Digital Factory - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Nov 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

between the real and digital worlds prevents us from fully exploiting the volumes of information now available to us. Augmented reality (AR), a set of technologies that superimposes digital data and images... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 Jul 2021
News

Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

has converted part of her luxury accessory company's factory and is leading other New York City leather goods and apparel factories to produce 30-50,000 masks per week for Weill Cornell and other hospitals... View Details

05 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

important strategic considerations for managers selecting supplier factories and provide key insights for the design of transnational sustainability governance regimes. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2011
News

Making the Case for Leadership

Tushman and senior lecturer Mike Roberts, opens with Jamie Houghton (MBA 1962), the great-great-grandson of the company’s founder, taking over the corner office of his family’s firm. After a grooming process begun at a Corning lightbulb View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

27 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: September 27

but impressive digital empire, riding waves of viral content. CEO Ben Huh prided himself on his ability to go from idea to implementation in just a few days, but this just-in-time method made strategic planning difficult. Profitable from... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Faculty & Advisors | MBA

Data, and Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard, and a core faculty member in the new MS/MBA joint degree program. He is an expert in the management of innovation and new product development, with a focus on the design and deployment of View Details

24 Apr 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

suggest important strategic considerations for managers selecting supplier factories and provide key insights for the design of transnational sustainability governance regimes. Download working paper:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Apr 2023
News

Step Change

funds." A few years later, he adds, big acquisitions and IPOs started happening in the MENA region, catalyzing a virtuous cycle of entrepreneurial activity and investment: Amazon acquired Souq for $580 million in 2017 and Uber purchased Careem for $3.1 billion in 2019.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

13 Feb 2020
News

Not Throwing Away My Shot

his musket factory. And I also look at Oliver Ames who was making shovels just down the road from the Business School in Easton, Massachusetts, mechanizing that process. Now we start to get things like the telegraph and the railroad and you start to see these huge... View Details

10 Mar 2021
Blog Post

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace

changes ranging from the greater use of remote work and a permanent reduction in business travel to the accelerated adoption of digital technology as the most important changes spurred by the pandemic. I disagree. Those changes are... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Dec 2001
News

September 11: A Community Reflects

our factories humming, our economy growing, our nation thriving. We're part of the economy, and what we do influences the economy." GM's initial responses included donating $1 million to the American Red Cross Foundation, matching... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg

04 Dec 2012
First Look

First Look: December 4

businesses have developed codes of conduct and monitoring systems to ensure that working conditions in their supply chain factories meet global labor standards. Many observers have questioned whether these codes of conduct have any impact... View Details