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Supply Chain Management - Course Catalog

firms. Educational Objectives Supply Chain Management (SCM) builds on aspects of the first-year Technology and Operations Management (RC TOM) course. However, whereas RC TOM focuses primarily on producing and developing View Details

01 Jun 2022
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Action Plan: Writing the Next Chapter

as long as a week, from the preparation of the lead to the packaging. Yet there still was room for innovation. Under her father’s leadership, the company had expanded its reach internationally and diversified its View Details

Keywords: April White

Melody Koh

Melody is a Partner at NextView Ventures, based in its New York office. She has spent her entire career working with technology and Internet startups as an entrepreneur, operator, and investor. Prior to joining NextView, Melody was Head... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital

01 Apr 2000
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A "Growing" Online Community

year expanding throughout Latin America. Agropool's revenues will come from fees charged to companies selling products on its Web site. With the online community growing in Latin America, Grippo noted the importance of teamwork among new... View Details

February 2011 (Revised August 2012)
Teaching Note

Emotiv Systems Inc.: It's the Thoughts that Count (TN)

By: Elie Ofek and Natalie Kindred

Teaching Note for 510050. View Details

Keywords: Product Launch; Technological Innovation; Applications and Software; Decision Choices and Conditions; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Marketing Channels; Price

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01 Jan 2008
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Anand G. Mahindra, MBA 1981

Harvard College. Instead, he opted for HBS and then a job in Mumbai with his father at Mahindra Ugine Steel (MUSCO). Soon after he arrived, the young Harvard MBA was called on to restructure and diversify MUSCO. That was the preparation... View Details

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Rye Barcott

"I came to Harvard to find news of thinking about leading complex organizations. How can business principles be applied to improve government agencies and nonprofits? Where are the productive intersections? How can they be leveraged... View Details

01 Dec 2020
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Up Your Time Affluence

here, Whillans offers straightforward strategies for gaining control over that most precious asset of all. Beware of time confetti. Our near-constant connection to technology leads to social media and email disruptions and “time... View Details

01 Jun 2003
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Up Against The Firewall

virtually any metropolitan center these days, unsecured “hot spots” can be found and exploited. It is, he says, an example of “the twin–headed dilemma of new technology — introducing better productivity and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Robert Austin; Corporate Services; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

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Isaac Robinson | MBA

modern society. Whether that means using graphs to optimize meeting scheduling, auctions to estimate how a product will be received by the public, or fair allocation rules to determine funding for local schools, the course showed me that... View Details

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Generative AI for Business Leaders - Course Catalog

a production scale Gen AI application using a no code platform. The HBS digital transformation (DTX) team will assist in the delivery fot he project. Learn about the basic foundations of the technology as... View Details

15 Oct 2015
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Medallia

product management, and customer solutions teams. What recruiting tactics have you found most successful in engaging with students and/or alumni at HBS? Medallia connects with HBS talent in a number of different ways. This year we look... View Details

Keywords: Technology

January 2021 (Revised March 2021)
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E-Commerce Analytics for CPG Firms (A): Estimating Sales

By: Ayelet Israeli and Fedor (Ted) Lisitsyn

The E-Commerce Analytics group at the traditional CPG firm was in charge of compiling various online sales reports, as well as making data-driven recommendations for sales and marketing tactics. In a series of exercises, students address different data challenges for... View Details

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29 Feb 2016
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Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can

advertising. “Government is a giant customer. They buy a lot of stuff” Harvard Business School professor Mitchell Weiss explores this strategy pivot in a new case on Bigbelly, co-written with case researcher Christine Snively, that looks at the implications for View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy

Joseph A. Boyd

configurations – some of the most advanced computer technology at the time. His focus on new product introductions led to a seven-fold increase in revenues from $310 million to over $2.2 billion. Earnings... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

17 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: January 17

Evidence from the Indian Life Insurance Market Authors:Santosh Anagol, Shawn Cole, and Shayak Sarkar Abstract We conduct a series of field experiments to evaluate two competing views of the role of financial service intermediaries in providing View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: Jan. 29

research as well as economic, organizational, and cross-disciplinary methodologies. The innovative process is broadly considered here, as well as the technologies that result from it, including business model innovation, service-level... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2019
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City on a Hill

whose campus occupies 26 buildings surrounded by 800 acres of forest on the northern side of an Appalachian mountain ridge. As he walks the grounds, Marietta points to evidence of what a thriving, diversified economy in eastern Kentucky... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

21 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Will American Brands Be a Casualty of War?

attention to the anti-globalization movement. Brand America provided good products at good prices. Politics was one thing; smart shopping another. Q: Which brands are most likely to feel the heat; what brands will continue to sell... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Manasi Maheshwari | MBA

topics as a Tech Innovation Fellow. The Technology Innovation Fellowship provides the unique opportunity to meet likeminded students and faculty with diverse perspectives and I look forward to learning from and working with them. Tech... View Details

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