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- 16 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has COVID-19 Broken the Global Value Chain?
lengthening of value chains, has allowed for a finer division of labor and greater gains from specialization—hyper-specialization—across countries. Just-in-time management practices also dictate holding minimal inventories to improve... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Hedge Funds
rent the clearing and settling capabilities, the stock loan inventories and balance sheets of the banks. The hedge funds claim to be able to provide substantial returns regardless of the direction of the market. Like mutual funds and... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It
risk, Raman explains, has been through inventory. But "for numerous reasons, inventory became very expensive." Shorter product life cycles contribute to higher expenses, for example, in the personal computer market, where the... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- Research Summary
Overview
Professor Ferreira's research primarily focuses on how retailers can use algorithms to make better revenue management decisions, including pricing, product display, and assortment planning. In the retail industry, anticipating consumer demand is arguably one of the... View Details
- 06 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Innovator’s Battle Plan
years. Similarly, Digital Equipment Corporation couldn't match the flexibility of the personal computer assemblers' processes, Sears couldn't match the inventory turns and low prices of the discount retailers, and so on. It is important... View Details
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
other countries outside China such as Germany and Sweden before local contagion even started, allowing precious time to acquire personal protective equipment before it became scarce. Second, since the company was able to foresee large disruptions in its supply chain,... View Details
- 26 Nov 2001
- Op-Ed
Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed
This results in an overstatement of earnings and cash flows for many companies and an exaggeration of the extent of the good times. Conversely, during the early stages of an economic slowdown, as demand falls below predicted levels and View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
- 24 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software
an inventory of the most important shared software and potential vulnerabilities and is the first step to understand more about these projects so that we can create tools and standards that result in trust and transparency in software.”... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- What Do You Think?
Are We Ready for Self-Management?
that many. Under the "self-management" initiative, employees were trained and given new technology to enable them to hire, train, and supervise their new colleagues; manage the day-to-day inventory of the store; handle the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink
model. Amazon leverages its higher inventory turns, lower investments in physical assets, and faster cash conversion cycle to deliver up to 20 percent cost savings to the consumer. At a 5 percent price advantage, consumers might not see... View Details
- 19 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 19, 2006
Inevitably the visible hand has a strategy, no matter how implicit, short sighted or incoherent that strategy may be. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-037.pdf A Perceptions Framework for Categorizing Inventory... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Aug 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Parmigiano-Reggiano, Jane Austen, and Other Things You Didn't Know About Finance
climate-controlled vaults. Here's why. Inventory Management for Mobile Money Agents in the Developing World Mobile money agents in the developing world face a key inventory management challenge: How much... View Details
- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
confers a significant first-mover advantage. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-063.pdf A Perceptions Framework for Categorizing Inventory Policies in Single-stage Inventory Systems... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
aims to maximize revenue from multiple products with limited inventory constraints. As common in practice, the retailer does not know the consumer's purchase probability at each price and must learn the mean demand from sales data. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Making a Comeback
have an experience and learn about products, but now that can be decoupled from the act of taking possession of a product because there are better and cheaper ways of doing that. Malls are going to increasingly transform into places for experiences, not just for taking... View Details
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
stronger demand for home goods and furnishings. Many retailers may be wary about excess inventory and will pare back their ordering. The COVID-19 pandemic is also adversely affecting the supply chains of manufacturers who provide goods to... View Details
- 02 Sep 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?
inventory at various levels—retailing, wholesale, and manufacturing—in a distribution channel. One objective was to demonstrate the wide swings in inventory levels that resulted when student “managers”... View Details
- 05 Mar 2001
- What Do You Think?
Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?
removed costly inventory buffers and produced a huge sucking sound — that of inventories being sucked out of our supply chains. They allow us, for example, to design our own Dell computer and order it... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Apr 2008
- HBS Case
Negotiating with Wal-Mart
tractors ($12,000 each) as a cheaper and faster way to transport melons to the warehouse. Talley also negotiated a coveted co-management supplier agreement with Wal-Mart, showing how Frey Farms could share the responsibility of managing View Details
- 30 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Computer Security is For Managers, Too
digital assets are (they're not always obvious). A team of senior managers from across the company should take an inventory of data and systems, assess how valuable each is to the company, and decide how much risk the company can absorb... View Details