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      • 23 Feb 2021
      • Cold Call Podcast

      Examining Race and Mass Incarceration in the United States

      The late 20th century saw dramatic growth in incarceration rates in the United States. Of the more than 2.3 million people in US prisons, jails, and detention centers in 2020, 60 percent were Black or Latinx. Harvard Business School assistant professor Reshmaan Hussam probes the assumptions underlying the current prison system, with its huge racial disparities, and considers what could be done to address the crisis of the American criminal justice system in her case, “Race and Mass Incarceration in the United States.”  Open for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

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      New research on supply chains from Harvard Business School faculty on issues including supply chain management, digital supply chains, and improving global supply chains.
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      • 25 Jan 2021
      • Working Paper Summaries

      India’s Food Supply Chain During the Pandemic

      by Matt Lowe, G V Nadhanael, and Benjamin N. Roth

      Policy makers in the developing world face important tradeoffs in reacting to a pandemic. The quick and complete recovery of India’s food supply chain suggests that strict lockdown measures at the onset of pandemics need not cause long-term economic damage.

      • 29 Sep 2020
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Centrino and the Restructuring of Wi-Fi Supply

      by Roberto Fontana and Shane Greenstein

      This study examines Intel’s launch of Centrino and interprets it as a platform leader’s attempt to restructure a supply chain.

      • 14 Jul 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

      by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

      A survey of 50 companies across countries and industries reveals business leaders are hard at work adapting to the COVID threat. Research by Raffaella Sadun and colleagues. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 12 Jun 2020
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Corporate Resilience and Response During COVID-19

      by Alex Cheema-Fox, Bridget LaPerla, George Serafeim, and Hui (Stacie) Wang

      Investors look for evidence during a market crisis that a company is resilient. This study includes findings that challenge the notion that companies need to adopt practices that hurt their employees because investors want them to do so.

      • 01 Jun 2020
      • What Do You Think?

      Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?

      by James Heskett

      James Heskett's readers have little sympathy for Amazon's loss of market share during the pandemic. Has the organization lost its ability to learn? Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 29 May 2020
      • Op-Ed

      How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents

      by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence

      The pandemic could almost double the number of people facing food crises in lower-income populations by the end of 2020. Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence show how organizations are responding. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 18 May 2020
      • Working Paper Summaries

      No Line Left Behind: Assortative Matching Inside the Firm

      by Achyuta Adhvaryu, Vittorio Bassi, Anant Nyshadham, and Jorge Tamayo

      This paper studies how buyer relationships influence suppliers' internal organization of labor. The results emphasize that suppliers to the global market, when they are beholden to a small set of powerful buyers, may be driven to allocate managerial skill to service these relationships, even at the expense of productivity.

      • 16 Mar 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

      by Dina Gerdeman

      We asked Harvard Business School experts how the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to change business practice. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 21 Jan 2020
      • Cold Call Podcast

      China-based Fuyao Glass Considers Manufacturing in the US

      Not many Chinese companies open manufacturing facilities in the US, but automotive glass maker Fuyao is considering just that. In a recent case study, Willy Shih examines factors that go into deciding where companies should locate production centers. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 04 Dec 2019
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Intelligent Design of Inclusive Growth Strategies

      by Robert S. Kaplan, George Serafeim, and Eduardo Tugendhat

      How companies, working with a catalyst, can redesign supply chains to achieve economic, environmental, and social returns.

      • 02 Sep 2019
      • What Do You Think?

      Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?

      by James Heskett

      SUMMING UP: Many of Jame's Heskett's readers believe that one factor more than any other could kills expansion of the United States economy: actions by the Federal Reserve. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 07 Jul 2019
      • HBS Case

      Walmart's Workforce of the Future

      by Julia Hanna

      A case study by William Kerr explores Walmart's plans for future workforce makeup and training, and its search for opportunities from digital infrastructure and automation. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 21 May 2019
      • Cold Call Podcast

      If the Key to Business Success Is Focus, Why Does Amazon Work?

      Sunil Gupta explores the infiltration of Amazon into dozens of industries including web services, grocery, and movie production. What’s the big plan? Is the company spread too thin? Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 26 Mar 2019
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Managed Ecosystems and Translucent Institutional Logics: Engaging Communities

      by Elizabeth J. Altman, Frank Nagle, and Michael Tushman

      Organizations increasingly rely on engagement with external communities of contributors. This paper explores transitions to a managed-ecosystem governance mode and its implications for strategy and innovation. To be successful, firms must develop the capabilities to shepherd communities, leverage without exploiting them, and share intellectual property rights.

      • 25 Mar 2019
      • Research & Ideas

      The Secret Life of Supply Chains

      by Michael Blanding

      While US policymakers and politicians focus on reviving the manufacturing sector, Mercedes Delgado and Karen Mills unearth a source of better jobs hidden in plain sight. Call it the supply chain economy. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 07 Jan 2019
      • Research & Ideas

      The Better Way to Forecast the Future

      by Roberta Holland

      We can forecast hurricane paths with great certainty, yet many businesses can't predict a supply chain snafu just around the corner. Yael Grushka-Cockayne says crowdsourcing can help. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 12 Apr 2018
      • Op-Ed

      Op-Ed: The Trouble with Tariffs

      by Willy C. Shih

      The world's economies are interconnected by globalization, which makes threats of tariff wars doubly dangerous, says Willy Shih. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 19 Feb 2018
      • Working Paper Summaries

      The Supply Chain Economy: A New Framework for Understanding Innovation and Services

      by Mercedes Delgado and Karen G. Mills

      This study shows that a large and dynamic supply chain economy plays a crucial role in innovation and in the creation of well-paid jobs. Traded service suppliers are particularly important. Policies that help suppliers access skilled labor, buyers, and capital could be beneficial for fostering innovation and economic growth.

      • 16 Feb 2018
      • Working Paper Summaries

      A New Categorization of the US Economy: The Role of Supply Chain Industries in Innovation and Economic Performance

      by Mercedes Delgado and Karen G. Mills

      This paper provides a novel industry categorization that quantifies the supply chain economy in the United States. Suppliers of goods, and particularly services, to business and government are a distinct and large sector, and play an important role in national innovation and economic performance.

      • 23 Jan 2018
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Transaction Costs and the Duration of Contracts

      by Alexander MacKay

      When buyers transact with sellers, they select not only whom to transact with but also for how long. This paper develops a model of optimal contract duration arising from underlying supply costs and transaction costs. The model allows for the quantification of transaction costs, which are often unobserved, and the impact of these costs on welfare.

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