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- 29 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Hunting for a Hot Job in High Tech? Try 'Digitization Economist'
even seven figures because their expertise is just so valuable.” What does a digitization/tech economist do every day? Problems they work on include: Online advertising design. Advertising inventory on search engines is often sold via... View Details
- 08 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
Thinking Twice About Supply-Chain Layoffs
unavoidable, research by HBS assistant professor Zeynep Ton suggests that retailers should make labor decisions thoughtfully. "Many retailers see labor more as a cost driver than a sales driver." Her advice: Consider the supply-chain foot soldiers—stock clerks,... View Details
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Prosper with Multi-Channel Retailing
It is important for managers and executives to "help people in the organization understand it's both things working together." "One of our big challenges is simply inventory management," Nuzzo said. "For the last... View Details
- 23 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Will the “Long Tail” Work for Hollywood?
won't incur costs for less popular videos until a customer actually purchases the title. They can produce a copy on demand, doing away with the need to store inventory in the warehouse that may or may not sell. Life In The Tail Elberse... View Details
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
by inventory shrinkage and cash shortage. Using two store-level datasets from the convenience store industry, we find that relative wages are negatively associated with employee theft after we control for each store's employee... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
products. Prior to the acquisition, Whole Foods began rolling out a new order-to-shelf (OTS) inventory management system that many observers believed had led to shortages. For years, store team leaders at Whole Foods were empowered to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 31 May 2016
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May 31, 2016
functional proximity over base proximity when locating preventive health services. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51094 forthcoming Production and Operations Management Multi-Echelon Inventory Management... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Will the Hot Housing Market Finally Start to Cool?
They may still be working from home, but they’re working from home in those cities. Gazette: Why does inventory remain so low across the country, and can anything be done to help ease the crunch? Gerardo Lietz: At the end of the day, it’s... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 26 Aug 2009
- Op-Ed
Where Cash for Clunkers Ran Off the Road
new cars. The program proved so popular that inventories of the qualifying cars soon dwindled, further boosting the dealers' negotiating leverage and unit profit margin. “Why did taxpayers, having already bailed out GM and Chrysler once,... View Details
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf
excess inventory was a perennial problem for the company. The inventory could be sold off only via heavy discounting, which tended to depress margins for all sales. Since the warehouse was close to a major... View Details
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How an Order Views Your Company
the companies that did the best job of order cycle management. Despite the overwhelming data, some companies just do not take the customer orientation seriously.— Benson Shapiro Finally, order cycle management helped to enable the supply chain revolution, which has... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
on the home country remains unclear. We know very little about return migration of workers engaged in innovation and entrepreneurship, except that it is rapidly growing in importance. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49887 Service... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
describes how investors can—and do—pay closer attention to retailers' inventory levels. “When it comes to implementing science in retailing, the 'missionary' is more important than the scientist.” Raman, who specializes in operations... View Details
- 18 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
Marketing After the Recession
quality, measured objectively, has remained constant. Stay focused on costs. Many manufacturing industries (as opposed to services industries) are plagued by global overcapacity, relative even to pre-recession demand. Combined with excess View Details
- 26 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 26, 2016
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/516108-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 616-049 Curtis LLP: A Case on Cases A product market firm faces an inventory investment decision in the face of demand uncertainty. To hedge against some... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Groupon Good for Retailers?
higher cost of goods sold, giving them less room to discount. And if they don't sell a product one day, they can hold it in inventory for future sale. So marginal business is less urgent for them. We're not prepared to say Gap's Groupon... View Details
- 25 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 25, 2008
introducing retail inventory management, including cost optimization, service-level criteria, and forecasting in single and multiproduct settings. The owner of a single-location paper and paper products store considers the implications of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Nov 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53512 Online Network Revenue Management Using Thompson Sampling By: Ferreira, Kris Johnson, David Simchi-Levi, and He Wang Abstract—We consider a price-based network revenue management problem where a retailer aims to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
inventory (a proxy for support). Our findings highlight important factors for successful implementations of 360-degree systems as complements to explicit incentives. Finally, we share some lessons learned with respect to performing field... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 May 2013
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First Look: May 14
Abstract—To set inventory service levels, firms must understand how changes in service level affect customer demand. While the effects of service level changes have been studied empirically at the level of the end consumer, relatively... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne