Continuous Improvement - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success

digital transformation an even more urgent need, companies must also morph iteratively to keep up with the speed of emerging technologies. It’s a process of continuous learning and pivoting to adapt to an evolving competitive landscape.... View Details

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards

09 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times

differently from the norm, too. Martha Lagace: What observations or experiences have driven you and your colleagues to study uncompromising leadership? How and why did you select the CEOs in your study? Michael Beer: My colleagues and I have been working with many... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

October 2015 (Revised September 2016)
Case

The Transformation of Mudo

By: Anthony J. Mayo, Esel Çekin and Çiğdem Çelik

After 16 years in management consulting, Barış Karakullukçu left to become the CEO of Mudo in 2012, one of the best-known names in Turkey's retail industry. She was tasked with leading Mudo's transition from a family business to a more institutionalized, corporate... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Management Challenges; Emerging Market; Retail; Second-generation; Operational Efficiency; Performance Management; Corporate Culture; Growth; Leading Change; Family Business; Organizational Culture; Emerging Markets; Family Ownership; Transformation; Performance Improvement; Growth and Development Strategy; Retail Industry; Turkey

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20 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 20

a certain port, and shippers could keep track of their shipments. Since steamships were very costly to build and operate, cable communication would then allow profitability as ships could be continuously transporting full loads of cargo.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Entrepreneurial Management - Faculty & Research

knowledge gaps about current tariffs, even among internationally exposed firms. Most businesses expect continued policy uncertainty throughout 2025, anticipate reduced sales and increased costs, face limited options for mitigating... View Details

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Organizational Behavior - Faculty & Research

challenging Hillen to ensure the AI factory could continuously refine the technology to improve decision-making in dental practices. Keywords: Diagnostics ; Organization Design ; Change Management ;... View Details

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Executive Education - Health Care

Executive Education Executive Education Expanding Thought Leadership in Health Care With virtual and in-person classrooms comprised of health care-executives from around the globe and led by world-renowned faculty, HBS offers a rich and diverse View Details

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24 Oct 2013
Working Paper Summaries

When $3+$1 > $4: The Effect of Gift Salience on Employee Effort in an Online Labor Market

Keywords: by Duncan Gilchrist, Michael Luca & Deepak Malhotra

Research Summary

Organisational Learning in Software Requirements Engineering and Management

The current research project addresses the continuing low success rate of software development projects, which has been frequently reported in empirical studies. For example, the 2004 Chaos Report by the Standish Group found that only 29% of 9,236 application... View Details

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Asia Pacific - Global

an office in Singapore to more broadly support HBS faculty in this region. In 2023 the Shanghai-based classroom was closed down, however much of the programming continued on remotely or in other venues. The three locations work in strong... View Details

08 Dec 2022
HBS Case

The War in Ukraine and Nestlé’s Moral Dilemma: Stay or Leave Russia?

plants, laying off employees, and selling assets and real estate. Ultimately, Nestlé chose a middle ground. The company announced on March 23 it would halt the “vast majority” of its sales, including nonessential items such as chocolate, while maintaining its assets... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products

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Profiles - MBA

importance of good business and technology when it comes to improving our society. Professional goals: I am passionate about technologies that improve accessibility and affordability in education and... View Details

10 Oct 2023
Research & Ideas

In Empowering Black Voters, Did a Landmark Law Stir White Angst?

between 2000 and 2018, the researchers identify a “surge in racial animosity induced by the [Voting Rights Act]'' that persists over decades. “While the Act improved the conditions of Black Americans along multiple dimensions, it also... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Health Care Health Care Value-Based Health Care Health Care Courses Fast Facts The Health Care Crisis In spite of countless health care reform efforts over many decades, uneven outcomes and quality, frequent errors, and high and rising costs View Details

25 Jan 2021
Book

In a Nutshell, Why American Capitalism Succeeded

How did the United States become the world’s center of business growth following its founding in 1776? Surely a number of nations had powerful natural resources, stable financial and legal institutions, and dynamic entrepreneurs over that same span. Why was American... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing

12 Apr 2022
Book

Racism, Colonialism, and Britain's Legacy of Violence

Britain’s 20th century empire was the largest in human history, with a quarter of the world’s land and nearly 700 million people. Yet the empire drew its strength from violence. That’s the conclusion Harvard Business School Professor Caroline Elkins draws in her new... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

12 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

trust. Why is One Report important now? "The capital markets and our planet have simultaneously reached a fork in the road. One path continues the status quo. The other and new path is a commitment to a better society, stronger financial... View Details