Factory Conditions - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide

Fisher write that "well-designed incentives are a necessary condition for rocket science retailing to work." What are some typical sources of incentive misalignment? How can incentive misalignment be reduced or overcome? A: We... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Retail; Auto

14 Nov 2007
First Look

First Look: November 14, 2007

more demanding. Purchase this exercise: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208045 'Shad' Process Flow Design Exercise Harvard Business School Exercise 608-072 Provides detailed instructions to prepare for View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Dec 2021
News

What's the Word?

relatively high costs for labor and energy as well as the investment and time required to build factories in a country that has much more stringent environmental standards. “COVID-19 has changed only a few of the variables across... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Martha Rich; Manufacturing; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

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... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 Aug 2002
Op-Ed

Using Big Business to Fight Poverty

manufacturing facilities in the country increase their local content. To address both problems at once, Joachim Zahn, the head of DaimlerBenz in Brazil, arranged with POEMA, a local antipoverty program in Belem, to construct a modern, high-tech View Details

Keywords: by George C. Lodge

29 Mar 2023
News

Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria

factory production to aid victims. It has also sheltered more than 3.000 people in its network of factories, farms, and distribution centers, while its employees have taken part in search and rescue efforts. “In the long term, many... View Details

15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15

Innovation Authors:Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Publication:Journal of Financial Economics Abstract We find that VC-backed firms receiving their initial investment in hot markets are more likely to go bankrupt, but conditional... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn

almost any business action, especially in tough and uncertain economic conditions when price is a key and visible strategic choice. Conventional wisdom has firms cutting price in these circumstances. But most industries typically allow... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Consumer Products

02 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 2

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=14-062.pdf September 2014 Managing Consumer Services: Factory or Theater Customer Experience and Service Design By: Karmarkar, Uday, and Uma R. Karmarkar Abstract—While services already... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Mar 2021
Blog Post

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace

a leader who saw one-third of his factory workers get COVID; many of them died. A number of CEOs have gotten COVID, too, but it really is their loved ones, not their personal safety they are worrying about. Because we are all going... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008

work of a UNIX systems lab technician in the 21st century differs extravagantly from the work of a factory worker 100, or even 20, years earlier. In this paper, we argue that technological transformations now underway create the potential... View Details