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Digital Operations - Course Catalog
technologies to synchronize workflows, systems, and data across internal and external partners. Assess how automation, AI, and data analytics transform operations by enabling predictive decision-making,... View Details
- 05 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
District Heating in Denmark: How Fjernvarme Fyn fuels an integrated and sustainable future
waste heat from nearby companies. The facility has long-term plans to replace the coal-fired power plant with a new biogas plant, and is building capabilities for carbon storage – further cementing the utility’s goal in achieving net-negative carbon emissions.... View Details
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Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise
This short list of databases is commonly used by students of the course for the paper assignment. We may have more useful resources for your specific topics. Please contact Baker Library Services for assistance.... View Details
- 13 May 2013
- Blog Post
Alumni: Where are they now? Featuring Aaron…
activity of change management. We have to change culture and attitudes in order to change the way we acquire talent. Aside from spending 70% of my day between MS Outlook (sending and receiving hundreds of emails a day), MS Excel and PowerPoint (Analyzing and presenting... View Details
- 10 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Prospective Students Steer Clear of Schools Rocked by Scandal
decisions” It’s not good news in other ways. “Having fewer applicants can impact rankings and prestige but may also make it difficult to craft the ideal class, whether it be falling short in enrollment and tuition revenue or enrolling... View Details
- 11 Mar 2020
- News
Making It Rain
weather services. “This market is not very innovative, and it’s one of the last industries where governments still lead the technology,” Elkabetz says. Most of the industry relies on data from three public sources: staffed weather... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 12 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 12, 2016
utilize such data are of considerable interest. Unfortunately, existing methods for analyzing the data in such systems ignore the open-ended exploratory nature of such systems that requires the assessment of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Deal
giving them all the same data and preparation materials in negotiating the sale of a piece of property. Eyes are opened when Mohan shares the results and the students see how well they fared price-wise compared to others. "It opens... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Fueling Innovation
By giving to the HBS Fund, alumni and friends support the School’s core priorities and help catalyze the launch of new programs and initiatives and sustain their growth. Featured here are a few key examples of innovations at HBS that would not have been possible... View Details
- 13 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future
Financial data on US companies is easy to come by—if they are listed on the stock market. More than 99 percent of them are not, presenting a challenge for researchers intent on studying how privately held firms operate. “It seemed natural... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 05 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
Working as a Software Engineer in Industrial Technology
currently-experienced world. The next day she introduced me to Justin Oliveria and Dan Nevius, two ECs that had worked at NASA and Planetary Resources. They had started building a space technology company, Analytical Space, that is initially focused on small... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Leadership Project Codifies Elusive Traits
launched two years ago. The original intent of the research project was to begin to collect data that would contribute to a “canon of business leadership” — a compendium of business leaders who have defined the way we live, work, and... View Details
- 13 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 13
Publication:Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (forthcoming) Abstract We empirically document factors that influence how local operating managers use discretion to balance the tradeoff between service capacity costs and customer sensitivity to service... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Retail Execs Underplay Current Performance to Investors--but Why?
Ozik, and Sadka stop short of assigning a definitive explanation for this distortion of information, their research indicates that managers may provide misleading information for self-serving reasons: “The View Details
- 18 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Leading Innovation is the Art of Creating ‘Collective Genius’
conflict, and trial and error to advantage. At Pixar, for example, the company was caught up short in 2008 in a clash over production schedules for the movie Up and the short film Cars Toons. Blindsided by... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
Uncovering Bad Factories All three studies were made possible by a social auditing company providing Toffel with data on more than 40,000 inspections in 66 countries that its auditors had conducted over several years. The first study,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 11 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change
fat contracts to players long past their prime. Each transaction altered the overall negotiation landscape. In rapidly changing marketplaces, you can't provide for every contingency. But you can take a page from Marine Corps practice and... View Details
- 06 May 2015
- What Do You Think?
Are You Ready for Personalized Predictive Analytics?
Summing Up Personal Predictive Analytics: Should We Be Careful What We Wish For? The world of continuous monitoring of numerous sensors for machines and humans, limitless information storage capacity, and big data combined with rapid... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Dec 2007
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Marketing
merchant's direct channel sales after she opens a retail store in the area. The study used a proprietary longitudinal data set from a multichannel retailer to understand what happens and to probe the implications for channel management... View Details
- 16 Jan 2020
- News
Hitting the High Notes
Angeles Philharmonic and two short films by Emmy-winning Los Angeles filmmaker Ty Kim (MBA 2000). The program took place at the Colburn School, a performing arts school in downtown Los Angeles. “We opened with my film about Ben Hong, who... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley