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- 31 May 2016
- First Look
May 31, 2016
Porteus Abstract—We extend the Clark–Scarf serial multi-echelon inventory model to include procuring production inputs under short-term take-or-pay contracts at one or more stages. In each period, each such stage has the option to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Brandon Graves
both professional and personal aspects. The HBS experience encourages deep reflection and has allowed me to take early steps at shaping my life post b-school. I am pleasantly surprised by how many takeaways extend to everyday life beyond... View Details
- 23 Nov 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Vinyl Renaissance: Take Those Old Records Off the Shelf
Streaming accounts for about 85 percent of today’s music consumption, but sales of vinyl records have grown steadily over the past decade, owing to their rediscovery by members of Gen Z who view them as a timeless medium that offers... View Details
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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About
conservative management, the institution remained financially sound throughout the panics of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Baker’s business acumen extended to serving on the boards of more than 40 corporations, including several... View Details
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
in this primary group have interlocking tasks, their bonds of trust will facilitate their joint task performance and they can be officially recognized as a work group or team. The more extended bonding drive of employees will also... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
- 10 Jan 2023
- Op-Ed
Time to Move On? Career Advice for Entrepreneurs Preparing for the Next Stage
luxury of long breaks between jobs or extended periods of time to think about their transition before they step into the next thing. Additionally, as Bridges points out, we often don’t see when we are in a neutral zone, that time when we... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
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CSV in Practice - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
thinking. Profits involving a social purpose represent a higher form of capitalism—one that will enable society to advance more rapidly while allowing companies to grow even more. The result is a positive cycle of company and community... View Details
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Impact of the New Medium - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
holiday sales season, the demonstration took place at Jordan Marsh in Boston, one of the region's leading department stores. To orchestrate the rollout of the product, Polaroid hired J. Harold Booth, known for his success in View Details
- 18 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
How New Managers Become Great Managers
she set store standards, instituted training programs, and rejuvenated performance. Due to her success in operations over the next two years, this manager received two more challenging assignments. First, she became director of sales for... View Details
Keywords: by Linda Hill
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why IT Does Matter
tracked the number of MIPS or CPU cycles on the network from 1990 to 2002. Even using a log scale on the vertical axis would be barely enough to tilt a vertical straight line enough to create something resembling the curves of the other... View Details
Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan
- Web
HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
representing 42 percent of the group’s total annual sales in fiscal 2022. Harvard Business Review provided subscribers with timely articles from its flagship magazine, website (hbr.org) and social media presence. In addition, HBR Press... View Details
- 26 Nov 2001
- Op-Ed
Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed
able to realize the sales before the end of the quarter and thus fulfill their budget goal and make their bonuses. But the high cost of assembling the goods at a distant location—it required not only the rental of the warehouse but also... View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
a fintech unicorn that spans multiple verticals. After another sales record during the 2016 Global Shopping Festival with Alibaba, Ant Financial’s chief strategy officer contemplates the various opportunities and challenges associated... View Details
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Join the MOC Affiliate Network - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
veteran faculty alike. It offers a unique opportunity for all MOC faculty to gain exposure to the latest learning and research related to competitiveness and cluster development. MOC affiliate activities extend beyond classroom teaching... View Details
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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership
and laborers for employment and better climate Massive dust storms uproot millions Smallest ten-year increase in population: 123-132 million Influence: Medium-High 40 1940 s 19 Baby boom begins Suburbs start to form Influence: High 50 1950 s 19 Medical advances View Details
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
2021. As a result, total Publishing revenue increased 5 percent from fiscal 2020 to $274 million. HBP international revenue continued its steady growth, increasing 8 percent and representing approximately 40 percent of the group's total annual View Details
- 08 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
A Balanced Scorecard Approach To Measure Customer Profitability
summarizes customer profitability. Consider the situation faced in the 1990s by one of the nation's largest distributors of medical and surgical supplies. In five years, sales had more than tripled to nearly $3 billion, yet selling,... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
you will, for an alternative to the high-yield, soil-depleting cycle of tilling, pesticides, and fertilization that could ultimately endanger the planet’s ability to grow enough food for its people. Through gardens planted with heirloom... View Details
- 31 Jul 2017
- HBS Case
It’s Hard to Fix the Family Business Without Offending the Family
course was completed.) In their initial efforts to boost Pho Hoa’s revenues, increasing lackluster alcohol sales seemed a good place to start. But Raiche and Zhu quickly saw the problem: The servers (largely recent Vietnamese immigrants)... View Details
- 07 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Marketing Can Reduce Worldwide Poverty
on-the-ground advocacy—to go get a free eye exam or a blood pressure check-up. Easy. Your basic principles of sales and promotion will carry the day. If your charge is minimizing smoking or drug use, well, your job becomes rather more... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace