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- 27 Feb 2023
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How One Late Employee Can Hurt Your Business: Data from 25 Million Timecards
deviations on the performance of individual stores in a new study. “One employee being late or absent can negatively affect not only store operations, but also their coworkers by making them stay to make up for the lost labor.” Ananth Raman, UPS Foundation Professor of...
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Middle East & North Africa - Global
third-party logistics companies struggle to provide trucks and drivers. Kerimoğlu urgently contacts Cem Yurdum, the Group's Supply Chain Logistics Manager, to address the...
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- 12 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
COVID Tested Global Supply Chains. Here’s How They’ve Adapted
China through its trade and [global-value chain] links with these third-party countries,” the paper notes. “The global supply chains actually helped us during COVID-19.” Moreover, there are growing concerns that the reshuffling of global...
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by Scott Van Voorhis
- May 1994 (Revised March 2008)
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Barilla SpA (A)
Barilla SpA, an Italian manufacturer that sells to its retailers largely through third-party distributors, experienced widely fluctuating demand patterns from its distributors during the late 1980s. This case describes a proposal to address the problem by implementing...
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Order Taking and Fulfillment;
Logistics;
Supply Chain;
Technology;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Italy
Hammond, Janice H. "Barilla SpA (A)." Harvard Business School Case 694-046, May 1994. (Revised March 2008.)
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Technology & Operations Management Faculty - Faculty & Research
Administration Elisabeth C. Paulson Assistant Professor of Business Administration Gary P. Pisano Harry E. Figgie, Jr. Professor of Business Administration (Leave of Absence) Ananth Raman UPS Foundation Professor of Business Logistics...
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- 08 Mar 2021
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COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?
A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to...
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by Dina Gerdeman
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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni
started various new opportunistic shipping and property acquisition businesses and is now co-chairman. Chandris has been involved in the initial investment cycle of several...
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Health-care Applications
Active postmarketing drug surveillance. There is substantial interest within the U.S. health community and among health policymakers in developing a surveillance system that scans public health databases in order to proactively detect potential drug safety... View Details
- 20 Dec 2010
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Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
transporting Asia-bound exports down to the Gulf and through the canal and shipping them out to Seattle by land. Conversely, eastern-bound cargoes no longer consisted of...
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Richard H.K. Vietor
Professor Vietor is Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He teaches courses on the international political economy. Before coming to the Business School in 1978, Professor Vietor held faculty appointments at Virginia... View Details
- 12 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Cecil Alfaro-Mora
college, I envisioned doing an MBA at some point. I thought of it as an ideal complement to my engineering background. Therefore, having a chance to apply earlier than usual was appealing. It came across as a high-reward and minimal-risk...
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FAQs - Alumni
store opens two weeks after registration launches and closes two weeks a reunion. When will my items arrive? Most items will be shipped within 2-3 weeks after an order is placed. Who should I contact if I...
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Photo Galleries - Alumni
of purchase for photos is based on processing and shipping costs. Harvard Business School does not benefit from the sale of any photographs. Login is required to access the photo galleries. SPRING REUNIONS...
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- 01 Dec 2023
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The Imposter Among Us
Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Peter Arkle It was their rst day at Harvard and like the rest of his cohort, Edgar Wallner (PMD 22, 1971) will never forget meeting Robert Gaines-Cooper. Frankly, it would have been...
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Employment Data Trends
17% 21% 20% Other Finance 2% 2% 4% 3% 3% General Management 16% 14% 11% 10% 16% Logistics 0% 0% <1% 0% 0% Operations / Manufacturing 3% 2% 2% 2% 1% Project Management 2% <1% <1% <1% 2% Rotational / Leadership Development 3% 4% 3% 3% 2%...
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- 23 Nov 2021
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What It Takes to Build an Organizational Culture That Wins
led a renewal of the company by discarding performance metrics that discouraged risk-taking, aligning employees behind a mission to empower customers, and proclaiming that the “C” in his title stood for culture. The book, forthcoming in...
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by Avery Forman
- 01 Mar 2024
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Game On
It’s raining in Sarasota. And not a light sprinkle but a proper, Florida drenching, so the outdoor courts at the Pickleball Club’s Lakewood Ranch location are deserted. Inside is a different story. Most of the 12 courts are in play. With four people to a court, all...
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Leadership Fellows
framework and logistics for the interviewing and hiring process. For Student-Proposed: Supports students as they work with organizations to develop a proposal. Awards $65,000...
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