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Jillian Dorans
I will be joining my mentor at Starwood Hotels in Marketing this summer. Additionally, to bring it full-circle, I will be doing my part to continue the expansion of HBS's presence in the industry by serving as one of next year's... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Taking the Plunge
and a dryer button to complete the experience. The Japanese company TOTO, founded in 1917, introduced flush toilets at a time when most of the country lacked a sewage system. Today, it produces the world’s leader in the bidet-toilet... View Details
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Big Messages, Small Screens, Many Choices
In the land of the digitally connected, the mobile device is king. The majority of digital media consumption happens on mobile devices, with smartphone and tablet activity making up 60 percent of digital screen time in the United States,... View Details
- 16 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why ‘Sleep on It’ No Longer Sounds Like Great Advice
that waking fresh and clearheaded makes us better able to see decisions in a clearer light. “It’s somewhat like moving information from short-term to long-term storage” That’s certainly what Uma R. Karmarkar, an assistant professor in the View Details
- February 2004 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Pratt & Whitney: Engineering Standard Work
By: H. Kent Bowen and Courtney Purrington
As the engineering of state-of-the-art jet engines becomes more and more complex, Pratt & Whitney leaders face major competitive problems. Product development projects are not meeting the cost, quality, and lead-time targets. The leadership develops a design,... View Details
Keywords: Design; Engineering; Cost; Knowledge Management; Time Management; Product Launch; Standards; Product Development; Problems and Challenges; Quality; Creativity; Competitive Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
Bowen, H. Kent, and Courtney Purrington. "Pratt & Whitney: Engineering Standard Work." Harvard Business School Case 604-084, February 2004. (Revised March 2006.)
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Michelle Antonio
Wharton School, both as Director of MBA Career Management and the industry advisor covering the Consulting and Public Interest sectors, 4 years as an MBA Recruiting Director at Deloitte Consulting, and time as a strategy consultant at... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
bond markets, commodity markets, and derivatives markets. In fact, so did all asset classes — not to mention those that benefit when bonuses are big, from vintage Bordeaux to luxury yachts. But these boom years were also misery years, when View Details
- 04 Dec 2000
- What Do You Think?
Have We Overdone Deregulation and Privatization?
consumers were that deregulation: (1) unleashes the power of a self-correcting free market (Jeff Struck), giving customers services at prices they are willing to pay and quality levels that they are willing to pay for (at least in the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
season and what it will take to win over anxious customers. Here's what they said. Jill J. Avery: Mind the details and focus on customer service Persistent unemployment plagues many families, and people are saving more and spending less as they anticipate difficult... View Details
- 24 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society
Customers value some of the most powerful brands in the world primarily for their "cultural value": They provide imaginative resources that people use to build their identities. These are what Harvard Business School professor Douglas Holt terms identity... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands
At last year's Grammy Awards, singer Pharrell Williams wore such an outlandish hat—a cross between Smokey the Bear's forest-brown lid and The Sorting Hat at Gryffindor—that it quickly received its own Twitter account. Then some marketing... View Details
- 15 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
A New Model for Business: The Museum
along with companies like Apple, Facebook, and Progressive Insurance, is a leading example of firms that are thinking about customers in a new way—much like how a museum curator orchestrates the experience of patrons. Weaver, an assistant professor in the View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Real Estate: A Local Business Goes Global
trend is not going away. This trend is being driven by two things. The first is the wealth buildup in Asia. The domestic real estate markets in Asia are still small, so Asian real estate investors have turned to Europe and the United... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Get Creative
develop ideas by spending time with a diverse group of people with different backgrounds and experiences. By engaging with others, innovators increase the probability that they are going to gain useful insights. Finally, innovators are... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
Lessons from History The summit’s second keynote speaker, HBS professor Niall Ferguson, an economic historian, brought a sobering perspective to the topics of globalization and market capitalism. Both, he argued, are inherently unstable.... View Details
- 11 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In the Future of Sports Investing, Media Is the Best Bet
For sports fans, this time of year is like a chocolate addict's free pass to Willy Wonka's factory. Horse racing's Triple Crown. The National Basketball Association and National Hockey League championship playoffs. And next up, the most... View Details
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat
threat is different from what retailers have faced in the past. Although Walmart took an enormous amount of market share in a diverse set of categories, many retailers were able to respond to and effectively co-exist with Walmart. Related... View Details
- 04 May 2016
- What Do You Think?
What Does Boaty McBoatface Tell Us About Brand Control on the Internet?
control over brands is explicitly ceded to the public for marketing purposes. As I write this, the Binghamton, New York minor league professional baseball team is thought to be on its way to being named the Stud Muffins in a poll of fans.... View Details
- 02 Oct 2008
- What Do You Think?
Workout vs. Bailout: Should Government Take Advantage of the Buffett Effect?
us to the question of whether the U.S. automobile industry should qualify for help. Where should we draw the line? Is it now time for ideology to take over? What do you think? Original Article In view of world financial events, which take... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Jeetendr Sehdev (MBA 2004)
freedom to live your life, your way. I look at celebrities through a stark business lens. Instead of agreeing that Beyoncé is one of the most influential people in the world because Time magazine said so, or because she has the most... View Details