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  • 03 Feb 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Web Services

coding over a new solution." Using a common code base to build applications that automate repetitive tasks is key to serving the needs of various business partners. The Customer's View Representing the customer perspective, GM's CTO Tony Scott outlined transitions... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Service
  • 29 May 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Faculty Symposium Showcases Breadth of Research

hosting contests to find solutions to problems ranging from automotive design to cleaning up oil spills. Karim R. Lakhani has spent the past five years working with NASA, Harvard Medical School, and TopCoder to determine the most... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
  • 23 May 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

future direction in an automotive industry in the midst of a digital tornado with the arrival of autonomous, internetworked, clean-energy-propelled vehicles. Palmer’s Second Century Plan called for Aston... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 30 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 30

foreign capital may encourage entrepreneurship. We find that entrepreneurial activity is higher in industries that have a large share of foreign firms in vertically linked industries. Second, we find that entrepreneurial activity in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 24

their country's institutions, some have undertaken wholesale changes, while others have attempted to influence the rules in other countries. We survey past attempts at governance innovation, from private governance in India's industrial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Aug 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Cheap, Fast, and In Control: How Tech Aids Innovation

experimentation and are triggering fundamental changes in R&D processes and performance in such fields as integrated circuit design, automotive development, and pharmaceutical drug discovery. Computer modeling and simulation, rapid... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild
  • 30 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 30

and measure the degree of hierarchy in transactional relationships among firms and apply the methods to two large industrial sectors in Japan: automotive and electronics. We compiled the networks of firms... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 28

School Case 215-012 EcoMotors International Eco-Motors, funded in part by Khosla Ventures, has to decide how to go to market with a new technology for internal combustion engines for automotive and View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 20 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 20

Industry Author: Geoffrey Jones Publication: Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2010 Abstract The global beauty business permeates our lives, influencing how we perceive ourselves and what it is to be beautiful. The brands and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 2

sectors, and if so, what causes such variation. In this study, we use network-based methods of analysis to define and measure the degree of hierarchy in two industry sectors in Japan: automotive and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 24

global automotive industry had entered a deep crisis; in response, FIAT and Chrysler had forged a partnership, and Marchionne now found himself in the same situation again. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 24

Journal of Law & Economics Deregulation, Misallocation, and Size: Evidence from India By: Alfaro, Laura, and Anusha Chari Abstract—This paper examines the impact of the deregulation of compulsory industrial licensing in India on firm... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

Swiss Watchmaking By: Raffaelli, Ryan, and Richard DeJordy Abstract—This study examines how influential institutional leaders in the Swiss watch industry responded to its precipitous decline after the introduction of quartz technology.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 05 Nov 2009
  • Research & Ideas

A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?

agencies and automotive manufacturers that try to improve automotive safety benefit from research using cadavers. It does not help that many users seek the same "good" type of cadavers. A good... View Details
Keywords: by Michel Anteby; Health
  • 08 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 8, 2008

ethanol as an automotive fuel. Its business largely consists of buying corn and turning it into ethanol. MME's 40-million-gallon-per-year plant began production in February 2005 and, since that time, has exceeded all performance... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019

case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/516005-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 218-107 The TARP Bailouts: Saving the Banking and Automotive Industries Comparison of the U.S. Government response, using the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 14 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: February 14

automotive sector because of the presence of numerous inter-firm transaction cycles. These cycles, in turn, reveal that a significant group of firms have two-way "vertically permeable boundaries": (1) they participate in... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15

hierarchy in interfirm transaction networks in two industry sectors in Japan: automotive and electronics. Our empirical results show that the electronics sector exhibits a much lower degree of hierarchy than... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Jul 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide

appropriate staffing, and store layout. Everyone in retailing knows this, but basics are boring, and it's easy to lose sight of them. The U.S. automotive industry offers a cautionary tale of the perils of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Retail; Auto
  • 26 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

firm and industry heterogeneity and quasi-exogenous meteorological and sport events. The evidence suggests that family CEOs value—or can pursue—leisure activities relatively more than professional CEOs. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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