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26 Jan 2009
Research & Ideas

Where is Home for the Global Firm?

decentered. Managers will find food for thought to reconceptualize their corporate home and prepare strategically for the future. Martha Lagace: What is decentering, and why is it an important phenomenon? Mihir Desai: We've become... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Jun 2003
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Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

other? Chandler: Having invented color television in the 1950s but then fallen behind Japanese manufacturers in the following decade, RCA decided it had to move into something else. In 1967, it settled on computers, a product the company... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

January 2021 (Revised May 2021)
Case

Ocado Group: Ready for the Future

By: José B. Alvarez, Damien McLoughlin and Natalie Kindred

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12 Oct 1999
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Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

computer consulting firm specializing in e-commerce; Akal Security Company; and natural food enterprises such as the Yogi Tea Company), for which he serves as executive vice president. "Our goal is to provide View Details

Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso

04 Apr 2019
Cold Call Podcast

Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?

Brian Kenny: Here's a hypothetical for you. Imagine you're sitting at your favorite coffee shop when a teenager pulls up a chair and asks you to share a bunch of personal information. He wants to know your birthday, what kind of food you... View Details

Keywords: Re: Mandi Nerenberg

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By: Geoffrey G. Jones

I currently teach the history of global entrepreneurship over the last 200 years. The 28-session course called Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism has become one of the most popular second year electives in the MBA program at the Harvard Business School. The cases,... View Details

04 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

have been affected. Just a handful of these children were born in the U.S., where safety concerns were raised by Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey, the medical officer handling the thalidomide application at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

October 2018 (Revised August 2019)
Module Note

Supply Chain Management

By: Willy C. Shih

This note on supply chain management provides background for the seven class supply chain module in the Technology & Operations Management required curriculum course taught at the Harvard Business School. This module includes four broad topics: sourcing and supply... View Details

Keywords: Supply Chain Information; Supply ＆ Demand; Supply Chain Industries; Supply Chain Management; Supply Chain; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; Asia; Europe; Japan; China

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27 Oct 2014
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The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere

Near the Guatemalan border in Mexico's Chiapas region, sandwiched between the Sierra Madres and the Pacific Ocean, there's a fertile pocket of land called the Soconusco. While once a hotbed of cacao production for the Aztecs and then the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Food & Beverage

19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007

Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-036.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsAcademia Barilla Harvard Business School Case 507-001 Barilla, the world's largest pasta company, has introduced a new high-quality, high-priced View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Find Your Pragmatic Path through Radical Uncertainty

social restrictions and reopen businesses? Other questions depend on the answers to the medical questions. Will government funds for the disadvantaged people and businesses be sustainable? What will happen to inflation? Will food supplies... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson, Eugene B. Kogan, and Shirley Spence

05 Jul 2016
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July 5, 2016

and lowest quality. Our results underscore the importance of considering dynamic effects in the economic analysis of tort laws. Performance Feedback in Competitive Product Development By: Gross, Daniel P. Abstract—Performance feedback is... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Dec 2006
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First Look: December 12, 2006

people) or not served at all. Third, the products and services they offer are simpler and cheaper than alternatives, but recipients view them as good enough. Fourth, they bring in resources in ways that initially seem unattractive to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

11 Oct 2016
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October 11, 2016

highlighting the work performed by the government of an archetypal American town—from building roads to ensuring food safety—increased trust in government and support for government services. Study 2 (N=21,786) leveraged field data from a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 12

measured by the value of integrated production is negatively correlated with delegation. Surprisingly, absolute size of the firm is negatively related to delegation. The overall pattern of results highlights the need for a nuanced... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Jun 2020
Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

environmental footprint of the company’s entire product portfolio, and some company brands, such as Lipton tea and Lifebuoy soap, had taken on significant social and environmental commitments. For over a decade, Unilever had been the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009

Farmers may grow crops for local consumption despite more profitable export options. DrumNet, a Kenyan NGO that helps small farmers adopt and market export crops, conducted a randomized trial to evaluate its impact. DrumNet services increased View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17

unmatched and unchecked culture of engineering ambition, of rote learning and educational experimentation, of sophisticated tastes along with basic concerns with food safety. It is a country that is at once cosmopolitan and confused about... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

04 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

Worried About the Great Resignation? Be a Good Company to Come From

the food and drinks industry are increasing wages, and in a concession to work-life balance, Walmart and Target even opted to close on Thanksgiving. However, in the race to retain talent, companies are also resorting to less substantive... View Details

Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta

24 Oct 2012
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Want People to Save More? Send a Text

experience planted a seed for Pomeranz's future research: how to promote financial savings among "microentrepreneurs" such as food cart owners, street vendors, and cosmetics saleswomen, whose income is low and often fluctuates.... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

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Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

Ocado Group: Ready for the Future

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?

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New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

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The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere

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Find Your Pragmatic Path through Radical Uncertainty

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Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

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