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  • 04 May 2007
  • What Do You Think?

How Do Managers Think?

Summing Up Can managers acquire ways of thinking or ways of learning from doctors? Managers can learn from an understanding of how doctors think. But whether the lessons are profound or even totally... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • January 2015 (Revised October 2015)
  • Case

Trouble at Tessei

By: Ethan Bernstein and Ryan W. Buell
In 2005, Teruo Yabe is asked to revive Tessei, the 669-person JR-East subsidiary responsible for cleaning its Shinkansen ("bullet") trains. Operational mistakes, customer complaints, safety issues, and employee turnover are at or near all-time highs, even as the... View Details
Keywords: Service Management; Employee Engagement; Employee Motivation; Leadership And Managing People; Quality Improvement; Efficiency; Japan; Operational Transparency; Employee Coordination; Transparency; Leadership; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Employees; Quality; Transportation Industry; Japan
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Bernstein, Ethan, and Ryan W. Buell. "Trouble at Tessei." Harvard Business School Case 615-044, January 2015. (Revised October 2015.)
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The Effects of Product Line Breadth: Evidence from the Automotive Industry

By: Antonio Moreno and Christian Terwiesch
Using a detailed data set from the U.S. automotive industry, we enrich the existing literature on product line breadth with new results that highlight previously unexplored operational aspects of its benefits and costs. We find that expanding product line breadth has a... View Details
Keywords: Variety; Pricing; Automotive Industry; Marketing/operations Interface; Platforms; Empirical Operations Management; Product Marketing; Production; Management; Auto Industry
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Moreno, Antonio, and Christian Terwiesch. "The Effects of Product Line Breadth: Evidence from the Automotive Industry." Marketing Science 36, no. 2 (March–April 2017): 254–271.
  • 13 Dec 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Managing the Support Staff Identity Crisis

adversarial custodians." More often than not, support staffers are unhappy about this role. They would rather identify themselves as necessary and important, not as innovation blockers. But when Gulati asks managers in finance, HR,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • March 2017 (Revised August 2021)
  • Teaching Note

HomeAway: Organizing the Vacation Rental Industry

By: Rory McDonald and Matt Higgins
Teaching Note for HBS No. 615-036. View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Technology; Acquisitions; Operations Management
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McDonald, Rory, and Matt Higgins. "HomeAway: Organizing the Vacation Rental Industry." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 617-042, March 2017. (Revised August 2021.)
  • 2024
  • Working Paper

Second- versus Third-party Audit Quality: Evidence from Global Supply Chain Monitoring

By: Maria R. Ibanez, Ashley Palmarozzo, Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel
Capitalizing on the superior credibility and flexibility and potential lower cost of external assessments, many global buyers are relying less on their own employee (“second-party”) auditors and more on third-party auditors to monitor and prevent environmental and... View Details
Keywords: Auditing; Audit Quality; Working Conditions; Sustainability; Empirical Operations; Empirical Service Operations; Sustainability Management; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Supply Chain Management
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Ibanez, Maria R., Ashley Palmarozzo, Jodi L. Short, and Michael W. Toffel. "Second- versus Third-party Audit Quality: Evidence from Global Supply Chain Monitoring." Working Paper, August 2024.
  • March 1990 (Revised July 1991)
  • Case

Digital Equipment Corp.: Complex Order Management

By: Janice H. Hammond
Describes the proposed creation of a low end 3000 configuration workstation using Digital's competitive advantage of offering a la carte configuration capability and ability to build different options for customers. Disadvantages of this 3000 configuration workstation... View Details
Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Cost; Management Practices and Processes; Distribution; Competitive Advantage
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Hammond, Janice H. "Digital Equipment Corp.: Complex Order Management." Harvard Business School Case 690-081, March 1990. (Revised July 1991.)
  • December 2004 (Revised April 2006)
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Managing Diversity at Cityside Financial Services

By: Robin J. Ely and Ingrid Vargas
Cityside Financial Services, a disguised consumer bank, serves both a largely African-American urban community and a more affluent, predominantly white clientele. To match the gender and racial makeup of its staff to that of its customers, Cityside's sales division... View Details
Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Situation or Environment; Race; Employees; Gender; Customer Satisfaction; Diversity; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry
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Ely, Robin J., and Ingrid Vargas. "Managing Diversity at Cityside Financial Services." Harvard Business School Case 405-047, December 2004. (Revised April 2006.)
  • July 2012 (Revised May 2024)
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Lyric Dinner Theater (A)

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Jim Sharpe
Looking back at five years of losses, Rivka Belzer, a newly minted MBA, steps into her family owned business with their mandate to turn it around or close it. In her first six months, she has made a number of changes, with mixed results, but is beginning to show a... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurial Management; Crisis Management; Family Business; Turnarounds; Financial Crisis; Boards Of Directors; Operations Management; Strategy Implementation; Career Planning; Entrepreneurship; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States
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Hamermesh, Richard G., and Jim Sharpe. "Lyric Dinner Theater (A)." Harvard Business School Case 813-043, July 2012. (Revised May 2024.)
  • April 1985
  • Background Note

