Order Processing - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 14, 2009

these settings. In this paper we set out to accomplish both tasks by investigating the implementation of a lean production system at an Indian software services firm. Combining a detailed case study and empirical analysis we document the internal View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Aug 2010
Research & Ideas

How to Speed Up Energy Innovation

Is there a special sauce for stimulating innovation in the energy sector, a concoction to spur cost-effective developments toward solving the climate change problem? HBS professor Rebecca Henderson doesn't claim to know all the ingredients for that special sauce. But... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

01 Mar 2009
News

Damon Silvers

policymaker in Europe last week, and he confirmed the Japanese auto industry’s belief that its supply chain in the United States would be disrupted should the three automakers fail. That’s because key suppliers are dependent on having a mix of View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Transportation

01 Oct 1996
News

Leading In a New Era

just steaming around in circles." Even as Liz Claiborne circled, AMR, the parent company of American Airlines, the world's largest airline, was in the process of laying off several hundred managers, technical specialists, and clerical... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

20 Dec 2011
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First Look: December 20

its influence on team processes and performance are discussed. What Drives Sell-Side Analyst Compensation at High-Status Investment Banks? Authors:Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy, and David A. Maber Publication:Journal of Accounting... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 1997
News

New Releases

practical application is no longer enough, Iansiti asserts. Firms must take control of the technology integration process from the very beginning, matching new technological possibilities to the appropriate applications in View Details

Keywords: Robert Binstock

12 Aug 2002
Op-Ed

Using Big Business to Fight Poverty

investment have increased vastly over the last decade, making many people richer. But the problem is that the process has not really been global enough. In fact, some two billion people today live in countries that are actually becoming... View Details

Keywords: by George C. Lodge

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

The State of the Markets

unexecuted orders on our books. Under this system, those orders would simply be rotated to our next partner and be completed." Global vendors whom the investor calls directly to execute a transaction.... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

01 Jun 2010
News

Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops

wanted to build a business that not only makes money but also nurtures its employees, builds community, and minimizes environmental impact. Five years later, Magagnini and Strugatz are putting the finishing touches on IceStone’s most prestigious View Details

Keywords: Sarah Auerbach; Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

28 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms

slice of the consumer-lending business over the last decade. In 2016, these loans represented a third of unsecured consumer loan volume in the United States. And their revenues are expected to grow 20 percent each year over the next five years. Here’s how loans on... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Banking; Financial Services

01 Jun 2022
News

Ink: Start Small, Rise Above

to be paid. Hodgson, who is president and CEO of the parent company and a former entrepreneur-in-residence at HBS, sat down with the Bulletin to talk about how these unlikely entrepreneurs used their differences to their advantage, a View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

19 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 19, 2010

give more, that giving indeed causes increased happiness, and that these two relationships may operate in a circular fashion. Second, we consider whether advertising these benefits of charitable giving—asking people to give in order to be... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Nov 1999
Lessons from the Classroom

What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century

So even though most companies spent the last decade reinventing their core business processes — such as how they do purchasing or manage inventory and order processing — they... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

21 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer

for bailing out a financial institution. First is to protect the system for processing payments, like checks, because that system is critical to the operation of the U.S. economy. Second is to avoid a situation where the failure of one... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services

08 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]

to intervene in the process of competition and to improve the environment for competition. One of the points you mention in your book is that Japanese corporate practice has encouraged permanent employment. How is employee loyalty... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

19 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 19, 2008

reasons that the range persists but seek a way to categorize them via their effects on inventory levels, orders placed given the demand faced by the inventory system. Using a perspective that we consider natural and thus appealing, the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem

with a relentless focus on process and product improvement." Employee Investment Is Critical For Mercadona, investment in employees is part and parcel of process and product improvement. In 2008, the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Food & Beverage

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Online Creating Brand Value Course | HBS Online

company’s most valuable assets and evaluate different methods businesses use to build and maintain brand equity. Highlights Ricardo Marques, Vice President of Marketing, Michelob ULTRA Tina Sharkey, Co-Founder and former CEO, Brandless The Five-Step View Details

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Entering the Age of Alliances

carry out community service projects, to which they gave more than twenty thousand employee hours in 1998. Each organization considers the relationship with the other to be of central strategic importance. That these emerging strategic alliances go far beyond check... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

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The Dedication - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

the outside of the buildings, but in the work and training on the inside.” George F. Baker, Dedication Address, June 4, 1927 Aerial view of Campus during Dedication Ceremonies, June 4, 1927. The celebration of the new HBS campus on June 4, 1927 began with an academic... View Details

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