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- 13 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Inner Life of Leaders
mantra was measurement. As secretary of defense, McNamara developed, along with key subordinates, including Robert Anthony of the HBS control faculty, long-range procurement cycles. He even tried to get the U.S. Navy to subscribe to a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed?
process including military services, industry, and Congress, hardening them against change, Fox says. The book excerpt below looks at how previous reform studies have fallen significantly short of correcting significant problems in weapons View Details
- 29 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want?
working definition of entrepreneurship is Howard Stevenson's assertion that entrepreneurship is "the pursuit of opportunity beyond the resources controlled." If this is correct, then most entrepreneurs, after figuring out what opportunity to pursue, are stuck... View Details
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
a binary choice of build or buy, today's advertisers frequently pursue hybrid policies of build and buy to procure the customized bundle required to develop, produce, and implement relevant, resonant promotional campaigns. Increasing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
yield lessons for the management of creative workers and for the implementation of competitive procurement mechanisms for innovation. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49445 A Welfarist Role for... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
procurement policies. General Médica, a vendor of high-complexity medical equipment, knew that their products were competitive, but it was also aware that they could not compete on price. A demanding market would reward General Médica,... View Details
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
used engineering expertise and political savvy to build a major privately held company providing the entire supply chain of water treatment, waste water, and integrated municipal solid waste capabilities. The company's services include engineering, manufacturing,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
Nestle is the largest milk firm in the world. For over a century, it has developed a milk model procurement program that improved the well-being of the small-scale farmer and the ultimate consumer. Can it partner with other firms and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jul 2024
- Op-Ed
Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty
and store managers who had the freedom to source materials unique to their marketplace. In his zeal to increase short-term earnings, Nardelli got rid of the customer advisers and centralized procurement while standardizing store... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
not work, because those parties will fight the market too much. We've now moved into upward and downward auctions and other kinds of exchange mechanisms for different economic situations. We have an asset marketplace for used assets and excess inventories and View Details
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
completion of a detailed survey, allowing us to precisely characterize European biologic drug procurement institutions over time. Using data from three classes of biosimilar drugs, we analyze how market features and public polices predict... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
owners, or public officials. They can help decision makers in tax administrations, public procurement offices, and other public agencies design programs informed by well-founded evidence. This paper provides an introductory overview of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
show that politicians use school ties as a mechanism to engage in vote trading ("logrolling"), and that alumni networks help facilitate the procurement of discretionary earmarks. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
agricultural raw materials were safe, high quality, of consistent supply, and sustainably, ethically, and economically produced? How can the procurement process enable the small-scale producer to become a viable partner in the milk... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 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
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
to procure and distribute essential medicines and supplies; provide technical assistance to transform existing supply chains; and collaborate with in-country and global partners to coordinate efforts. The new U.S. Global Health Initiative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
property regimes; procurement policies that favor new firms; standards that allow competition by component rather than by system and—sometimes—antitrust enforcement that forces large, well-established firms to share the market. I'm firmly... View Details
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
survey that allows us to precisely characterize European biologic drug procurement institutions over time. Using data from three classes of biosimilar drugs, we analyze how market features and public policies predict entry, market prices,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
areas. Nestlé, for example, redesigned its coffee procurement processes, working intensively with small farmers in impoverished areas who were trapped in a cycle of low productivity, poor quality, and environmental degradation. Nestlé... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne