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  • March 2002
  • Background Note

Virtuous Cycles: Improving Service and Lowering Costs in E-Commerce

Illustrates how various elements in a customer's encounter with Internet services relying on physical service (labor-intensive customer support and/or logistics) affect one another. Presents a framework that suggests: 1) that improving service quality in specific... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Service Delivery; Performance Efficiency; Performance Effectiveness; Service Industry
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Hallowell, Roger H. "Virtuous Cycles: Improving Service and Lowering Costs in E-Commerce." Harvard Business School Background Note 802-155, March 2002.
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Investment management: industry resources

Career Library Career Guide to IM Top 25 IM Employers Company & Industry News Identify latest activities, changes in management, market share/market size, and trends. Factiva:  Useful for international, original language... View Details
  • September 2016
  • Supplement

Financial Services at Falabella (B)

By: C. Fritz Foley and Agustin M. Hurtado
Supplements the (A) case and provides an update describing choices Falabella made. View Details
Keywords: Consumer Credit; Financial Management; Corporate Strategy; Credit; Financial Institutions; Financial Services Industry
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Foley, C. Fritz, and Agustin M. Hurtado. "Financial Services at Falabella (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 217-017, September 2016.
  • April 2000 (Revised October 2002)
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Career Strategies and Tactics in Professional Service Firms

By: Ashish Nanda, Thomas J. DeLong and Scot H. Landry
Presents suggestions for ensuring a good start in a professional services career. View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Performance Expectations; Performance Effectiveness; Customization and Personalization; Practice; Valuation; Performance Evaluation; Business Startups; Competency and Skills; Learning; Talent and Talent Management; Management Skills; Consulting Industry
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Nanda, Ashish, Thomas J. DeLong, and Scot H. Landry. "Career Strategies and Tactics in Professional Service Firms." Harvard Business School Background Note 800-375, April 2000. (Revised October 2002.)
  • 16 Feb 2010
  • Research & Ideas

The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service

rather than focus simply on products and sales. And Gulati's research, including interviews with 500 executives spanning industries and geographies, asserts that outside-in success is not confined to any one sector. "I see the move... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products
  • January 2003 (Revised March 2005)
  • Case

Planning in Professional Service Firms

By: Ashish Nanda
In this case, four consultants discuss business planning issues that they are each having within their respective consulting firms. The case addresses how professional compensation, project staffing, hours worked, overhead costs, and billing rates impact profitability. View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Strategic Planning; Profit; Consulting Industry
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Nanda, Ashish, and Kelley Elizabeth Morrell. "Planning in Professional Service Firms." Harvard Business School Case 903-085, January 2003. (Revised March 2005.)
  • 06 Apr 2021
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Disrupting the Waste Management Industry with Technology

  • April 2003
  • Case

IBM Canada: Global Services (B)

By: Michael L. Tushman, David Kiron and Wendy Smith
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Leading Change; Technological Innovation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Management Teams; Information Technology; Organizational Structure; Information Technology Industry; Canada
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Tushman, Michael L., David Kiron, and Wendy Smith. "IBM Canada: Global Services (B)." Harvard Business School Case 403-078, April 2003.
  • April 2004 (Revised June 2004)
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Starbucks: Delivering Customer Service (TN)

By: Youngme E. Moon and John A. Quelch
Teaching Note to (9-504-016). View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Food and Beverage Industry
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Moon, Youngme E., and John A. Quelch. "Starbucks: Delivering Customer Service (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 504-089, April 2004. (Revised June 2004.)
  • fall 1991
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Beefing-up Operations in Service Firms

By: R. H. Hayes and R. B. Chase
Keywords: Operations; Business Ventures; Service Industry
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Hayes, R. H., and R. B. Chase. "Beefing-up Operations in Service Firms." MIT Sloan Management Review 33, no. 1 (fall 1991): 15–26.
  • January 2004 (Revised May 2006)
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Yamato Transport: Valuing and Pricing Network Services (A)

