Government Waste - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 3, 2009

Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed—and What to Do About It Author: Josh Lerner Publication: Princeton University Press, forthcoming Abstract In response to the financial crisis, governments are... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 May 2012
Research & Ideas

A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy

various directions within different departments. For example, human resources might initiate a United Way gift program that involves a company match; operations might work on waste reduction; and marketing might collect an extra dime from... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?

for Linux to take over Windows. The questions that we address are: Is Linux's superior demand-side learning sufficient to win out? What is the effect of forced procurement by governments and some large corporations on the long-run... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

15 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

Deconstructing the Price Tag

waste of money to people," John says—even though it is indeed a very real cost for the company. Yet even if the costs don't seem allocated in an ideal way from the customer's point of view, the customer still applauds the company's... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail

16 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 16

advertising system in which a certain amount of waste and fraud has become the norm, despite the system's fundamental capability to offer unprecedented accountability. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 16, 2008

examples drawn from take-back regulations promulgated in Europe, Japan, and the United States governing waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). Download the paper:... View Details

02 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

School professor Benjamin G. Edelman discusses the paper's findings Teaching a 'Lean Startup' Strategy (24,997) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6659.html Published: April 11, 2011 Most startups fail because they waste too much time and money... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

industries, with great public exposure. For example, Coca-Cola de Argentina and Tetra Pak Mexico both confronted similar challenges: as a result of the widespread success of their products, their disposable containers inevitably attracted the attention of View Details

Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team

17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17

materials, fair partnership, and health, the plan sought to transform the company's practices. By 2012, the program's aim was to ensure that M&S was carbon neutral and sent no waste to landfill. It also aimed to help customers and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

21 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

resulting co-creation of ecological damage by firms and governments. In the new global economy since 1980, renewed economic growth and consumerism resulted in mountains of waste in increasingly polluted mega-cities. Biodiversity and the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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