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  • January 2020
  • Case

Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd.

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In 2019, Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. (Lead) was the largest supplier of lithium-ion rechargeable battery manufacturing equipment in the world. Based in Wuxi, China, the company generated RMB 3.9 billion ($557 million) in revenues in 2018, up from RMB 175... View Details
Keywords: Lithium-ion Batteries; Electric Vehicles; Government Subsidies; Industry Dynamics; Markets; Change; Strategy; Decision Making; Manufacturing Industry; China
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    TransDigm in 2017: The Beginning of the End or The End of the Beginning?

    TransDigm, an incredibly successful yet relatively unknown company, manufactures a wide range of highly engineered aerospace parts utilizing a somewhat controversial strategy. In the 10 years following its IPO in March 2006, its stock price increased by... View Details
    • March 2006 (Revised September 2006)
    • Case

    Irizar in 2005

    By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Jordan Mitchell
    In June 2005, Koldo Saratxaga, the leader of Basque-based luxury coach manufacturer Irizar, decided to leave after 14 years at the helm of the worker-owned cooperative. Under Saratxaga's stewardship, Irizar was saved from near bankruptcy in 1991 and has become a highly... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Customer Focus and Relationships; Resignation and Termination; Leadership Style; Production; Quality; Luxury; Competitive Advantage; Construction Industry; Real Estate Industry; South Africa; China; India; Mexico; Brazil
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      Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Can Make You Sick - Or Keep You Well

      For too long we’ve designed buildings that haven’t focused on the people inside—their health, their ability to work effectively, and what that means for the bottom line. An authoritative introduction to a movement whose vital importance is now all too... View Details

      • 2022
      • Working Paper

      Coordination and Incumbency Advantage in Multi-Party Systems: Evidence from French Elections

      By: Kevin Dano, Francesco Ferlenga, Vincenzo Galasso, Caroline Le Pennec and Vincent Pons
      In theory, free and fair elections can improve the selection of politicians and incentivize them to exert effort. In practice, incumbency advantage and coordination issues may lead to the (re)election of bad politicians. We ask whether these two forces compound each... View Details
      Keywords: Political Parties; Incumbent Politicians; Democracy; Political Elections; Competitive Advantage
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      • 2018
      • Chapter

      Are Licensing Markets Local? An Analysis of the Geography of Vertical Licensing Agreements in Bio-Pharmaceuticals

      By: Juan Alcacer, John Cantwell and Michelle Gittelman
      As the value chain of the pharmaceutical industry disaggregates, upstream discovery is increasingly carried out by small research-specialized firms while downstream development, testing and marketing is conducted by global pharmaceutical firms. Licensing plays an... View Details
      Keywords: Geographic Location; Local Range; Rights; Research and Development; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
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        ULI Report Provides Wildfire, Energy, and Economic Resilience Strategies to Sonoma County

        Sonoma County, Calif., can enhance its ability to withstand and recover from wildfires by re-envisioning its land use, energy, and housing policies through a cooperative... View Details

        • 07 Apr 2009
        • First Look

        First Look: April 7, 2009

        a self-reported measure. Overall, we find that debt literacy is low: only about one-third of the population seems to comprehend interest compounding or the workings of credit cards. Even after controlling for demographics, we find a... View Details
        Keywords: Martha Lagace
        • Web

        Capstone | MBA

        cellular signaling. Recently, it has been appreciated that these drugs can provide benefits to patients with severe mental health disorders including depression and addiction. This project described an approach to modify these psychedelic View Details
        • 10 Nov 2009
        • First Look

        First Look: Nov. 10

          Working PapersPlatform Envelopment (revised) Authors:Thomas Eisenmann, Geoffrey Parker, and Marshall Van Alstyne Abstract Due to network effects and switching costs, platform providers often become entrenched. To enter established markets, aspiring providers of new... View Details
        Keywords: Martha Lagace
        • May 2017
        • Teaching Note

        Partners Group: Ain't No Mountain High Enough

        By: Nori Gerardo Lietz
        Partners Group (PG), a Swiss-based PE manager, initiated a series of strategic shifts and evolved from a predominately fund-of-funds manager into a large, multi-asset class PE firm focused on direct investments. PG was the first PE firm to go public in 2006. A number... View Details
        Keywords: Business Model; Entrepreneurship; Management Practices and Processes; Private Equity
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        • 24 Jan 2024
        • Op-Ed

        Why Boeing’s Problems with the 737 MAX Began More Than 25 Years Ago

        Stonecipher that turned Boeing’s culture from excellence in aviation design, quality, and safety into emphasizing short-term profit and distributing cash to shareholders via stock buybacks. McNerney compounded the problem through his... View Details
        Keywords: by Bill George; Air Transportation; Transportation; Aerospace
        • 2022
        • Book

        Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Can Make You Sick—or Keep You Well

        By: Joseph G. Allen and John D. Macomber
        For too long we’ve designed buildings that haven’t focused on the people inside—their health, their ability to work effectively, and what that means for the bottom line. An authoritative introduction to a movement whose vital importance is now all too clear, Healthy... View Details
        Keywords: COVID-19; Buildings and Facilities; Health; Health Pandemics; Safety
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        • 2013
        • Working Paper

        Learning from Double-Digit Growth Experiences

        By: Eric D. Werker
        This extended memorandum identifies episodes of sustained double-digit growth in real GDP, defined as a compound annual growth rate of 10 percent or more over a period of 8 years or longer. Using a measure of real GDP reported in the World Development Indicators, we... View Details
        Keywords: Growth; Liberia
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        • Web

        Faculty & Advisors | MBA

        Alexion Pharmaceuticals from 2017-2019. At Biogen, Paul oversaw rapid growth in the company as it expanded it's products and pipeline. During his tenure as CFO, Biogen grew total return to shareholders at a 20% compound annual growth rate... View Details
        • Research Summary

        AIDS in Africa: Life, Death and Property Rights

        By: Debora L. Spar
        In the final years of the twentieth century, the world was hit by a plague of epidemic proportions--the plague of AIDS, a life-threatening disease that remained stubbornly immune to any cure or vaccine. In the developed nations of the West, AIDS was slowly brought... View Details
        • April 2007 (Revised October 2007)
        • Background Note

        An Overview of Project Finance & Infrastructure Finance - 2006 Update

        By: Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia
        Provides an introduction to the fields of project finance and infrastructure finance, and gives a statistical overview of project-financed investments over the years from 2002 to 2006. Examples of project-financed investments include the $4 billion Chad-Cameroon... View Details
        Keywords: Project Finance; Infrastructure; Investment; Projects; Trends
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        • 10 Feb 2009
        • First Look

        First Look: February 10, 2009

          Working PapersInflation Bets or Deflation Hedges? The Changing Risks of Nominal Bonds Authors:John Y. Campbell, Adi Sunderam, and Luis M. Viceira Abstract The covariance between U.S. Treasury bond returns and stock returns has moved considerably over time. While it... View Details
        Keywords: Martha Lagace
        • Article

        The Role of Interactivity in Local Differential Privacy

        By: Matthew Joseph, Jieming Mao, Seth Neel and Aaron Leon Roth
        We study the power of interactivity in local differential privacy. First, we focus on the difference between fully interactive and sequentially interactive protocols. Sequentially interactive protocols may query users adaptively in sequence, but they cannot return to... View Details
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        Ignore June 30: Time is on the Side of a Better Iran Deal

        By: James K. Sebenius
        Prior to the "interim deal" reached in November 2013, Iranian nuclear negotiators could—and did—play for time while the regime rapidly added more centrifuges and increased production of enriched uranium. That is no longer the case. For the first time in years, the... View Details
        Keywords: International Relations; Negotiation Tactics; Negotiation Deal; Iran; United States; Iran; United States
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