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- 2006
- Working Paper
Managing Functional Biases in Organizational Forecasts: A Case Study of Consensus Forecasting in Supply Chain Planning
To date, little research has been done on managing the organizational and political dimensions of generating and improving forecasts in corporate settings. We examine the implementation of a supply chain planning process at a consumer electronics company, concentrating... View Details
Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Business or Company Management; Supply Chain Management; Forecasting and Prediction; Planning; Electronics Industry
Oliva, Rogelio, and Noel Watson. "Managing Functional Biases in Organizational Forecasts: A Case Study of Consensus Forecasting in Supply Chain Planning." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-024, October 2006. (Revised March 2007, January 2008.)
- 09 Dec 2014
- News
The Discipline of Business Experimentation
- 1999
- Chapter
From Planning to Growth and Beyond: A Cross Industry Analysis of Entrepreneurial Priorities
By: Myra M. Hart, C. Brush and P. Greene
Hart, Myra M., C. Brush, and P. Greene. "From Planning to Growth and Beyond: A Cross Industry Analysis of Entrepreneurial Priorities." In Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, 1998: Proceedings of the 18th Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference, edited by W. Bygrave. Babson Park, MA: Babson College, 1999.
- 09 Mar 2021
- Cold Call Podcast
A Family Business at a Crossroads: Scaling and Succession
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
Harvard Business School Holds Second Alumni New Venture Contest
- 04 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Life
A few years ago, a colleague at Harvard Business School visited Clayton Christensen's office to talk about leading a values-driven life. "He told me that he had decided against having religion in his life," Christensen recalls, explaining... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 23 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
8 Strategies to Sustain Business Innovation
Sooner or later, every company runs into challenges that force them to make tough trade-offs during the innovation process. Harvard Business School associate professor Rory McDonald calls these moments “tensions.” The streaming service... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
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Harvard Business School
increased African American faculty representation. Ulric St. Clair Haynes Jr. served as a visiting professor from 1968 to 1972, and Stuart Taylor and Charles Johnson joined the faculty soon after. Planning and the View Details
- 08 Aug 2021
- News
Business Needs to Rethink Its Role in Politics
- 27 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Building Businesses in Turbulent Times
Battered by contracting markets and frozen credit, many businesses today are fighting for survival. Indeed, the current global financial crisis provides a mandate for restructuring. But survival is not the end goal, says Harvard View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
send e-mail to the author: Garry Emmons photos by AP/Wide World September 11, 2001, was a day that New Yorkers will never forget, particularly those who live and work in Lower Manhattan, the city’s business and financial center. With the... View Details
- 09 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Insights From Harvard Business School’s Peek Program
program. Why did you decide to participate in Peek? Full disclosure: I am not a stranger to Harvard. In Spring 2022, I studied at Harvard College as a Visiting Student. The following summer, I worked as Research Support at Harvard View Details
- April 2017 (Revised March 2019)
- Teaching Plan
ExxonMobil: Business as Usual? (A) and (B)
By: George Serafeim and David Freiberg
Teaching Plan for HBS Nos. 117-046 and 117-047. View Details
- May 2014
- Article
Clear and Present Danger: Planning and New Venture Survival amid Political and Civil Violence
By: Shon R. Hiatt and Wesley Sine
Although entrepreneurs constitute a key economic driving force for many countries, they often face unstable environments due to violence and civil unrest. Yet, we know very little about how environments characterized by high levels of political and civil violence... View Details
Keywords: Conflict; Violence; Political Turmoil; Civil Unrest; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Government and Politics; Balance and Stability; Crime and Corruption; Business Strategy; Planning; Colombia
Hiatt, Shon R., and Wesley Sine. "Clear and Present Danger: Planning and New Venture Survival amid Political and Civil Violence." Strategic Management Journal 35, no. 5 (May 2014): 773–785.
- 26 May 2023
- News
Harvard Business School's MBA Class of 2023 Celebrates Class Day
- Article
The Impact of COVID-19 on Small Business Outcomes and Expectations
By: Alexander Bartik, Marianne Bertrand, Zoë B. Cullen, Edward L. Glaeser, Michael Luca and Christopher Stanton
To explore the impact of COVID on small businesses, we conducted a survey of more than 5,800 small businesses between March 28 and April 4, 2020. Several themes emerged. First, mass layoffs and closures had already occurred—just a few weeks into the crisis. Second, the... View Details
Bartik, Alexander, Marianne Bertrand, Zoë B. Cullen, Edward L. Glaeser, Michael Luca, and Christopher Stanton. "The Impact of COVID-19 on Small Business Outcomes and Expectations." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117, no. 30 (July 28, 2020): 17656–66.
- June 2017
- Teaching Note
Succession Planning at Samsung: The Merger Formula of Cheil Industries and Samsung C&T
By: Gwen Yu
A merger deal of two Samsung group companies becomes a center of a corruption scandal. The merger of Cheil Industries and Samsung C&T was seen as a crucial step to transfer power to Lee Jae Yong, the heir of Samsung group. The deal was criticized to purposefully... View Details