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Business Strategies

Journal Article
A Fruitful Application of Static Marginal Analysis
This paper describes the application of the technique of simple "marginal analysis" to an Air Force problem and suggests that a similar application may be useful in many industrial situations.
Feb 20, 2015
Dissertation
Critical Rare Earths, National Security, and U.S.-China Interactions: A Portfolio Approach to Dysprosium Policy Design
Examines how the U.S. can pursue a portfolio of policies to reduce American vulnerability to the supply disruption of one critical heavy rare earth, dysprosium.
Jan 19, 2015
Report
Improving Defense Logistics Agency Supply Chain Agility
The DLA supplies common military items to the armed services and others while seeking to achieve customer service goals and minimize cost. When demand for an item rises unexpectedly, providing effective customer service is challenging, and when demand falls, the DLA can be left with the sunk cost of excess inventory. Continuous attention to supply chain agility is needed.
Jan 5, 2015
Journal Article
Integrating the Use of Patient-Reported Outcomes for Both Clinical Practice and Performance Measurement: Views of Experts from 3 Countries
The patient-reported outcome (PRO) is a standardized method for measuring patients' views of their health status.
Dec 23, 2014
Commentary
'Product of Mexico': Why Have Corporate/Social Responsibility Programs Failed?
The Fair Food Program has been a leader in using cooperation, visibility, and accountability to meet the needs of workers, growers, and buyers. Can it be a model for addressing these critical issues in Mexico as well?
Dec 12, 2014
Commentary
A Competitive Landscape for Providing Services Is an Opportunity for Evidence-Building, but Who Will Benefit?
In a tight fiscal climate the UK government has been an innovator in ways to fund and deliver effective public services. New funding arrangements present opportunities for developing the evidence base for policy and practice, since they are associated with different types of service providers.
Dec 2, 2014
Report
Findings from Existing Data on the Department of Defense Industrial Base
Existing federal data can identify subcontractors in the defense supply base, their socioeconomic status, and the vulnerability of contractors and subcontractors to environmental risks and changes in their federal prime and subcontract revenue.
Nov 6, 2014
Report
Transforming Compliance: Emerging Paradigms for Boards, Management, Compliance Officers, and Government
These proceedings summarize the discussions and include the white papers from a symposium about compliance as a field, factors that are likely to contribute to its transformation, and practical implications for key stakeholder groups.
Sep 15, 2014
Report
Small Business and Strategic Sourcing: Lessons from Past Research and Current Data
Department of Defense (DoD) goals may conflict as DoD attempts to apply strategic-sourcing practices to reduce total costs and improve performance while maintaining a goal of spending about 23 percent of prime-contract dollars with small businesses.
Aug 26, 2014
Commentary
The ACA's Opportunity to Improve Care for Substance Use Disorders
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) will significantly increase coverage for the publicly funded treatment of substance use disorders. But in order to maximize the benefit to patients, families, and society, it's critical to invest in the development, validation, and use of performance measures.
Jul 28, 2014
Multimedia
Distinguished Speaker Series: Simon Sinek
In this podcast, ethnographer and best-selling author Simon Sinek discusses the dynamics of leadership and teamwork.
Jul 23, 2014
Commentary
Should the U.S. Rely on Russian Rocket Engines?
One of the two launch vehicles that lift U.S. satellites into orbit depends on a rocket engine made by a company located in Russia. Russia's recent clashes with Ukraine and its claims on the Crimean peninsula have caused friction with the United States and thereby raised questions among U.S. policymakers about the potential for an interruption in the supply of the engines.
Jul 16, 2014
Testimony
Does Reliance on Foreign Component Supply Chains Put U.S. Launch Vehicles at Risk?
While there are both risks and benefits of using foreign components in the U.S. Air Force Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program, the risk of potential supply interruption of most foreign components is manageable. To mitigate those risks, trade-offs of costs, schedules, and mission significance must be considered.
Jul 16, 2014
Project
Estimating the Economic Returns on Cancer Research in the UK
The UK government invests approximately £1.6 billion in medical research each year, and the British public donated £1.7 billion to medical research charities in 2012–13. This funding delivers health gains for patients and also benefits the UK economy at a 40 percent return annually.
Jun 16, 2014
Report
Soldier-Portable Battery Supply: Foreign Dependence and Policy Options
This report describes government and industry concerns associated with the foreign-dependent supply chain for batteries used by soldiers. It discusses alternative policy options to address these concerns.
Mar 21, 2014
Commentary
Wal-Mart Chooses Fairness, Giving Farmworkers a Boost
The recent commitment by Wal-Mart Stores to the Fair Food Program is a transformational moment in the decades-long struggle for fair treatment of agricultural workers in America but the decision is hardly the last human-rights battle to be won on behalf of this long-oppressed work force.
Feb 7, 2014
Report
Sourcing and Global Distribution of Medical Supplies
Opportunities exist to gain efficiencies in the global military medical logistics enterprise without sacrificing capability, notably through minimizing intermediate materiel handling, seeking the greatest value from commercial freight, and streamlining warehouse operations.
Jan 28, 2014
Solution
Dispersing War Reserve Materiel
Prepositioning of war reserve materiel is essential to rapid deployment of U.S. forces, but the existing centralized storage posture is not well suited to unpredictable deployments. Would dispersed storage be a better option?
Nov 3, 2013
Report
Improving Air Force Enterprise Resource Planning-Enabled Business Transformation
RAND Project AIR FORCE identified key conditions to aid the success of business transformation enabled by enterprise resource planning systems, challenges the Air Force must address to achieve them, and options for overcoming these challenges.
Oct 25, 2013
Commentary
Surprise! Now What?
Who is best prepared for responding to surprise: a Navy SEAL, an NFL coach, or a Fortune 500 CEO? The answer is that all three professions have something to teach us: The NFL coach is an expert in pre-planning; the SEAL is great under pressure; and a good CEO has become an expert in responding to strategic threats.
Aug 27, 2013

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Bob Harrison

Adjunct International/Defense Researcher

Bob Harrison is an adjunct researcher at RAND Corporation. Harrison completed his 30-year police career in 2004 as a Chief of Police. He is the course manager for the CA Peace Officer Standards and Training’s (POST) Command College, a graduate program for law enforcement managers. While a fellow…
Monika Cooper

Senior Technical Analyst

Monika Cooper (she/her) is a senior technical advisor at RAND Corporation in Arlington, VA, and previously served on the International Staff as a Communications, Command, Control, and Surveillance (C3S) life cycle expert for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Brussels, Belgium from…

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