Industrial Organization, Industrial Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Aug 2015
News

Giving Kids Tech Tools to Make an Impact

Amy Kadomatsu (MBA 1998) believes every student can be an innovator and use technology as a force for good. As chair of the board of directors at Mouse, a youth development nonprofit that empowers students to create with technology to... View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

What's Cookin'

shifts. Today, Pasta Cuisine employs approximately twenty workers; eight make up a “core” group that has been with the business for over ten years. In an industry with notoriously high turnover, developing... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia

23 Aug 2010
Research & Ideas

The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization

now give to the overall benefits of globalization. As practiced today, Ricardo's classic system results in win-win exchanges when both trading partners are either (1) industrialized nations with modern impulse/check/balance governments,... View Details

Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence

01 Dec 2007
News

Faculty Books

The CEO Within: Why Inside Outsiders Are the Key to Succession Planning by Joseph L. Bower (HBS Press) Professor Bower explains how companies can develop internal candidates for the CEO role by grooming “inside outsiders” — leaders with... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Rwanda

Where can I find country, industry and market information and news about Rwanda? Country information and economic data Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU): Useful for: in-depth country information covering recent economic... View Details

03 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Making Money Making Movies

the summer issue of Marketing Science. Elberse discusses her research on the entertainment industry in this e-mail interview. Salls: Briefly describe the state of the motion picture industry today. Elberse:... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Entertainment & Recreation; Motion Pictures & Video

25 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

The Country Effect: Does Location Matter?

where some industries were centralized, has developed a powerful private sector that "seems well positioned for an entrepreneurial outburst." Vietnam, where all View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Profile

Jonathan Evans

what drives and interests me, and about what careers will best offer the opportunity to make an impact. The career office provides structure with innumerable resources, from career coaches with expertise in all facets of a job search to View Details

Keywords: Technology; Entertainment / Media

21 Nov 2017
News

Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy

Justin Dawe (MBA 2007), president, Scoot Networks (photo courtesy of Scoot Networks) What do you think the state of the energy industry will be in 2030? HBS students in the Energy and Environment Club asked alumni working in the field to... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; solar power; wind power

01 Mar 2008
News

Where Have All the Leaders Gone?

denominator. My own industry is no small part of the problem. We, too, are seeking niches. The fragmentation of the news media means Americans no longer have to listen to the serious discussion of ideas with which they might disagree. If... View Details

Keywords: Government

02 Jul 2001
What Do You Think?

Built to Last or Bought to Sell?

company concentrating on operational excellence based on an assumption of continuity, is included in the sample but otherwise not cited. It has quite likely done a better job of outperforming its industry for a longer period of time than... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Apr 1999
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Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong

obliterates all competitors, fall so precipitously? Other minicomputer firms were suddenly failing too. How could good managers seemingly turn bad so fast? That was the puzzle. Colleagues suggested exploring the disk-drive industry... View Details

01 Apr 2001
News

Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer

acquisitions and development for the magazine, which recently increased its frequency from six to ten issues per year. “HBR has always been serious, authoritative, and elegant,” notes Wetlaufer. “We are working now to be more like... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet)

01 Sep 2006
News

One-on-One with Carter Roberts

difference — places like the Amazon, the Congo, and the coral reefs of Indonesia. And we created integrated teams for each place both to work locally and to deliver global results with related industries and policies. The effect has been... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

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Olivia Staffon Archives | Social Enterprise

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance New Venture Competition Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public... View Details

20 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

What’s Next for Japan

Résumé Of An Asian Tiger "Only 10 to 12 years ago, the Japanese model was celebrated and undeniable," Porter began. "There was almost an hysteria and fear of Japan." He described how the press in the late '80s and early '90s heralded Japan's View Details

Keywords: by Hilah Geer

April 2025
Supplement

ZEISS: Commercializing Science

By: Maria P. Roche and Richie Zitomer

Spreadsheet Supplement for HBS Case No. 725-359. View Details

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01 Apr 1998
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Professor Ramchandran Jaikumar Remembered

research on the integration of computers into the manufacturing process led to the development of a "minimalist" architecture for manufacturing. His framework emphasizes the elimination of process disruptions and the mini- mization of... View Details

24 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers

affect it? A: The kind of technology transfer my coauthors Lee Branstetter, Raymond Fisman, and I study in our paper occurs when a parent of a multinational company provides information about industrial products or processes to an... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

01 Oct 2000
News

Books

design rules. Thus, the computer industry was transformed from a quasi monopoly (dominated by IBM) into a large modular "cluster" of related subindustries, a development made possible by the decentralization... View Details

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