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- 24 Apr 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Courage: The Defining Characteristic of Great Leaders
Source: guvendemir Courage is the quality that distinguishes great leaders from excellent managers. Over the past decade, I have worked with and studied more than 200 CEOs of major companies through board service, consulting, and research...
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- 20 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making an Ally of Uncle Sam
manufacturer like Ford Motor Company. Ford cooperates with its suppliers to design new vehicles even as it negotiates vigorously with them over the terms on which parts will be supplied. By cooperating to...
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- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Failure Analysis
emerge in the assembled group. Many of these vehicles for analysis only address substantial failures, however, rather than identifying and learning from smaller ones. An example View Details
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by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
- 10 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
Truth Be Told: Unpacking the Risks of Whistleblowing
regulators, such as the SEC whistleblower program [a similar program authorized in the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act], the DOT’s Motor Vehicle Safety whistleblower program, and more recently the Treasury’s...
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by April White
- 13 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Subconscious Mind of the Consumer (And How To Reach It)
unconscious mind to identify new product opportunities. Using metaphor-elicitation techniques, firms providing farming supplies, home appliances, office systems, and beauty care have identified important unmet needs. R&D departments...
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by Manda Mahoney
- 25 Feb 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Fostering Organizational Learning: The Impact of Work Design on Workarounds, Errors, and Speaking Up About Internal Supply Chain Problems
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by Anita L. Tucker
- 2008
- Working Paper
Welfare Payments and Crime
By: C. Fritz Foley
This paper tests the hypothesis that the timing of welfare payments affects criminal activity. Analysis of daily reported incidents of major crimes in twelve U.S. cities reveals an increase in crime over the course of monthly welfare payment cycles. This increase...
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Foley, C. Fritz. "Welfare Payments and Crime." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 14074, June 2008.
- March 2018
- Case
EKOL Logistics: Thinking Outside the Box
By: Willy C. Shih and Esel Çekin
This case describes Ekol, an intermodal transportation and logistics company, and how it manages capacity planning. Its busiest routes linked motor vehicle assemblers in Germany and Turkey with many of their parts suppliers, but it had also developed key links in...
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Growth And Development;
Strategy;
Intermodal Transportation;
Short-sea Transportation;
Capacity Management;
Capacity Planning;
Delivery Planning;
Route Optimization;
Car Spare Part;
Auto Manufacturing;
Automotive Supply Chain;
Europe;
Turkey;
Service Design;
Fast Fashion;
Near-shoring;
Supply Chain;
Supply Chain Management;
Operations;
Performance Capacity;
Performance Efficiency;
Logistics;
Transportation Industry;
Auto Industry;
Turkey;
Germany;
Spain;
European Union;
Europe
Shih, Willy C., and Esel Çekin. "EKOL Logistics: Thinking Outside the Box." Harvard Business School Case 618-037, March 2018.
- 06 Nov 2017
- Research Event
Who is Responsible for the Future of Cities?
growth. “The problems lie in government and financing.” Ojomo noted that the US Department of Transportation wasn’t established until 1966–long after the nation’s major roadways were built, and more than 60...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 04 Apr 2023
- Book
Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues
While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones...
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- February 2011
- Article
Welfare Payments and Crime
By: C. Fritz Foley
Analysis of daily reported incidents of major crimes in twelve U.S. cities reveals an increase in crime over the course of monthly welfare payment cycles. This increase reflects an increase in crimes that are likely to have a direct financial motivation like burglary,...
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Foley, C. Fritz. "Welfare Payments and Crime." Review of Economics and Statistics 93, no. 1 (February 2011): 97–112.
- April 2006
- Case
Medical Innovation Beyond MedStar: Mobilizing for National Impact
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Ryan Raffaelli and Michelle Heskett
Dr. Craig Feied, director of MedStar Health's Medical Informatics programs, wanted his innovations to influence national health care. Since joining Washington Hospital Center's Emergency Department in 1995 with Dr. Mark Smith, their information system had become the...
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- 18 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
GM’s IPO: Back to the Future
short as possible. The TARP money and the flexible terms on which it was legislated were critical to the rapid funding of administration decisions. The uniqueness of TARP, however, probably ensures that...
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- January 1994
- Article
Foreign Multinationals in British Manufacturing, 1850-1962
By: G. Jones and Frances Bostock
This article draws on a new database to describe the dimensions and characteristics of 685 foreign companies which established British manufacturing subsidiaries between 1850 and 1962. The numbers of foreign companies grew from the 1890s, expanded rapidly in the...
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Multinational Firms and Management;
Business Subsidiaries;
Expansion;
Chemicals;
Metals and Minerals;
Food;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Market Entry and Exit;
Research and Development;
Trade;
Investment;
Production;
United Kingdom;
United States;
Scotland;
Wales
Jones, G., and Frances Bostock. "Foreign Multinationals in British Manufacturing, 1850-1962." Business History 36, no. 1 (January 1994): 89–126.
- 11 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Business Competition Harms Society
these facilities on a single block." The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation provided the research team with the records of all 28 million OBD-II...
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- February 2004 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Fuel Cells: The Hydrogen Revolution?
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Ryland Matthew Willis
The challenges faced in establishing hydrogen fuel cell-powered transportation in the United States, which promises to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on imported oil is examined. Foremost among these challenges is a "chicken-and-egg" dynamic: consumers...
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Taxation;
Environmental Sustainability;
Infrastructure;
Government Administration;
Energy Sources;
Business and Government Relations;
Network Effects;
Transportation;
Green Technology Industry;
Energy Industry;
European Union;
Japan;
United States
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Ryland Matthew Willis. "Fuel Cells: The Hydrogen Revolution?" Harvard Business School Case 804-144, February 2004. (Revised March 2004.)
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Industrial Giant
business, as digital cameras eliminate the need for photographic paper. 95 Although the company is developing a way to counteract this problem, Kodak's entry into the digital world will definitely be difficult. The examples of General...
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- 12 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 12
Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/514026-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 614-010 Ford vs. GM: The Evolution of Mass Production (A) This case explores the very different paths taken by the Ford View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
future direction in an automotive industry in the midst of a digital tornado with the arrival of autonomous, internetworked, clean-energy-propelled vehicles. Palmer’s Second Century Plan called for Aston...
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Carmen Nobel
- 06 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 6
Departing from prior work that has mainly focused on examining the antecedents and consequences of dishonesty, we examine two approaches to mitigating unethical behavior: (1) values-oriented approaches that...
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Sean Silverthorne