Roles and Responsibilities of the Country Manager: MNC Operations from the National Organization's Perspective

By: Christopher A. Bartlett
Keywords: Managerial Roles; Multinational Firms and Management
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Bartlett, Christopher A. "Roles and Responsibilities of the Country Manager: MNC Operations from the National Organization's Perspective." Harvard Business School Background Note 385-326, April 1985.
  • 01 Mar 2023
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The Exchange: Micro Management

machine. The grace period afforded people the time to make significant investments like that. The second strand of our work is developing new ways to identify which borrowers have high-growth opportunities. Microfinance often operates in... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance
  • March 2006
  • Module Note

Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World

By: Alan D. MacCormack
Describes the second module of the 30-session Harvard Business School elective course Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World. The course helps students understand the challenges that uncertainty implies for innovation and how to overcome these challenges. The course... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Management; Problems and Challenges; Business Processes; Perspective; Opportunities; Risk and Uncertainty; Managerial Roles; Product Design; Business Startups; Organizational Design
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MacCormack, Alan D. "Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World." Harvard Business School Module Note 606-103, March 2006.
  • September 2019
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Contingent Capital Trigger Effects: Evidence from Liability Management Exercises

By: Boris Vallée
This paper investigates the so called liability management exercises by European banks, which bear comparable effects to triggering contingent capital. I first explore the determinants of these exercises. I then study market reactions to these operations as well as... View Details
Keywords: Contingent Capital; Financial Distress; Regulatory Capital; Financial Institutions; Legal Liability; Management; Banking Industry; Europe
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Vallée, Boris. "Contingent Capital Trigger Effects: Evidence from Liability Management Exercises." Review of Corporate Finance Studies 8, no. 2 (September 2019): 235–259.
  • May 2012
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Westlake Lanes: How Can This Business Be Saved?

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Alisa Zalosh
Shelby Givens, a new MBA, is the general manager of Westlake Lanes, a near-bankrupt bowling alley that her grandfather founded decades earlier. Givens has been given one year to turn a profit; if the goal is not met Westlake will close. During the first few days on the... View Details
Keywords: United States; Operations Management; Small And Medium-sized Enterprises; Turnarounds; Strategy; Leading Change; Marketing Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Operations; Transformation; Growth and Development Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States
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Hamermesh, Richard G., and Alisa Zalosh. "Westlake Lanes: How Can This Business Be Saved?" Harvard Business School Brief Case 124-431, May 2012.
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Pricing and Production Flexibility: An Empirical Analysis of the U.S. Automotive Industry

By: Antonio Moreno and Christian Terwiesch
We use a detailed data set from the U.S. auto industry spanning from 2002 to 2009 and a variety of econometric methods to characterize the relationship between the availability of production mix flexibility and firms’ use of responsive pricing. We find that production... View Details
Keywords: Empirical Operations Management; Flexibility; Pricing; Automotive Industry; Production; Price; Management; Analysis; Auto Industry; United States
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Moreno, Antonio, and Christian Terwiesch. "Pricing and Production Flexibility: An Empirical Analysis of the U.S. Automotive Industry." Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 17, no. 4 (Fall 2015): 428–444.
  • March 2017
  • Case

A. Lange & Söhne

By: Stefan Thomke and Daniela Beyersdorfer
The case describes how A. Lange & Söhne became one of world's leading watch companies. Its obsession with quality and innovation were behind its initial rise in the 19th century and, after a 40-year involuntary hiatus under the East German regime, again at the end of... View Details
Keywords: Watches; Operational Excellence; Brand & Product Management; Product Development; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Product Positioning; Brands and Branding; Management; Operations; Production; Innovation and Invention; Price; Business History; Germany
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Thomke, Stefan, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "A. Lange & Söhne." Harvard Business School Case 617-058, March 2017.
  • 30 Apr 2024
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When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners

organization, says Paine, a Baker Foundation Professor. In fact, the fault often lies with managers who set unrealistic deadlines, production targets, or other objectives that lead decent people to take shortcuts to achieve the goal... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • March 1998 (Revised October 2001)
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Teradyne: Corporate Management of Disruptive Change

By: Joseph L. Bower
Two cases deal with the introduction of a new product to Teradyne's line of semiconductor test equipment. This case deals with the problems facing the head of a start-up division responsible for developing and bringing to market a new product based on technology deemed... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Disruption; Management; Market Entry and Exit; Product; Problems and Challenges; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Technology
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Bower, Joseph L. "Teradyne: Corporate Management of Disruptive Change." Harvard Business School Case 398-121, March 1998. (Revised October 2001.)
  • 26 Sep 2023
  • Book

Digital Strategy: A Handbook for Managing a Moving Target

excitement and the growing enthusiasm, at times even the frenzy, about these new phenomena, on the grounds of the pressing demands on managers to deal with the new reality and on academics to understand these phenomena. “Existing strategy... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Information Technology; Technology
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Overview

By: Ryan W. Buell
From creating flight itineraries online, to interacting with tellers to complete complex banking transactions, to engaging with the government to address civic problems, customers are playing an increasingly vital role in the performance of operations in a broadening... View Details
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