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- 05 Jun 2013
- What Do You Think?
Do We Need to Extend ‘No Surprises Management?’
with respect and understanding. The payback is impressive." Several commented on the demands that NSM places on management in an uncertain environment and the need for communication. For example, Amitava commented that NSM is a good... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Home Sweet (Modular) Home
cracks began to appear in its carefully crafted production plan. The first order of modular homes languished on the assembly line for months as Greentech struggled to resolve a number of serious production-control issues. Stuntz now has hired a new production-control... View Details
- 02 Jul 2008
- News
No Pulp Fiction Allowed
With vacation season upon us, it's time to consider what good read to pack before heading out to your favorite beach or resort. I have the perfect antidote for all those mindless pulp fiction novels that fly off the shelves this View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Getting on Board
come to them,” notes Susan Stautberg, president of PartnerCom Corporation, which assembles and manages advisory boards. “Before Sarbanes-Oxley and the outcry for better governance, you might have been tapped just because you knew... View Details
- 17 Dec 2024
- News
Solving the Underemployment Crisis
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, it’s Dan. Today, we are sharing a brief excerpt from Managing the Future of Work, the critically-acclaimed podcast from my colleagues at Harvard Business School. Each episode, HBS professors Bill Kerr... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Conducting Business
In 2015 I moved from New York City to Madison, Connecticut, where I met, quite by chance, Ginny Vancil and her brother, Richard. I thought, How many Vancils can there be in the world? I asked if they knew Richard “Dick” Vancil, who was my first professor for my first... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
The School of Life
about 25 percent turned out to be mistakes. In other words, a typical manager gets it wrong a lot. So if a “right stuff” screen doesn’t predict future success, what does? I spent a lot of time searching. It... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
A Close-Up Look at the Men behind the Empire
word is overused. But in some corner of the lives of each of these people, there was a streak of lightning that could be called genius. Only a few managers will experience anything similar in their own careers, but understanding the lives... View Details
- February 1990 (Revised August 2001)
- Case
Merloni Elettrodomestici SpA: The Transit Point Experiment
By: Janice H. Hammond and Maura G Kelly
Merloni Elettrodomestici is a leading Italian manufacturer of domestic appliances. In 1986, an exposition for Merloni customers is scheduled at its Milano regional warehouse. During the two-month period preceding the event, when the warehouse must be free of inventory,... View Details
Keywords: Logistics; Marketing Channels; Planning; Time Management; Distribution Channels; Competitive Advantage; Customer Relationship Management; Information Technology; Consumer Products Industry; Italy
Hammond, Janice H., and Maura G Kelly. "Merloni Elettrodomestici SpA: The Transit Point Experiment." Harvard Business School Case 690-003, February 1990. (Revised August 2001.)
- 28 May 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Family Dynamic
my own.” Kamdani integrated all the businesses into the newly named Sintesa Group (“sintesa” translates to “synergy” in Indonesian) and shook up the organizational structure, establishing an executive committee and shifting from a family business to a professional... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
management itself, the times seem ripe for reopening the question of what exactly this institution is for, what functions we as a society want it to perform, and how well it is performing them. Great... View Details
- April 1986 (Revised May 1988)
- Case
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (B)
By: Kim B. Clark
Dissects the manufacturing process and procedures of a high-end computer manufacturer. The main issue is how to introduce new products and ramp them up quickly in a competitive environment where time-to-market is crucial. Focuses on engineering change orders--how they... View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Time Management; Product Launch; Production; Business Processes; Competitive Strategy; Computer Industry
Clark, Kim B. "Sun Microsystems, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 686-134, April 1986. (Revised May 1988.)
- 25 Apr 2012
- What Do You Think?
How Will the “Age of Big Data” Affect Management?
The challenges Big Data pose for managers include "identifying which data are relevant" (Subrata Chakraborty) and "seeing through the woods to know what to use and what not" (Pieter J de Beer). Scott Waller expressed the fear that "the... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 30 Jan 2009
- News
What’s It Worth to You?
lead. That’s why De Pree capped his compensation at twenty times what his company’s lowest-paid employee received. Kenneth Feinberg, the 9/11 special master, eventually came to understand that “all lives should be treated the same.”... View Details
- 03 Feb 2014
- News
Eyes on Medical Breakthroughs
says. "It was only because I was trained as an ophthalmologist that I saw the potential there." Eye surgeons had been correcting vision by reshaping the cornea for some time when Summit came along, but the accuracy of the computer-aided... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues
Each year hundreds of hardworking HBS students volunteer their time to arrange on-campus conferences that attract a wide variety of top-notch speakers, expert panelists, and enthusiastic audience participants. Working through student... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
McKenna to lead the organization through the turmoil and out the other side. As she and her new executive team assemble in the DC office, touring the space that has been renovated and expanded for their presence, there’s a sense that the momentum is already underway.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
Walmsley University Professor, to enhance the quality of discussion teaching throughout Harvard. He served at various times as a visiting faculty member at IMEDE (an international business school in Switzerland now known as IMD), MIT’s... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
New Career Wanted
moving to part time for family or lifestyle reasons. In late career, we often see people who are downshifting or exploring the nonprofit sector. There’s also a spike two or three years after graduation, when young View Details
- December 1999 (Revised August 2001)
- Case
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A)
By: Stefan H. Thomke and Ashok Nimgade
Focuses on Millennium's strategy to grow and revolutionize drug development through the use of new technologies such as genomics. Describes how Millennium Pharmaceuticals--a fast-growing biotechnology firm in Cambridge, MA--has used strategic alliances to finance the... View Details
Keywords: Cost Management; Financing and Loans; Medical Specialties; Retention; Growth and Development Strategy; Time Management; Product Development; Problems and Challenges; Alliances; Technology; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Cambridge
Thomke, Stefan H., and Ashok Nimgade. "Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 600-038, December 1999. (Revised August 2001.)