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Tarun Khanna and Masako Egawa
Yamato Transport is the leading Japanese parcel delivery company and has dominated its industry for more than two decades. In response to new competitive challenges, Yamato must decide how to reposition itself in the industry and optimize the size of its network. The... View Details
Keywords: Value Creation; Competition; Transportation Networks; Monopoly; Shipping Industry; Japan
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Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Tarun Khanna, and Masako Egawa. "Yamato Transport: Valuing and Pricing Network Services (A)." Harvard Business School Case 704-475, January 2004. (Revised May 2006.)
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The Role of Information Technology in the Provision of Services

By: James I. Cash
James I. Cash, Jr. is exploring the role of information technology in service management. Specifically, he is studying the implications of the ubiquity of information technology at three levels in service-providing organizations. (In the United States today, service... View Details
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Recent Strategies in the U.S. Grocery Industry

By: Rajiv Lal
Rajiv Lal's work comparing the benefits of EDLP and Hi-Lo strategies in the grocery industry indicates that while EDLP grocery retailers may not be able to benefit from traditional costs savings associated with this strategy, these retailers still benefit from the use... View Details
  • November 2023
  • Case

Riiid: Scaling AI Educational Services Globally

By: John Jong-Hyun Kim, Nancy Dai and Ruru Hoong
This article explores the definition and evolution of AI, its applications in education, and the role of AI, particularly in K-12 education. It discusses the founding of Riiid, an AI-driven educational technology company, and its journey in the education sector, with a... View Details
Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Economic Sectors; Technological Innovation; Education Industry; South Korea; Asia
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Kim, John Jong-Hyun, Nancy Dai, and Ruru Hoong. "Riiid: Scaling AI Educational Services Globally." Harvard Business School Case 324-030, November 2023.
  • February 2005 (Revised March 2013)
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Phase Zero: Introducing New Services at IDEO (A)

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Laura Feldman
Focuses on whether world-renowned product design firm IDEO's new customer service fits with the firm's strategic position and organization capabilities. Over the course of IDEO's 13-year history, an increasing share of revenues are a result of "Phase 0"... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Service Operations; Product Design; Infrastructure; Customer Focus and Relationships; Innovation and Invention; Service Industry; Boston; United States
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Edmondson, Amy C., and Laura Feldman. "Phase Zero: Introducing New Services at IDEO (A)." Harvard Business School Case 605-069, February 2005. (Revised March 2013.)
  • February 2003
  • Teaching Note

Mobile Energy Services Company (TN)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia
Teaching Note for (9-203-061). View Details
Keywords: Energy Industry; Alabama
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Esty, Benjamin C., and Aldo Sesia. "Mobile Energy Services Company (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 203-062, February 2003.
  • April 1976
  • Background Note

Capacity Planning for Service Firms

By: W. Earl Sasser
Keywords: Planning; Service Industry
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Sasser, W. Earl. "Capacity Planning for Service Firms." Harvard Business School Background Note 676-165, April 1976.
  • March 1991 (Revised May 1991)
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Charles Schwab: Financial Advisors Service

By: Steven C. Wheelwright
Keywords: Product Development; Innovation and Invention; Financial Services Industry
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Wheelwright, Steven C. "Charles Schwab: Financial Advisors Service." Harvard Business School Case 691-072, March 1991. (Revised May 1991.)
  • March 1987 (Revised August 1988)
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Public Service Co. of Oklahoma (A)

By: Michael Beer
Keywords: Utilities Industry
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Beer, Michael. "Public Service Co. of Oklahoma (A)." Harvard Business School Case 487-008, March 1987. (Revised August 1988.)
  • April 2003
  • Case

IBM Canada: Global Services (C)

By: Michael L. Tushman, David Kiron and Wendy Smith
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Leading Change; Technological Innovation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Management Teams; Information Technology; Organizational Structure; Information Technology Industry; Canada
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Tushman, Michael L., David Kiron, and Wendy Smith. "IBM Canada: Global Services (C)." Harvard Business School Case 403-079, April 2003.
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