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- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
manufacturing and engineering firm, before pursuing a full-time career in academia.) That all takes time, of course, but Toffel argues that it’s time well spent. “Given the substantial time we already invest in any research project, a few... View Details
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
additional informational benefit, allowing firms to fully grasp the magnitude of the pandemic in its early days, when exact information on COVID-19 was still scarce. This was the case of VacuumCo, a German company with over 3,500... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Carl M. Plochman III: A Savory Success
A tour of Plochman Inc. in Manteno, Illinois, features many of the sights you might expect to find at a business whose sole purpose is to manufacture mustard. In addition to a loading dock stacked high with pallet after pallet of bright... View Details
- 11 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices
to prove that a new medication’s benefits merit a higher price if cheaper, similar drugs are available. The process rewards companies whose drugs are more novel or help patients more, while forcing manufacturers of equally or less... View Details
- 10 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 10
Publications 2006 Regional Studies Spatial Determinants of Entrepreneurship in India By: Ghani, Ejaz, William R. Kerr, and Stephen O'Connell Abstract—We analyze the spatial determinants of entrepreneurship in India in the manufacturing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Erling Lorentzen | Baker Library
Erling Lorentzen MBA 1948, Aracruz Play Video duration: 1:06:31 Erling Lorentzen, HBS 1948. Interview conducted in March 2000 Erling Lorentzen, HBS 1948, was a leader of the underground resistance against German occupation forces in his... View Details
- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
War I, the management of political risk became a central concern for firms operating internationally. These risks were on many levels, from expropriation to exchange controls and other economic policies. The issue is explored in multiple chapters, but the chapter on... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Uncovering The Secrets of Mittelstand Success
corporations—is a clear focus on longevity and the future. As an example, Shih cites ARRI, the world’s largest manufacturer of professional motion picture equipment, which weathered a difficult transition from film to digital technology... View Details
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Yubo Cui
Yubo Cui is a determined bridge builder. He defied his parents’ insistence that he immediately pursue graduate school after college “They said, if I went to work first, I would learn nothing!" Yubo launched his career at Daimler Greater China, serving as a liaison... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Putting on the Wheels
the political and economic turmoil following the fall of the Berlin Wall, he urged GM's senior management to locate a new plant for the company's Opel line in the East German town of Eisenach. Eisenach seemed a long shot at best. Even... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 27 Mar 2014
- News
From Marx to Marketing
the time a partner at the Athens-based Ulysses Commission Trading Company, an agency company representing foreign manufacturers in the Greek market, watched those dramatic days in late 1989 with mixed feelings. "I knew that the... View Details
- 14 Jun 2018
- News
Dhivya Suryadevara Named GM’s Next CFO
Photo courtesy of GM Photo courtesy of GM The CEO of General Motors, Mary Barra, recently announced that Dhivya Suryadevara (MBA 2003) will be named CFO. Fortune reported that as vice president of corporate finance, Suryadevara has been instrumental in GM’s divestiture... View Details
- 07 Dec 1999
- Research & Ideas
Henry Heinz and Brand Creation in the Late Nineteenth Century
Richard Tedlow has written, "most manufacturers were unknown to the people who bought their products." 50 Heinz would not have used the words "brand creation" to describe his initiatives. This term is a product of the... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Andresen Becomes First European and First Exec. Ed. Graduate to Endow HBS Professorship
I want to show my support for an institution that has made and will continue to make a valuable contribution to management practice all over the world," says Andreas Andresen (69th AMP), a retired German industrialist who recently became... View Details
- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century
first-movers in radio were the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), a joint venture of the three leading United States producers of electrical and telecommunications equipment, and the German company Telefunken, a joint venture of the two... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
And government officials are furiously promoting what they call new energy vehicles (NEVs)—a catchall term that includes electrics, hybrids, and fuel-cell vehicles—through a variety of means. As a result, local EV manufacturers have... View Details
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Institute Associates - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Executive Officer of Schön Klinik, a German for-profit 15 hospitals, 4.500 beds provider organization. Jens has served in various healthcare associations, e.g. as a board member of the German Private... View Details
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Bibliography - The Human Factor - – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Harvard Business School Press, 1987. General Electric Publicity, 1924: A Review of the Publicity Activities and Facilities for Promoting the Sale of G-E Products. Schenectady, N.Y.: Publicity Department, General Electric Company, 1924. Gillespie, Richard. View Details
- 14 Feb 2007
- Op-Ed
Tata-Corus: India’s New Steel Giant
become the biggest TV manufacturer in the world (by volume, even if not by revenue) in 2004, just twelve years after TCL entered the TV business in mainland China. Tata Steel is acquiring from a position of strength amidst a boom in the... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Bert W.M. Twaalfhoven (MBA '54)
nine associated firms specializing in the manufacture and repair of turbine engines for the aircraft and other industries. But in addition to his business career, Twaalfhoven has long carried the flag for the cause of entrepreneurial... View Details