Filter Results
:
(408)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web (408)
- Faculty Publications (62)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web (408)
- Faculty Publications (62)
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
ZIP codes. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53271 Harvard Business School Case 718-419 Hilti (A): Fleet Management? This case explores the strategic decision-making process of premium power tools...
View Details
Keywords:
Carmen Nobel
- 26 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Best Practices of Global Innovators
a recent setback, Boeing lashed together the efforts of 50 partners in 130 locations working together over 4 years. These firms aren't just manufacturing partners—they actually design the components they make. "In our view, Boeing's...
View Details
Keywords:
by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Up Against The Firewall
realize that unless senior management, right up to the CEO, is involved in some way, this issue won’t get the attention and investment it deserves throughout the company.” Hackers can make trouble for a company without even penetrating its internal systems. Using View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Case Study: Welcome Aboard
was crazy,” Lerner says, noting that a successful onboarding experience could translate to long-term results. “This is the time to put your best foot forward, but we were using primitive tools that didn’t allow any of that and caused our...
View Details
Keywords:
Jen McFarland Flint
- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
affects interventional cardiologists deciding between two types of cardiac stents. Analyzing 147,000 choices over six years, we find that individuals do respond to negative news by using the focal production tool less often. However, we...
View Details
Keywords:
Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
political reservations for women in India with the role of women in India's manufacturing sector. While overall employment of women in manufacturing does not increase after the reforms, we find significant...
View Details
Keywords:
Sean Silverthlorne
- 25 Mar 2015
- News
The Greening of Houston
Course. The park is central to the city and to Thacker and his family. He lives across the street from it and it borders Rice University, where his wife Allison (MBA 2000) is chief investment officer. “The park is used heavily by all the people of Houston,” says...
View Details
Keywords:
Constantine von Hoffman;
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing;
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing;
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing;
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing;
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing;
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing;
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing;
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
PublicationsLocal Industrial Structures and Female Entrepreneurship in India Authors:Ghani, Ejaz, William R. Kerr, and Stephen D. O'Connell Publication:Journal of Economic Geography Abstract We analyze the spatial determinants of female entrepreneurship in India in...
View Details
Keywords:
Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Operations and the Competitive Edge
out the waste, and focus on how to differentiate yourself from your competitors in meaningful ways. But the tools available to—and the challenges facing—companies are so much greater now than before, that managers have to rethink many of...
View Details
Keywords:
by Martha Lagace
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
management in the construction industry by the premium power tools manufacturer Hilti in 2000. Following its customers’ needs, Hilti moved from selling power tools to leasing...
View Details
Keywords:
Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
and 2000, the global generating capacity of wind power grew from 13 megawatts to 17,400 megawatts, but two-thirds of that capacity was in Denmark, Germany, Spain, and the United States. Wind turbine manufacture was clustered in Denmark...
View Details
Keywords:
Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
Merchants Bank Harvard Business School Case 307-081 Founded in 1987, China Merchants Bank (CMB) is a pioneer in the use of technical innovation and IT as a competitive tool in the rapidly evolving Chinese banking sector. With a relatively...
View Details
Keywords:
Martha Lagace
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
define theirs, the authors have devised a tool called the corporate brand identity matrix. It guides teams through an examination of the nine components of corporate identity, which include mission, culture, relationships, and core values...
View Details
Keywords:
Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Reimagining the MBA
entrepreneurial. And they are less hierarchical, with flatter management structures. Service and knowledge industries have overtaken traditional manufacturing businesses as the engines of growth in the West, while China and other...
View Details
- 04 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018
internationally acclaimed experts, have curated this timely volume to help newcomers and seasoned researchers alike to rapidly comprehend a diverse set of thrusts and tools in this rapidly growing cross-disciplinary field. The Handbook...
View Details
Keywords:
Dina Gerdeman
- 30 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?
internet and the next generation of the World Wide Web. In this management world of the future, “everyone has a voice, the tools of creativity are widely distributed, capability counts for more than credentials and titles, commitment is...
View Details
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
When Product Variety Backfires
adequately considered whether or when this is true. In a sense, they have a very blunt tool that they are overusing. Second, there is a constant battle for shelf space in most grocery stores. If you are Quaker Oats, you would like to have...
View Details
- 19 Jan 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
foundation for entrepreneurial pursuits, in 1998 they launched GoLite, a company that manufactured and sold lightweight, high-performance outdoor clothing and gear. Kim took the reins as CEO in 2000, and the company quickly became a...
View Details
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-028.pdf Do Not Trash the Incentive! Monetary Incentives and Waste Sorting Authors:Alessandro Bucciol, Natalia Montinari, and Marco Piovesan Abstract This paper examines whether monetary incentives are an effective View Details
Keywords:
Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 12
by systematically increasing the rigor in the procurement process. Still skeptical, Sophia runs the process of systematically analyzing and comparing the competing firms' bids. This case also describes the process by which these tools...
View Details
Keywords:
Sean Silverthorne