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- 06 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?
Economics researchers have long studied how local workers respond when an industry such as steel manufacturing is squashed by obsolescence or competition. Is the region able to regenerate with new industries and workers to fill them? Do... View Details
- 16 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?
strategy would be a very risky move Ryan Raffaelli: We often define radical innovations as "competency-destroying," meaning that they render all related products and services in the same market category obsolete. While the Apple Watch is... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Built to Last
business model. “We sell and service products that still rely on an internal combustion diesel engine,” Weisiger explains. “Our manufacturers recognize that sustainability is an issue, and so does CTE.... View Details
- Profile
Jeremy Andrus
are lots of different markets that require different strategies and investments. Our supply chain is complex. Most of our manufacturing happens in China, so the basic manufacturing piece—assembling millions... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
William F. Connell (MBA '63)
In June, the School conferred its highest honors, the Distinguished Service Award and the Alumni Achievement Award, on four professors emeriti and five alumni, respectively. This is a profile of an Alumni Achievement Award honoree. In... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Good Odds
pounds of food that had been prepared for customers in the catering, hotel, travel, and restaurant industries got stuck in the supply chain when the world seized up. That’s when Philip Behn (MBA 2005), CEO of Imperfect Foods, jumped into recovery mode. An online... View Details
- Fast Answer
India - Industry specific research
style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">Manufacturers Association for Information Technology Association for the Indian IT, Communications Technology and electronics hardware manufacturing... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
In VMI Partnerships, the Devil is in the Data
other words, if a retailer only gives the manufacturer warehouse stock information rather than actual sales data, or if the data is sent by fax instead of electronic transfer (which can be more efficiently... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA 1988)
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Path to Economic Revival
or intermediate term, to outsource production to an overseas supplier. The company can buy manufacturing services at a much lower rate if it goes to China or elsewhere, depending on the industry. But if... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
HBSi Combines HBS Content with State-of-the-Art Technology
will add many new dimensions and capabilities to the School's already extensive portfolio of custom Executive Education programs," added Robert Fogel, the former executive director of Executive Education who will serve as president and CEO of the new venture. "It will... View Details
- 05 Oct 2022
- News
Inside the Chip Shortage
says, adding that demand will continue to grow for applications in cars, robots, manufacturing, and health care. Semiconductors are the tools that make it possible to process data, which makes them foundational to modern technology. Most are View Details
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 02 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t
in-store, but rather by rebalancing its own revenue sources. Realizing that its manufacturers have the most to lose if customers can't try out their wares in store, Best Buy has begun charging shelving costs to View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 26 May 2016
- News
Sunil B. Mittal, OPM 27, 1999
in 15 African countries 2012 Launches India’s first 4G service 2013 Elected Vice Chair, International Chamber of Commerce 2014 Bharti’s Airtel launches 4G in Africa Founder and Chairman, Bharti Enterprises With a magnetic smile, an... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
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A Polaroid Timeline 1932–1977 | Baker Library
A Polaroid Timeline 1932–1977 1932 Land-Wheelwright Laboratories Edwin Land and George Wheelwright form Land-Wheelwright Laboratories, a research and manufacturing enterprise that develops synthetic polarizers. 1937 The Polaroid... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT
Rayport of the Service Manage-ment unit, has been investigating the strategic challenges of managing information as part of a larger exploration of what they call the "marketspace" of electronic commerce.... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Rust Belt Turns ‘Sun Belt’ with Solar
true for the “green economy” movement: aged or unused factories in the Midwest being refurbished and turned into solar energy manufacturing plants. But Tom Tiller (MBA ’91) is really making it happen, the Indianapolis Star reported... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Not a Regular Joe
term is that he was a “servant leader.” Once a year he would go on the manufacturing floor and talk to every single person. It would take four weeks. But he remembered who they were, knew their names and faces, and remembered something... View Details
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Industrial Giant
sharing information electronically with the suppliers . . . auto makers know when to expect the parts needed to assemble a particular car, and they can schedule assembly accordingly. And suppliers can tap into the auto makers' order... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
What Industrial Policy?
support, and back-office processing to America. Strengthening the industrial base. Remember, too, that many high-value-added services are often closely connected to manufacturing and can be delivered only... View Details