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01 Dec 2014
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Instilling Production with Principles

competitors in an industry often known for low wages and dismal environmental records. “We can be a catalyst of change,” says Yang, who is planning sustainability conferences and factory tours to share her company’s successful strategies. “We’re not going to just count... View Details

Keywords: April White; fashion; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2003
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Studying Japan from the Inside

quite a few companies face this issue. Another challenge is corporate governance. Historically, banks acted as monitors for Japanese companies, and the boards of Japanese companies were dominated by insiders. Last April, however, the View Details

Keywords: Cynthia Churchwell; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

February 2014
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BGI: Data-driven Research

By: Willy Shih and Sen Chai

BGI has the largest installed gene-sequencing capacity in the world, and to Zhang Gengyun, general manager of the Life Sciences Division, this represented an opportunity to apply his training as a plant breeder and his early career work as a biochemist to improving... View Details

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March 2005
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Henkel Iberica (A)

By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez, V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem

In 2002, Esteban Garriga, customer service director at Henkel Iberica, questions whether Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment (CPFR) would help manage retail promotions and limit their impact on the stock-outs and obsolete inventory. Describes the... View Details

Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Forecasting and Prediction; Price; Distribution Channels; Strategic Planning; Commercialization; Valuation; Rail Industry; Germany; Spain

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American Business History Records | Baker Library

German-born financier Henry Villard (1835-1900) played key roles in the financing of the transcontinental railroad and development of the electrical industry. R.G. Dun & Co. Credit Report Volumes Credit reports created by America's first View Details

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The NAAI Exhibition Opens - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

organizers paid homage to Alfred Stieglitz in a reception dedicated to the "dean of American photography." By the 1930s a new generation of photographers with a modernist sensibility pursued commercial photography as both an artistic... View Details

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Introduction - The Product - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

breakfast cereals. In the industrial photograph collection, business school students could study techniques of commercial photographers who exploited the dual nature of the medium: photographic realism (or the illusion of it) within a... View Details

25 Jun 2018
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Incubating Ideas for the ‘Water Economy’

water businesses and water policy from around the world to solve a particular water challenge, and then accepts the best ideas into an accelerator to advance them and help them reach commercial viability. We've had over 650 companies come... View Details

22 Feb 2017
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Funding Solar’s Future

SolarCity, Vivint and their ilk install individual solar projects on commercial and residential roofs, Barcott and McCready wanted to address the financing needs of the utility-scale solar developers, which provide power directly to the... View Details

Keywords: Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

29 Sep 2008
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Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel

his insights to set the stage. Senior Lecturer Clayton S. Rose, who for 20 years worked at JP Morgan & Company and headed global investment banking and global equity there, discussed the implications of change in commercial and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

29 Oct 2014
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Inventing Products is Less Valuable Than Inventing Ideas

not commercialize the innovations. It was Steve Jobs and his Apple team that saw the possibilities during visits in 1979 and made them the cornerstone of the Macintosh. In other words, while Xerox may have invented many wonderful things,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

20 Sep 2021
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Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment

joining HBS. Cal Brooks (MBA 2022, Section A), Summer Internship: Commercialization Strategy Intern at Malta Malta is building a new type of electro-thermal energy storage system that can collect and store energy from any source (i.e.... View Details

28 Jul 2009
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Business Summit: Real Estate

The crisis may have started with residential real estate but it is also affecting commercial real estate. Asset prices have fallen and are expect to decline further; there are likely to be massive defaults; and debt is virtually... View Details

Keywords: Re: Howard H. Stevenson; Construction; Real Estate

01 Dec 2017
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Bridging Domains

knowledge sharing across Harvard will spark multidisciplinary consideration of societal issues brought on by the rapid development and commercialization of technology and science. “I believe Harvard is well placed to help lead a national... View Details

11 Apr 2017
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Keeping the Missions Under Control

sets [I needed] and the blind spots I had that I was not aware of, working internationally, and working with our corporate partnerships, which is really kind of new for NASA. “We’re partnering with commercial entities like SpaceX and... View Details

24 Jun 2016
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Reinventing Pharma

and commercial operations before becoming the firm's head of operations and planning in 2014. In a recent interview, Donaldson told the industry website eyeforpharma.com that she credits Professor Clay Christensen and his work on... View Details

Keywords: Scientific Research and Development Services

17 Nov 2003
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The Business of Babies

commercial business," Spar said. "I think this is wrong. The demands of the parent will outweigh political and moral opposition." However, those who want to succeed in the market need to fight to shape property, privacy,... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

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Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems: Company, Industry, Market and Transaction Research

module on LSEG Workspace check out our Learn with Baker Library LSEG Workspace Introduction. Preqin
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01 Jun 2022
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Vision: Into the Breach

professionals from lawsuits filed by clients and customers (typically related to medical malpractice or errors in provided services). Diversifying its offerings will give At-Bay access to a larger market while further endearing it to the brokers who bundle various... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand

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Jonathan Evans

of conversation.” Yet Jonathan finds unity within the diversity. “The thread that connects students here is a true desire to make an impact on the world, in whatever field they’re passionate about,” he says. “When I was twelve, my father died in a View Details

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