Quality And Safety - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

When Benchmarks Don’t Work

and the quality of outputs are comparable among all participating entities. In our earlier Toyota/GM example, it was sensible to compare the two companies' stamping press changeover times because their... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan; Service

11 Apr 2024
Blog Post

Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #17: Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023), Founder & CEO of Celeste

aggregate information or map out where and how water is impacting a company’s supply chain.” Leni and Taryn see multiple entrepreneurial opportunities in the water space, among them: “assessing water risks... View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

From Big Pharma to Startup

RapidSOS safety agents, 911, and first responders globally Trove Health—gathers an individual’s medical records to enable them to earn passive income by choosing what records they want to contribute to... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

engineer and graduate of MIT who became quality control officer at Polaroid; and Richard T. Kriebel, a gifted writer who became director of public relations. In 1934, Eastman... View Details

22 Jul 2019
Book

How to Be a Digital Platform Leader

All of the most valuable firms in the world today are platforms, starting with Apple, Microsoft, Google and Amazon. But platforms do not evolve in predictable ways, and there is a lot that managers View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Portrait Project

Cali Tran

When my mother closed her eyes and jumped from the Saigon docks onto a puttering fishing boat 30 years ago, she had no idea where life was going to take her. "What choice did I have?" she would often retort when asked about our... View Details

12 Dec 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Clocky, the Runaway Alarm Clock

boutiques? (Nanda stuck with small museum shops and specialty catalogs at first, in spite of all the advance publicity.) Is it better to partner with an American product design firm and risk prohibitive... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online

Free E-Book How to Become a More Effective Leader Learn about the difference between leadership and management, uncover the qualities and skills that characterize an effective... View Details

June 2008
Case

Mattel's Long Hot Summer

In the summer of 2007, Mattel performed three major recalls of toys, mostly due to lead paint and other manufacturing issues in China. This case examines specifically how those recalls were perceived by consumers, and responded to by Mattel, as well as what effect they... View Details

Keywords: Safety; Quality; Production; Price; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry; China

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24 May 2017
News

John J. Brennan, MBA 1980

Express Chairman Emeritus, The Vanguard Group It’s 6 a.m. on a Sunday and Jack Brennan is making pancakes for his grandson, Jack, taking advantage of an opportunity to spend quality time with his namesake as... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

250 million to 281 million Influence: Medium-High 1900 s 19 Model T Plastic Safety razor Widespread use of steam engine, electricity, and openhearth furnace allows businesses to expand nationwide Influence:... View Details

01 May 2020
What Do You Think?

Does Remote Work Mix with Organizational Culture?

SUMMING UP Is Management the Missing Ingredient in Melding Organization Culture and Remote Work? Those who have experienced remote work are largely vocal supporters of the notion. Its success is dependent, on the one hand, on an effective... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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The Challenge of Color - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

base colors that enhanced the dramatic quality of the resulting prints. 9 Photograph conservator Paul Messier contends that in terms of reproduction, “many of the ‘artistic’ attributes permitted by the new View Details

01 Oct 2000
News

Edward D. Bullard: The Personal Touch

state-of-the-art plant; and diversified its product line to include thermal imaging devices, firefighter and rescue helmets, and air quality... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

November 2013 (Revised June 2014)
Case

E-Cigarettes: Marketing Versus Public Health

By: John A. Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez

Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) were heralded by some as a healthcare game changer, enabling smokers to switch to a new product which carried lower risk of cancer. However, there were concerns about the public health risk of e-cigarettes, particularly the chance... View Details

Keywords: Public Health; Tobacco; Smoking; Cigarettes; Electronic Cigarettes; Cancer; Lung; Lorillard; Philip Morris; Safety; Technological Innovation; Conflict of Interests; Market Entry and Exit; Marketing; Health; Advertising; Consumer Products Industry; Health Industry

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15 Dec 2023
News

Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar panel of HBS alumni who shared... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

06 Sep 2022
Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment

alternatives to factory-farmed meat. They are recreating muscle fiber structure using plant ingredients and building a food and material science innovation platform that will create step-change improvement... View Details

21 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

How to Predict if a New Business Idea is Any Good

that with early-stage companies, the idea doesn’t matter so much as the quality and passion of the entrepreneur who is pushing it; while others invest in the idea and replace... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Accommodations; Financial Services

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The Idea of Instant Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

both a negative and a positive sheet in a single process and produce a stabilized, dry print in a compressed period of time. Land wanted to capitalize on the qualities already... View Details

01 Jun 2013
News

Building a Better Brazil

educational platform. The gift was made through the Lemann Foundation, a nonprofit organization Lemann and his family created in 2002 to enhance the quality of public education in Brazil. "Investing in... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

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