Inventory - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Apr 2024
HBS Case

Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory

inventory of the people he has and assumes that they’re better equipped than they are.” 2. Trust your people. When Sanders got to CU, he surrounded himself with a core team of assistant coaches and other support staff who reinforced his... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports

June 2024
Article

Valuing the Societal Impact of Medicines and Other Health Technologies: A User Guide to Current Best Practices

By: Jason Shafrin, Jaehong Kim, Joshua T. Cohen, Louis P. Garrison, Dana A. Goldman, Jalpa A. Doshi, Joshua Krieger, Darius N. Lakdawalla, Peter J. Neumann, Charles E. Phelps, Melanie D. Whittington and Richard Willke

This study argues that value assessment conducted from a societal perspective should rely on the Generalized Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (GCEA) framework proposed herein. Recently developed value assessment inventories—such as the Second Panel on Cost-Effectiveness’s... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Valuation; Cost vs Benefits; Society

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18 Dec 2012
First Look

First Look: December 18

on Patient Length of Stay Authors:Berry Jaeker, Jillian, and Anita L. Tucker Abstract High workload, from high inventory levels, impacts unit processing times, but prior operations management studies have found conflicting results... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

06 Dec 2016
First Look

December 6, 2016

2016 Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press Slavery's Capitalism: A New History of American Economic Development By: Beckert, Sven, and Seth Rockman, eds. Abstract—During the nineteenth century, the United States entered the ranks of the world's most advanced... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Sam Walton: Great From the Start

unnoticed. However, Walton believed, probably correctly, that Holmes refused to renew his lease at any price because he saw how well the Ben Franklin was doing. He purchased the store's inventory and fixtures at what Walton himself... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow; Retail

02 Apr 2024
Research & Ideas

Employees Out Sick? Inside One Company's Creative Approach to Staying Productive

Conquered Fast Fashion—and Forged a New Business Model Have We Seen the Peak of Just-in-Time Inventory Management? Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: Illustration created using images... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Fashion

16 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Seven Tips for Managing Price Increases

services that they truly need by giving them an unbundled menu of options. 6. Monitor Trade Terms. Beware of powerful distributors paying you more slowly than they turn the inventory they buy from you. In an inflationary environment,... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

2018
Working Paper

Quantile Forecasts of Product Life Cycles Using Exponential Smoothing.

By: Xiaojia Guo, Kenneth C. Lichtendahl Jr. and Yael Grushka-Cockayne

We introduce an exponential smoothing model that a manager can use to forecast the demand of a new product or service. The model has five features that make it suitable for accurately forecasting product life cycles at scale. First, the trend in our model follows the... View Details

Keywords: New Product Development; Demand Forecasting; Product Adoption; Innovation Diffusion; Product Development; Demand and Consumers; Forecasting and Prediction; Adoption

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14 May 2018
Research & Ideas

Amazon vs. Whole Foods: When Cultures Collide

from that.” The new inventory system was actually something Whole Foods had started to implement before the Amazon deal, pressured by activist shareholders who had seen the grocer’s stock and sales margins slipping for two years. “This is... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

01 Dec 2023
News

The Imposter Among Us

with CEOs of large, well-known companies around the table. However, I have built confidence that I bring a unique perspective. I try to keep an inventory of all the wins I have, instead of things I missed, skills I lack, or perspectives I... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

12 Dec 2023
Research & Ideas

COVID Tested Global Supply Chains. Here’s How They’ve Adapted

You Might Also Like: Have We Seen the Peak of Just-in-Time Inventory Management? Fed Up Workers and Supply Woes: What's Next for Dollar Stores? COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains Feedback or ideas to share?... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

18 Mar 2013
HBS Case

HBS Cases: LEGO

turnaround book, but it doesn't work." One continuing problem: the company's growing complexity was choking it. Adding more bricks made products harder to assemble, forecasts harder to determine, and inventory harder to manage.... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Entertainment & Recreation

10 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Are Prices So High Right Now—and Will They Ever Return to Normal?

After a year and a half, most inventory hit by temporary stockouts returned to pre-pandemic levels and inflation waned, “suggesting a gradual return to normalcy,” the researchers write. Yet in some areas, shortages turned into permanent... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

30 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

Your Crisis Response Plan: The Ten Effective Elements

conducted by the crisis response team, and regular testing of channels, inventorying of resources, and the like. These tests should be done regularly, but not scheduled in order to test speed of response. 10. Disciplined post-crisis... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins

29 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

How Much More Would Holiday Shoppers Pay to Wear Something Rare?

for the privilege of owning the hard-to-get red item—or how much less for the more plentiful black. They found that doubling inventory of an item reduces the willingness to pay by as much as 7 to 15 percent. “That’s one of the fundamental... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail

01 Aug 2022
What Do You Think?

Does Religious Belief Affect Organizational Performance?

Corporate Governance Institute—Finance Working Paper No. 822/2022 Your feedback to last month’s column Have We Seen the Peak of Just-in-Time Inventory Management? The majority of those commenting suggested that we have seen the peak of... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

01 Mar 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Hurry Up and Wait: Differential Impacts of Congestion, Bottleneck Pressure, and Predictability on Patient Length of Stay

Keywords: by Jaeker Berry Jillian & Anita L. Tucker; Health

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HBS - Key Metrics

(GHG) Reporting Program. The GHG inventory consists of direct emissions from onsite fuel combustion (Scope 1) and indirect emissions from purchased electricity (Scope 2) sources. In addition to the reduced occupancy impacting the %... View Details

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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

principles and recognize the impact of judgment and bias on financial statements and accounting practices. Highlights Deferrals Inventory Mahindra: Loan Process Show Hide Details Concepts Accruals and Deferrals View Details

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Paul Feghali

My customers would return the books to me after class with the cash inside. Before graduating 8th grade, I had my first business exit, selling my inventory and assets to a rising 8th grader named Ricky. Unfortunately, on the day of the... View Details

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