Toyota Production System - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

09 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

earlier, Freed-Finnegan and Wall had founded Index after observing the technological advantages that Amazon and other online retailers had over brick-and-mortar retailers. Index’s first product was a customer database tool that allowed... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

06 Mar 2013
What Do You Think?

Who Should Manage Our Work Time?

CRM and voicemail systems Technology can scale human efficiency, but only up to a point." Ganesh Ramakrishnan added, "The technologies to communicate, collaborate and access infinite information have evolved and spread much... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Jan 2003
News

James E. Burke, MBA 1949

"When I asked people what they thought of it, I got vague answers," he says. But during a series of "challenge" meetings he arranged, executives debated the credo in the context of the company's history and mission. "It became clear that our value View Details

01 Mar 2004
News

Toy Story

began to chip away at LEGO’s market share with its construction blocks, including a popular line of warrior play sets. “Their products are based on a building system very similar to ours,” explains Moynihan.... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; toys; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

10 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Governance in India and Around the Globe

Indian software maker Infosys specifically, and other Indian firms more generally.We document the under-studied effect that global product and labor markets can play in the convergence of corporate governance View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna & Krishna Palepu; Technology

01 Dec 2000
News

Core Values Keep Airline Flying High

Good people are essential for success. Keep the product and the process simple. Deliver the most reliable service at the lowest cost. Invest the time to connect with employees and customers. These are the basic tenets fueling the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Air Transportation; Transportation

16 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?

Watch out. Apple hopes to claim a new frontier on your wrist. The company announced its new Apple Watch on Tuesday, sending journalists and a bevy of other observers, online and off, into a flurry of analysis and speculation over a View Details

Keywords: Re: Ryan L. Raffaelli; Electronics; Retail; Health

01 May 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018

find turnover increases for the most productive workers. We detect limited effort responses and find no evidence of different effects based on workers’ expectations of fairness or future promotion. The findings suggest that adjustment... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Mar 2023
News

Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria

in the area. The product had been in development for years prior to the disaster, says Polatoğlu, developed to address a rise in natural disaster–related emergencies caused by climate change. “Moreover, we have designed a special... View Details

11 Feb 2008
Research & Ideas

Does Democracy Need a Marketing Manager?

campaign tactics they drop out. There are structural reasons why we have arrived at this state of affairs, including "winner-takes-all" elections, a two-party system that offers limited choice, and the View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

21 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Going Negative in Political Advertising

For more details, see Greater Good: How Good Marketing Makes For Better Democracy by John Quelch and Katherine Jocz (Harvard Business Press 2008). Choice sells, in politics and in the supermarket. Distinct choices on the shelf attract our attention to a View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

01 Oct 1996
News

"Service-Profit Chain" Links Members of Service Management Unit

elective that looks at changes in the ways products and services -- both new and traditional -- will be bought and sold in the emerging universe of electronic commerce. Associate Professor Gary W. Loveman studies service management... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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FAQ - U.S. Competitiveness

environment, and commits the U.S. to a cleaner, lower-carbon energy system in the future. Why is U.S. competitiveness a global issue? With the world’s most productive large market, the U.S. is a key driver... View Details

05 Dec 2016
News

The Dragon’s Tale

demands of increasingly sophisticated Chinese consumers is a more complicated challenge. One approach Chinese manufacturers are using is to acquire companies around the world in order to get fast access to the technologies they need to modernize their View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jun 2016
News

Case Study: On the Table

Amazon.com had to do, and this was in the United States! Partnership with established logistics companies is a choice, and renting warehouse space may be possible, but building a completely captive system and investing in it would destroy... View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

linkages with the local economy. Another approach to cluster development is to attract multinationals that will become demanding customers of local suppliers. After that, it's essential to create specialized training programs in the local educational View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

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Lessons in Economics | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

expansion for U.S. Steel, increased output of steel from foreign sources began to impact domestic markets. With their post-war economic recoveries well underway, Europe and Japan emerged as major competitors in the global steel market. Tightening profit margins, rising... View Details

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Print View - Course Catalog

complement the organization's formal incentive systems Have the skills to evaluate and use digital tools and technologies (like AI and personal productivity trackers) to enhance personal View Details

20 Nov 2012
First Look

First Look: November 20

the U.S. Department of Agriculture's approval of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), we find that product assessments by powerful stakeholders and peer agencies influence product approval and that their... View Details