packaging - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2012
News

Straight to the Heart

business. Often I help clients find love in a different package than they envisioned initially, but they end up happy. Can you explain? Last week I had a very successful CEO come to me and ask for help in finding a particular type of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; marriage; social media; matchmaking; Personal Services

06 Aug 2001
Research & Ideas

Go Global—or No? Can You Make the Case?

presenter from Group B. "We came up with the idea of Benro but didn't have time to pursue it. They might be willing to talk about reciprocal distribution." Benro was a small software shop in Norway. Greg knew if had made about $5 million in sales last year... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle

23 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money

Insights) Read COVID-19 coverage from Working Knowledge The current rescue package might end up being more expensive for the American taxpayer, he added, because the guaranteed loans are forgivable under certain conditions. Researchers... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

01 Dec 2016
News

HBS Alumni On Leading Their Alma Mater

decades? SG: Cost is absolutely a challenge. We’re very fortunate at HBS to have the capability to provide robust financial aid packages and to be able to support our students while also furthering our research and our goals. We’re always... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Sep 2015
News

The Protagonist Goes Prime Time

managing a Beijing sock factory, came packaged with a CD-ROM of short video clips. The case laid the foundation for a new type of storytelling within the confines of the tested HBS case method, but the fledgling online video technology... View Details

Keywords: April White

20 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak

chambers of Congress are considering additional relief, with small business loans packages of over $300 billion under consideration. Mills hopes that the government will go a step further and offer interest-free loans and work to include... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Service; Food & Beverage

01 Jan 2003
News

James E. Burke, MBA 1949

within a year of the crisis, thanks to decisions by Burke and his team to recall millions of bottles and replace them in a matter of weeks with pioneering tamper-resistant packaging while keeping the media and public well informed, the... View Details

10 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

American Auto’s Troubled Road

dominance. Toyota, shunning these approaches, took advantage of this Detroit "blind spot." While less generous in its compensation packages for workers, Toyota "strives to use its labor force in flexible, creative, and... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

16 Aug 2016
First Look

August 16, 2016

U.S. market? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/516117-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 216-039 Supply Chain Finance at Procter & Gamble In April 2013, Procter & Gamble (P&G), the world’s largest consumer View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Get Off the Dime!

Buffalo. We would use the same basic steps to purchase a pen, generator, or a hammer. The point was to use new technology to take advantage of economies of scale. The executive committee for our company met one month to discuss changes that were needed in our View Details

Keywords: by John P. Kotter & Dan S. Cohen

01 Aug 2005
What Do You Think?

Is There an “Efficient Market” in CEO Compensation?

largely by scale alone." Several respondents offered an explanation for these phenomena. Typical was Rahul Sharma's comment: " . . . these high executive compensation packages are . . . necessitated by the reduced 'lifespans' of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Aug 2001
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

local constituencies. They suggested that the School create a packaged presentation that could be delivered by Alumni Board members and other key volunteers to local alumni groups. Continuing Education Norton Reamer (MBA '60) led the... View Details

Keywords: John Hoffman

17 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Companies Detangle from Legacy Pensions

nearly all corporations ceased offering defined benefit plans in favor of "defined contribution" packages such as 401(k) plans—in which employees contribute a set amount from their paychecks that would be individually invested... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Aerospace; Financial Services

15 Aug 2024
Op-Ed

Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience

When cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike distributed a faulty software update in July, it impacted a staggering 8.5 million devices. The crisis rippled through commercial airline operations, package delivery logistics, ecommerce, and health... View Details

Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch

20 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School

rising stock market. Another was the use of stock options—because options are so complex, they can obscure the amount of pay actually being given to executives. In most cases where we see big excesses, it has to do with compensation committees not holding the line, as... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

20 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 20

effective "career narrative"―a tool for packaging and sharing a professional's past achievements, long-term goals, and forward-looking needs through a compelling story. It focuses mostly on the ways junior professionals can... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

05 Sep 2008
What Do You Think?

Is Case Method Instruction Due for an Overhaul?

set of packaged data available on which to base the decision. Research outside the case may be discouraged; there may not be time for it in a curriculum packed with cases designed to encourage students to acquire decision making habits.... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Education

13 Apr 2017
News

Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge

job. It shouldn’t matter that it’s not packaged in a degree of four years,” says Rewane, who was recently named a Social Impact Fellow by Gerson Lehrman Group Inc. Her enthusiasm for the project began in earnest at HBS, where she met her... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

07 Oct 2014
First Look

First Look: October 7

http://hbr.org/product/Via-Verde/an/214105-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 714-517 Airgas, Inc. In 2013, Airgas was the market leader in packaged industrial gas distribution. Recent acquisitions had made it into a larger player in... View Details