Control - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Dec 2021
News

New Wave

large and relatively stationary concrete ring by flexible tendons. As the float interacts with ocean waves, the movement of the tendons drives the generators, converting mechanical energy into electricity. Smith in the RITE control room,... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen

2011
Book

Moving Forward: The Future of Consumer Credit and Mortgage Finance

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Eric Belsky

The recent collapse of the mortgage market revealed fractures in the credit market that have deep roots in the system's structure, conduct, and regulation. The time has come for a clear-eyed assessment of what happened and how the system should be strengthened and... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Capital Markets; Credit; Financial Markets; Mortgages; Personal Finance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Demand and Consumers; Financial Services Industry

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March 2008 (Revised April 2009)
Case

The Xiamen PX Project: The Rule of Contract or Citizens in China Today

This case examines the effect of environmental activism on China's investment climate, focusing on the petrochemical sector. It shows how tensions between a country's national economic development goals and political constraints make for a more unpredictable investment... View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Investment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Conflict and Resolution; China

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02 Sep 2019
What Do You Think?

Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?

dependable distribution with internet-enabled inventory control extending all the way into consumer households and businesses. The result is that inventory value in relation to sales in the United States has fallen by more than 50 percent... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

24 Jul 2018
Op-Ed

4 Ways Managers Can Exercise Their 'Agency' to Change the World

different ends of the career spectrum with a shared belief in their powerlessness" These companies have created new business opportunities by identifying societal problems that align with—or become part of—the firm’s operating strategy. For example, while VW was... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

15 Mar 2016
First Look

March 15, 2016

presidential and parliamentary elections shows that voter registration requirements have significant effects on turnout, disproportionately discouraging marginalized citizens. We assigned 20,500 apartments to one control or six treatment... View Details

08 Dec 2009
First Look

First Look: Dec. 8

Turnover in India (revised) Authors: Lakshmi Iyer and Anandi Mani Abstract We develop a framework to empirically examine how politicians with electoral pressures control bureaucrats with career concerns as well as the consequences for... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

Marketing After the Recession

the result will be continuing downward pressure on prices. Economic recovery will not allow producers to let up on tightening cost controls and improving productivity. Know your lead indicators. Every good marketer knows the specific... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Retail

19 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Making a Broader Impact with Multiple Disciplines

their own professional endeavors in STEM. LEGO Surgical Robot for Automated Brain Biopsy and Tumor Removal. Image courtesy of the Medical Device Hatchery. After completing my undergraduate and graduate studies in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto,... View Details

01 Jun 2008
News

The $4 Billion Question

has distinguished itself over the years through its industry knowledge, lending contacts, controlling ownership positions, and focus on proprietary deals that don’t involve bidding against other firms in a competitive auction process.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Management

01 Sep 2018
News

An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers

full-time employees, the new factory will add another 50 people per shift, doing everything from laser-cutting steel frames to inspection, painting, general assembly, and quality testing. The company worked with contract assembly to build its first 50 vehicles, so the... View Details

Keywords: Amy Yee

18 May 2015
News

The First Five Years: Anjali Vaidya (MBA 2010)

mobile one. Uber and other apps have made the mobile device a remote control for life (think of how distressing it is when your battery runs out!). The pace of innovation here makes it incredibly exciting to be a part of this industry.”... View Details

Keywords: Google; Yahoo; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

25 Aug 2014
News

Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987

appealed to Weeks when he arrived at Corning as a Price Waterhouse consultant after graduating from Lehigh University. “I was impressed with the people and what the company stood for,” he recalls. The feeling was mutual: Corning asked him to join its corporate View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 2013
News

Batteries and Chocolates

the gender biases of those who control them, then historically male places will tend to be harder on women and to promote only those women who essentially behave "like men." Conversely, once an organization becomes dominated by women, the... View Details

Keywords: Spar, Debora; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

08 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 8, 2008

prices, both of which were beyond the control of MME. MME was aided by record gasoline prices and ethanol usage mandates in the 2005 energy bill. U.S. ethanol demand is projected to increase; however, corn and ethanol price swings could... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

handles that. And can he use those negotiating skills and those communication skills and create shared value skills in a situation where there’s no walk-away option and he doesn’t have the leverage. Command and control management model... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese

November 2019
Case

Hapag-Lloyd AG:Complying with IMO 2020

By: Benjamin C. Esty, Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej and Emer Moloney

A new environmental regulation known as IMO 2020 was creating what one industry analyst called “the biggest shakeup for the oil and shipping industries in decades.” According to the new regulation, all ocean-going ships would have to limit their sulfur emissions by... View Details

Keywords: Valuation; Ship Transportation; Strategic Planning; Game Theory; Pollutants; Supply Chain; Corporate Accountability; Capital Budgeting; Environmental Sustainability; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governance Compliance; Shipping Industry; Transportation Industry; Germany

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08 Sep 2015
First Look

September 8, 2015

Neil Kashyap and Neil Lombardo (HBS '08) acquired Winnan Metal, Inc., a metal fabrication shop, after raising a search fund and embarking on an 11-month search to fulfill their dreams of becoming business owners. Two weeks after they took View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

10 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Women at Work

work out," Clarizio said. "Kids get sick; you can't control everything." One thing she learned was not to make her life more stressful than it needed to be. "Travel less and be flexible about working at home," she... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild

July 2010 (Revised December 2010)
Case

Post-Crisis Compensation at Credit Suisse (A)

By: Clayton S. Rose and Aldo Sesia

On October 20, 2009, Brady Dougan, the CEO of Credit Suisse Group, announced a new compensation plan for the bank. The announcement had followed quickly on the heels of the G-20 meeting the prior month where, in the wake of the financial crisis, the major governments... View Details