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- 07 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Drives Supply Chain Behavior?
inventory management), production, and logistics. Many of these [academic] papers pursue an optimizing approach given the assumption of a completely rational decision maker. In a supply chain, however, these activities are usually spread... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
- 31 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
American Idle: Workers Spend Too Much Time Waiting for Something to Do
just as painful as stress from overwork, Brodsky says. “There is an optimal level of psychological arousal—we don’t want to be overstimulated, but we don’t want to be under-stimulated.” Adds Amabile, “Some idle time can be welcome to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 29 Aug 2018
- What Do You Think?
What Should Harley-Davidson’s Management Do?
Harley demographic aging out of the sport the new concepts are a step in the right direction most of all, the product must be right.” Kevin O’Meara agreed, saying that, “the tariffs and the ‘Twitter war’ are masking the true issues (1)... View Details
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MBA Program - Alumni
ensure that the School continues to develop and offer transformational learning experiences is by giving to the HBS Fund . As our annual fund, the HBS Fund supports core priorities and new initiatives, and donors have the option to direct... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
A Sustainable Solution for Fashion
demand shifts by season. Brands and retailers must correctly stock items in their customers’ preferred color, pattern, style, fit, and price without much historical data. “Most of the software out there is backward looking and purely... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 29 Jan 2021
- Op-Ed
How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics
“shots-in-arms” problem. In the United States, polls suggest that about 40 percent of adults prefer to not take the vaccine. In France, Russia, South Africa, Japan, Italy, Spain, and Germany, between a third and half of adults do not plan... View Details
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Electricity - Business & Environment
clean, resilient, and consumer-centric through the application of data science and behavioral economics, optimizing the system assets and operations across the electric meter.” Tanuj Deora HBS MBA 2006 Vice President, Market Development... View Details
- 15 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: It Takes a Village
all the guidance. They don't allocate all the resources. But because they have considerable authority, influence, and control over resources, we rely on them to do their part in setting direction and guiding their group. Because the... View Details
- 18 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Internet of Things Needs a Business Model. Here It Is
sensors can be combined with weather forecasting to help energy companies figure out the optimal amount of electricity they should sell into the grid. “Very little human intervention is needed,” Lal says. Other companies have been... View Details
- 18 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask
Kaplan says. "Once you have a better matching of your time with priorities, you'll want to encourage your direct reports to do the same." Do You Coach And Also Solicit Feedback From Your Key Subordinates? Most good leaders... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 13 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding
director Frank Capra's underdog tales lightened Depression-era despair with irrepressible optimism and laughter. Capra's "fantasies of goodwill" packaged hope for the hopeless. The Cinderella Man, James J. Braddock, was an... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
Mixing Open Source and Proprietary Software Strategies
something to lose by creating a direct OS competitor. So the firm opens the extensions, because it can benefit from user innovation, but customers can't use the OS software without purchasing the core product. It's a relatively... View Details
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
medicine in recent years.) This shortcoming, we believe, has a direct bearing on society's ability to demand and obtain responsible conduct from executives, as well as on management's ability to maintain the public trust required for the... View Details
- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow
survey done on nonprofit leaders, managers often cited a preference for growth by branching, i.e., replicating the organization from one site to another and maintaining central control and ownership of the new units. What Wei-Skillern and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Feb 2010
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Way to Make Careful Decisions?
it, " the question should not be rational decision making OR intuition, but rather how to combine both." David Kendall said, "In the most difficult case of no-time and high-risk, reliance on 'rational intuition' may be a View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
Don't Turn Your Marketing Function Over to AI Just Yet
departments within the firm could query it for answers to questions ranging from optimal pricing to product design. What prevents this from materializing? After all, machine learning is delivering self-driving cars and beating human... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 16 Dec 2021
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on STEM
Impact. When you look at making an impact, a large part of it is rooted in directing funds to places that need it. I did that at a very site-specific level as an engineer — if there was a piece of equipment at my facility that was... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
preferred shares that the trust holds. We have final sign-off on any change in corporate structure, on any entrance of new capital or new investors. We are the final mission check to ensure long-term local ownership and sustainability.... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
technologies enable remote work environments, our use of large buildings powered by fossil energy is also facing change, with worker preferences for cleaner and more flexible “digital”-enabled work environments. Traditional approaches to... View Details
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Introduction to Auctions Experiments: Design Principles Examples of Complements in Cross-Price Elasticity Show Hide Details Concepts Direct Approaches for Assessing Demand Indirect Approaches for Assessing Demand Conjoint Analysis... View Details