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09 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

Case 419-035 P-Will at DISCO From the outside, DISCO—a Japan-based manufacturer of precision tools for semiconductor production devices—appeared to be a rather ordinary company that had achieved rather extraordinary success: it had... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Business Groups, Entrepreneurship and the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey

By: Geoffrey Jones and Asli M. Colpan

This article examines the emergence and development of what became the largest business group in Turkey, the Koç Group. This venture was an important factor in the emergence of modern business enterprise in the new state of the Republic of Turkey from the 1920s. After... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Governance; History; Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Turkey

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30 Jun 2015
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Management Journal Monitoring Global Supply Chains By: Short, Jodi L., Michael W. Toffel, and Andrea R. Hugill Abstract—Firms reliant on supply chains to manufacture their goods risk reputational harm if the working conditions in those... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

13 Oct 2015
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October 13, 2015

manufacturing components and processes change, and IT security becomes the job of every function. Companies need different skills and expertise, which creates new imperatives for HR. In the marketing function, the ability to track a... View Details

19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007

alignment in supply/demand planning. We model the interaction between a sales and a manufacturing function within a firm, or between an upstream and downstream firm. We claim that misalignment is costly both to the involved... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Jun 2021
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The Path Ahead

even more learners, and we’re running a number of experiments to try and get to non-linear growth. Editor's note: Dean Datar's response applies to both of the following questions: Along with another HBS sectionmate, Steve Sarver, I operate a View Details

05 Dec 2016
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The Dragon’s Tale

amazing what they were able to do with market-based economic experiments and progress on infrastructure and food security once they put the Cultural Revolution behind them. Postwar Japan had begun to rise in the 1960s. The four Asian... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

24 Feb 2014
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Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs

offered in the lounges—showers, spa, Internet connection, appetizing free food and drinks, along with the opportunity to rest during a layover—is exceptional value to members. There is even a higher class of lounge facilities for an even... View Details

Keywords: by Marcel Corstjens & Rajiv Lal; Retail; Consumer Products

04 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

trade to non-NAFTA partners grew by 195%. Critics of NAFTA claimed that it had contributed to a loss of manufacturing jobs to Mexico, increased inequality in all countries, and undercut environmental laws. Those who supported NAFTA,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Business Track Winners Dubilier Grand Prize: RapidSOS: uses technology to revolutionize emergency response. Satchu-Burgstone Runner-Up Award: Be Mixed: a natural and zero-calorie beverage mixer. Student Social Enterprise Track Winners Peter M. Sacerdote Grand Prize:... View Details

09 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 9, 2008

being born globally—chasing opportunities created by distance, learning to manage faraway operations, and hunting for the planet's best manufacturing locations, brightest talent, most willing investors, and most profitable customers... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Dec 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

management in the construction industry by the premium power tools manufacturer Hilti in 2000. Following its customers’ needs, Hilti moved from selling power tools to leasing them as a service. The introduction of the new business model... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

Issue Focus: Leadership Issue Focus Li & Fung's Global Footprint Reimagining the MBA Leaders come in all colors, ages, shapes, and sizes, with all manner of skills and temperaments, a variety and diversity seemingly matched only by the real-world challenges they must... View Details

11 Feb 2014
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We suggest that this dynamic may have important implications for our understanding of the role of management in the modern, knowledge-based firm, and for the potential revival of manufacturing in the United States. Download working paper: View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Jul 2010
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eventual recovery? How far could Target go in emphasizing low price—the "pay less" side of its slogan—without eroding the company's core promise of offering unique and upscale products that customers would not see at other low-priced retailers? Would the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Apr 2016
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April 12, 2016

Abstract—Homo sapiens has mastered its environment so thoroughly that, for the first time in history, a small minority of the population is capable of creating enough food and fuels to support not only itself, but also a growing majority... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Mar 2016
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March 29, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50822 forthcoming Manufacturing & Service Operations Management How Do Customers Respond to Increased Service Quality Competition? By: Buell, Ryan W., Dennis Campbell, and Frances X. Frei... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 28, 2009

has been successful in up markets, in the current down market its strategic rationale was being tested. As a capital-intensive manufacturer of DRAMs that had to license its designs from abroad, was it able to compete with large vertically... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Apr 2014
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Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/Embrace/an/814001-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 914-412 Beidahuang Beidahuang is a major new Chinese player in global grain trading that in 2013 is seeking access to grain both to help assure China's View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 May 2012
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http://www.msi.org/publications/publication.cfm?pub=1983 Cases & Course MaterialsJourney to the East: Natcore Technology in China Regina Abrami, Matthew Shaffer, and Weiqi ZhangHarvard Business School Case 912-414 Why is a U.S. solar technology firm View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

Business Groups, Entrepreneurship and the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey

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October 13, 2015

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The Path Ahead

The Dragon’s Tale

Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs

New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

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First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

Making the Case for Leadership

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