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- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
principles of business model design and the functioning of markets for know-how. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/611046-PDF-ENG mixi (B) Mikołaj Jan Piskorski and Mayuka YamazakiHarvard Business School Supplement... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
Abstract The potential supply of biomass feedstocks in the U.S. and Canada is estimated using a static supply function approach. Estimated total biomass available at a price of $100 per metric ton is 568 million metric tons in the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
research from Future Forum, a consortium by Slack, and global case studies from leading companies such as Levi Strauss & Co., Genentech, Royal Bank of Canada, and IBM, How the Future Works offers concrete solutions and practical steps for building high View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
she has to educate, Sender has to mesh two geographically and culturally distinct companies into one functional unit. The merger process began in June 2012, when LAN, Chile's largest airline, and TAM announced a merger, with the resulting... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
seawater air-conditioning (SWAC) system, an idea that Brando proposed to Bailey. The system, whose deep-sea pipe descends to 930 meters, functions perpetually with virtually no maintenance. Explains Bailey, “In the same way that water... View Details
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
Publication:Journal of Public Economics Abstract We examine a prominent justification for capital income taxation: goods preferred by those with high ability ought to be taxed. In an environment where commodity taxes are allowed to be nonlinear View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 2
simply using subnational cases to generate or test theories about Chinese politics; instead, they propose that subnational political economies in China are a function of endogenous change rather than a reaction to national priorities.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore
Silk found as he examined newspaper articles and court filings that two significant changes in conflict policies adopted by agencies and their clients have occurred in recent years. First, safeguards to protect proprietary client information that View Details
- 04 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 4
Players Authors:Itai Ashlagi, Dov Monderer, and Moshe Tennenholtz Publication:Artificial Intelligence Journal (forthcoming) Abstract We analyze two-terminal routing games with linear cost functions and with an unknown number of active... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Unlocking Your Investment Capital
business functions over the past two decades, so credit derivative swaps are going to carry that transformation to a new level. As in any activity involving large numbers in both participants and size, there have been misuses and errors... View Details
- 12 Nov 2019
- News
Seismic Shift
serious belt tightening. Leaders of major companies looked around and had to make cuts based on keeping people and systems in place that were critical to the business. CFO? Have to have one of those. IT? Business can’t function without... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Up from the Ashes
was arguing that innovation “within the shell of existing corporations offers a much more convenient access to the entrepreneurial functions than existed in the world of owner-managed firms. Many a would-be entrepreneur of today does not... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Michael Depatie
General Services Administration. The ballroom was once the Postmaster General’s library, and a cupola lets in natural light. During the Civil War it was used as a hospital operating room where amputations were performed. Now we have wedding receptions and other View Details
- 24 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
What’s Government’s Role in Regulating Home Purchase Financing?
Depression, a time when markets were functioning poorly. We were happy to see an approach like this included in the administration's white paper. Q: What are the drawbacks of your proposal? A: One concern is that if we are going to rely... View Details
- 05 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: iPads, Kindles, and the Close of a Chapter in Book Publishing
dedicated to the manufacturing and physical distribution of books, when in fact their key function is editorial in nature. In a sense, many book publishers are trying to buy time, to postpone a reckoning with reality." Instead of... View Details
- 22 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 22
to popular expectations, corporate headquarters in the U.S. are about twice the size of European counterparts. Headquarters there exert a higher level of functional influence and have larger staffs in certain key areas, such as IT and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing
better supply chain management.For many of the retailers in our study, forecasting product demand is a right-brain function that relies on the gut feel of a few individuals and not on the systematic use of sales data. But it's a big... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age
the long-standing "full service" industry norm, there has been a growing trend toward agencies unbundling the media function from creative and other services provided to clients. At the same time, multiproduct advertisers have... View Details
- 16 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #9: Shelly Xu (MBA 2021) Reducing Waste Through Beautiful Design
ecorepel, which biomimics the protective function found in waterfowl feathers.” Other innovations include “functional ones like a reversible laptop sleeve, and a QR code that tells the full story of the product.” Shelly grew up in China... View Details
- 02 May 2012
- What Do You Think?
Can the “Leadership Industry” Fulfill Its Promise?
subject of leadership as part of her contribution to the industry. "Teaching how to lead is where the money is," she reminds us. Kellerman hypothesizes that leadership is a process involving leaders and followers functioning in... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett