Fast Fashion Retailing – Transforming Operations Management

Idea posted: August 2013

Institutions: IESE Business School    UCLA Anderson School of Management   

The apparel industry (which includes clothing, footwear, accessories, etc.) is one of the world’s largest, due partly to the relatively low barriers to entry. According to Euromonitor International, there were…

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Severe Weather: Moderating Its Impact on Productivity

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: Columbia Business School    The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania   

Does bad weather reduce productivity within factories and other workplaces? This is the question that the latest research from Marcelo Olivares of the Columbia Business School and Gérard Cachon and…

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Lean Thinking Increased Innovation

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: Queens University School of Business   

In this White Paper, the author looks at how organizations can free up necessary resources to pursue their overall business strategies. Identifying the ‘waste’ and ‘complexity’ in a company can…

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The Ties That Bind: How Family Businesses Create Value

Idea posted: March 2013

Institutions: Banca March    IE Business School   

A report published in 2012, Value Creation in Listed European Family Firms, showed that listed European family businesses have created more value over the last decade than non-family concerns, achieving…

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Why Scaling Up Is No Longer the Only Strategy

Idea posted: March 2013

Institutions: Columbia Business School   

Sooner or later, any engineer working on new technology or infrastructure will hear a familiar question from investors: Does it scale up? There are few axioms in business as simple…

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