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- 19 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem
about how poor operational decisions create unnecessary complications that lead to quality problems and lower labor productivity and, in general, make life hard for retail employees." Ton is interested in demonstrating how operations can be designed and View Details
- 27 Feb 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
How Following Best Business Practices Can Improve Health Care
Either Heal Health Care?A public insurance option could use its scale to hold prices down, but only if the approach avoids the financing gimmicks that are undermining Medicare. Research Papers Cohort Turnover and Operational Performance:... View Details
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 26 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 26
positions were significantly more likely than others to repatriate dividends to parent companies in the United States. Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/w18107 How Do Risk Managers Become Influential? A Field Study of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales
senior executives specializing in everything except sales. “The number of executives reporting to the CEO in the average S&P 500 company has doubled in the last 20 years,” says Frank V. Cespedes, a senior lecturer in the Entrepreneurial View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
The State of the Markets
Stock Exchange (NYSE); and Robert C. Gasser, managing director and head of U.S. equities at J. P. Morgan & Co. Financial exchanges today, Seifert began, must have the business systems of a technology company, with the requisite speed... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 16 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
D’O: Making a Michelin-Starred Restaurant Affordable
operational innovation to manage the tradeoff between cost and quality. It's an issue you find in every business, whether you're a chef or an executive at Mercedes or BMW or Apple." In November, Oldani visited Pisano's second-year... View Details
- 18 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
New Hires Lose Psychological Safety After Year One. How to Fix It.
leaders should understand that an employee’s input can sometimes make the difference between failure and success in a task or project — and managers can and should encourage employees to candidly voice their opinions to bolster both the... View Details
- 01 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018
addressed for a complete understanding of the moral mind. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52263 in press Academy of Management Perspectives Bounded Ethicality and Ethical Fading in Negotiations:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?
information-driven model by gaining a better understanding of product and customer relationships." Dean Vella cited Walmart's innovation in supply chain management and sustainability as ways in which it is reducing the friction... View Details
- 18 Oct 2016
- News
China, artificial intelligence, and Jim Breyer
technology, media, health care, and energy companies in China, as well as companies seeking to enter the Chinese market. It is their seventh and largest fund. Breyer credits his partnership with IDG with his ability to identify opportunities on the ground in China.... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
funds' holdings of securitizations to examine which investors are susceptible to such boom-time thinking. We show that firsthand experience plays a key role in shaping investors' beliefs. During the 2003–2007 mortgage boom, inexperienced fund View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Student-Profile
Hummy Song
times in the Emergency Department of a hospital. Another considers the impact of the cohort turnover of resident physicians on resource utilization and health care quality in teaching hospitals. Health Policy View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Professors Introduce Valuation Software
key performance variables (sales growth, profit margins, working capital turnover and long-term asset turnover) as well as financial leverage and cost of capital. Users can judge whether their forecasts are reasonable by comparing them... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Alumni Honorees Urge Students to Emphasize Ethics
employees.” He emphasized that low turnover is a competitive advantage for Starbucks, which depends upon its frontline staff to maintain customer quality for millions of purchases each year. “People don't like to work only for a... View Details
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
unite partners' objectives for creating a flexible supply chain; benchmark performance against other retailers; and evaluate and manage new technologies. Raman and Fisher provide specific, detailed metrics and techniques that can be used... View Details
- 13 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?
unease, and high turnover rates. Now, many health care organizations are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) as a potential solution to physician overwork and burnout. After all, AI offers long-sought-after benefits for clinicians,... View Details
- 23 Mar 2020
- News
Signal Boost
that women and children would be hurt in traffic by exiting from the left side. Lara, then a manager of product strategy for Chrysler and the mother of an infant daughter, spoke up. “First of all, we park in parking lots, not traffic.... View Details
- 28 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?
stock turnovers that drive LEGO's business model. Senior distribution manager Asger Juncher Métais said the group should assume that all retailers want quick lead times and fast stock turnover, capabilities... View Details
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details
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