Flow Production - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Jun 2021
News

June 2021 Books and Podcasts

of hard work, fidelity, and building the alliances necessary to achieve enduring success. John Andrew, a retired Boeing executive, offers a unique insider look at the profound changes the company experienced in the 1960s as the product... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

22 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 22

Nava, Diego Aycinena, Claudia Martínez A., and Dean Yang Abstract—While remittance flows to developing countries are very large, it is unknown whether migrants desire more control over how remittances are used. This research uses a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2013
News

Who Are We?

vertically integrated, local market. In technology, capital flows to the location where products can be produced most quickly and cheaply for the moment; our model focuses on the long-term sustainability... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Julia Hanna; Dan Morrell; social media,; Twitter; SodaStream; consulting; consultant; CEO; farming; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Agriculture; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation

20 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018

decision to pay a premium for Titan must be made in the context of their unique (and somewhat complex) investment strategy that focuses on investment targets that have both mission-critical products or services that are approaching... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2012
News

Around the World

India, Brazil, and other developing nations shook off decades of economic stagnation to achieve remarkable growth. Concurrently, world trade advanced to the point that capital and products now flow freely... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

26 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

stocks held by these funds have lower volatility, and flows out of these funds have smaller spillover effects on other funds holding the same securities. Our results provide evidence of meaningful fire sale externalities in the mutual... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

as popular celebrities like Ozzy Osbourne and writers like Ben Mezrich—are getting into the NFT market. And with Coinbase opening its own NFT marketplace this year, these products will become significantly more accessible to consumers. We... View Details

Keywords: by HBS News

29 Apr 2022
News

Clean Slate

NLK: What we are seeing in terms of green financing emerging in the world is really quite significant and it started with green bonds. Can we get the global insurance companies in the world and the banks to begin to look at investing in View Details

Keywords: Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

07 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy

affairs, could create national wealth based on manufacturing. This production would be fueled by an imperialistic British Empire, which through its expansion would provide the needed raw materials. The book proved extremely persuasive at... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

06 Dec 2021
News

New Wave

has yet to be realized. A report by Ocean Energy Systems, an offshoot of the International Energy Agency, found that between 2009 and 2019, global energy production from wave and tidal sources increased from 5 to 45 gigawatt-hours, or... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen

19 Nov 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Moral Leader

leadership—setting the rules within which an organization pursues a moral task—and it flows from being comfortable enough with ambiguity to focus on the process of work as well as its goal. Leaders also require a capacity for complexity.... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education

05 May 2023
News

Fail Better

company for 32 times cash flow to a company in France just to get our second tranche of money back. (I want to make sure the bank's always got a hundred percent.) But this was traumatic and you know I had limited partners, one guy in... View Details

01 Apr 2000
News

Getting the Message

about the product. "With the Internet," says Deighton, "you can seamlessly move the customer from awareness, to temptation, to transaction." Thus, a Web surfer intrigued by an ad for a camera can click on the ad and be taken to a Web site where she can learn more about... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Mar 2013
News

Sizing Up Social Impact

average time required to collect water from 44 minutes to 32 minutes. Electrification of rural areas and the computerization of rural banks improved the flow of goods and services and decreased check-clearing times at banks. A... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Crop Production; Crop Production; Crop Production; Crop Production; Crop Production; Crop Production; Crop Production; Crop Production

26 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Learning from Failed Political Leadership

directly impacts the success or failure of American companies abroad. For example, wars currently impede ordinary business in the Mideast and Africa. Anti-Americanism is curtailing the flow of students from Europe to American universities... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2004
News

Retirement's Changing Face

with this eternal conundrum. Easy Rider Martin Snoey (MBA ’72) Age: 61 Home: Mercer Island, Washington “My sense is that life is not a simple sequence of events,” says Martin Snoey. “Instead, it’s a continual trade-off among career, family, hobbies, and community... View Details

Keywords: Personal Services

30 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 30, 2015

sources. The case is intended to be used as an introduction to water policy, seawater desalination, bond finance and cash flow waterfalls, infrastructure as a foundation for economic development, and risk allocation in public-private... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

16 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience

cash that we have and make it last till the cash flow is positive, which means we need to reduce the burn rate.' It stops the meeting cold. Then the entrepreneur blurts something out like, 'Well, we wouldn't be able to do that unless we... View Details