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  • 04 Mar 2013
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Lessons from Running GM’s OnStar

third party, the human equivalent of Switzerland," he says. Moreover, GM had recently sent Huber to the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, where he became the first private sector civilian to graduate from a program aimed at... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Auto
  • 20 Jul 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Markets or Communities? The Best Ways to Manage Outside Innovation

Gamble and IBM have learned to do this—others can learn as well. In a similar way there is concern about loss of secrecy. The reality in most industries is that most firms have a reasonably good idea about the core products, services, and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology
  • 18 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 18

the ratings. Our tests examine whether these forms of disclosure reflect firms' real efforts to combat corruption or are cheap talk. We find that the ratings are related to enforcement and monitoring, country and industry corruption risk,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 14

  Publications October 2014 Journal of International Economics The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Xiaoyang Chen Abstract—The explosion of multinational activities in recent decades is rapidly transforming the global landscape... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: February 14

sector had adopted that practice. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-076.pdf Emergent Design: Creating a New Business in a Nascent Industry Authors:Tiona Zuzul and Amy C. Edmondson... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 03 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 3

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-005.pdf The Influence of Prior Industry Affiliation on Framing in Nascent Industries: The Evolution of Digital Cameras Authors:Mary J. Benner and Mary Tripsas Abstract New... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

development of the U.S. railroad industry in the latter half of the 19th century. Al went straight to the sources and expanded upon them in a series of important articles in the Business History Review. That work developed into his... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
  • 07 Nov 2006
  • First Look

First Look: November 7, 2006

engineering development and construction projects. In what ways are the challenges of managing large, complex projects different from the challenges of managing other large industrial activities? How is it possible to evaluate the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 19, 2007

FDI" in several different ways. First, we look at the possibility that the effects of FDI differ by sector. Second, we differentiate FDI based on objective qualitative industry characteristics including the average skill intensity... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 11

and publishing activities. Second, entrepreneurs engaged in the creation of industry associations which could advocate, as well as give the nascent industry credibility and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Aug 2024
  • Op-Ed

What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago

immigrants favored the increase in industrialization as well as the establishment of more and larger firms, and then grew over time. “After 1880, parts of the US West that were more impacted by the Chinese Exclusion Act grew at... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
  • 18 Mar 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]

plans — the latter evolving with guidance from venture capitalists, attorneys, and business "incubators" who specialize in nurturing nascent firms for an ownership stake or fees. For those who listen, Hart and the participating... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
  • 02 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 2

capture important information seemingly ignored by the market. A long-short portfolio based on these legislators' views earns abnormal returns of over 90 basis points per month following the passage of legislation. Industries that we... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 23 Oct 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

construct narratives explaining the dynamics of three nascent technical systems: early aircraft, high-speed steel in machine tools, and container shipping. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55140... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 15 Dec 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

pairwise industry and establishment level and measure agglomeration in a global and continuous metric space. These indices exhibit distinct advantages compared to traditional measures of agglomeration including the independence on the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 5

Life after Clocky Elie Ofek and Jill AveryHarvard Business School Case 511-134 Gauri Nanda, the inventor of Clocky, the alarm clock that rolls off the bed stand and forces its owner to find it, has to make critical decisions regarding the future of her View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Nov 2015
  • First Look

November 3, 2015

models in the operations management literature. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=47633 Harvard Business School Case 816-028 Duetto: Industry Transformation with Big Data No abstract available at this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Sep 2003
  • Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act

perspectives, or points of view. "There's got to be a plausible tension in the case," says W. Carl Kester, chair of the M.B.A. program and Industrial Bank of Japan professor of finance. "It's what allows me to build a... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
  • 29 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 29, 2007

Spain, was expanding and wanted to exploit customer information to increase commercial effectiveness. At the same time, it was pushing for innovation in the nascent Spanish credit card market. To avoid the considerable investments of time... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Jan 2018
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January 30, 2018

flash sales industry was created using this idea as a cornerstone of its business strategy. In this paper, we identify and investigate a new reason why frequent assortment rotations can be valuable to a retailer, particularly for products... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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