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22 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Control Your Inventory in a World of Lean Retailing

implemented what we propose. Yet lean retailers like Home Depot and Wal-Mart already incorporate some SKU-level analysis in their own inventory decision making. Calculating SKU-level variation can be done on a simple spreadsheet, so... View Details

Keywords: by Frederick H. Abernathy, John T. Dunlop, Janice H. Hammond & David Weil; Consumer Products

13 May 2013
Blog Post

Alumni: Where are they now? Featuring Aaron…

sustaining a Human Resources function that brings value to the business. One of these values will come through better management and analysis of data that connect the human element to business results. It will not be an easy road,... View Details

29 Jan 2025
Blog Post

Finding professional purpose: Building an impactful career that reflects your values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)

one of the Big Four accounting firms (PwC), focusing on strategic planning in financial services, business services, telecommunications, and consumer products. It was during a product line analysis for a pet food company that I discovered... View Details

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RoGME: Role of Government in Market Economies - Course Catalog

Course Administration Course grades will be based on class participation (50%) and a short paper (50%). For the paper, students will apply the tools and ideas from the course to prepare, with one or two partners if they wish, an analysis... View Details

01 Apr 1997
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HBS Duo Offers Personalized Career Assessment

the authors have identified eight core functions of business work, such as quantitative analysis and enterprise control. A reader armed with an individual BCII profile can learn from the text how to assess work opportunities in terms of... View Details

Keywords: Bob Binstock

01 Oct 2002
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Amy S. Langer

Langer has served as executive director of the National Alliance for Breast Cancer Organizations (NABCO), a leading patient advocacy and educational nonprofit based in New York City. “As a patient, I found it very hard to get information,” says Langer. “I wanted to... View Details

January 2002 (Revised March 2002)
Case

Virtualis Systems (Condensed)

By: Michael J. Roberts and Jay O. Light

Focuses on a graduating HBS MBA who has been working part-time with a Web-hosting firm in California. Discusses the question of which of several "business models" make the most sense for the company to pursue. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Cost vs Benefits; SWOT Analysis; Management Practices and Processes; Web Services Industry; California

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24 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017

managers’ contest, but the SEC does not allow exclusion, 21% go on to win shareholder or firm support suggesting that managers often seek to exclude legitimate shareholder interests from their proxy statements. Our analysis illuminates... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Course | HBS Online

is Fairness Organizational Fairness and Challenges Explicit Bias vs. Implicit Bias Show Hide Details Concepts Employee Considerations An Analysis Using the Reflective Leadership Framework Examining Employee Responsibilities at Scale: What... View Details

September 2021
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Telepass: From Tolling to Mobility Platform

By: Chiara Farronato, Stefano Denicolai and Sarah Mehta

This supplementary dataset can be paired with the case entitled “Telepass: From Tolling to Mobility Platform” (case no. 622-011), to allow students the opportunity to analyze data before class. View Details

Keywords: Analysis; Change; Change Management; Transformation; Transition; Innovation and Invention; Strategy; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Transportation; Transportation Networks; Value; Value Creation; Technology Industry; Transportation Industry; Insurance Industry; Europe; Italy; Milan

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08 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy

(with Sumantra Ghoshal), Michael Porter, and Pankaj Ghemawat. “I enjoy the variety and intellectual challenge of the problems that managers confront” More seasoned managers seeking pragmatic guidance on day-to-day decision making can turn to the book's extensive View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

02 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 2

workday events can make or break employees' inner work lives. But it's forward momentum in meaningful work—progress that creates the best inner work lives. Through rigorous analysis of nearly 12,000 diary entries provided by 238 employees... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 18

Authors:Mihir Desai and Li Jin Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract This paper employs heterogeneity in institutional shareholder tax characteristics to identify the relation between firm payout policy and tax incentives. View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 19, 2008

large-store formats, multiple-store formats and extensive channel blurring in the U.S. retail industry. Our analysis is based on aggregate segment-level data from the Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS), the Monthly Retail Trade Survey... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19

network relations for others. An analysis of the population dynamics of the intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) that are the basis of the interstate networks that influenced global economic relations, peace, and democracy in the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/210026-PDF-ENG Using Regression Analysis to Estimate Time Equations F. Asis Martinez-Jerez and Ariel Andres BlumenkrancHarvard Business School Note 111-001 This note presents a simple way to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 28, 2010

Verlag, 2010 Abstract From small start-ups to global corporations, family-owned businesses were the main pillar of West Germany's economic growth after World War II. They continue to shape the corporate landscape to this day. This book offers a path-breaking historical... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 May 2007
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First Look: May 22, 2007

explore the use of more distributed institutional forms. In this article, we review the emerging scholarship on the formation and function of self-regulatory institutions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-089.pdf Evolution View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 22

2003. An open-economy after-tax capital asset pricing model is used to derive the hypothesis that JGTRRA should lead to a portfolio reallocation by U.S. investors towards equities in tax-favored countries. A difference-in-difference View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

October 2011 (Revised January 2012)
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LinkedIn Corporation

By: Francois Brochet and James Weber

The case is set at the end of the first public trading day of LinkedIn, an online professional network company. It provides information on the company's business model, financial statements, competitive landscape, and IPO terms, to help the reader critically assess the... View Details