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with CEOs of large, well-known companies around the table. However, I have built confidence that I bring a unique perspective. I try to keep an inventory of all the wins I have, instead of things I missed, skills I lack, or perspectives I... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Dec 2023
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The Exchange: Help Wanted

Image by John Ritter The path to a job in the C-suite isn’t what it used to be. For many years, companies could lean on financial expertise and industry connections when recruiting candidates, but HBS professors Raffaella Sadun and Joseph Fuller say that so much has... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Jun 2022
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A Sustainable Solution for Fashion

emissions are produced by the industry, and the amount of textile waste generated each year could fill 20,000 football stadiums, Theuerkauf explains, adding that, “even in 2022, excess inventory is still put in landfills and burned.” To... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Feb 1999
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Too Much of a Good Thing?

saturated with outdated, overpriced product. (Ironically, overcapacity can still be found in industries that use innovations such as just-in-time manufacturing techniques, which theoretically should help keep inventories low.) "Excess... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

16 May 2024
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On the Job

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. We all have early memories of on-the-job learnings—those moments that had a lasting impact on how we see the world of work and our place in it. This... View Details

Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade

01 Jan 2004
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D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954

graduated from HBS and was finishing a three-and-a-half-year stint as an officer in the U.S. Navy Supply Corps, in charge of a select group that used early models of giant IBM computers to manage inventory for the Navy's airplanes. About... View Details

01 Mar 2004
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Derek Ferguson

study was so strong that Ferguson broke the group into a morning and an evening session. “I had to take my work hat all the way off,” he says. “The study involves taking a spiritual inventory — figuring out how different events in our... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

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Have We Seen the Peak of Just-in-Time Inventory Management?

High Inventory Killing Home Builders; Industry Asks For Help

Why The Success Of Startups Hinges On Who Owns The Inventory

How Traffic Congestion In Chicago Is Backing Things Up In Los Angeles: Pipeline Inventory Is Now A Big Logistics Problem

From Just-In-Time To Just-In-Case: Is Excess And Obsolete Next?

Management Consultants Can Save the World

"Where’s My Stuff?" Here’s Why Global Supply Chains Are Out of Whack Due to Pandemic

Here's How Big Government Could Help Small Businesses

We Need Better Carbon Accounting. Here’s How to Get There.

How Indie Bookstores Fought Their Way Back

In Uncertain Times, Big Companies Need to Take Care of Their Suppliers

The Debate Over Whether Omicron Will Make Inflation Worse

China-based Fuyao Glass Considers Manufacturing in the U.S.

The Imposter Among Us