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- 02 Sep 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?
of “just in time” inventory management that led to greater speed and dependability among manufacturers and suppliers of logistics services to companies like Toyota and others. Of course, the concept was facilitated by the internet. What... View Details
- 26 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Market Research in a Recession
research on secondary products or customers. Now, nice-to-knows that are not essential will have to wait. Enlist trusted partners. Marketers and research suppliers who trust each other and have established long-term relationships can... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
RobinsonHarvard Business School Case 613-069 As an original design manufacturer (ODM) of television sets and a leading supplier to Vizio, a market leader in the U.S. for LCD flat panel TVs, AmTran Technology Ltd. uses what founder Alpha... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]
and suppliers in its fast-growing market, and to facilitate possible acquisitions. Prior to jointly founding IWA, the three had worked in management consulting and investment banking: each, however, did have substantial experience with... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 17 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 17
the conduct of their suppliers. But little is known about what influences auditors' ability to identify and report poor supplier conduct. We find that individual supply chain auditors' monitoring practices are shaped by social factors... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 30
options, and the banker has turned the loan over to the workout division. He feels that his suppliers are willing to work with him, and his employees depend on him for their livelihood. At the bank's request, an outside consultant has... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Oct 2012
- What Do You Think?
Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?
capability enhancement "an explicit goal in the strategy process." Including executives with deep knowledge of such things as "the company's technology, operating processes, culture on the shop floor, and supplier... View Details
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Five questions for Regina E. Herzlinger
needs; risk-adjustment of payment will make the sick much more attractive enrollees than the present uniform pricing system. All boats rise in a rising sea. Other consumer-driven markets demonstrate that suppliers innovate to reach all... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 23
where the A + B bundle is valuable only when purchased together. Good A is supplied by a monopolist (e.g., Microsoft), and there is competition in the B goods from vertically differentiated suppliers (e.g., Intel and AMD). In this simple... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business Press Is a Watchdog that Bites
actually doing this? Are they getting the information themselves? The press was actually generating the idea that there was an issue. That doesn't mean that they break into a company overnight and figure it out; but a lot of the evidence seems to show that they're out... View Details
- 13 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 13, 2008
Sponsor of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and the Official dairy supplier of the games, it is betting that the brand can go further beyond China. Will the day that tykes from Topeka have a bottle of Yili milk in their hands be coming... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Big Deals: Financing Large-Scale Investments
that there is an incentive to manage these risks efficiently is the key to success," he notes. With billions of dollars on the line and five to ten parties involved—ranging from sponsors and contractors to suppliers and host... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 16 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal
ability to exert leverage on suppliers is growing. Consider one firm we've worked with, an international consortium of independent gas companies. Recently, one of their valued global customers told them that dealing separately with their... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 16 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
President of Sourcing Amanda Tucker and her colleagues in Nike’s Global Sourcing and Manufacturing division were focusing on three key supply chain challenges: sourcing from suppliers that meet compliance standards, challenging and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
suppliers in particular. Intel became a near monopoly in microprocessors, and Microsoft, which provided the operating system, is probably the most powerful regulated monopoly in the history of U.S. industry. Tedlow: When I joined the HBS... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
in the world, wondered how to work more closely with its key suppliers-Swatch Group, Richemont Group, LVMH Group, and Rolex Group-to maintain strong growth in the Greater China region. Specifically, how could Hengdeli manage the relationship with these View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015
entrepreneurs and business experts can predict their subsequent commercialization. How Should We Pay for Health Care? (536) Michael E. Porter and Robert S. Kaplan argue that reimbursement for medical services through bundled payments is the only approach that aligns... View Details
- 22 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 22
traditional arms-length sourcing arrangements. At the time of the case, the company is considering a third approach to supplier relations that involves much closer cooperation and partnerships. The goal of this "third way"... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age
sales promotion. These substitutes compete directly with traditional media for advertisers' marketing dollars. Similarly, mergers between media providers and content suppliers such as news and entertainment programming also influence... View Details
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
activities of firms operating in more than 100 countries with input-output tables. In line with the model's predictions, we find that whether a firm integrates upstream or downstream suppliers depends crucially on the elasticity of demand... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne