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- 12 May 2023
- Blog Post
Independent Project: The Rise of Electric Heat Pumps
they consume versus the most efficient furnaces at 95% efficiency. While furnaces generate energy by burning fuel, heat pumps simply move air between outside and inside your home with an electrical input. Thus, electric heat pumps tend to... View Details
- 21 Mar 2019
- HBS Case
The Ferrari Way
opportunity to test drive one of Ferrari’s cars. “He drove it for a few hours and couldn’t sleep that night.” Despite its legendary success at defining its brand, it is also a company confronting modern realities. After nearly 80 years of View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
day quantum computing becomes a reality is the day conventional digital security ends.) They should even be able to do things that digital computers cannot do at all, like realistically modeling molecules for more efficient drug discovery... View Details
- 20 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The 5 Strategy Rules of Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs
lessons: "Build Platforms and Ecosystems—Not Just Products." Early on Gates realized that no one product could provide a lasting competitive advantage, but if consumers became hooked on a particular platform, such as the Microsoft View Details
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
re-evolve the future. SurgiBox Mike Teodorescu (DBA 2018) Alumni Track Crowd Favorite Safe surgery, any time, any place. Business Track, 2021 Concord Materials Robert Lane (MBA 2021) Anthony Valente (MBA 2022) Business Track Co-Winner Integrated materials management... View Details
- 21 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?
During World War II, the predecessor to the US Central Intelligence Agency produced a secret field manual detailing how “citizen-saboteurs” could disrupt the operations of enemy organizations. In addition to inflicting physical damage,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online
the business aspect of their problems. Gaurang Manjrekar Technology Consultant Gain confidence in your ability to understand financial statements and communicate financial results. My job is project-based, and I'm currently leading the View Details
- 13 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: Leadership Roles
decisions to protect the standards and aspirations of the group. Managing Managing, as opposed to leading, is about getting a group to operate efficiently and effectively. Managing is done by planning and... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Davis
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Case Study: Testing the Waters
company offers a line of eight powdered drink mixes that are formulated according to the World Health Organization’s oral rehydration solution—a specific ratio of glucose, sodium, and potassium that can replenish the body more efficiently... View Details
- 09 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?
important questions to explore, according to Michael Toffel, a professor in the Technology and Operations Management Unit of Harvard Business School. Toffel has conducted extensive research and recently co-organized a conference at... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 May 2021
- Op-Ed
Can Fabric Waste Become Fashion’s Resource?
COVID-19 has broken fashion’s supply chain. As a result, an already wasteful industry has become more wasteful. Even before the pandemic, the global apparel industry was producing about 92 million tons of textile waste a year. That’s about one garbage truck’s worth of... View Details
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It
efficiency has been cast in high relief, supply chain managers realize that they can no longer focus solely on cost reduction—any calculation of a supply chain's return on investment must also take customer satisfaction into account.... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Elevator Pitch: Banking On It
cumbersome procedures and outdated systems. By providing low- and no-code tools, Fuse hopes to empower business teams by expediting the origination process while fostering innovation and adaptability. Heard: “In a world where efficiency... View Details
- 16 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
HBS and the Arts
experiences. Coming from a business development background, I had never thought about working on the operational side of a business. But my Technology and Operations Management (TOM) Class – taught by the... View Details
- 08 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Decision Rights: Who Gives the Green Light?
Placing decision rights where these combined costs are minimal, the authors write, should lead to optimal decision-making efficiency and therefore better performance. Allocating decision rights in ways that maximize organizational... View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
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Globalization - Faculty & Research
U.S. firms by analyzing detailed data on patent applications and on the operations of the foreign affiliates of U.S. multinational firms. The results indicate that increases in the share of a firm's innovation performed by inventors of a... View Details
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers
quality, low cost, short lead-time and flexible production. And Toyota's operating system—the Toyota Production System—had been widely credited for Toyota's sustained leadership in manufacturing performance. Furthermore, Toyota had been... View Details
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Eligibility & Rules - Alumni
New Venture Competition Eligibility & Rules 21ms The venture must have an HBS alumnus as a founder. The alum must be involved in the day-to-day operations in a leadership role and must be represented at all events and be the pitch lead.... View Details
- 08 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building Effective R&D Capabilities Abroad
Setting up a home-base-augmenting site—one designed to gather new knowledge for a company—involves certain skills. And launching a home-base-exploiting site—one established to help a company efficiently commercialize its R&D in... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- 07 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Drives Supply Chain Behavior?
be divided into strategic and operational activities. Strategic activities include, among others, long-term capacity planning and network configuration of warehouses, distributors, and retail stores. Examples of View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston