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- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
energy. Verdant’s massive turbine system weighs 105 tons; installation required a barge ride from its New Jersey assembly location and a crane to lower it into the East River (Courtesy Verdant Power) If our laptops and lightbulbs do not... View Details
- 11 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 11
Using scanner panel data from a single California location of a major grocery chain, and completely controlling for consumer heterogeneity, we demonstrate that bringing your own bags simultaneously increases your purchases of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
external. “The complaint was that we were violating people’s expectations of what the Atlantic was supposed to be,” he says. “But David insisted on discipline, a high degree of intellectual honesty, and staying true to the magazine’s View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
of Severodvinsk, Russia, Natalia Mlotok has witnessed the stark effects of perestroika, Mikhail Gorbachev’s program of economic, political, and social restructuring. Located on the White Sea in northern Russia, Mlotok’s hometown was built... View Details
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
it is no longer enough for firms to be better or cheaper to gain competitive advantage. These new rules make it essential for companies to reexamine four fundamental aspects of their business to thrive in the digital era—their strategy,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
practices in structural units that align with the logic emphasized by the practice: when adopting practices reflecting a market logic, organizations will locate them in mainline business units, such as marketing; conversely, when adopting... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
impact on our trajectory." Last year, with three remaining locations in the Boston area, Finale's original lead investors acquired a majority ownership in the business, folding it into a Rhode Island-based holding company where Conforti... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
chain. We ran into the buzz saw of the recession just as we opened a fourth restaurant in a high-end mall. That’s now a couple of years in the rearview mirror, but you can’t deny that the recession had an impact on our trajectory.” Last year, with three remaining View Details
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
is fundamentally a crisis of power concentration. As my co-author Tiziana Casciaro and I explain in our new book Power, For All, power comes from controlling valued resources. Over the past four decades, neoliberal policies have shifted... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
- 20 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 20
and test an empirical framework which allows us to separate selection from treatment effects of large shareholders. Individual blockholders tend to hold blocks in public firms located close to where they reside. Using this empirical... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Meal Plan
consumed outside of the home, we felt it was critical to continue to operate—our restaurants serve 4.3 million meals a day on average. With so many of our locations already set up for drive-in, drive-through, and takeout, about 97 percent... View Details
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How an Order Views Your Company
customer places an order to the time the order leaves for the customer location are now being captured routinely at many businesses. We could ship a packet at any U.S. post office, and get a tracking number to find out what is happening... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
- 30 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 30
and high levels of press freedom. We further demonstrate that suppliers perform better when they serve buyers located in countries where consumers are wealthy and socially conscious. Taken together, these findings suggest the importance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Jeremy Andrus
and so on—that’s one challenge. Then the product has to be shipped and distributed to 30,000 or 40,000 locations across the globe, where government rules, regulations, labor laws, cultures, and tax structures vary significantly. The... View Details
- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
creating fundamental technology and building a commercial business? Located in Redwood City, CA, Numenta was founded in 2005 to expand Hawkins' research on the human brain, with the goal of "reverse... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Really Drives Your Strategy?
Professor Bower, since 1970 you have articulated views on the resource allocation process and how it fundamentally shapes corporate strategy. Could you give us a brief overview of the resource allocation process? Bower: Organizations of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
http://hbr.org/product/keeping-up-with-the-quants-your-guide-to-understan/an/11177-HBK-ENG 2006 Strategic Management Journal Location Strategies for Agglomeration Economies By: Alcácer, Juan, and Wilbur Chung Abstract—Geographically... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
across space and over time, several patterns are documented. Conflict-related deaths are significantly higher in poorer districts and in geographical locations that favor insurgents, such as mountains and forests; a 10-percentage point... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
fundamental fact of life, choices necessarily have to be made about which challenges to address and the best way to tackle them. In this piece, we discuss the distinction between these distinct components of priority setting in health:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation
include a rich discussion of corporate taxation. Like tax competition, many fundamental issues in taxation are relevant for individuals and businesses, so much of my work ought to be useful to both. Q: What are the most important trends... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace