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  • March 1983 (Revised January 1984)
  • Case

Merloni Group

By: Christopher A. Bartlett
The general manager of the recently-established French subsidiary of an Italian appliance company is in conflict with headquarters about unexpectedly poor financial performance. Headquarters management believes it should be able to exert more control over the... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Trade; Organizational Structure; Performance Evaluation; Power and Influence; France; Italy
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  • 2009
  • Report

Clusters and Dubai's Competitiveness

By: Christian H.M. Ketels
The Dubai Cluster Competitiveness Report presents a consistent analysis of the four clusters that currently dominate the Dubai economy: construction, financial services, tourism, and transportation and logistics. Each of the four cluster chapter provides a profile of... View Details
Keywords: Economy; Industry Clusters; Performance Evaluation; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Construction Industry; Financial Services Industry; Tourism Industry; Transportation Industry; Dubai
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  • 26 Apr 2011
  • Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities
  • 01 Apr 1999
  • News

Africa Business Club Discusses Continent's Opportunities

"a growth-enhancing and stable macroeconomic framework that rewards productivity and creativity." Susan E. Rice, U.S. assistant secretary for African Affairs, was the distinguished luncheon speaker. Citing indicators of Africa's "improved View Details
  • 06 Dec 2021
  • News

Research Brief: Launching into a Downturn

labor market—but stays the same for those in more stable job categories. Examining the performance of 3,025 founders and their 1,747 startups in the biotechnology and medical-device sectors during previous View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 15 Sep 2016
  • News

US Competitiveness Report Sees ‘A Nation Divided’

fact-based, nonpartisan effort to understand what makes the US economy competitive. In 2016, with US economic performance lackluster and the public discourse in this critical presidential campaign muddled,... View Details
  • 29 Jun 2009
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Leading Change

can I do? What are key enterprise risk-management strategies? How Do I Build My Business In This Environment? Building Businesses in Turbulent Times An economic crisis is a charter for business leaders to rewrite and rethink how they do... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 29 Dec 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Read Our Most Popular Research Stories of 2019

experimentation will improve performance over time. However, the benefits of experimentation vary. Managerial Quality and Productivity Dynamics Which managerial skills, traits, and practices matter most for productivity? Going Digital:... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 1999
  • News

Short Takes

They also must create value when their inputs and outputs are valued at prevailing market prices: otherwise they cannot stay in business. "Realistic assessments of a country's or firm's sustainability need to consider its economic View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
  • 10 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: First Look: October 10

detail, and supporting economic data is provided. By enabling an analysis of how long and how aggressively an artist should be supported before commercial success is achieved, serves as a vehicle for contrasting different approaches to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Feb 1998
  • News

New Releases

American and European MNCs. Writing for managers who seek to boost firm performance and for academics interested in organizational design, the authors detail how MNCs can fully tap the value creation potential of their globally... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
  • 26 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

firm to examine how such changes may affect the accumulation of experience within, and the performance of, teams. We find that the level of team familiarity (i.e., the average number of times that each member has worked with every other... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 14, 2009

Bradley R. Staats and David M. Upton Abstract While the concepts of lean production are frequently applied in service organizations, there is little work that rigorously has examined implementing lean production in contexts other than manufacturing, as well as lean... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • December 2010
  • Case

Oral Rehydration Therapy

By: Nava Ashraf and Claire Qureshi
This case highlights the puzzlingly high rate of diarrhea-related child mortality in developing countries despite the existence of a simple, effective treatment: oral rehydration therapy (ORT). ORT treated extreme dehydration caused by diarrhea, which was a leading... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Innovation Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Developing Countries and Economies; Technological Innovation; Distribution Channels; Emerging Markets; Consumer Behavior; Performance Consistency; Performance Evaluation; Health Industry; Africa; Asia
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  • 05 Feb 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 5

differentiation: de-emphasizing the strategic orientation their main rival is emphasizing. Finally, we show that the greater the competitive intensity, the greater the contribution strategic orientation differentiation has on business performance. Boardroom Centrality... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Article

Regulation and UK Retailing Productivity: Evidence from Microdata

By: Jonathan Haskel and Raffaella Sadun
We explore the effects of planning regulation on the UK retail sector between 1997 and 2003 using micro-data from the UK census. We document a shift to smaller shops following a 1996 regulatory change that increased the costs of opening large stores. Our analysis... View Details
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Performance Productivity; Growth and Development; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Change; Cost; Retail Industry; United Kingdom
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  • 23 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 23, 2008

Media.) Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-039.pdf From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America Authors:Marion Fourcade and Rakesh Khurana... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • April 2003 (Revised July 2003)
  • Teaching Note

Singapore Inc. (TN)

By: Richard H.K. Vietor
Teaching Note for (9-703-040). View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Growth and Development Strategy; Taxation; Industry Clusters; Competitive Strategy; Foreign Direct Investment; Policy; Organizational Culture; Saving; Performance Productivity; Balance and Stability; China; Singapore
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  • 01 Dec 2010
  • News

Eight Join HBS Faculty

teaches the first-year course Technology and Operations Management. His research focuses on techniques to evaluate and improve the performance of complex systems in the airline and sports industries. Fearing earned his Ph.D. from MIT in... View Details
  • 27 Jan 2003
  • Research & Ideas

New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities

economic development decisions to a new level of sophistication. In a cluster, a company can draw on a local supplier base of skilled people, specialized service providers, and local institutions that can provide training and View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne