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- 20 Aug 2013
- HBS Conference
Technology and Operations Management (TOM) Doctoral Alumni Research Workshop
- February 1997 (Revised June 1997)
- Teaching Note
Designing, Managing and Improving Operations, Module 1: Designing, Managing and Improving Operations Processes
Provides the conceptual framework and teaching suggestions for the teaching module "Designing, Managing and Improving Operations Processes." This module is the first of three in the course "Designing, Managing and Improving Operations." View Details
- 2007
- Article
Convictions, Conventions and the Operational Risk Maze—The Cases of Three Financial Services Institutions
By: Anette Mikes
Making sense of operational risk practices in the financial services sector is a challenge. There is a temptation to explain the wide variety of approaches as a characteristic of the early stage of development in which the genre resides.Based on the evidence of... View Details
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Risk Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Conflict and Resolution; Organizations; Financial Services Industry
Mikes, Anette. "Convictions, Conventions and the Operational Risk Maze—The Cases of Three Financial Services Institutions." International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management 7, no. 8 (2007): 1027–1056.
- January 2017
- Supplement
Hello Alfred: Come Home Happy — Operating the Business Model Exercise
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Christopher Payton
On a mission to "automate the on-demand economy," Harvard Business School classmates Marcela Sapone and Jessica Beck launched Hello Alfred in 2013 to provide subscribers with an "Alfred" to complete various chores for a monthly fee. In early 2016, the company has built... View Details
- July 1992 (Revised May 1993)
- Teaching Note
Note on Operating Exposure to Exchange Rate Changes (TN)
By: Timothy A. Luehrman
Teaching Note for (9-288-018). View Details
- April 5, 2023
- Article
We Need an Operation Warp Speed for Long COVID
By: Esther K. Choo and Scott Duke Kominers
With millions of people affected and at least $1 trillion of economic value at stake, long COVID is our next national health emergency. View Details
Keywords: COVID; COVID-19; COVID-19 Pandemic; Scientific Research; Policy; Health Policy; Innovation; Science; Public Finance; Public Health; Health Disorders; Health Care and Treatment; Human Capital
Choo, Esther K., and Scott Duke Kominers. "We Need an Operation Warp Speed for Long COVID." Scientific American (website) (April 5, 2023).
- 2015
- Dissertation
Essays on Operations Management: Setting Employees up for Success
By: Hise O. Gibson
- Web
Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Technology & Operations Management Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students 2025 Himabindu Lakkaraju : Recipient of a 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship in Computer Science. 2024 Ryan W. Buell :... View Details
- 2016
- Working Paper
Operations in the On-Demand Economy: Staffing Services with Self-Scheduling Capacity
By: Itai Gurvich, Martin Lariviere and Antonio Moreno
Motivated by recent innovations in service delivery such as ride-sharing services and work-from-home call centers, we study capacity management when workers self-schedule. Our service provider chooses capacity to maximize its profit (revenue from served customers minus... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Servers; On-demand Economy; Independent Capacity; Distributed Systems; Uber; Service Operations; Performance Capacity
Gurvich, Itai, Martin Lariviere, and Antonio Moreno. "Operations in the On-Demand Economy: Staffing Services with Self-Scheduling Capacity." Working Paper, June 2016.
- March 1990
- Teaching Note
Operations Strategy, Module Overview: Competing on New Products and Processes
By: David A. Garvin
- 2002
- Working Paper
An Empirical Study of Operational Performance Convergence Following Enterprise-IT Implementation
Cotteleer, Mark J. "An Empirical Study of Operational Performance Convergence Following Enterprise-IT Implementation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 03-011, July 2002.
- August 2023 (Revised May 2024)
- Case
Dicerna Pharmaceuticals: Decision Making in Clinical Trial Design and Operations
By: Satish Tadikonda and Amanda McEwen
The success or failure of Dicerna Pharmaceuticals (Dicerna) as an emerging pharmaceutical company would likely hinge on its lead drug candidate Nedosiran and the company’s ability to see it successfully through clinical development. Ralf Rosskamp, Chief Medical... View Details
Keywords: Business Strategy; Health Testing and Trials; Product Development; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Pharmaceutical Industry
Tadikonda, Satish, and Amanda McEwen. "Dicerna Pharmaceuticals: Decision Making in Clinical Trial Design and Operations." Harvard Business School Case 824-018, August 2023. (Revised May 2024.)
- 10 Jan 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Can Miguel McKelvey Build the ‘Culture Operating System’ at WeWork?
Keywords: Re: Jeffrey F. Rayport
- August 2019 (Revised July 2024)
- Module Note
Demystifying the Family Enterprise: Module 2 - The Operating Company
By: Christina R. Wing, Madeline Keulen and Vicki Morton
Wing, Christina R., Madeline Keulen, and Vicki Morton. "Demystifying the Family Enterprise: Module 2 - The Operating Company." Harvard Business School Module Note 620-037, August 2019. (Revised July 2024.)
- 10 Jan 2019
- Interview
Can Miguel McKelvey Build the ‘Culture Operating System’ at WeWork?
"Can Miguel McKelvey Build the ‘Culture Operating System’ at WeWork?" Cold Call (podcast), Harvard Business Review Group, January 10, 2019.
- September 2012 (Revised March 2013)
- Teaching Note
Ultimate Fighting Championship: License to Operate (A) & (B) (TN)
By: George Serafeim
The case describes the challenges that Ultimate Fighting Championship faced as a result of regulatory opposition and loss of the license to operate. The genesis of the business idea, the subsequent growth, and the fall of the UFC are described. The case concludes with... View Details
- 2009
- Article
Acquisitions and the Evolution of Operational Performance across the Firm
By: Santiago Mingo
Mingo, Santiago. "Acquisitions and the Evolution of Operational Performance across the Firm." Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings (2009).
- August 2000
- Supplement
A Conversation with Dirk McMahon: Head of Ground Operations at Northwest Airlines, March 16, 2000
A classroom appearance dated March 16, 2000, at Harvard Business School, by Dirk McMahon, head of Ground Operations at Northwest Airlines. View Details
Hallowell, Roger H. "A Conversation with Dirk McMahon: Head of Ground Operations at Northwest Airlines, March 16, 2000." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 801-802, August 2000.
- 2019
- Chapter
Operations in the On-Demand Economy: Staffing Services with Self-Scheduling Capacity
By: Itai Gurvich, Martin Lariviere and Antonio Moreno
Gurvich, Itai, Martin Lariviere, and Antonio Moreno. "Operations in the On-Demand Economy: Staffing Services with Self-Scheduling Capacity." Chap. 12 in Sharing Economy: Making Supply Meet Demand. Vol. 6, edited by Ming Hu, 249–278. Springer Series in Supply Chain Management. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2019.
- June 1987 (Revised May 1992)
- Case
Carolina Power & Light Co.: Customer and Operating Services Group
By: Frank V. Cespedes
Cespedes, Frank V. "Carolina Power & Light Co.: Customer and Operating Services Group." Harvard Business School Case 587-179, June 1987. (Revised May 1992.)