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- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
happens, the Lincoln Electric Company is now a thriving multinational—and its Cleveland plant remains as successful as ever." Good Wrap, Bum Wrap Case: Sealed Air Corporation Written: 1982 Copies Sold: 234,629 In 1971, T.J. Dermot... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
international students do seem more familiar with it from observing it in their own countries. As it happens, the Lincoln Electric Company is now a thriving multinational — and its Cleveland plant remains as successful as ever.” Good Wrap, Bum Wrap Case: Sealed View Details
- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
percent since before the industrial revolution. And that carbon dioxide stays in our air for hundreds of years. It will continue to warm the globe. So not only do we have to decarbonize our economy, we have... View Details
- Profile
Ben Faw
more private sector experience. Through a friend of a friend, he found an opportunity at Tesla Motors where he worked on global supply chain coordination. “I was impressed by what Elon Musk was trying to do to disrupt the auto industry... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Job Interviews
important; the rest of the meeting often serves to confirm an initial judgment made very early on.” That confirmation process frequently begins with an open-ended question such as, “Tell me about yourself,” which Butler views as a prime opportunity for applicants to... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
International. Saturday's discussion panels examined four main themes: restructuring and economic reforms, humancapital development, industry adaptation in Asia, and multinational corporations and entrepreneurship. A plenary panel on... View Details
- Web
Expansion of the Case Method | Baker Library
conditions.” (3) The legendary “Umpteenth Fighter Squadron” case used in the Army Air Forces Statistical School, for example, provided Air Force officers-in-training with the opportunity to diagnose... View Details
- September–October 2013
- Article
The Role of Organizational Scope and Governance in Strengthening Private Monitoring
By: Lamar Pierce and Michael W. Toffel
Governments and other organizations often outsource activities to achieve cost savings from market competition. Yet such benefits are often accompanied by poor quality resulting from moral hazard, which can be particularly onerous when outsourcing the monitoring and... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Decision Choices and Conditions; Corporate Accountability; Governance Compliance; Policy; Management Practices and Processes; Demand and Consumers; Market Design; Market Entry and Exit; Market Transactions; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Business Processes; Organizational Structure; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Expectations; Practice; Transportation; Transportation Industry; Service Industry; United States; New York (state, US)
Pierce, Lamar, and Michael W. Toffel. "The Role of Organizational Scope and Governance in Strengthening Private Monitoring." Organization Science 24, no. 5 (September–October 2013): 1558–1584. (Winner of the NBS Research Impact on Practice Award from the Academy of Management (AOM) and Network for Business Sustainability (NBS))
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
thousand hours in the F/A-18 Hornet. Flying from the USS Harry S. Truman during the Iraq campaign, he was in charge of fifteen to twenty other pilots and was awarded the Air Medal and two Navy Commendations for combat valor. Lloyd’s of... View Details
- 20 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 20
Industry Author: Geoffrey Jones Publication: Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2010 Abstract The global beauty business permeates our lives, influencing how we perceive ourselves and what it is to be beautiful. The brands and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jun 2011
- News
George Yeo: A Matter of Degrees
kind of undecided. Lam Chuan Leong (MBA ’78), who was my boss in the Air Force, had done his Harvard MBA and told me about his experience.” Yeo had interests beyond his science and engineering background in school and university, the... View Details
- 12 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Electric Mobility in India
across the country. Transportation stands as one of the leading contributors to global emissions, trailing only behind the power and industrial sectors. Consequently, the widespread adoption of electric... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Strike Up the Broad(band)
What did Time Warner have that AOL wanted? According to many industry observers, the driving force behind the proposed megamerger was AOL's strategic need to acquire access to the media giant's broadband hardware. HBS professor Stephen P.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Sorry, We’re All Out of Chilean Sea Bass
the ultimate answer is what some people call ocean zoning. Just as we have zones for people and buildings and other zones for nature, I think we need to do something similar in the sea to allow fish habitats that are not subject to the ravages of View Details
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IFC: India; Development While Decarbonizing - India’s Path to Net Zero - Course Catalog
zero, and the need and ways to build a sustainable future. Students will explore the balance of maintaining basic development goals, such as improving infrastructure, reducing poverty, energy access, housing, transport services, water,... View Details
- Fast Answer
Digital Innovation and Transformation: Resources useful for Course Assignments
black; border-left:none" valign="top"> Reports on major economic, scientific, and technological developments in industrial, pharmaceutical, and high technology worldwide. Topics covered include advanced materials, advanced View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Buy the Book
retailers (such as Wal-Mart and Costco) that only stock twenty or so bestsellers yet are responsible for 34 percent of book sales in the United States. “Something hits as a success and dominates the market,” Deighton comments. “It’s similar to what has happened in... View Details
- October 1996 (Revised April 1997)
- Case
Team New Zealand (A)
By: Marco Iansiti and Alan D. MacCormack
The case describes the development process used by Team New Zealand to design their two yachts for the 1995 America's Cup. During development, the team makes extensive use of simulation and physical prototyping to improve the initial design concept. As they approach... View Details
Keywords: Product Design; Design; Product Development; Sports; Ship Transportation; Research and Development; Situation or Environment; Decisions; Sports Industry; New Zealand
Iansiti, Marco, and Alan D. MacCormack. "Team New Zealand (A)." Harvard Business School Case 697-040, October 1996. (Revised April 1997.)
- 30 Jan 2006
- HBS Case
The Case of the Mystery Writer’s Brand
Patterson, and book clubs. In nineteenth-century agricultural marketing, farmers transported their crops to market and waited for people to buy them, much as the publishing industry today ships books to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Charlie Rose Interviews Goldman CEO Paulson
covered everything from the state of the U.S. stock market, to work-life balance, to international capital markets. The spirited conversation was one of two sessions held on campus that aired on the Charlie Rose show in the spring. Rose,... View Details