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Sovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows and Global Imbalances

By: Laura Alfaro

We construct measures of net private and public capital flows for a large cross-section of developing countries considering both creditor and debtor side of the international debt transactions. Using these measures, we demonstrate that sovereign-to-sovereign... View Details

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Spatial Agglomeration and Superstar Firms

By: Laura Alfaro
We characterize the agglomeration patterns of industries and plants in Europe, distinguishing Eurozone countries and the United States. Using a micro-level index, we quantify the degree of geographic concentration in industrial activities and explore how firm... View Details
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Strategy

By: Jan W. Rivkin

The objective of this course is to help students develop the skills for formulating strategy, and provides an understanding of:

  • A firm's operative environment and how to sustain competitive advantage.
  • How to generate superior value for... View Details
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Strategy

By: Frances X. Frei

The objective of this course is to help students develop the skills for formulating strategy. It provides an understanding of:

  • A firm's operative environment and how to sustain competitive advantage.
  • How to generate superior... View Details
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Supply Chain Coordination for Products with Uncertain Demand

By: Ananth Raman
Ananth Raman has been investigating supply chain coordination for products with uncertain demand in industries as diverse as apparel, power tools, computers, and footwear. Most recently he has been exploring the role of intermediaries, particularly in supply chains... View Details
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Supply Chain Management

By: Kris Johnson Ferreira

The Supply Chain Management (SCM) course builds on aspects of the first-year Technology and Operations Management (RC TOM) course. However, whereas RC TOM focuses primarily on developing and producing products and services, SCM emphasizes managing... View Details

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Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Ownership and Establishment Performance

By: Laura Alfaro
We examine the differential response of establishments to the recent global financial crisis with particular emphasis on the role of foreign ownership. Using a worldwide establishment panel dataset, we investigate how multinational subsidiaries around the world... View Details
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Sustainability, Real Estate and the Built Environment

By: John D. Macomber

Research interests include:

  • Real estate development, design, and construction, notably how design creates value; 
  • Sustainable cities, in particular entrepreneurship and project finance in light of global trends in urbanization and resource... View Details
Keywords: Infrastructure Finance; Sustainability; Urban Development; City Growth
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Technology and Operations - MBA Required Curriculum

By: Ryan W. Buell

This course enables students to develop the skills and concepts needed to ensure the ongoing contribution of a firm's operations to its competitive position. It helps them to understand the complex processes underlying the development and manufacture of products as... View Details

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Technology and Operations - MBA Required Curriculum

By: Feng Zhu


This course enables students to develop the skills and concepts needed to ensure the ongoing contribution of a firm's operations to its competitive position. It helps them to understand the complex processes underlying the development and manufacture of... View Details

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Technology and Operations Management

By: Frances X. Frei

This course enables students to develop the skills and concepts needed to ensure the ongoing contribution of a firm's operations to its competitive position. It helps them to understand the complex processes underlying the development and manufacture of products as... View Details

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Technology and Operations Management

By: Christina R. Wing

This course enables students to develop the skills and concepts needed to ensure the ongoing contribution of a firm's operations to its competitive position. It helps them to understand the complex processes underlying the development and manufacture of products as... View Details

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Technology and Operations Management

By: Allison H. Mnookin
This course is taught in the MBA required curriculum. It provides students with the foundations necessary to be effective operating managers. During the course students learn to analyze decisions that drive the design, planning, and execution of the activities that... View Details
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Technology and Operations Management (TOM)

By: Willy C. Shih

This course enables students to develop the skills and concepts needed to ensure the ongoing contribution of a firm's operations to its competitive position. It helps them to understand the complex processes underlying the development and manufacture of products as... View Details

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Technology and Operations Management - MBA Required Curriculum

By: Robert S. Huckman

This course enables students to develop the skills and concepts needed to ensure the ongoing contribution of a firm's operations to its... View Details

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Technology and Operations Management - MBA Required Curriculum

By: Edward McFowland III

This course enables students to develop the skills and concepts needed to ensure the ongoing contribution of a firm's... View Details

Keywords: Product Development; Information Technology
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The (Heterogenous) Economic Effects of Private Equity Buyouts

By: Steven J. Davis, John Haltiwanger, Kyle Handley, Ben Lipsius, Josh Lerner and Javier Miranda
The effects of private equity buyouts on employment, productivity, and job reallocation vary tremendously with macroeconomic and credit conditions, across private equity groups, and by type of buyout. We reach this conclusion by examining the most extensive... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity Buyouts; Impact; Private Equity; Economics; Employment; Performance Productivity; Wages
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The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports (Executive Education)

By: Anita Elberse
In the business of entertainment, digital technologies are dramatically disrupting the way products are developed, marketed, and distributed. As a result of this paradigm shift, entertainment executives and content producers are challenged to effectively allocate... View Details
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The Food Chain

By: David E. Bell
The world's production of food has been keeping pace with the global population, but needs to step up the pace to meet not only the growing Asian population but also their growing consumption per capita. Through case studies, Bell is examining how farming is... View Details
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The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms

By: Laura Alfaro
The explosion of multinational activities in recent decades is rapidly transforming the global landscape of industrial production. But are the emerging clusters of multinational production the rule or the exception? What drives the offshore agglomeration of... View Details

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