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Climate Symposium 2024: Confronting Reality, Celebrating Innovation - Blog - Business & Environment

Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business... View Details
  • August 2010 (Revised August 2011)
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Richard Jenkins at SciMat

By: John J. Gabarro, Thomas J. DeLong and Jevan Soo
Written from the point of view of Richard Jenkins, the Executive Vice-President of Medical Devices at SciMat. Presents his reflections on the series of events leading to the firing of one of SciMat's general managers, Erik Peterson. A redisguised and updated version of... View Details
Keywords: Resignation and Termination; Managerial Roles; Situation or Environment; Perspective; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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Gabarro, John J., Thomas J. DeLong, and Jevan Soo. "Richard Jenkins at SciMat." Harvard Business School Case 411-036, August 2010. (Revised August 2011.)
  • March 1996 (Revised January 2002)
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CIBA Vision: The Daily Disposable Lens Project (A)

By: Gary P. Pisano
Examines CIBA Vision's decision on whether to launch a major new R&D initiative to develop a low-cost, daily disposable contact lens, and how to organize such a project should it proceed. One group of executives favors setting up a small, autonomous project team... View Details
Keywords: Product Development; Operations; Research and Development; Decision Making; Production; Strategy; Management; Organizational Design; Globalization; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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Pisano, Gary P. "CIBA Vision: The Daily Disposable Lens Project (A)." Harvard Business School Case 696-100, March 1996. (Revised January 2002.)
  • October 2013
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How Much to Make and How Much to Buy? An Analysis of Optimal Plural Sourcing Strategies

By: Phanish Puranam, Ranjay Gulati and Sourav Bhattacharya
While many theories of the firm seek to explain when firms make rather than buy, in practice, firms often make and buy the same input—they engage in plural sourcing. We argue that explaining the mix of external procurement and internal sourcing for the same input... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain; Forecasting and Prediction; Framework; Prejudice and Bias; Mathematical Methods
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Puranam, Phanish, Ranjay Gulati, and Sourav Bhattacharya. "How Much to Make and How Much to Buy? An Analysis of Optimal Plural Sourcing Strategies." Strategic Management Journal 34, no. 10 (October 2013): 1145–1161.
  • 01 May 2012
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First Look: May 1

occurs when supplier- and customer-facing IT are adopted together, suggesting the presence of complementarities in supply chain technology adoption. These results are consistent with the view that, by... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Sep 2006
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Light Years Ahead

team, an experience that convinced him that he needed more management skills. By his own recollection, he was virtually “clueless” about the very special place to which he was heading. His application to the MBA Program caught the... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training
  • 28 Mar 2023
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Novo Nordisk

to produce human insulin in genetically modified yeast cells: fermentation, recovery, and purification. The company also handles manufacturing and supply chain development, upscaling for production, assembly... View Details
  • 27 Feb 2020
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How Following Best Business Practices Can Improve Health Care

Harvard Business School spends a significant amount of research funds each year on the health care industry, answering questions such as: How can the business of health care be made more efficient? What can a business do to motivate employees to take better care of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Medical Devices & Supplies; Medical Devices & Supplies
  • 06 Feb 2012
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Kodak: A Parable of American Competitiveness

list" of strategic capabilities for the country to focus on, with great success. Today China has captured the supply chain in the electronics industry and will be a dominant player for years to come.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Manufacturing
  • July 1995 (Revised September 1997)
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Baseball Strike, The

Describes structural conditions in the American baseball industry in 1995. Although this case covers conditions leading to the 1994-95 strike, it is designed primarily for analysis of the structural tensions that arise between suppliers, buyers, and rivals as industry... View Details
Keywords: Industry Structures; Sports; Labor and Management Relations; Sports Industry; United States
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McGahan, Anita M., John F. McGuire, and Julia Kou. "Baseball Strike, The." Harvard Business School Case 796-059, July 1995. (Revised September 1997.)
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Jeremy Lipstein

where, with one professor and fifteen student colleagues, Jeremy studied "international economics and global capital markets." Colgate proved a training ground for leadership as well. In his senior year, Jeremy became student body president. There, he learned... View Details
  • 11 Jun 2020
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Are Digital Organizations Better at Overcoming COVID?

Government leaders rushing to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in March gave companies little time to shift to an all-virtual workforce. Ready or not, many businesses had to become more digital. But true digital transformation takes far more than a Zoom account. Using... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 18 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 18

point, management was aiming to raise $15 million to get closer to manufacturing prototypes, but had they sufficiently proved out both the manufacturing feasibility and the market demand? How could they address the next hurdles in terms... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 01 Sep 2015
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Ink

and managed to realize this joint value; and each participant must earn a sufficient return to justify the investment. The second element—managing complex collections of people, products, and partners—presents a formidable challenge for... View Details
  • February 2003 (Revised December 2006)
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Toys "R" Us (A)

By: Michael G. Rukstad, Dennis A. Yao and Cate Reavis
In 1992, Toys "R" Us, the pioneer of the "category killer" retail format, faced significant competitive threats from mass discounters and warehouse clubs and was losing market share. This case explores the dynamic sustainability of Toys "R" Us's retailing model, its... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Competition; Supply and Industry; Power and Influence; Retail Industry; United States
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Rukstad, Michael G., Dennis A. Yao, and Cate Reavis. Toys "R" Us (A). Harvard Business School Case 703-445, February 2003. (Revised December 2006.)
  • 09 May 2018
  • Research & Ideas

A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety

and the less energy you’re going to have to discover violations” “This study brought together Maria’s interest in how scheduling affects workers’ behavior and how that affects quality or productivity, and my interest in studying the effectiveness of inspections of... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Service
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Introduction - The Worker - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Production The Worker Chapter Introduction Chapter Images The Audience Bibliography The Worker: The Human Factor The more you see of modern machines, the more may you, too, respect the men who make and manipulate them. Lewis Hine, 1932 The View Details
  • 23 Nov 1999
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The Future of the Venture Capital Cycle

financial product. The supply of venture capital is also likely to continue growing. Within the past two years, numerous pension funds have invested in private equity for the first time. Many experienced investors have also decided to... View Details
Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner; Financial Services
  • 24 Sep 2014
  • Op-Ed

Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change

even to business and society in the near term, created by their operations. For just one example, earlier this year a New York Times article reported that a growing number of business leaders are viewing climate change as a threat to View Details
Keywords: by Amy C. Edmondson; Energy; Utilities
  • 01 Jun 2009
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The Maestro and the Market

experiences, you almost can’t listen to the customer.” Norton asks students to consider the operations and marketing of elBulli. There is much about the restaurant that is inefficient, as MBAs are quick to note: Adrià should lower his staff numbers, use cheaper... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality
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