Rubber - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Jul 2013
Op-Ed

Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In

Once the hub of American manufacturing, Detroit is in a long state of economic decline. The rubber finally hit the road last week, when the city filed for bankruptcy protection. The challenges ahead for those that call the Motor City home... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber, Robert C. Pozen, Eric D. Werker & Benjamin Kennedy; Auto

01 Mar 2004
News

Toy Story

development experts who guide product development. “This isn’t a group that just rubber stamps what we do,” explains Moynihan. “They are brutally honest with us.” The philosophy at LEGO focuses on playful learning, and that philosophy has... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; toys; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Oct 2002
News

What's Cookin'

on-site visits. "The rubber meets the road in the stores - it's important for everyone in the corporate office to remain focused on that fact and get out there with some regularity." On store visits, Castaldo puts himself in the... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia

01 Dec 2000
News

A Plastic Fantastic Friendship

A. Reynolds Morse (MBA 1939), founder of Ohio-based Injection Molders Supply Company and a longtime friend of artist Salvador Dalí, died last August in Florida. He was, the St. Petersburg Times (August 22, 2000) reported, "a political conservative who developed a... View Details

Keywords: Salvador Dali; Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing; Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing; Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing; Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing

24 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

How Kayak Users Built a New Industry

firms in an industry adhere to. For example, the dominant design in automobiles today has a gasoline engine, four wheels with rubber tires, a steering wheel, a closed body, and automatic transmission. Designers may change the attributes... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation

01 Sep 2010
News

RX for Change

groups are where the rubber hits the road,” Grant comments. “You get a sense of how people are really applying what they’re learning.” With participants from countries as far-flung as Nigeria, Ireland, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia, there’s... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2017
News

City of Dreams

decision maker. It’s not possible to simply rubber stamp his vision for the city. But he has found the flexibility to insert himself in multiple committees focused on his chief concerns. Yes, as head of investments, he does speak to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

12 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: Jan. 12

(e.g., rubber and coffee) ended up having higher revenues per capita and, thus, lower cost of capital. We also explain that the variation in revenues per capita was both a product of the variation in natural endowments (i.e., the fact... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 2

capacity to pay. We use a newly created database with state-level fiscal and risk premium data for Brazil states between 1891 and 1930 to show that in Brazilian states that exported commodities that were in high in demand (e.g., rubber... View Details