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Loujaine AlMoallim

business's factory for the first time. Growing up in a different city in Saudi Arabia meant that I hadn't had many opportunities to witness the inner workings of our family's business. But that day was different – it was like a scene... View Details

24 May 2021
Op-Ed

Can Fabric Waste Become Fashion’s Resource?

COVID-19 has broken fashion’s supply chain. As a result, an already wasteful industry has become more wasteful. Even before the pandemic, the global apparel industry was producing about 92 million tons of textile waste a year. That’s about one garbage truck’s worth of... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones and Shelly Xu; Fashion

01 Jun 2023
News

Elevator Pitch: Block by Block

Illustration by Drue Wagner Illustration by Drue Wagner Curtis Wong (MBA 2019) Founder and CEO, Cloud Apartments Concept: Cloud Apartments is a product company within the rental apartment space. Its flagship line of modular apartments, Cloud S, is built in factories... View Details

Keywords: entrepreneurship; construction; housing; design; Construction of Buildings; Construction

19 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

What Makes Employees Trust (vs. Second-Guess) AI?

choices, resulting in more efficient organizations. “It’s about how we think about talent and resource allocation,” Paik says. You Might Also Like: When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking the Right Questions Delivering a Personalized Shopping... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

26 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises

When the supply of the probiotic drinks dwindled due to the Yakult factory shutting down and the Yakult Ladies ran out of products to deliver, some decided on their own to deliver water and instant noodles to their customers, for free.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

09 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?

should managers know most about self-regulation? Michael Toffel: A growing number of firms are expressing concern about the societal aspects of industrial activities. In the 1990s, most were focused on the activities within their own View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

before it went public. He then led Open Market's expansion into business-to-business applications. In 1999, he founded and ran PurchasingCenter.com, a "My Yahoo" portal for industrial purchasing agents who purchase $2-$10 million of View Details

01 Jun 2024
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2024

that there was very little art on the walls at HBS. So I thought, let’s do something about that.” Back to top Gwill E. York (MBA 1984) Founding Managing Director, Lighthouse Capital Partners Nuts and bolts: “I grew up in Cleveland, Ohio; my dad was an analyst and loved... View Details

15 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

Looking For a Job? Some LinkedIn Connections Matter More Than Others

stronger for jobs in more digital industries.” The research team also found that weak ties are more important for people engaged in remote work, where they might not hear the latest information in their field around the proverbial water cooler. “If you’re working... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

clinical workflows? The exact threshold of success was unclear, challenging Hillen to ensure the AI factory could continuously refine the technology to improve decision-making in dental practices. Keywords: Diagnostics ; Organization... View Details

10 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

these factories. Otherwise, these factories will cause harm to the DACs that they are supposed to revitalize and create opportunities in. Thanks to IRA green manufacturing incentives, General Electric Vernova, a subsidiary of General... View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit in a Consumer Society

not quite, within financial reach of the mass of the consuming public. New credit practices, like the installment plan, helped to bridge the gap. New credit practices were also necessary to accommodate the new employment structures of View Details

25 Apr 2024
News

Origin Stories

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

and Labor created Influence: Medium 10 1910 s 19 Ford doubles factory wages and shortens workday Labor Secretary position created Worker shortage: Unions double membership and increase wages Influence: Medium-Low 20 1920 s 19 Union... View Details

16 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again.

Maersk, a leader in shipping services, kept its sailors on ships to ensure their safety and continued cross-national shipping. Alibaba and JD.com employed mandatory health checks and use of safety equipment in its factories and delivery... View Details

Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim; Retail; Service

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

boardrooms, consistently ranking at the bottom of some two dozen possible priorities. Many years ago labor conditions in Asian contract factories prompted Nike board member Jill Ker Conway to lobby for a board-level corporate... View Details

19 Jul 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Government 'Nudges' Motivate Good Citizen Behavior

governments to make their citizens do the right thing. In cases like enforcing pollution regulations, for example, fines are likely more effective, in part because the decisions that go into building a factory are slow and deliberative,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Dec 2019
News

Bridging the Gap

current project follows a similar initiative from his time at Volkswagen with automotive parts maker Gestamp—which was in turn inspired by a YALP case, “Southwire and 12 for Life.” The case tells the story of a Georgia cable manufacturer staffing its View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

02 Mar 2016
News

David Moss is Rewriting History

movement. “Let’s look for evidence,” she says, drawing them back to the document each has in hand. She’s hoping they’ll discover the statistics in Exhibit 4 showing the divide between New York’s rural and urban communities. One student suggests, correctly, that the... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

A Penny for Your Thoughts? For Big-Picture Ideas, the Right Pay Structure Matters

to obtain.” In a study of a Chinese manufacturer that encouraged factory workers to submit innovative ideas to bolster the company’s operations, Gallani and her colleagues find that providing certain perks and incentives for task-based... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

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