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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Energy: A Future of Lower Energy Prices
States will continue to play the role of swing supplier for years to come. And because improving technology will allow the North American oil and natural gas production sector to respond ever more quickly to global demand spikes, this... View Details
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity
increasingly more sophisticated. Already, these assignments have yielded impressive revenue streams with several of these companies. The task force effort has also affected IBM's approach to supplier diversity. While the company has for... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
in global supply chains have engaged in activism that led transnational corporations to adopt codes of conduct and monitor their suppliers for compliance, but it is not clear whether these organizational structures raise labor standards.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018
F. Newman, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen Abstract—Little is known theoretically, and even less empirically, about the relationship between firm boundaries and the allocation of decision rights within firms. We develop a model in which firms choose which View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 30, 2015
problematic. While firms are increasingly relying on private-sector "social auditors" to assess factory conditions, little had been known about the accuracy of those assessments. We analyzed nearly 17,000 code-of-conduct audits conducted at nearly 6,000 View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Feb 2019
- News
Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
in 2015, Sounouvou had recently launched Exportunity, a secure digital marketplace that connects African suppliers with buyers around the world. Through the company’s platform, farmers in Benin can sell their produce to a manufacturer in... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
The Small Business Difference: How Smaller Companies Manage with Less
how companies that lack resources and clout respond to a range of issues, from developing products and services, to establishing supplier relationships, to hiring and growing a staff.” In the spirit of his research, Bowen began his... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Emerging Information
"a huge chicken-and-egg game" between signing up data suppliers and finding customers willing to pay for the data. But Mueller's perseverance has paid off. Mueller attributes much of Internet Securities' success to learning what customers... View Details
Keywords: Paul Michelman
- 11 Mar 2009
- HBS Case
The Energy Politics of Russia vs. Ukraine
neighboring countries had had similar problems with Ukraine, the shutoff was a PR disaster for Gazprom, which had enjoyed a long-standing reputation as a reliable supplier of natural gas, through pipelines in Ukraine, to Europe. Abdelal's... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Gazprom Goes Global
disputed pipeline fees, unsigned contracts, bad faith, and, ultimately, failed negotiations. Although other neighboring countries had had similar problems with Ukraine, the shutoff was a PR disaster for Gazprom, which had enjoyed a long-standing reputation as a... View Details
- 19 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem
quality," Ton explains, citing a brand of hand cream as one example. Mercadona convinced the supplier to change the jar's lid from convex to flat. This made it possible for store employees to stack the jars more easily and for... View Details
- 07 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase
says that’s enough to make it through.” Scrutinize every cost. Every dollar matters now. Companies hanging by a thread should try to renegotiate contracts with suppliers and landlords, and refinance debt. Is there a new View Details
- Profile
Eryn Schultz
prepared foods at accessible price points. With a consulting firm that is supporting the launch of the new store, I’m helping work out the supplier model: which partners should we prioritize and how do we get their food to the stores. How... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- 19 Oct 2011
- News
A Good Look
Kemin Personal Care, a division of Kemin Industries, Levy launched her business-within-a-business in January this year. “We have the opportunity to be the No. 1 supplier of natural ingredients to the personal care industry,” she told the... View Details
- 16 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
President of Sourcing Amanda Tucker and her colleagues in Nike’s Global Sourcing and Manufacturing division were focusing on three key supply chain challenges: sourcing from suppliers that meet compliance standards, challenging and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
bankruptcy are predictive of lower recovery rates, and that in such cases these creditors sell ahead of less informed suppliers and other creditors. This result is especially pronounced for more opaque distressed firms, when trade... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jun 2020
- In Practice
Are Digital Organizations Better at Overcoming COVID?
industry. That said, technology will be most powerfully utilized during the pandemic by those firms who apply it organization-wide to create more nimble, efficient organizations, more capable of managing the factors of production (e.g., labor, capital, View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 28 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on Entrepreneurship
leveraging my experience of building Nike’s inaugural Global Supplier Diversity program, seeking to expand my impact to help other organizations conduct and sustain meaningful business relationships with the diverse communities they... View Details
- 18 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Innovating in the Hot Market of Cold Brew
Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, who were helping us with everything from patent filing to supplier selection. Us at the iLab with our first, marginally functional prototype. And then everything shut down. No more 3D printers, no more coffee... View Details
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Buildings & Cities - Business & Environment
MBA 1983 Mayor, City of Newton “I believe urgently transitioning to clean, green energy is essential to addressing the climate crisis. In the City of Newton, we made an important step to this goal by switching our electric supply for residences and businesses to a... View Details