Machinery and Machining - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Mar 2010
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the price of capital across countries. This strategy is motivated by the fact that most countries import the bulk of machinery equipment from a small number of industrialized countries. We find the price of imported capital goods to be... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

June 20, 2023
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Cautious Adoption of AI Can Create Positive Company Culture

By: Joseph Pacelli and Jonas Heese

Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Organizational Culture; Employees

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02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016

forthcoming Journal of Accounting Research Causal Inference in Accounting Research By: Gow, Ian D., David F. Larcker, and Peter C. Reiss Abstract—This paper examines the approaches accounting researchers use to draw causal inferences... View Details

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Omowale Casselle

of incoming samples from our brand partners (P&G, Unilever, Elizabeth Arden), that our field team keeps our machines running and fully stocked with sample inventory, and... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Consumer Products

23 Mar 2020
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Product Disasters Can Be Fertile Ground for Innovation

companies can more nimbly pursue innovation. “In this case, the bigger players were able to integrate this radical technology into their existing machines without being disruptive,” says Galasso. “It didn’t require a substantial redesign... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

27 Jan 2015
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Publications January 2015 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Do Strict Capital Requirements Raise the Cost of Capital? Bank Regulation, Capital Structure, and the Low Risk Anomaly By: Baker,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

October 20, 2020
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Expanding AI's Impact with Organizational Learning

By: Sam Ransbotham, Shervin Khodabandeh, David Kiron, François Candelon, Michael Chu and Burt LaFountain

Most companies developing AI capabilities have yet to gain significant financial benefits from their efforts. Only when organizations add the ability to learn with AI do significant benefits become likely. View Details

Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Learning; Adoption

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11 Sep 2012
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Precision Machining Ramana Nanda and James McQuadeHarvard Business School Case 813-036 For the second time in fourteen months, Christopher Owen, the second-generation owner of Owen's Precision View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Oct 2012
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PublicationsEnterprise Analytics: Optimize Performance, Process, and Decisions Through Big Data Author:Thomas H. Davenport Publication:FT Press, 2012 Abstract This book, an edited collection of research papers from the International... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Oct 2011
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PublicationsCapitalism at Risk: Rethinking the Role of Business Authors:Joseph Bower, Herman B. Leonard, and Lynn S. Paine Publication:Harvard Business Review Press, 2011 Abstract The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people... View Details

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05 Mar 2013
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rapid business and stock price growth. He questioned Green Mountain, the maker of Keurig single-serve coffee machines and their famous K-Cups, about their growth prospects,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Jul 2001
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How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future

Cash Register Company and was under indictment for criminal violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act. There was more than one raised eyebrow when he took over at C-T-R. Undaunted, Watson set about to build the company—which he re-named... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow

20 Aug 2013
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Buildings By: Herron, J., Amy C. Edmondson, and Robert G. Eccles, Jr. Abstract—Buildings are the nation's greatest energy consumers. Forty percent of all our energy is used for heating, cooling, lighting, View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

23 Jun 2021
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One More Way the Startup World Hampers Women Entrepreneurs

Female-focused products experience less growth To test that effect, the researchers examined some 6,000 products released on Product Hunt in a two-year period between 2016 and 2018. Using machine learning,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

13 Jul 2020
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Locally Grown

pharmaceutical machinery sector. With the natural beauty of the Rocky Mountains as a backdrop for his career decision, Fenwick-Smith became increasingly interested in climate change and what the business... View Details

Keywords: April White

03 Mar 2015
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model, the company would sell sequencers at a higher price to those entities that already purchased sequencers, primarily major research labs and pharmaceutical firms, but position its machine as a faster... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Oct 2016
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October 11, 2016

Paris,” among other awards, for its innovation and performance. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/617007-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 516-046 Spotify In November 2014, Spotify's chief content officer Ken... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Mengjie "Magie" Cheng

Magie Cheng (she/her) worked for a social network company in their machine learning group and spent much of her time analyzing user behavior for a wide range of social networking applications. She became... View Details

01 Dec 2015
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3-Minute Briefing: Michelle Ross (MBA 2011)

Math and science were always a part of me. And I’m the oldest child in my family, too, so I don’t want to say that I like to boss people around—but it came more naturally to me to delegate. Kettering... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing