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  • 24 Jul 2007
  • First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

the study of corporate strategy, while providing an overview framework for understanding international strategy. Focuses on questions of scope View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 14

offshore clusters of multinationals are not a simple reflection of domestic industrial clusters. Agglomeration economies including capital-good market externality View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 25, 2007

of its two highest valuations. The utilities are scaled so that the market clears with the participants' purchases proportional to their entitlements. The method is generalized to arbitrary bargaining sets... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 19

claims about the benefits of broader operational scope. The performance benefits of focus are typically attributed to reduced complexity, lower uncertainty, and the development... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2020
  • News

The Devil You Don’t Know

just be the product of some kind of anxiety of unknown origins. Rational or not, if people begin to become pessimistic about their economic future View Details
  • 01 Dec 2010
  • News

The Transformers

Tierney. But nothing of the scope and scale of what he envisioned. Along the way, Tierney enlisted Bradach, a... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services
  • 09 Jul 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?

of systemic issues that have gradually worsened since the 2007-2008 financial crisis. At the heart of the problem lies the consulting firms’ aggressive pursuit of growth as... View Details
Keywords: by David Fubini; Consulting
  • 04 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 4

enough. Fisher had an opportunity; his successor had a crisis. What can leaders do before the depth and scope of their companies' crises come into focus? How can they initiate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
  • 01 Jun 2008
  • News

A Binary Formula

530,000-square-foot Allston Science Complex — four multistory buildings, due for completion in 2011 — the centerpiece of the initial phase of Harvard’s 300-acre development on the Boston side View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; science; research; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
  • 25 Feb 2020
  • News

How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Business

Administration. “The traditional model has been turned upside down. Having the data to innovate at scale is now the main thing.” Lakhani and Marco Iansiti, the David Sarnoff Professor View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 20 Sep 2021
  • Research & Ideas

How Much Is Freedom Worth? For Gig Workers, a Lot.

(Oberholzer-Gee says food-delivery drivers tend to work shorter shifts, and so are less likely than other gig economy workers to use the work as a primary income source.) “This suggests that the ability to... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Technology
  • 18 Oct 2021
  • Blog Post

How Much is Freedom Worth? For Gig Workers, a Lot.

(Oberholzer-Gee says food-delivery drivers tend to work shorter shifts, and so are less likely than other gig economy workers to use the work as a primary income source.) “This suggests that the ability to... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products
  • 05 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 5, 2008

relatively low concentration of ownership and control in large firms before 1910. Archival evidence such as company statutes and shareholder lists document that in many... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Peeling Back the Global Brand

"don't touch the brand" school of thought, admitted Schroiff. Yet Henkel also wrestled with questions of economies of View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products; Retail

    Diane S. M. von Furstenberg

    women, von Furstenberg created an entire line of moderately priced fashions and accessories. Though she began in New York boutiques, she was an early pioneer in the use of QVC... View Details
    Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
    • 02 Mar 2023
    • News

    Carbon's Second Act

    on carbon conversion and turning his garage—temporarily—into a laboratory. TB: I ultimately came upon an electrochemical type of process which turned out could be pretty easily prototyped at a very small... View Details
    • 01 Sep 2024
    • News

    Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

    Thirteen years ago, Marcelo Claure, founder of wireless services company Brightstar, discussed with a reluctant Steve Jobs the idea of launching a trade-in and recycling program for iPhones. It was a business move that expanded the market and created a new profit... View Details
    Keywords: Jennifer Meyers

      Harlow H. Curtice

      Curtice took the helm of General Motors during the height of the post-war automobile boom. He dramatically impacted the boom by approving a $1 billion investment in the company. In so doing, General Motors... View Details
      Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
      • 22 Feb 2022
      • News

      Q&A: The Post-Pandemic Path

      the scope of the economic emergency. For a related research paper he was coauthoring with Ben Iverson of Brigham Young University and David... View Details
      Keywords: April White

        Frank Batten

        Batten took the helm of his family’s newspaper empire in the late sixties and continued to enhance its scale and View Details
        Keywords: Publishing & Print Media