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- 24 Aug 2021
- News
Having a Moment
Aisha Chottani (MBA 2015) Aisha Chottani (MBA 2015) As an engagement manager at McKinsey, Aisha Chottani (MBA 2015) often found herself in need of an afternoon energy boost. But caffeinated, sugary drinks left her feeling even more depleted, so she swapped in a quick... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Quantum Leap
Illustration by Edmon deHaro Even before we’ve seen the full potential of quantum computing in any material sense, the global market is estimated to reach $5.5 billion in the next five years. To begin to understand why, consider how it could transform the notoriously... View Details
- 12 Feb 2020
- News
Culture Shift at Big Blue
Getty Images Getty Images With the news of President and CEO Ginni Rometty’s retirement and the elevation of Arvind Krishna to replace her as chief executive, IBM simultaneously announced that Jim Whitehurst (MBA 1994) will step up as the company’s next president. The... View Details
- 20 Nov 2019
- News
From the Ground Up
Paul Phillips (MBA 2003) is cofounder of Kai-Viti Water, which bottles and sells artesian water from the Fiji Islands. In this interview he talks about the company’s policy of dedicating profits from the company to support basic education needs of children in the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Students Top Marketing Contest
In January, Melissa Lau, Yanlin Liu, and Deena Malkina (all HBS ’08) took home top honors in Rice University’s seventh annual Marketing Case competition, besting student teams from nine other business schools, including Kellogg, Stanford, and Sloan. With the teams... View Details
- 28 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
While Waiting for Japan’s Recovery, Let’s Enhance Supplier Competitiveness at Home
Connection on January 31. Other major manufacturers and retailers are soon to join, and IBM intends to find other ways to enhance small business growth. Imagine the possibilities for a national campaign to reduce unemployment and grow the... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
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Class Profile | MBA
/ E-Commerce 9% Financial Services 10% Health Care / Biotech 8% Manufacturing / Industrial / Energy 9% Media / Entertainment / Travel 4% Military 5% Nonprofit / Government / Education 6% Services 2% Technology 12% Venture Capital /... View Details
- 17 Jul 2020
- News
Support System
Akuete’s companies. By keeping the processing and manufacturing in Ghana, where the company has two facilities, Akuete can guarantee unrefined shea butter without added chemicals, agents, synthetic processes, and transcontinental... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT
framework for IT baselining and planning, is examining how the new information economy is transforming the traditional management principles of the industrial economy. Nolan is studying, for example, how IT is changing the traditional "make-and-sell" business model, in... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb
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By: Willy C. Shih
Professor Shih has taught the Technology and Operations Management (TOM) course and FIELD Global Immersion in the first-year MBA required curriculum. He also has taught Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (BSSE) in the second-year MBA curriculum, as well as... View Details
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My research examines how companies manage environmental issues, occupational safety, and working conditions in global supply chains. More recently, I have also begun researching the drivers and implications of CEO activism, where organizational leaders speak out on... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Performance; Environmental Strategy; Labor Management; Transparency; Institutional Theory; Economic Analysis; Quality Improvement; Operations Management; Supply Chain; Regulation; Environmental Sustainability; Safety; Quality; Climate Change; Environmental Regulation; Pollution; Environmental Management; Operations; Supply Chain Management; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Asia; Europe; United States
- January 1983 (Revised August 1988)
- Case
Universal Robotics Corp.
Three former classmates are founding a company to design, develop, manufacture, and market industrial robots. Principal issues involve the sources, amount, and form of outside investment, the allocation of equity, and the terms and conditions under which outside funds... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Business Startups; Corporate Finance; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry
Grousbeck, H. Irving. "Universal Robotics Corp." Harvard Business School Case 383-075, January 1983. (Revised August 1988.)
- June 2024 (Revised August 2024)
- Case
Cementos Argos in the U.S.: Go Big or Go Home?
By: Jorge Tamayo, Ruth Costas, Pedro Levindo and Karina Souza
In April 2011, Colombian group Cementos Argos had to decide on whether to double down its business in the U.S., amidst the U.S. cement industry’s lowest performance in 30 years. Argos— Colombia’s leading cement producer and one of the “jewels” of Grupo GEA, the... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Organization; Business Subsidiaries; Talent and Talent Management; Cost vs Benefits; Financial Crisis; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Business Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Latin America; South America; North and Central America; United States; Colombia
Tamayo, Jorge, Ruth Costas, Pedro Levindo, and Karina Souza. "Cementos Argos in the U.S.: Go Big or Go Home?" Harvard Business School Case 724-500, June 2024. (Revised August 2024.)
- November 2023
- Case
From Imitation to Innovation: Zongshen Industrial Group (Abridged)
By: Willy Shih and Nancy Dai
Like other small shops based in Chongqing, China, Zongshen Industrial Group started by assembling motorcycles from "standard" parts. The quality of its early products was good enough for rural Chinese buyers, though wealthier consumers usually purchased premium... View Details
Keywords: Disruptive Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Competitive Strategy; Supply Chain; Product Positioning; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; China
Shih, Willy, and Nancy Dai. "From Imitation to Innovation: Zongshen Industrial Group (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 624-056, November 2023.
- July 2023
- Article
Managerial Quality and Productivity Dynamics
By: Achyuta Adhvaryu, Anant Nyshadham and Jorge Tamayo
Do productivity and managerial quality vary within the firm? If so which managerial traits and practices matter most for team productivity? Combining granular garment production data with survey data on managers across 120 production lines in India, we document... View Details
Keywords: Productivity; Non-cognitive Skills; Learning By Doing; Ready-made Garments; Management; Management Practices and Processes; Management Skills; Performance Productivity; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; India
Adhvaryu, Achyuta, Anant Nyshadham, and Jorge Tamayo. "Managerial Quality and Productivity Dynamics." Review of Economic Studies 90, no. 4 (July 2023): 1569–1607.
- November 2020 (Revised March 2021)
- Case
Sercomm: Operating in China Amid COVID-19 and Beyond
The COVID-19 pandemic had forced a production cut in the factory of Sercomm, one of the world’s major telecom equipment producers, in China. The case explores and highlights the challenges that Chief Executive Officer James Wang faced: How could Sercomm recover and... View Details
Keywords: Emerging Markets; Information Technology; Operations; Management; Health Pandemics; Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; China
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Gary P. Pisano, and Bonnie Yining Cao. "Sercomm: Operating in China Amid COVID-19 and Beyond." Harvard Business School Case 621-005, November 2020. (Revised March 2021.)
- June 2019
- Case
The Shale Revolution: America's Energy Independence?
By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Howaida Kamel
The shale revolution has upended oil and gas markets for nearly a decade and has positioned the U.S. to become a net energy exporter by 2020. Technological improvements pushed productivity forward which has had positive overall positive affects for the U.S. economy.... View Details