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February 2004 (Revised March 2006)
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Pratt & Whitney: Engineering Standard Work

By: H. Kent Bowen and Courtney Purrington

As the engineering of state-of-the-art jet engines becomes more and more complex, Pratt & Whitney leaders face major competitive problems. Product development projects are not meeting the cost, quality, and lead-time targets. The leadership develops a design,... View Details

Keywords: Design; Engineering; Cost; Knowledge Management; Time Management; Product Launch; Standards; Product Development; Problems and Challenges; Quality; Creativity; Competitive Strategy; Manufacturing Industry

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10 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

Cross-Sector Collaboration: Lessons from the International Trachoma Initiative

same time internally, our marketing and clinical trials folks had been working with Joe and they came to us and said, 'We've got a great opportunity here, but we do the commercial side of things and we need... View Details

Keywords: by Diana Barrett, James Austin & Sheila McCarthy

01 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Investing in Career Switchers - Cyril Straughn-Turner & Invesco US

exceptional candidates. Create an environment that welcomes questions. “Even when there is a lot going on, like there is currently in the real estate market in Dallas, my colleagues at Invesco US have taken the View Details

Keywords: Real Estate

01 Mar 2004
News

Ron Shaich’s Café Society

Ron Shaich (MBA 1978) is cofounder, chairman, and CEO of Panera Bread, the fast-growing bakery-café chain with over six hundred locations in mostly suburban markets across the United States. Panera’s ability to deliver high-quality food... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

Profile

Anthony Tan

countries and has its own sights on the Asian marketplace. “We will do whatever it takes to ensure that we maintain our leadership in an ethical and moral way,” Tan said when the Softbank investment was announced. “It’s a fight for View Details

24 Sep 2020
News

The Race for a Vaccine

Moderna could create a vaccine for clinical testing in just 60 days. That was three times faster than any vaccine candidate had ever been produced. Fauci didn't believe him. An idea emerged to test Bancel’s record-breaking claims: a mock... View Details

Keywords: April White; COVID-19; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Mar 2006
News

Fast Lane to Country Lane

software start-up straight out of Yale. She was running the company by the time she left for HBS in 1992. After HBS, she helped launch Open Market, an Internet start-up that made e-commerce software, where she handled both View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2017
News

Better Hiring Through Brain Science

the difference between consulting and finance and marketing and entrepreneurship,” says Polli. Career paths in accounting or consulting, for example, usually correlated to attention to detail and a lack of impulsive behavior, she says;... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

21 Mar 2022
Blog Post

The Impact of Career Coaching | When Mission Meets Passion

evaluating hearing healthcare investments. For example, I recently advised a company developing gene therapies for hearing loss. For the engagement, we delivered strategic recommendations for clinical trial design based on a synthesized analysis of the View Details

24 Sep 2013
First Look

First Look: September 24

Earnings Call By: Eccles, Robert G., and George Serafeim Abstract—One of the challenges companies claim to face in making sustainability a core part of their strategy and operations is that the market does not care about sustainability,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

Lessons of Successful Entrepreneurs

business model, he continued. He also said start-ups should spend more time on market verification and market feedback than on the "front office" issues of building a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2014
News

Afghanistan’s Hope and Light

citizens; in Afghanistan, the average annual income at the time was about $100. (Current estimates are more like $700.) Roshan, which translates from the Dari and Pashto languages to “light,” was a name chosen by the Afghan people through... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

Steven J. Ross

Ross built a small family funeral parlor business into the world’s largest media company by the time of his death. In 1962, Ross took the funeral parlor business, Kinney, public at a market valuation of... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

04 Jun 2025
News

Slice of Life

Pizza for two straight years, won regional awards in the International Pizza Challenge, and earlier this year was deemed by the New York Times to serve a world-class slice of New York Style Pizza. Crawford is a former Air Force fighter... View Details

01 Mar 2015
News

Case Study: The Speed of Light

states across the country and in some cases abroad (Canada, the Caribbean, Europe). Expansion to markets like California—which has five times the solar capacity of New Jersey—is potentially very lucrative.... View Details

Keywords: Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

02 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t

Teixeira, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School in the Marketing unit. But not anymore. The Second Internet Wave A second wave of Internet disruption threatens not only electronics and telecom businesses, but also industries... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?

offers funders more than just the intangible reward of supporting a company or cause they believe in; it also gives them a direct share in the company that can produce returns over time. Think of it as E*TRADE, but for private companies instead of public ones. But... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

05 Jun 2013
What Do You Think?

Do We Need to Extend ‘No Surprises Management?’

with respect and understanding. The payback is impressive." Several commented on the demands that NSM places on management in an uncertain environment and the need for communication. For example, Amitava commented that NSM is a good idea but might take some View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Understanding Africa: Business, Entrepreneurship, Political Economy and the Complexities of a Continent - Course Catalog

market landscape, and the similarities that can be drawn from other regions of the Global South and beyond. "Understanding Africa" is crafted to appeal to both students who have extensive experience working in Africa, as well as those who... View Details

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Souvenirs & Novelties - The Art of American Advertising

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections Visual Resources More Exhibits Exhibition Gallery Research Links Site Credits The Art of American Advertising: Souvenirs & Novelties National Markets Advertising Products Trade... View Details

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