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- 01 Jun 2018
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Case Study: Tip the Scale
lights are out. Ideally, orders flow directly from order entry to a warehouse management system, but they can also be scanned or entered manually. None of this is new. I’ve seen it used for everything from...
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- 01 Sep 2020
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Road Work
Sean (left) and Kenny Salas Photo courtesy of Camino Financial Sean (left) and Kenny Salas Photo courtesy of Camino Financial Twin brothers Kenny and Sean Salas (both MBA 2015) grew up with firsthand...
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- 28 May 2019
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Case Study: Building the Base
the beginning, but it gets easier. Are there any large deals to be made that could solve cash flow issues? —Johan Pensar (OPM 41, 2011) I think this is a clear example of mistaking a better product with...
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- 01 Dec 2018
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Combating Climate Change
If global temperatures rise by 6 degrees celsius by 2050—as they are on track to do—officials at the International Energy Agency say the changes would bring “devastating consequences for the planet.” And those consequences will extend to business: Storm-lashed...
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- 25 Feb 2020
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How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Business
Fellow at HBS who founded the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard, where he and Iansiti are codirectors. “With the spread of digital technology, the economy has become much more connected in a massive network,” says Iansiti....
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- 01 Jun 2004
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How Nonprofits Dilute Their Efforts
some way, their collective impact is severely diluted by a lack of coherence and consistency. Instead of trying to be all things to all people, nonprofits should pick a niche, craft an operational mission,...
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- 01 Oct 2000
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Silent Killers: Overcoming Barriers to Organizational Learning
customers and products. A free flow of information that keeps people at the top informed, yet empowers those on the front lines to solve problems quickly, is crucial to implementing a successful strategy in...
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Judith A. Ross
- 19 Aug 2011
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i-lab Buzz
The building’s circular flow is echoed by classrooms on the second and third floors known as “hives,” where desks and chairs can be easily moved to facilitate group activities and faculty can teach in the round. Walkways on campus have...
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- 01 Sep 2006
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Redefining Health Care
care. Also, there are huge differences in quality across providers and across geography that persist. For us, this framed the problem: How could we have a high-cost system that also has poor quality? In a world View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
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Lesson from the Fall
controls the recruitment and tenure of directors, sets the board’s agenda, selects the information that flows to the board, and oversees the process of evaluating CEO...
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- 25 Apr 2016
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Trail Blazer
microprocessor. “The thought was, If I’m going to get involved, get involved in the company that’s at the heart of that business. Being in that flow was critical,” he recalls. After Intel, McMinn worked at...
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- 24 Mar 2017
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Alumni New Venture Competition Finalists Named
Four alumni ventures from distinctly different industries and geographies have been chosen to pitch at the 2017 alumni New Venture Competition on April 25 on the HBS campus. This year's finalists were selected from among 17 high-caliber...
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- 01 Mar 2023
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The Exchange: Micro Management
Image by John Ritter In the 50 years since modern microfinance was introduced as a tool to fight poverty, institutions have distributed hundreds of millions of loans to people in developing countries. Such loans are repaid at rates often as high as 98 percent. Those...
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- 01 Dec 2011
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Happening Fast
the Street’s 24/7 demands. “There is no substitute for hard work,” Erdoes said. “There is a little luck on the way, but there is no substitute for really superhard work, first in, last out.” Erdoes’s investment group has been very successful, and money is View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
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Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
in the high single digits, so money started flowing in.” (By law, REITs must annually pay out 90 percent of their net revenues, generated largely by rents and leases that make them — in good times — cash...
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- 06 May 2008
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Small World? Read Nil about It
politically when its citizens don’t pay attention to what’s going on overseas, be it what their country does in their name, or be it by forces beyond their control. And consider the next generation: American students’ ignorance of View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
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Faculty Books
and skilled people to accomplish what relief agencies could not: an information system and supply chain that managed the flow of relief supplies. IBM’s actions exemplify an emerging business idea: the...
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- 01 Sep 2005
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Going Green at HBS
conservation, eliminate the potential annual discharge of some 1,000 tons of carbon dioxide into the environment. Also at HBS, the Hamilton Hall renovation project, begun this past summer, is using “green”...
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- 25 Aug 2022
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The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
computational problems, to manage the transaction flow in this context. I take your word that the code is transparent, but it’s not at all clear to me. To what degree is the inherent complexity of this...
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- 01 Dec 2006
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Faculty Research Online From HBS Working Knowledge
roles of Europe and the United States in promoting the flow of capital across national borders. Investor Protection: The Czech Experience When TV Nova launched as the first...
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