its behaviors. The goal is to identify and develop the hard-to-imitate... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Case Study: Farming It Out
understand requirements of modification and research to enhance the product. At a more mature stage or later on, to prolong the life cycle of the product, AGR could switch to a Microsoft ecosystem to focus on View Details