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- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
Vegas, Nevada. The company will use the forecast to staff the front desk in the hotel. The staff is unionized and the company has little flexibility to change staffing levels on a short-term basis. The case is set in the context of... View Details
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
stagnated, and the Rousseff administration struggled to find the best balance between reducing inflation, maintaining a flexible exchange rate, and improving the competitiveness of Brazilian exports. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
assignment will show students the power of delayed differentiation in components. The OEM with higher cross-utilization (lower customization of components between product lines) had more flexibility in which vehicles they stopped... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
production. We also discuss design flexibility as an intervening variable that is critical in intermediating conflicts that commons organizations cannot resolve. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2321691 NBC and the 2012... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Nov 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Moral Leader
dangerous times, and a stay in the Tower of London, if not execution, were possible outcomes of defying Henry's request. In the play, More shows a commendable breadth of understanding and enormous flexibility as he uses all of the powers... View Details
- 17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006
regional law firm, Duane Morris entered a period of spectacular growth led by CEO Sheldon Bonovitz. Originally founded by Quakers, the firm had a distinct organizational culture featuring a number of unique or unusual business practices: a transparent and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
teaming: gathering experts in temporary groups to solve problems they may be encountering for the first and only time. This flexible approach was essential to the completion of the Water Cube, the building that hosted swimming and diving... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1865878 The Flexible Substitution Logit: Uncovering Category Expansion and Share Impacts of Marketing Instruments Authors:Qiang Liu, Thomas J. Steenburgh, and Sachin Gupta Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
important predictor of product performance, product variety, process flexibility and industry evolution. We explore this relationship in the software industry by use of a technique called Design Structure Matrices (DSMs), which allows us... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
effects of enabling peer supply through Airbnb in the accommodation industry. We present a model of competition between flexible and dedicated sellers—peer hosts and hotels—who provide differentiated products. We estimate this model using... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
laws and regulations supporting manufacturers' interests and in countries that allowed the free use of both piecework and a discretionary bonus. Furthermore, we find that in countries with labor market institutions unfriendly to manufacturers, Lincoln Electric was... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace