Supply Effects - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”

businesses. In reorganizing to capitalize on its technology, Xerox created a new entity in 1989, headed by Robert Adams, that effectively established a third phase for managing spin-offs. Adams had created a new business for Xerox out of... View Details

Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Facing the New World Order

Because the two great disturbances that are shaking the world economy are the cyclical downturns in the United States, and especially in the information and communications technology sectors, and the global supply networks. That double... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

03 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?

weakening the conditions of credit supply (especially in a slowly recovering economy) and improving the soundness of the financial system. The interaction between regulators and the private sector is a crucial ingredient in getting these... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Banking; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

14 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 14, 2009

firm's capabilities to the client's needs. GEPs must be able to simultaneously manage a larger number of tasks, often under great time pressure. This case describes how a very effective GEP-Miles Everson, who was named one of the top 25... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn

effect, subsidizing others. Sooner or later, your competitors will tell them. Ben Shapiro: Performance pricers identify and deliver value effectively because they bring together the "cost counters" and the "value... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Consumer Products

13 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

Moss Kanter: I have for a long time been interested in all the institutions of a country that make a difference for the effectiveness of business and the prosperity of people. And I teach leadership, so I teach about running large... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

21 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill

previously learned about development seemed to be conflicting with what I was seeing in the field," she says. "I kept seeing situations in which people might seem to have access to various supplies and technologies, but they weren't able... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

27 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 27

enculturating new employees such that they develop pride in their new organization and internalize its values. Drawing on authenticity research, we propose that socialization leads to more effective employment relationships when it starts... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

20 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

and can afford good healthcare, you lack that foundation. If you don't have a governmental system that works effectively and delivers good public services, that's a drag on productivity. The United States used to be a uniquely productive... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin

02 Mar 2016
News

The New Space Race

total. The final frontier, it turns out, might just be the last great market. The Orbital Effect David Thompson President and CEO, Orbital ATK When Thompson launched Orbital in 1982, it became the first corporate space contractor in... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

01 Sep 2006
News

Light Years Ahead

and retaining faculty as well. On the incoming side, the tightening supply of new faculty is a concern, not just for us but also for business schools more broadly. At HBS, we seek out faculty candidates with a strong commitment to... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

19 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy

needs of different consumer groups. Casadesus-Masanell, the Herman C. Krannert Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and Hervás-Drane, assistant professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, found that competition has three main View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products

09 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

effects of their submissions on the other individuals in the workplace. We also find that offering employees project funding to implement their own proposals potentially backfires, undermining participation. And solicitations emphasizing... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2005
News

Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper

well-heeled clients. Savings and loans, desperate for high returns, made risky loans a business staple. And the Japanese, buoyed by a strong economy and low interest rates at home, swept in to buy up trophy properties at almost any asking price. “The total View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Real Estate

15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015

with direct incentives for CSR is an effective tool to increase firm social performance. The findings provide evidence identifying corporate governance as a determinant of managerial incentives for social performance and suggest that CSR... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

20 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 20

significantly higher for companies with a wider divergence between the corporate insiders' control rights and cash-flow rights, suggesting that companies whose corporate insiders have larger excess control rights are more financially constrained. The View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2010
News

MBAs on a Mission

their supply chains in the developing world. I wanted to get involved in that.” During his year as a Leadership Fellow at the WWF, Murphy served as director of enterprise planning and got to know the organization well enough to make a... View Details

Keywords: Sarah Auerbach;Deborah Blagg;Julia Hanna; Corporate Services; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Q3Q4 3.0 Strategy for Entrepreneurs Strategy, Entrepreneurial Management Rembrand Koning Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Supply Chain Management Technology & Operations Management Kris Ferreira Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 View Details

20 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

that his or her followers accord the organization, including its values, its charter, and those charged with serving as stewards of these critical aspects. We have yet to see Mr. Trump evidence such respect or incite it among his fellow Americans. Anyone we would say... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese