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- 2010
- Working Paper
Agglomerative Forces and Cluster Shapes
By: William R. Kerr and Scott Duke Kominers
We model spatial clusters of similar firms. Our model highlights how agglomerative forces lead to localized, individual connections among firms, while interaction costs generate a defined distance over which attraction forces operate. Overlapping firm interactions... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Geographic Location; Patents; Labor; Industry Clusters; Industry Structures; Relationships; Competitive Advantage; Technology Industry; California
Kerr, William R., and Scott Duke Kominers. "Agglomerative Forces and Cluster Shapes." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-061, December 2010.
- 17 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?
are that retailers will reduce store count and also reduce the size of those locations as online commerce begins to satisfy more and more demand. What is to become of all this retail space? How do consumers go and "kick the tires" of... View Details
- January 1985 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
Turner Construction Co.
By: Frank V. Cespedes
In June, 1984, a vice president at Turner Construction Co. must decide whether to approve a construction project being considered by one of Turner's territorial offices and how to manage that territory general manager's apparent reluctance to pursue another account... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Structure; Projects; Market Entry and Exit; Integration; Contracts; Marketing Strategy; Sales; Business or Company Management; Business Offices; Geographic Location; Construction Industry
Cespedes, Frank V. "Turner Construction Co." Harvard Business School Case 585-031, January 1985. (Revised June 1993.)
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
positive or certain options (influencing others toward safer options) versus presenting choice sets with negative or risky options (influencing others toward riskier options). We show that choice architects’ influence strategies are... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Web
LGBTQ+ Pride Month | Baker Library
as LGBTQ. Go Markets > Market Maps Use GuideStar Pro to locate nonprofit organizations who list LGBTQ people and intersex people as populations they serve. View Mintel 's report on "Marketing to LGBTQ+ Communities – US – 2025" Read... View Details
- 15 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
From McRibs to Maseratis: The Power of Scarcity Marketing
about "making moments that are so good." But by removing the Double Down from the menu, KFC made the moment when it came back in 2011 not just "so good," but even better. Nor is KFC alone in adopting this approach. McDonald's has pursued a similar... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael I. Norton
- 07 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53835 July–August 2018 Journal of Healthcare Management Using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing to Model the Costs of Various Process-Improvement Strategies in Acute Pain Management By:... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
Summer Internships in the JD/MBA Program
My name is Charlie Hernandez. I grew up in Los Angeles, California, where I attended Loyola High School, a Catholic, all boys high school located in downtown LA. I attended Harvard College, and after graduating in 2011, I worked in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Karmic Kickstart
Bhutan, a tiny South Asian country located high in the Himalayas with a population of under a million people, which has undergone incredible advances in infrastructure and education since the 1960s, when the king abolished serfdom and... View Details
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
understanding of these implications is essential for future policy analysis, particularly for issues relating to fostering innovation. Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/wkerr/Kerr_Kerr_Lincoln_WP14_IPEFirms.pdf January 2015 IESE Insight From TV to Web:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
programs feature outstanding HBS faculty teaching the latest in business strategy and management - I encourage all of you to participate. For a listing of upcoming programs and contact information for the Executive-Education Programs... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Latin Flair
Kushner (MBA ’11), the company’s 25-year-old chief strategy officer told the FT. “So we pivoted to gaming.” That decision changed everything. Now, Vostu is the largest social game developer in the Brazilian market, with games like Mini... View Details
- 06 Dec 2012
- News
New Thinking on Healthcare Reform
written of his personal experience with the healthcare system. Cue MinuteClinic, located in 640 CVS stores across 25 states. Staffed with nurse practitioners and physician assistants, it provides on-the-spot care for routine ailments such... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Check In
rates in some cases that are less than half of what they were a couple of months ago. The hope is that it won’t last long, but it’s going to take quite a long time to dig out of this hole. Tourists will probably return the quickest, especially to View Details
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
Convergence, and Economic Performance By: Delgado, Mercedes, Michael E. Porter, and Scott Stern Abstract—This paper evaluates the role of regional cluster composition in regional industry performance. On the one hand, diminishing returns to specialization in a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- March 2011
- Teaching Note
KiOR: Catalyzing Clean Energy (TN)
By: Ramana Nanda
Teaching Note for 809092. View Details
- 24 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Managing Alignment as a Process
To create synergy, we require more than a concept and a strategy. The enterprise value proposition defines the strategy for value creation through alignment, but it doesn't describe how to achieve it. The alignment View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Cracks in the Foundation
HBS alumni. A few highlights: Some 71 percent of respondents expect US competitiveness to decline over the next three years, with workers' living standards under greater pressure than firms. The United States fares poorly when decisions are made about where to View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Group Therapy: The Role of Business Groups in Emerging Economies
and their role in emerging markets has been part of a larger effort to understand how local business environments influence company strategy. Strategy scholars have often emphasized how industry- and firm-specific characteristics affect... View Details
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building a Powerful Prestige Brand
and other outlets that sold only cosmetics. Equally important, she thought most women would rather learn to make themselves more beautiful than pay expensive beauticians to do this. She thus eschewed the early selling strategies of... View Details