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- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It
says, "which we view as a triangle" representing cutting working capital, reducing transaction costs, and providing world-class customer service. Balancing these competing priorities means that it's impossible to eliminate risk...
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by David Stauffer
- Portrait Project
Aman Kumar
for those who don't. There are two options: forge ahead, or pause and rest. Life is a fragile balance of both, managing energy as well as time, drawing inward in order to dispense outward. I wish for myself equanimity and peace alongside...
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- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions
critical thinkers Patterns of behavior strive to persuade othersdefend your positiondownplay weakness present balanced argumentsremain open to alternativesaccept constructive criticism Minority views discouraged or dismissed cultivated...
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by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
- Research Summary
Management Control Systems in Multiunit Companies
By: Tatiana Sandino
Professor Sandino conducts research on early-stage multiunit companies that introduce management control systems to help maintain operations, as well as company culture, as they grow, but also to enable adaptation to the different markets that they serve. Building... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
New Medical Devices Get To Patients Too Slowly
Delicate Balance For nearly 80 years, the FDA has performed a delicate balancing act between getting life-saving drugs to market, and ensuring that those drugs will be safe when taken by patients. In order...
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
requirements are identical regardless of the program length. Our goal in offering different program lengths is to give learners different options to balance the program’s rigors with their particular lifestyle and responsibilities. The...
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- 31 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
Transitioning From the Military to Business School
doing well. Because of this, in the midst of a schedule filled to the brim with cases and recruiting, I found it difficult to effectively balance my priorities. Midway through first semester I ended up sitting down to talk it through with...
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- 12 Jan 2023
- News
‘Debiasing’ Debt with Data
believes BetaBank can have a long-term impact well beyond the boundaries of its balance sheet. The goal, he says, is to provide fair access to capital. This means not only businesses owned by minorities and women but also the rest of the...
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Ralph Ranalli
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Building a Better Buyer-Seller Relationship
of this work could explain how relationships that began as unbalanced, with one player holding most of the cards—as is typical in industrial markets—could evolve from adversarial to collaborative. "In any relationship, the dependence that each side has defines the...
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by Martha Lagace
- 06 Mar 2020
- Book
A Great Teacher's Lessons for Leading
means arriving with an attitude that is aspirational and focused on possibilities. Leaders and teachers show up to work thinking of others as much as or more than they do of themselves. They help foster an inclusive mindset, focused on making the whole team or class...
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- 01 Jun 2022
- News
A Sustainable Solution for Fashion
HBS network through which they met their investors. “We couldn’t have built this business without HBS,” Theuerkauf says. HBS senior lecturer Jeff Bussgang served as the faculty supervisor for one of the Syrup cofounders’ independent projects. “They did a remarkable job...
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April White
- November 2017
- Teaching Note
Amazon.com, 2016
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Teaching Note for HBS No. 716-402.
On January 28, 2016, Amazon announced record 2015 operating profits of $2.2 billion on $107 billion of sales, and the markets responded with cautious optimism. For years, founder and CEO Jeffrey Bezos had prioritized growth and...
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Strategic Analysis;
Retail;
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Amazon;
Amazon.com;
AmazonFresh;
Jeff Bezos;
Cloud Computing;
Marketplaces;
Streaming;
E-reader Market;
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Online Retail;
Shipping;
Database;
Tablet;
Kindle;
Kindle Fire;
Smartphone;
Delivery;
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Competition;
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Corporate Strategy;
Online Advertising;
Business Growth and Maturation;
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For-Profit Firms;
Film Entertainment;
Games, Gaming, and Gambling;
Music Entertainment;
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Working Conditions;
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Media;
Distribution;
Distribution Channels;
Order Taking and Fulfillment;
Infrastructure;
Logistics;
Product Development;
Supply Chain;
Supply Chain Management;
Organizational Culture;
Public Ownership;
Work-Life Balance;
Problems and Challenges;
Labor and Management Relations;
Strategy;
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Expansion;
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Hardware;
Information Technology;
Mobile Technology;
Online Technology;
Technology Networks;
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Web;
Web Sites;
Price;
Software;
Marketing;
Marketing Strategy;
Working Capital;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Retail Industry;
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- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Globalization: The Strategy of Differences
respond to local differences. Recently, as at Coke, many companies have moved toward more localization and less standardization. But no matter how they balance localization and standardization, all companies that view global strategy in...
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by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?
Eiichi Shibusawa continues to gain influence in Japan—even though he died almost a century ago. Japan’s government announced earlier this year that the 19th century business leader would be the face on 10,000 yen ($90) bank notes—the highest value denomination in...
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- 16 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense
may be 20-40 percent lower than you had hoped, but you can still raise plenty of money to buttress your balance sheet and execute more vigorously on steps 1-5 of the “play offense” playbook outlined above. In talking to my best founders...
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by Jeffrey Bussgang
- Research Summary
Overview
Professor Begenau’s research agenda is directed at better understanding how financial markets work and how they affect the real economy. She uses quantitative analysis to build both prescriptive and descriptive models concerning financial risk in banking, and she also...
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- 18 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Relocating to Boston with Your Partner
how much more you go if you have a buddy to see there. 7) Find a balance that works for you The HBS social calendar can be overwhelming at times, especially for partners who are busy with demanding day jobs—as a result, you may have to...
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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Generation Next
wounds in the balance sheet—spurring the call to Kahn—and her ultimate recommendations were a challenge to leadership. But she met considerable resistance from the parent company chiefs, including her father. "Godrej has been one of those...
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- November – December 2008
- Article
Chief Risk Officers at Crunch Time: Compliance Champions or Business Partners?
By: Anette Mikes
Risk management departments in financial institutions have been undergoing major transformations. New regulatory requirements have raised the bar on compliance, and expanded the remit of risk management significantly. The compliance imperative requires banks to... View Details
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Banks and Banking;
Corporate Governance;
Governance Compliance;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Managerial Roles;
Risk Management;
Partners and Partnerships
Mikes, Anette. "Chief Risk Officers at Crunch Time: Compliance Champions or Business Partners?" Journal of Risk Management in Financial Institutions 2, no. 1 (November–December 2008).
- 23 Aug 2006
- Op-Ed
The Real Wal-Mart Effect
books that purport to be balanced and coolly analytical raise questions about the company's economic impact. A case in point is Charles Fishman's The Wal-Mart Effect, which describes the company as having a "decidedly mixed economic...
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