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- 21 Jun 2022
- HBS Conference
Consortium For Operational Excellence in Retailing (COER) 2022
- 06 May 2019
- HBS Conference
Consortium For Operational Excellence in Retailing (COER) 2019
- 23 Sep 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Operational Failures and Problem Solving: An Empirical Study of Incident Reporting
The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage
From HBSP: " In a world of stiffening competition, business strategy is more crucial than ever. Yet most organizations struggle in this area--not with formulating strategy but with executing it, or putting their... View Details
- 26 Jan 2021
- Video
Operating Companies and the Value of an MBA
- 19 Jun 2018
- HBS Conference
Consortium For Operational Excellence in Retailing (COER) 2018
- 18 Aug 2014
- HBS Conference
Technology and Operations Management (TOM) Alumni Research Workshop
- Spring 2019
- Article
Fluid Teams and Knowledge Retrieval: Scaling Service Operations
By: Melissa A. Valentine, Tom Fangyun Tan, Bradley R. Staats and Amy C. Edmondson
To scale service operations requires retrieving knowledge across the organization. However, prior work highlights that individuals on the periphery of organizational knowledge networks may struggle to access useful knowledge at work. A knowledge repository has the... View Details
Keywords: Teaming; Teams; Groups and Teams; Knowledge Management; Service Delivery; Knowledge Use and Leverage
Valentine, Melissa A., Tom Fangyun Tan, Bradley R. Staats, and Amy C. Edmondson. "Fluid Teams and Knowledge Retrieval: Scaling Service Operations." Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 21, no. 2 (Spring 2019): 346–360.
- June 2023 (Revised September 2023)
- Simulation
Managing the Customer Journey Marketing Simulation: Adobe's Data-Driven Operating Model (DDOM)
By: Sunil Gupta, Rajiv Lal and Celine Chammas
Adobe started monitoring Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR), one of its primary metrics, when it shifted from selling its software in a box to selling the software as a subscription-based cloud service. They wanted to know when, where, and how much to invest in marketing.... View Details
- 2025
- Chapter
Trust and Corporate Leadership: Operating ‘Outside the Building’
Kanter, Rosabeth M. "Trust and Corporate Leadership: Operating ‘Outside the Building’." In Age of Doubt: Building Trust in a World of Misinformation, edited by Tracey Kirkland and Gavin Fang, 176–181. Monash University Publishing, forthcoming.
- October 2021
- Article
Directors' Perceptions of Board Effectiveness and Internal Operations
By: J. Yo-Jud Cheng, Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and Rajesh Vijayaraghavan
We contribute to the growing literature on the effectiveness of corporate boards by examining the effect of two insights that have been largely unexplored in prior studies that use public data. First, since boards’ responsibilities are wide-ranging, more holistic... View Details
Keywords: Boards Of Directors; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Performance Effectiveness; Perception
Cheng, J. Yo-Jud, Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy, and Rajesh Vijayaraghavan. "Directors' Perceptions of Board Effectiveness and Internal Operations." Management Science 67, no. 10 (October 2021): 6399–6420.
- February 1999
- Article
User's Guide to New 1998 Operating Segment Disclosures
By: David F. Hawkins
Keywords: Information
Hawkins, David F. "User's Guide to New 1998 Operating Segment Disclosures." Accounting Bulletin, no. 75 (February 1999).
- 13 May 2013
- HBS Conference
Consortium For Operational Excellence in Retailing (COER) 2013
- 15 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience
that business disruptions are not just potential threats, but common occurrences that demand immediate attention from CEOs, C-suite teams, and boards. It's time for leaders to take stock of their companies’ operational resilience—their... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch
- 26 Jan 2021
- Video
College Programs Series: Operating Companies and The Value of an MBA
- Article
Online Experimentation: Benefits, Operational and Methodological Challenges, and Scaling Guide
By: Iavor Bojinov and Somit Gupta
In the past decade, online controlled experimentation, or A/B testing, at scale has proved to be a significant driver of business innovation. The practice was first pioneered by the technology sector and, more recently, has been adopted by traditional companies... View Details
Keywords: A/B Testing; Experimentation; Data-driven Culture; Product Development; Innovation and Invention; Digital Transformation
Bojinov, Iavor, and Somit Gupta. "Online Experimentation: Benefits, Operational and Methodological Challenges, and Scaling Guide." Harvard Data Science Review, no. 4.3 (Summer, 2022).
- June 2011 (Revised January 2013)
- Case
Home Essentials: Building a Global Service Business with Local Operations
By: Lynda M. Applegate, William R. Kerr and David Lane
Chris Exline founded Home Essentials, a furniture rental business targeted toward expatriates, in Singapore but rapidly moved the base of operations to Hong Kong. The company was highly successful in Singapore and Hong Kong and then pursued rapid global expansion.... View Details
Keywords: Growth Management; Renting or Rental; Corporate Governance; Global Strategy; Failure; Singapore; Hong Kong
Applegate, Lynda M., William R. Kerr, and David Lane. "Home Essentials: Building a Global Service Business with Local Operations." Harvard Business School Case 811-078, June 2011. (Revised January 2013.)
- June 2006
- Article
Operational Failures and Interruptions in Hospital Nursing
By: A. L. Tucker and S. Spear
Tucker, A. L., and S. Spear. "Operational Failures and Interruptions in Hospital Nursing." Health Services Research 41, no. 3 (June 2006): 643–662.
- February 2023
- Teaching Note
Sercomm: Operating in China Amid COVID-19 and Beyond
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 621-005. View Details