Productivity Gains - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2007
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Lighten Up

trade organization, the Outdoor Industry Association. In 1999 GoLite introduced its first line of products. They consisted of Jardine designs to be used together: backpack, sleeping pad and bag, insulated clothing, tent, umbrella, and other gear. Total weight: about 9... View Details

Keywords: Kathryn Jones; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade

26 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 26

Public School Districts Author:Stacey Childress Abstract This working paper offers concrete examples of improved productivity and efficiencies at the district level, drawing from the author's experience working with districts and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer

[implicit federal guarantees] by that very process. Third, you're assuming that we can know in advance every institution that's systemically risky, but I don't think that's possible. Finally, why do we assume that it's just institutions? Sometimes rapidly growing new... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services

27 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured

high-status people who have gained a wide-ranging knowledge of the business based on long, varied experience across clients and even industries, as well as their formal training and education. Customer-specific experts know their client... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

16 May 2005
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Confronting the Reality of Web Services

services, what benefits have they realized? Do they gain competitive advantage? A: It sure looks like Amazon and eBay are strengthening their positions and continuing to grow by using Web services well. I studied an effort by IBM and its... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant

06 May 2002
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Profits for Nonprofits: Earning Your Own Way

within Share Our Strength, an anti-poverty nonprofit. He said that nonprofit senior management needs to buy in to the business idea for it to succeed. If the idea is shunted off to junior staff members it will never gain traction, he... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

29 Apr 2002
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Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services

But this is a far cry from the PSF CEO, who lives and works among her "shareholders." She passes them in the hall, eats lunch with them, and has to guide them productively to accomplish her objectives. Even if they work in... View Details

Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney

12 Oct 1999
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Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups

engineers, for example, brought in anthropologists to help them design copiers that were more user-friendly. And Genzyme leavened the impact of the lawyers on its regulatory team with a sprinkling of scientists and liberal arts graduates. The result was an innovative... View Details

Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron

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Articles - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

to determine whether TDABC could improve the accuracy of cost information and identify value-improvement opportunities for two types of heart-value procedures. Using TDABC, leaders gained a detailed look into process steps that could be... View Details

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WesTrek 2025: Exploring the future of tech in Silicon Valley - Recruiting

engaged in candid discussions with CEOs, founders, VPs, and directors across functions including product management, finance, and go-to-market strategy. These sessions provided students with not only business insights but also personal... View Details

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Print View - Course Catalog

product management, entrepreneurship, and venture capital. Students will analyze how firms digitize services and supply chains, streamline processes, and implement new business models. They will gain... View Details

20 Mar 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018

Michigan, essentially halted the corporation’s U.S. production and resulted in significant gains for the nascent United Automobile Workers of America union and the Committee for Industrial Organization, both... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 1996
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Four Professors to Retire

Systems and Control, Management Information Systems, Foundations of Computer Systems, Management of Natural Resources, and Management of Nonprofit Organizations. He also taught the required MBA courses Production and Operations Management... View Details

Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage

06 May 2008
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First Look: May 6, 2008

of two sequentially rented movies has more should and fewer want characteristics than the second film. Similarly, we also predict and find that should DVDs are held significantly longer than want DVDs within-customer. Finally, we find that as the same customers View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy

manufacturing. And thanks to the war, Doriot has gained a lifetime of experience in organizing and managing new ventures in a pressure-cooker environment. It is not surprising, then, that the former head of the New England Council's... View Details

Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante

17 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs

be able to experiment with the economics and logistics of a pizza business and gain firsthand experience of his customers as well. The outlet was an instant hit, but Pujals resisted the temptation to immediately replicate it. He waited a... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle

01 Feb 2000
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No Place Like Home

those costs tend to offset any tax-base revenues gained from housing. By contrast, with light industry, towns get the tax base without having to add a lot of social services. So communities that are chasing after business to locate in... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Oct 2002
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The Class of 1977

two years at Soldiers Field had prepared us to size up a competitor, motivate employees, and gain market share, but we could not have anticipated the many other ways in which our leadership skills would be put to the test. Much has been... View Details

Keywords: Desmond Wong

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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition

2001 Bluesolid (now Appear Networks) has created a software company focusing on WLAN and Bluetooth networks (the so-called WLAN hotspots). The company has gained 15 large corporate customers during its first year of activity, and garnered... View Details

01 Dec 2013
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Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL

some $10 billion in annual revenues, the NFL wants more—lots more. Its goal is to boost that number to $25 billion annually by 2027. Getting there may not be easy. The league's focus on expansion relies on gaining ground with new US fan... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Management; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

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