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Annual Report 2020 - Annual Report 2020
Hall. The School launched its first online classroom in 2014 and has been refining and optimizing the virtual program experience ever since, reflecting the input and experience of tens of thousands of participants. The Harvard Business... View Details
- 24 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti
for an individual patient. Ideally, this will help ministries of health in impoverished countries decide how to allocate their limited resources to optimize the quantity, quality, and access to care. “In low-income resource countries,... View Details
- 27 Nov 2000
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The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution
implementation details, such as optimal plant location, rather than the fundamental soundness of investing so heavily in radials.14 The strategic question as to "whether Management wants to invest the substantial capital to provide... View Details
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Student Spotlight: 2023 HCC Co-Presidents Reflect on Their Time at HBS and the Current Health Care Systems - Blog: Health Supplement
is still to be done, and optimism at the incredible minds that continue to enter the space. There is no one root cause of all the problems that we see, and like any chronic condition, is multifactorial in its etiology. My life will be... View Details
- 05 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
Part 2: Military Transition and the JD/MBA - The Path to Your Goals
an endless number of classes and opportunities, and it is easy to get consumed into many classes and activities that require the most valuable resource you have: time. Knowing what you want out of the experience allows you to optimize... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
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A Sustainable Solution for Fashion
to make inventory predictions and optimize the buying, sourcing, and distribution of inventory among the omni-channel network. “Syrup gives you the recommendations, and then you as the merchandiser are the decision maker,” Theuerkauf... View Details
Keywords: April White
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thinking principles and innovative problem-solving tools to address business challenges and build products, strategies, teams, and environments for optimal use and performance. The program was developed by leading Harvard Business School... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn
Corn likes people. It benefits from human contact, when it’s thinned out and hand-pollinated, explains Taylor Keen (MPA 1996/ MBA 1997). Corn thrives when sung to and spoken to—something Keen does in the language of his mother’s Omaha Tribe, where he is known as Bison... View Details
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The overarching goal of my research is to produce works that are influential and informative to both academics and practitioners in the field of operations management. To accomplish this, I collaborate with industry partners who provide knowledge about their field,... View Details
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Professor Ferreira's research primarily focuses on how retailers can use algorithms to make better revenue management decisions, including pricing, product display, and assortment planning. In the retail industry, anticipating consumer demand is arguably one of the... View Details
- 04 Apr 2023
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Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping
massive, highly optimized industry that we see today. In the museum, we were fascinated by how ships have kept growing in size, with a model of the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller, which was the biggest ship in the world when it was built, able... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
addressed by optimized global actions. Business leaders, even those running small businesses, typically have a global mindset and can comprehend the global nature of the problem and solution. Specifically, business leaders can play the... View Details
- 18 Apr 2000
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Learning in Action
layout that would optimize product flow and plant capacity — critical to reducing process time — and made extensive use of simulations to generate insights. They created Cardboard City, a three dimensional model of a manufacturing cell... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
- 18 Mar 2019
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Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive
commute: Modeling ideal commute time and relative desired commute amount” by Lothlorien S. Redmond and Patricia L. Mokhtarian. Yet, although people say they dislike commuting, when asked about the “ideal” commute length, workers don’t say “zero.” One study finds the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Feb 2019
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Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?
that optimism will eclipse concerns about slow progress and instead lead to the intersection of popular culture and commercial space flights. “Every astronaut who's been in space describes how, in essence, their whole view of what it... View Details
- 28 Mar 2024
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IFC India: RMZ EcoWorld
we had the opportunity to see many of the innovative ways that EcoWorld leverages nature to optimize energy efficiency. Massive sliding doors that integrate indoor and outdoor spaces and leverage natural cooling were prevalent throughout... View Details
- 13 Nov 2019
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Don't Turn Your Marketing Function Over to AI Just Yet
departments within the firm could query it for answers to questions ranging from optimal pricing to product design. What prevents this from materializing? After all, machine learning is delivering self-driving cars and beating human... View Details
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- 13 Sep 2010
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The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding
director Frank Capra's underdog tales lightened Depression-era despair with irrepressible optimism and laughter. Capra's "fantasies of goodwill" packaged hope for the hopeless. The Cinderella Man, James J. Braddock, was an... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Managing Human Capital: Keeping Hope Alive in Organizations (Not offered 2013-2014)
Managing Human Capital has been specifically designed to teach practical skills for the general manager who seeks to manage both other people and his or her own career with optimal effectiveness. Any and all students who believe they will need to effectively manage... View Details
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Engaged with field work in South Asia and East Africa, Professor Hussam places a focus on exploring questions with strong theoretical motivation in the economics literature as well as relevant downstream policy implications. Her research spans four broad interests.... View Details