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- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation
understood or utilized in practice. It consists of actions to set up and modify the architecture of the negotiation itself — that is, to determine who takes part under what expectations, the sequence in which they are brought into the... View Details
Keywords: by Anita M. Harris
- 15 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Growing Pains: Prescriptions for U.S. Health Care
companies to develop ever more sophisticated technologies, products, and systems — typically for the market's high end, where margins are greatest. However, the market's ability to utilize and pay for these advances grows more slowly,... View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 17
Abraham Neyman Abstract—Building on the work of Nash, Harsanyi, and Shapley, we define a cooperative solution for strategic games that takes account of both the competitive and the cooperative aspects of such games. We prove existence in the general non-transferable... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
LEED-ing by Example
In the debate over whether to increase or decrease the stringency of environmental regulations, the possibility that government agencies might use purchasing to stimulate market demand for "green" products and services is often overlooked. Nevertheless, several recent... View Details
- December 1993 (Revised June 2000)
- Case
Kochman, Reidt + Haigh, Inc.
By: Richard S. Ruback and Roy Burstin
A small company faces the dilemma of how to finance growth (i.e., internally generated cash flows vs. outside financing sources). An innovative concept positions the company in promoting a niche within the kitchen-cabinet industry and in looking for an optimal way of... View Details
Keywords: Cash Flow; Business Growth and Maturation; Entrepreneurship; Corporate Finance; Growth and Development Strategy; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry
Ruback, Richard S., and Roy Burstin. "Kochman, Reidt + Haigh, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 294-056, December 1993. (Revised June 2000.)
- 18 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas, April 18
trend is the use of online tools to improve physical asset utilization in many traditional off-line businesses. This article discusses the water industry as an example, and the organizational changes and levers relevant to extracting... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire
between the goals of academia and the goals of a corporation in utilizing neuroscience. For Karmarkar, her work falls into the category of decision neuroscience, which is the study of what our brains do as we make choices. She harbors no... View Details
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
governments. Using proprietary data, we show that politicians strategically use these products to increase chances of being re-elected. Consistent with greater incentives to hide the cost of debt, toxic loans are utilized significantly... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- January 1996
- Teaching Note
Dividend Policy at FPL Group, Inc. (A) and (B) TN
By: Benjamin C. Esty
Teaching Note for (9-295-059) and (9-295-106). View Details
- Working Paper
Electrification to Grow Manufacturing? Evidence from Mini-Grids in Nepal
By: Robyn C. Meeks, Hope F. Thompson and Zhenxuan Wang
Firms in developing countries often identify electricity as a major constraint to operations. Decentralized renewable energy sources could help alleviate these constraints. We investigate whether electrification in Nepal -- via microhydro plants and their mini-grids --... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Renewable Energy; Infrastructure; Economic Growth; Employment; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry
Meeks, Robyn C., Hope F. Thompson, and Zhenxuan Wang. "Electrification to Grow Manufacturing? Evidence from Mini-Grids in Nepal." Duke Global Working Paper Series, No. 36, March 2021.
- December 2010
- Supplement
Urban Water Partners (A) Spreadsheet Solutions (CW)
By: Karthik Ramanna and George Serafeim
Teaching Note for Spreadsheet (111701). View Details
- December 1993 (Revised April 1995)
- Case
Hydro-Quebec: Developing Grande Baleine
Vietor, Richard H.K. "Hydro-Quebec: Developing Grande Baleine." Harvard Business School Case 794-077, December 1993. (Revised April 1995.)
- 01 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?
second of these books, Exponential Organizations (“ExOs”), explores the impact of new technologies on organizations. These are organizations driven by such things as AI, robotics, biotech and bioinformatics, data science, and 3D printing. Among other things, they staff... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors
surprising given the disruptions in those fields. But other industries scored more dismally in this area; for example, only 13 percent of directors in energy and utilities ranked innovation to be of top importance. Groysberg finds that... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 18 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 18, 2016
Christopher Parsons Abstract—The global distribution of talent is highly skewed and the resources available to countries to develop and utilize their best and brightest vary substantially. The migration of skilled workers across countries... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
Who Sways the USDA on GMO Approvals?
increases by public utilities commissions. Regulators Must Recognize Influencers To the degree these third-party stakeholders do have influence, it complicates the traditional models of regulatory capture. On the one hand, it is perhaps a... View Details
- 24 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 24
than predicted in equilibrium. Because talk is preference revealing, it may effectively frame bargaining around a logic of fairness or competition, moving parties on a path toward or away from equal-division agreements. These endogenous framing effects may outweigh any... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative
private plans need to increase the value they provide to patients and the system as a whole. To read more: Robert Huckman and Gary Pisano, "The Firm Specificity of Individual Performance: Evidence from Cardiac Surgery," [PDF] Management Science Robert Huckman, "The... View Details
- 11 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018
assemblers in Germany and Turkey with many of their parts suppliers, but it had also developed key links in fast-fashion supply chains. It used combinations of land, short-sea, and rail routes to provide different levels of service. The challenge was maximizing View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Mar 2006
- What Do You Think?
The China Dilemma for U.S. Firms: Comply, Resist, or Leave?
utilities that handle sometimes sensitive information on a worldwide basis. Arguments for shutting down service in China include the importance of taking a stand against an oppressive government and its policies, refusing to compromise an... View Details