Filter Results:
(404)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(636)
- News (107)
- Research (404)
- Events (1)
- Multimedia (2)
- Faculty Publications (167)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(636)
- News (107)
- Research (404)
- Events (1)
- Multimedia (2)
- Faculty Publications (167)
Sort by
- 16 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense
begging to have the opportunity to re-engage. Rigorously evaluate the quality and capacity of your senior team and take advantage of the extraordinary executive talent looking for new homes and more promising pastures. 3. Make process... View Details
Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang
- 02 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters
competitors in geographically fragmented industries; to extend into new products or markets; as a substitute for R&D; and to exploit eroding industry boundaries by inventing an industry. Despite the massive number of books and... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/06-007.pdf Sweatshop Labor Is Wrong Unless the Jeans Are Cute: Motivated Moral Disengagement Authors:Neeru Paharia and Rohit Deshpandé Abstract While many consumers say they care about issues such as sweatshop labor, the existence of a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why a Blended Workforce May Be Key to Lasting Competitive Advantage
In recent years, companies have been anxious about the lack of skilled workers to fill pivotal jobs. But then came COVID-19 and a subsequent recession. The ensuing business turmoil and record-high unemployment may have temporarily distracted companies from their... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- 2009
- Working Paper
Broadening Focus: Spillovers, Complementarities and Specialization in the Hospital Industry
By: Jonathan R. Clark and Robert S. Huckman
The long-standing argument that focused operations outperform others stands in contrast to claims about the benefits of broader operational scope. The performance benefits of focus are typically attributed to reduced complexity, lower uncertainty, and the development... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Performance Capacity; Diversification; Health Industry
Clark, Jonathan R., and Robert S. Huckman. "Broadening Focus: Spillovers, Complementarities and Specialization in the Hospital Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-120, April 2009. (Revised April 2011.)
- 08 Feb 2021
- Book
How to Make the World Better, Not Perfect
productive ways.” Setting achievable goals Philosophers and ethicists talk a lot about what it means to be “good.” The problem, says Bazerman, is that they tend to hold up the ideal rather than the achievable. “Philosophers talk about... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Sep 2006
- What Do You Think?
Are We Ready for Self-Management?
to create thousands of new locations, including stores and kiosks, at which its line of Mexican-themed products could be sold. At the same time, it was experiencing a shortage of capable managers in a fast-food industry known for... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
Danaher, a conglomerate with brands in diagnostics, life sciences, and environmental and applied solutions. "Stars practice, and they keep practicing long after they become stars." Toyota employs a system known as the Toyota Production... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
Summer 2018 RAND Journal of Economics Scale versus Scope in the Diffusion of New Technology: Evidence from the Farm Tractor By: Gross, Daniel P. Abstract—Although tractors are now used in nearly every agricultural field operation and in the View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Learning in Action
layout that would optimize product flow and plant capacity — critical to reducing process time — and made extensive use of simulations to generate insights. They created Cardboard City, a three dimensional... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
- 09 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns
last forever. Cote had used targeted layoffs for permanent changes to Honeywell’s product portfolio after becoming CEO in 2002, divesting businesses that did not meet his requirement that each Honeywell business be in a “great position in... 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
- 15 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 15
refinement to use is critical because it can lead to dramatically different predicted outcomes. To better understand which refinement is more predictive of actual behavior, we conduct a controlled experiment in a setting central to operations management-a View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017
National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke seeks to increase capacity building, screening, referral, and management of NCDs across India and includes community-based outreach and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
the natural environment while creating urban living capacity by combining low carbon and resource-efficient development with the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to better manage complex urban systems. Download the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Bank That Takes Parmesan as Collateral: The Cheese Stands a Loan
typical loan-to-value ratio is 70 to 80 percent, which cushions the bank against market price fluctuations and product degradation. A Credem subsidiary, Magazziini Generali delle Tagliate, keeps the pungent collateral in two bank-owned... View Details
- 14 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?
Meet Cheryl Andrus: Manager. Survivor. A vice president responsible for corporate and product marketing at FranklinCovey in Salt Lake City, Andrus was asked in August 2002 to also take charge of one of the company's business lines. Along... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 07 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis
pandemic. Consumers consider the brands they use to be trusted partners and look to them for information about the crisis and how it is affecting their companies, employees, and the products and services they provide. Brands should try to... View Details
Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
- 25 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Secret Life of Supply Chains
everything they do. “New technologies in the supply chain, such as artificial intelligence, have the capacity to similarly ripple through the economy in a way that consumer products simply can’t.” The supply... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
sketch some important implications. Third, we review the national gatekeepers for skilled migration and broad differences in approaches used to select migrants for admission. Looking forward, the capacity of people, firms, and countries... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne