Scale Economies - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Nov 2021
In Practice

What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?

The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details

Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman

22 Feb 2018
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The New History of American Capitalism

represents a distinctive departure. First—and most basically—the history of American capitalism, along with the essays gathered here, reinstalls political economy as a category for analysis. Economic life, all the authors agree, is... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

January 2019 (Revised December 2019)
Case

CrossBoundary Energy

By: John Macomber

Almost 500 million people are without electricity in sub-Saharan Africa. Governments and public utilities are challenged to bring generation and distribution to most of them. Considerable promise exists in “off-grid” or “mini-grid” technologies, notably using renewable... View Details

Keywords: Energy Investing; Economic Development; Renewable Energy; Business Growth and Maturation; Developing Countries and Economies; Project Finance; Emerging Markets; Industry Structures; Infrastructure; Segmentation; Private Equity; Decision Choices and Conditions; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; Africa; Tanzania; Ghana

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01 Dec 2023
News

Rounding the Bend

Illustration by Fernando Cobelo To help people visualize what a circular economy could look like and bring the challenges down to a closet-sized scale, Emily Bolon (MBA/MPA 2007) recommends the following exercise. First, make a mental... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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Alumni - Global

Community, and History over Dinner By: Margie Kelley 01 Jun 2023 HBS Alumni Bulletin In Full Flower Re: Aron Gelbard (MBA 2009); By: Julia Hanna 01 Jun 2023 HBS Alumni Bulletin Buy Big, Sell Small A digital startup brings economies of... View Details

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Events - Business & Environment

seeing you at the 21st Annual Climate Symposium, Climate Renaissance: Confronting Reality, Celebrating Innovation. We want to focus on both exploring the challenges ahead in deploying and scaling climate solutions while celebrating the... View Details

10 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 10

growing evidence of pollution and resulting political pressures. The variety of capitalism literature has suggested that the German coordinated market economy model was more conducive to green corporate strategies than liberal market... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

Government and the International Economy Pakistan at 75: When Will the "Nazuk Mor" End? Singapore: "From Third World to First" Thailand: Red Shirts, Yellow Shirts, and a Green Revolution Data Science for Managers Arla Foods: Decarbonizing... View Details

25 Aug 2014
HBS Case

Starbucks Reinvented

it, he bemoaned decisions (for which he accepted responsibility) that improved efficiency and increased economies of scale but robbed stores of some of their essential magic, such as the smell of roasting... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Food & Beverage

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Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

Management Show Hide Details Concepts Measuring Productivity Economies of Scale Teaching and Learning Good Management Featured Exercises Identify ways to improve supplier relationships Determine the... View Details

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Past Issues - Alumni

when finance becomes a common language Happy Returns HBS celebrates reunions on a grand scale Complete Table of Contents June 2022 Alumni Achievement Awards 2022 This year’s recipients of the School’s highest honor demonstrate how family,... View Details

13 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

The Color of Private Equity: Quantifying the Bias Black Investors Face

exit, they do just as well as the majority groups,” says Lerner. “And if anything, they seem to be more conservative in valuing things.” Additionally, the minority groups were able to scale up staffing when necessary and were not doing... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds; Financial Services

26 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

unconditional bonuses. The results have implications for companies trying to use bonuses to more effectively manage their salespeople. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53260 forthcoming Journal of Political View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

environmental dimension of CSR. Spring 2014 Article What Impact? A Framework for Measuring the Scale & Scope of Social Performance By: Alnoor Ebrahim and V. Kasturi Rangan Organizations with social missions, such as nonprofits and social... View Details

10 May 2016
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May 10, 2016

Promises and Limitations of Improved Measures of Urban Life By: Glaeser, Edward L., Scott Duke Kominers, Michael Luca, and Nikhil Naik Abstract—New, "big" data sources allow measurement of city characteristics and outcome variables at higher frequencies and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

With Emilie Billaud and Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej. Autonomous Vehicles: The Rubber Hits the Road...but When? , Harvard Business School case, 2018. With Alilison Ciechanover, Jeff Huizinga, and James Palano. The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business,... View Details

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Globalization - Faculty & Research

practices in global organizations; cross-cultural learning and adaptation processes; the challenges of taking companies global; emerging-market companies with global potential; and international political economy and its impact on... View Details

14 Dec 2007
Op-Ed

When Your Product Becomes a Commodity

profitable customers) to extract maximum scale economies in procurement, manufacturing, and distribution. 4. If you aren't the low cost producer, complicate your pricing structures so customers can't easily... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

starting and scaling new information technology businesses, and Managing Networked Business (now called The Online Economy ), which surveys strategies for platform-based businesses that leverage network... View Details

11 Mar 2024
Blog Post

A Day in the Life: Ben Hsieh

closest friends and seatmates, Fatma. Even though class starts at 9:30, a few of us are typically in the classroom by 9:10 and chit chat to start the morning. Fatma and I have started a ritual of sharing how we’re feeling physically and emotionally, each on a View Details

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