Internal Combustion Vehicle - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Apr 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Courage: The Defining Characteristic of Great Leaders

building quality vehicles worldwide. Paul Polman When Polman became Unilever’s CEO in early 2009, he immediately began transforming the company, declaring bold goals to double revenues and generate 70 percent from emerging markets. He... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Auto; Food & Beverage

13 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Do Private Equity Buyouts Get a Bad Rap?

different kinds of transactions and different time periods.” In order to analyze private equity’s effects, Lerner and his colleagues had to overcome several hurdles. The data they analyzed comes from the US Census and Internal Revenue... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services; Banking

15 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

With very clean emissions, 60 and 70 MPG fuel consumption, and lots of power, diesel compacts would provide stiff competition to hybrids. But GM has just lost its ability to develop small cars with the sale of its Opel subsidiary to Canadian auto parts maker Magna... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

04 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 4

over a potential international currency war. It was speculated that certain countries were purposely devaluing their currencies in order to improve their competitiveness in global markets. Emerging markets contended that the expansionary... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Sep 2010
First Look

First Look: September 8, 2010

determinant of choices than fairness, and iii) agents display a marked propensity to work for principals with similar distributional concerns. Working PapersReport on the State of Available Data for the Study of International Trade and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

When the Rubber Meets the Road, Most Commuters Text and Email While Driving

“I suspect this may actually be lower than the true extent of unsafe multitasking, given the fact that not everyone would easily admit to a behavior that is recognized as problematic, if not illegal.” Almost 43,000 people died in vehicle... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

19 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 19, 2009

California Public Employees' Retirement System (CaIPERS)—the largest public pension fund in the U.S.—had adopted a new principles-based approach to investing in emerging market equities in November 2007. Previously, CalPERS internal and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?

space race. Musk, the head of automaker Tesla, is behind SpaceX, which has developed the Falcon rocket and Dragon spacecraft. Dragon has already delivered cargo to the International Space Station, and SpaceX is finishing preparations to... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Wallask; Aerospace; Tourism; Transportation

09 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

proposals, and quality evaluations for more than 12,000 evaluator-proposal pairs. The analysis shows that solicitations offering a personal reward for top submissions boost participation rates without affecting submission quality. We show that this is due to workers... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

24 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 24

minds of those responsible for governance. When a business is profitable and paying healthy dividends to its stockholders, fraudulent activities and accounting irregularities can go unnoticed. However, when revenue and cash flow decline, View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

06 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

The Problem with Hedge Funds

on, by appreciation on their stock market investments. Some speculation via short-selling is necessary and appropriate; it adds liquidity to the market and limits excessive optimism. But too much speculation turns the markets from an investment View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

18 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

After the 'Crypto Crash,' What's Next for Digital Currencies?

has reinforced the perception of critics that markets for the digital currency—used primarily as an investment vehicle as it is not widely accepted as payment for goods and services—are little more than global casinos operating with... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Financial Services; Technology

10 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

simultaneously manage the seemingly contradictory dualities of the job: integrating direct decision-making with indirect levers like strategy and culture, balancing internal and external constituencies, proactively pursuing an agenda... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

22 Jul 2019
Book

How to Be a Digital Platform Leader

challenge we see in platforms is that they are vehicles for good as well as evil. And the vast majority of platforms in the last 10 years were only focused on the good and not on the potential for evil. There are two theories about how to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

05 Aug 2002
What Do You Think?

Is Platform Leadership Old Hat or the Wave of the Future?

course, one can argue that this is what the highway system of the U.S. (or any country, for that matter) is all about. Or at a more micro level, it is what General Motors, Ford, and others created when they built a system of complementors based on the platform of the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

07 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

political process allows these taxes—or subsidies—to be hidden in rules, regulations, and foreign policy decisions. "The resulting market prices for energy should be enforced in international trade with border tariffs," Lassiter... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

03 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Web Services

to market, said Scott. Using Web services to streamline internal processes has reduced their vehicle design process from forty-eight to eighteen months. "You can't see middleware, but you can prove ROI... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Service

01 Feb 2017
What Do You Think?

Is the Next Jobs Crisis Just Ahead?

international competition as well as technological innovation. Now consider these facts: In the US, there are 10 non-governmental jobs in the service sector for every manufacturing job. The ratio is roughly comparable in Western Europe... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

23 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick

responsibility programs are basically funded by an internal tax within the company,” says Robert Kaplan, Senior Fellow and Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. “The good that such... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

05 Jan 2009
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles and Working Papers 2008

The story behind Dean Kamen's Segway scooter, and his combustive meeting with the kingpins of Apple and Amazon. Excerpt from Code Name Ginger. 5. Updating a Classic: Writing a Great Business Plan Harvard Business School professor William... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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