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Employment Data Trends

17% 21% 20% Other Finance 2% 2% 4% 3% 3% General Management 16% 14% 11% 10% 16% Logistics 0% 0% <1% 0% 0% Operations / Manufacturing 3% 2% 2% 2% 1% Project Management 2% <1% <1% <1% 2% Rotational / Leadership Development 3% 4% 3% 3% 2%... View Details
  • 23 Nov 2021
  • Book

What It Takes to Build an Organizational Culture That Wins

led a renewal of the company by discarding performance metrics that discouraged risk-taking, aligning employees behind a mission to empower customers, and proclaiming that the “C” in his title stood for culture. The book, forthcoming in January, tackles head on some of... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 08 Dec 2022
  • HBS Case

The War in Ukraine and Nestlé’s Moral Dilemma: Stay or Leave Russia?

unprovoked aggression toward its neighbor, and apart from paying corporate taxes, it was hard to say the company was complicit in the war effort. And arguably, it was providing stable jobs and lifesaving foods for innocent people. It also had to consider the View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products
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Networking Events - Recruiting

Career & Professional Development. On-Campus Logistics Details Conversations This 1:1 or small group coffee chat style event allows for high-level engagement between the organization and participating students. Quick introduction with... View Details
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Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Services (2008) China Transportation and Logistics Cluster in Northeast China (2017) Wind Turbine Cluster in Inner Mongolia (2009) The Chinese Apparel Cluster in Guangdong (2006) Colombia Bogota Software Cluster (2013) The Sugar Cane... View Details
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Leadership Fellows

framework and logistics for the interviewing and hiring process. For Student-Proposed: Supports students as they work with organizations to develop a proposal. Awards $65,000 toward the Fellow’s annualized salary of $130,000 in addition... View Details
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California - Global

future of AI-driven computing, reshaping both the company and the broader semiconductor landscape. August 2024 Case Zipline: Expanding the World's Largest Autonomous Drone Delivery Network By: Tarun Khanna and George Gonzalez Zipline initially established the world's... View Details
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Interviews - Recruiting

Hire Talent Interviews Hire Talent Interviews HBS-Coordinated Interviews Let HBS manage your first-round interview logistics so you can focus on what matters: finding the right candidate for your position. Request an interview on our... View Details
  • 12 Dec 2023
  • Research & Ideas

COVID Tested Global Supply Chains. Here’s How They’ve Adapted

China through its trade and [global-value chain] links with these third-party countries,” the paper notes. “The global supply chains actually helped us during COVID-19.” Moreover, there are growing concerns that the reshuffling of global manufacturing and View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
  • 12 Jan 2022
  • Blog Post

How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Cecil Alfaro-Mora

logistics operation in Florida, but my role gradually evolved into Chief of Staff to the CEO. In this final stage, I helped him carry out several company-wide initiatives mostly related to Operational Excellence. Did 2+2 change your path... View Details
  • August 2015 (Revised June 2021)
  • Case

Amazon.com, 2021

By: John R. Wells, Benjamin Weinstock, Gabriel Ellsworth and Galen Danskin
In February 2021, Amazon announced 2020 operating profits of $22,899 million, up from $2,233 million in 2015, on sales of $386 billion, up from $107 billion five years earlier (see Exhibit 1). The shareholders expressed their satisfaction (see Exhibit 2), but not all... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Analysis; Retail; E-commerce; Amazon; Internet; Amazon.com; AmazonFresh; Jeff Bezos; Cloud Computing; Marketplaces; Streaming; E-reader Market; Digital Media; Mobile App; Online Retail; Shipping; Database; Tablet; Kindle; Kindle Fire; Smartphone; Delivery; Digital Platforms; Competition; Internet and the Web; Corporate Strategy; Digital Marketing; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Profit; Revenue; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Taxation; Business History; Human Resources; Resignation and Termination; Books; Human Capital; Working Conditions; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Practices and Processes; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; 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; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Integration; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Price; Applications and Software; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Working Capital; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Value and Value Chain; Retail Industry; Advertising Industry; Distribution Industry; Electronics Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Information Technology Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Music Industry; Publishing Industry; Shipping Industry; Technology Industry; Video Game Industry; Web Services Industry; United States; Washington (state, US); Seattle
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  • 27 Feb 2023
  • Research & Ideas

How One Late Employee Can Hurt Your Business: Data from 25 Million Timecards

deviations on the performance of individual stores in a new study. “One employee being late or absent can negatively affect not only store operations, but also their coworkers by making them stay to make up for the lost labor.” Ananth Raman, UPS Foundation Professor of... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand; Retail
  • 01 Mar 2024
  • News

Game On

McCarthy remained in the reserves. Holding five commands, including as a principal logistics planner for Desert Storm, he ultimately achieved the rank of rear admiral. (It’s a proud achievement for anyone but notably rare for a... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Edward Linsmier; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • Research Summary

Health-care Applications

Active postmarketing drug surveillance.  There is substantial interest within the U.S. health community and among health policymakers in developing a surveillance system that scans public health databases in order to proactively detect potential drug safety... View Details

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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Development (57) Leadership Style (56) Leadership (446) Leading Change (57) Learning (16) Legal Liability (12) Leveraged Buyouts (4) Life Cycle (1) Literacy (1) Local Range (1) Logistics (20) Loss (1) Luxury (12) Macroeconomics (10)... View Details
  • 30 May 2024
  • News

How to Have Effective Conversations

Better. But the path to his latest book begins earlier in his career—when he first became a manager. He was at the New York Times back then, and he was pretty confident in his new role. After all, he had his MBA from HBS, and he was really good at View Details
  • 19 Oct 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Fed Up Workers and Supply Woes: What's Next for Dollar Stores?

merchandise into their distribution centers. All retailers are suffering from a shortage of truckers, a shortage of trailers, shortage of capacity in all the logistics networks to move goods around. At the same time, we’re seeing... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Retail
  • May 1994 (Revised March 2008)
  • Case

Barilla SpA (A)

By: Janice H. Hammond
Barilla SpA, an Italian manufacturer that sells to its retailers largely through third-party distributors, experienced widely fluctuating demand patterns from its distributors during the late 1980s. This case describes a proposal to address the problem by implementing... View Details
Keywords: Order Taking and Fulfillment; Logistics; Supply Chain; Technology; Food and Beverage Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Italy
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Leadership - Faculty & Research

Digital Strategy ; Technology Adoption ; Leading Change ; Goals and Objectives ; Resource Allocation ; Digital Marketing ; E-commerce ; Operations ; Logistics ; Business Processes ; Organizational Culture ; Strategic Planning ; Alliances... View Details
  • 14 Mar 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Feeling Stressed? Try Sniffing Your Romantic Partner's Shirt

will look at whether a partner’s scent soothes other types of people, too. “The decision to use women as smellers was not based on predicted sex difference, but rather on logistical considerations (e.g., prior research showing that women... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel