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  • December 1993 (Revised March 1995)
  • Case

Medical Products Co.

By: Robert H. Hayes
In early 1990, the company is contemplating changes in its European plant network for producing hypodermic products, including the total production capacity to be provided, the number and location of plants over which to spread this capacity, and which products should... View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Decision Making; Forecasting and Prediction; Cost; Production; Performance Capacity; Performance Effectiveness; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Europe
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  • 23 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 23

enhance the emotional payoff of charitable initiatives. 2013 pub Learning by Supplying By: Alcácer, Juan, and Joanne Oxley Abstract—Learning processes lie at the heart of our understanding of how firms build capabilities to generate and... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 21 Jun 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?

Carolina at Chapel Hill. Their paper, "The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales," caused a ruckus in the music industry not seen since the British invasion of the Beatles. Many recording executives were not singing "Yeah,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation; Music
  • 05 Jun 2013
  • Op-Ed

Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change

appreciate their leadership, understand what matters, and follow suit. Such marketing is also education on one of the key issues of our time. Fourth, companies should partner with effective non-governmental organizations such as the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler
  • 23 Jul 2021
  • Blog Post

Trends in Consumer Products

simple and often logical but difficult to predict. Jake Kirsch ‘11, VP Innovation, ABinBev Covid had a massive effect on our business. Fifteen percent of our business is in bars and restaurants and they were View Details
  • 06 Aug 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower

to apply it and disseminate it," she says. "That seems kind of wrong." Recognizing the importance of knowledge co-production can lead not only to successful products and services, but also to improved supply chain and delivery strategies.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education; Health
  • 19 Jan 2016
  • First Look

January 19, 2016

and face disincentive effects from taxation but acquire positive benefits from public infrastructure. Political corruption governs the efficiency with which tax revenues are translated into infrastructure. The model predicts an inverted-U... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 29

The price of output is a crucial determinant of this choice, since it affects the size of the pecuniary benefits: higher prices lead to more integration. Because tariffs increase domestic product prices, this effect provides a novel... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021

organized with the assistance of the Japan Research Center, drew about 130 attendees, including 60 alumni who took the course as students and Tōhoku-based project partners. Understanding Post-Pandemic Global Supply Chains As Professor... View Details
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation

Examples," Sebenius details how "3-D negotiation" provides practitioners with skills for effective dealmaking that create value on a sustainable basis. According to Sebenius, the first dimension of negotiation is by far the... View Details
Keywords: by Anita M. Harris
  • 23 Oct 2019
  • News

Preparing Leaders to Leverage Artificial Intelligence

companies, nonprofits, and government.” To date, the School’s faculty has built a strong foundation of AI-related research and courses. Nearly 50 faculty members have studied and published articles in three broad categories: examining the View Details
Keywords: Intellectual Ambition; Pathbreaking Research; Artificial Intelligence
  • 01 Dec 2007
  • News

Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?

brilliant, effective innovators have forced sluggish U.S. industries to become more productive. Sam Walton’s exquisitely detailed supply chain management, coupled with his daring decision to locate Wal-Marts... View Details
Keywords: Regina E. Herzlinger; Health, Social Assistance; Management
  • 21 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 21

increase performance while social comparison reduces it, especially for low-ability trainees. These effects appear when treatments are announced and persist through training. The findings are consistent with a model of optimal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

and complementary effects across channels to provide sales forecasting, promotion planning, and customer relationship management guidance to multichannel managers. We investigate three contingencies in a sales analysis of a leading U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Sep 2019
  • News

Case Study: Up in the Air

whether to build the supply of talent to attract clients first, or vice versa. Building the supply side has been straightforward, but convincing enterprise clients to leverage talent as a service as part of... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 01 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 1

opportunistic low-ball offers.   Working Papers The Effect of Management Control Elements on Coordination By: Bormann, Sara, Jan Bouwens, and Christian Hofmann Abstract—This study examines how control elements of a firm affect... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 8, 2008

comprehensive micro-data allow us to study how the entry rate, the distribution of entry sizes, and survival rates for firms responded to changes in banking competition. We also distinguish the relative effect of the policy reforms on the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 14, 2015

risk of adverse effects that arise from taking a single approach. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49334   Working Papers Selling to a Moving Target: Dynamic Marketing Effects... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Corporate Strategy Course - Project Resources

style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration-line: none;">International Directory of Company Histories Histories include company development and background; merger and acquisition history; impact of sales and marketing campaigns; View Details
  • 05 Dec 2013
  • What Do You Think?

Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?

''How long can this be sustained without effective push-back?" Others noted the benefits of scale in fostering success for the foreseeable future. Robert Duque suggested that the organization will learn from its subsidiaries, such as... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail