Total Factor Productivity - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 6

activities increase the monitoring costs and the credit risk faced by banks and, in turn, raise the cost of debt for the borrower. Working Papers A New Model of Integrity: The Missing Factor of Production... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018

minutes at minimal cost with no branding or design skills required. As it sets out to raise its Series B, the founders make some critical changes to their business model, moving to a subscription model and adding additional products and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

12 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 12

explanatory factor is the impact that commodities have on the 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 Brazilian states with... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

You, our readers, are especially hungry for information about individual leadership, according to a tally of the most-read feature stories and faculty working papers over the past year, half of which focused either on how to be a better leader or on the View Details

Keywords: by Staff

18 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?

through the years sharp rises in agricultural production and population quickly depleted the local water supplies. In response, the state and federal governments stepped in and created a water infrastructure of dams and aqueducts that... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Agriculture & Agribusiness

01 Mar 2024
News

The Exchange: Takeaways from the Takedown

To me, it’s really the human-psychology factor playing out in a new setting. Eugene Soltes: When I look at the failures at FTX, I see a company that grew dramatically, and at some point between day one and the day it ultimately fell, they... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Oct 2002
News

Sam Hayes

have meat inspectors stamping each individual steer. The meat packers themselves must make sure that all the product they sell is of good quality, as represented. I believe the regulatory tools we have in place are enough. Considering its... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Operations and the Competitive Edge

required to create and deliver a product or service, from procurement through conversion to distribution." In the following interview, Hayes explains why operations usually gets relegated to a support role and what needs to be done... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

11 May 2017
News

Going with the Flow

come to fruition and become real, productive companies. “I remember my dad visiting ViaCord in the early days, when I had only 10 employees. He came in and said, ‘Where’s your cash register? I don’t hear the cash register ringing.’ That... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

29 Oct 2007
HBS Case

Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement

sports industry accounted for around $50 billion in revenues in the United States in 2007, up from just under $35 billion in 2001. On a global scale, total revenues are expected to be nearly $100 billion this year, compared with $70... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Sports

17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17

level, an organization has to be established with the capabilities to understand the total system of systems, manage external interfaces with the multiple stakeholders, and coordinate the integration of its component parts. At the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Apr 1996
News

Technology for Learning's Sake

Officer Susan Rogers, an accomplished HBS administrator with a wealth of experience in technology and other projects, including total responsibility for the recent reconstruction of Morgan Hall. Ground Wires As Upton and others involved... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig

01 Mar 2016
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016

and fire” companies don’t. So what factors in the family and work environments foster the creation of leaders who share the founders’ entrepreneurial fire? How do some firms manage to bypass or work through family conflicts, disparate... View Details

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Facing the New World Order

Asia, which are both high technology and linked to U.S. production systems. So I want to draw your attention to the fact that we really need to be clear, and I hope we're right also about the distinctions of the short term and the medium... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?

could lead to populist politics that would adversely affect the conduct of capitalism. A second major concern was that our productive system, as currently operated, contributes to unsustainable environmental damage and resource depletion.... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

16 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Surveying the VC Landscape

venture capitalists might be more comfortable in investing in truly early-stage technologies. Q: What is the role of the buyout firm in the VC investing cycle, given the activity they and restructuring firms have had in keeping ventures afloat in the current downturn?... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

11 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change

Totally eliminating friction is unrealistic on the battlefield and at the bargaining table. In both instances, you need the authority and the emotional steadiness to cope in spite of uncertainty. Strategy is further complicated by the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler; Sports

09 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off

micrograms of total suspended particulates per cubic meter, yet the World Health Organization establishes 90 as a maximum safe level (Berlin's level is 50). Over 25,000 square kilometers of land were deforested in Brazil each year from... View Details

Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh

07 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits

income taxes paid, up to the U.S. statutory rate. In effect, this means that Cummins will ultimately pay a total of the U.S. statutory rate on its overseas activities in lower tax countries and pay the local rate in higher tax countries.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

20 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018

Harrison, and Tom Martin Abstract—Successful relationships depend on trust—trust between spouses, trust between parent and child, trust between enterprises and their stakeholders. This chapter focuses on the factors that build trust in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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