Wood Product Manufacturing - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Aug 2010
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data with firm-level financial data, we find evidence that differs from prior literature. Instead of reducing expenditures to boost earnings, soup manufacturers roughly double the frequency and change the mix of marketing promotions... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

negative productivity effects of WFA, due to a lack of learning from co-located peers and increased coordination costs. We study the effects of WFA on productivity at the United States Patent and Trademark... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

06 Nov 2012
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improvements in outcomes such as productivity and longevity, and that good nuts-and-bolts management at individual firms shapes national performance. At 14 textile manufacturers in India, for example, an... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Sep 2008
HBS Case

The Value of Environmental Activists

There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

14 Jul 2010
Working Paper Summaries

From Russia with Love: The Impact of Relocated Firms on Incumbent Survival

Keywords: by Oliver Falck, Christina Guenther, Stephan Heblich & William R. Kerr; Manufacturing

12 Jul 2011
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HawkinsHarvard Business School Case 111-065 CFO of German heavy equipment manufacturer examines through company examples potential impact of proposed changes to revenue recognition rules. Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 2009
News

One Man Crime Wave

novel, The Brass Cupcake, he wrote, “Today as a writer, I am a small businessman in a highly competitive field, fabricating a product for sale in a buyers’ market, and required to establish my own merchandising and marketing procedures.”... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; fiction writing; Arts, Entertainment; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

08 Nov 2011
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functions under affine cost functions. We first characterize the equilibrium behavior of this class of models in the case where each product in the market is sold by a separate, independent firm, and customers share a common income level.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Feb 2011
News

The Yella Fella Rides Again

Keywords: Wood Product Manufacturing; Wood Product Manufacturing

September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
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Leadership and Teaming

By: Ethan Bernstein

Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details

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06 Dec 2011
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achieve better outcomes in competitive contexts. Working PapersAre There Too Many Safe Securities? Securitization and the Incentives for Information Production Authors:Samuel G. Hanson and Adi Sunderam Abstract We present a model that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2013
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Entrepreneurs, Firms and Global Wealth since 1850

By: G. Jones

This working paper integrates the role of entrepreneurship and firms into debates on why Asia, Latin America and Africa were slow to catch up with the West following the Industrial Revolution and the advent of modern economic growth. It argues that the currently... View Details

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21 May 2013
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based upon firm and agglomeration economy traits. We test our framework on the U.S. location choices of new manufacturing entrants between 1985 and 1994 and find that firms are far more attracted to skilled labor and specialized suppliers... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Nov 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Carbon Tariffs: Impacts on Technology Choice, Regional Competitiveness, and Global Emissions

Keywords: by David F. Drake; Manufacturing

10 May 2020
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Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers

amazing “village” we have. Best mama hack: Invite people into your life. Favorite quarantine activity? Blueberry pancakes on a weekday morning!! Ashley Chang | Class of 2021 Little(s): Jonas (4), Clement (1) Pre-HBS Industry: Tech, View Details

05 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV

premium? "I think the central question posed by the cases—and we can generalize this more broadly beyond Porsche—is, what difference does location make in a globalized world? Can products just be View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Manufacturing; Manufacturing

28 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

B2B Branding: Does it Work?

ingredient brand. It makes zero sales to end consumers, yet Intel built a consumer demand pull for its chips that required every PC manufacturer to incorporate them and to advertise Intel Inside on their View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Consumer Products

24 Oct 2024
Blog Post

Trailblazing Success with Global Reach and Impact: Scott Wallinger (AMP 82, 1979)

executives decide which divisions to sell and which companies to buy. Coming from a manufacturing background, I was more focused on enhancing manufacturing efficiency, modernizing operations, and expanding... View Details

10 Apr 2013
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Tapped In

steady income, provide carbon sequestration and protection for the land's underground water reservoirs, and—eventually—may help increase resin production for T&R. Eventually, Arias-King hopes to help communities in Mexico plant a total of... View Details

Keywords: pine resin; Wood Product Manufacturing; Wood Product Manufacturing; Wood Product Manufacturing; Wood Product Manufacturing

George H. Mead

Mead, who started his career as a chemist and pulp mill foreman, built a paper mill empire. His knowledge of the manufacturing process and the paper market resulted in a steady expansion of the business. Mead was also active in the... View Details

Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry

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First Look: August 17

New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

First Look: November 6

The Value of Environmental Activists

From Russia with Love: The Impact of Relocated Firms on Incumbent Survival

First Look: July 12

One Man Crime Wave

First Look: Nov. 8

The Yella Fella Rides Again

Leadership and Teaming

First Look: Dec. 6

Entrepreneurs, Firms and Global Wealth since 1850

First Look: May 21

Carbon Tariffs: Impacts on Technology Choice, Regional Competitiveness, and Global Emissions

Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers

HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV

B2B Branding: Does it Work?

Trailblazing Success with Global Reach and Impact: Scott Wallinger (AMP 82, 1979)

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