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  • 16 Oct 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018

Grushka-Cockayne Abstract—We introduce an exponential smoothing model that a manager can use to forecast the demand of a new product or service. The model has five features that make it suitable for accurately forecasting product life... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 26 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 26

  PublicationsManagement Accounting: Information for Decision Making and Strategy Execution Authors:Anthony A. Atkinson, Robert S. Kaplan, Ella Mae Matsumura, and S. Mark Young Publication:. Pearson Education, Inc., 2011 Abstract An approach to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jan 2018
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January 30, 2018

continues to evolve. We believe that achieving systemic impact is a dynamic process requiring continuous adjustments in strategy. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53822 Harvard Business School Case 818-028 FJ View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

Spring 2018 MIT Sloan Management Review The Store Is Dead—Long Live the Store By: Bell, David R., Santiago Gallino, and Antonio Moreno Abstract—In this article, we pursue two interconnected themes: the expansion of online-first retailers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 May 2013
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First Look: May 21

http://hbr.org/product/keeping-up-with-the-quants-your-guide-to-understan/an/11177-HBK-ENG 2006 Strategic Management Journal Location Strategies for Agglomeration Economies By: Alcácer, Juan, and Wilbur Chung Abstract—Geographically... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Sep 2019
  • What Do You Think?

Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?

inventory at various levels—retailing, wholesale, and manufacturing—in a distribution channel. One objective was to demonstrate the wide swings in inventory levels that resulted when student “managers”... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Service
  • 07 Aug 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Rocket Science Retailing

forecasting; supply chain speed; inventory planning; and gathering accurate, available data. The following excerpt from their report in the Harvard Business Review shows how some of these companies are making the most of the data... View Details
Keywords: by Marshall L. Fisher, Ananth Raman & Anna Sheen McClelland; Retail
  • 01 Jun 2013
  • News

Brick by Brick

Meanwhile, birth rates declined, and children had less interest in toys that didn't offer instant gratification. Serious jolts were also taking place in the LEGO Group. Kjeld, out of the office for a year following a serious illness in 1993, appointed a View Details
Keywords: toys; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade
  • 01 Jun 2002
  • News

In VMI Partnerships, the Devil is in the Data

The expression “letting the fox guard the henhouse” comes to mind when you first hear about Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) systems, where a product manufacturer actually places orders for the retailer,... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA 1988)
  • 08 Dec 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Thinking Twice About Supply-Chain Layoffs

unavoidable, research by HBS assistant professor Zeynep Ton suggests that retailers should make labor decisions thoughtfully. "Many retailers see labor more as a cost driver than a sales driver." Her advice: Consider the supply-chain foot soldiers—stock clerks,... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail
  • 19 Dec 2016
  • News

Harvard Students Help Mom-and-Pop Shops Get off the Ground

restaurants, and neighborhood bakeries in Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, and Somerville, Mugford told the Boston Globe. And the experience has been eye-opening. “The projects I’ve worked on for boards took months and months,” said Lia Prendergast (MBA 2017), who worked... View Details
Keywords: retail
  • 01 Mar 2007
  • News

Courting the Poor

the second-year elective Managing Service Operations. Launched in 1957 with a single department store, Magazine Luiza operated as a family-run business until 1991, when the niece of one of the founders, Luiza Helena Trajano Rodrigues,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; department stores; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises
  • 01 Jun 2007
  • News

James McKenney Remembered

Waves of Change: Business Evolution through Information Technology, McKenney also wrote numerous case studies, among them the first on airline-reservation systems and inventory management across the... View Details
Keywords: Information
  • 19 Nov 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web

chain management and advanced planning and scheduling software embed more advanced algorithms than their predecessors and offer the possibility of optimizing decisions across an entire supply chain, as opposed to within single firms. 52... View Details
Keywords: by Andrew McAfee
  • 15 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 15

Retail Inventory: Managing the Canary in the Coal Mine! By: Gaur, Vishal, Saravanan Kesavan, and Ananth Raman Abstract—Retail inventory is a statistic that is closely watched by retailers as well as their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Profile

Jon Schechter

As an engineer at Amazon Robotics (formerly Kiva Systems), Jon Schechter viewed the future, almost literally, from the ground floor. “We worked on fleets of orange robots that move warehouse inventory,” he explains. “They drive underneath the shelves to find and lift... View Details
Keywords: Tech
  • 01 Jun 2008
  • News

Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism

borrowers with more guidance when it comes to managing family finances? No one would argue against better consumer education and more financial literacy for Americans, in general. But the system itself caused many of these problems. We... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Management; Management; Management

    John Stuart

    Having started in the cereal business as a sweeper at Quaker Oats, Stuart always paid attention to details and to the efficiency with which his father managed the company. His first major task at Quaker Oats was to create a more effective... View Details
    Keywords: Food & Tobacco
    • 05 Jul 2011
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    First Look: July 5

    investment manager Albert Mills takes in the matter of an unusually low U.S. dollar fixed-floating swap spread. He must decide what to do next. Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/211052-PDF-ENG Scientific... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

      Scott D. Cook

      century. The success of Quicken was just the beginning. Cook and Intuit went on to launch a full suite of financial applications from on-line bill payment for individuals to inventory and account receivables View Details
      Keywords: Computers & Electronics