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  • 29 Jun 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Why Uber Is Worth Saving and How To Do It

include arrogantly ignoring cease-and-desist orders from cities trying to enforce local business regulations, allegations of drivers attacking customers, and sexual harassment complaints from employees about... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Transportation
  • April 2008 (Revised May 2012)
  • Case

Ti-Tech (A)

By: Benson P. Shapiro, John T. Gourville and Craig E. Cline
This case concerns the selection and scheduling of orders by a small industrial titanium fabricator that recently has been plagued by poor deliveries and a lack of capacity. At the time of the case, Ti-Tech must decide which of four orders to accept, with capacity... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Metals and Minerals; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Supply Chain Management; Performance Capacity; Industrial Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry
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  • October 2020
  • Case

LifeBank Nigeria

By: Brian Trelstad, Pippa Tubman Armerding and Wale Lawal
The aspiration of addressing maternal deaths in Nigeria, which were mostly caused by blood shortages, led Temie Giwa-Tubosun to found LifeBank in 2015. LifeBank developed an online platform that enabled hospitals to connect and purchase blood from local blood banks and... View Details
Keywords: Systems Design; Social Business; Business At The Base Of The Pyramid; Health Care; Blood; Social Enterprise; Health Care and Treatment; Growth and Development Strategy; Finance; Health Industry; Transportation Industry; Africa; Nigeria
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    What You're Really Meant To Do: A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential

    Professor Kaplan's book is published by the Harvard Business Review Press, May 2013.

    Drawing on his years of experience, Rob Kaplan proposes an integrated plan for identifying and achieving your goals.  He outlines specific steps and exercises to help you... View Details

    • 23 Jul 2024
    • In Practice

    The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities

    technologically advanced has led to sweeping sets of executive orders and institutional changes, especially in the US. Businesses need to understand that the policy tools in the US—including export controls,... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing; Retail; Fashion; Industrial Products; Consumer Products; Steel; Transportation; Telecommunications
    • 13 Oct 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?

    was level, and he took advantage. Eventually he would build Akfen Holding, today one of the biggest infrastructure construction and operations companies. “As an outsider in the previous era, this was a... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 25 Sep 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help

    industrial complex that limits healthy competition in order to promote its continued growth and caters to the power and profit-driven demands of its best customers instead of... View Details
    Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
    • 27 Apr 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11

    enforcer be the same person, the FBI can take advantage of the plea bargain system we have in the United States,” Gulati says. “Once the agent puts that person in jail, he or she can say to the criminal, ‘OK, if you want to get out of... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
    • Profile

    Ruzwana Bashir

    fulfilled that entrepreneurial dream before she turned 30. As founder and CEO of Peek, Bashir has gotten the full startup experience in a short time. With Peek.com she is already disrupting the $100 billion... View Details
    • 02 Feb 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t

    Chain One key distinction between unbundling and decoupling is that while the former takes place only at the point of consumption, the latter can take place anywhere along the... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • 29 Jul 2020
    • Blog Post

    To New Beginnings: Reflecting on Transitioning Careers and Starting a Family while at HBS

    chance to fulfill a lifelong dream. I had to take it. With the support of my chain of command, I decided to pursue my MBA, and I separated from the military in April of 2018.... View Details
    • 04 Apr 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    Attention Medical Shoppers: What Health Care Can Learn from Walmart and Amazon

    In order to get its financial and management woes under control, the health care industry might want to peek at the playbooks of retail giants like Walmart, Google, and... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health
    • April 2021
    • Supplement

    Buy Online, Pickup in Store: Vice President of Store Operations Supplement

    By: Antonio Moreno, Santiago Gallino and Amy Klopfenstein
    In April 2019, Sylvarella VP of Store Operations Axley Vega must review an analysis of her department’s sales data to determine the impact of the company’s Buy Online, Pickup in Store (BOPS) program. BOPS implementation created significant problems for the store... View Details
    Keywords: Operations; Service Delivery; Logistics; Infrastructure; Distribution Channels; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Analysis; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States; Canada
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    • 01 Oct 2018
    • Blog Post

    Josh Latson and his Fellowship: “It’s like a pie eating contest.”

    guy” in health care operations? The question had long intrigued him. Before coming to HBS through the 2+2 program, Josh had fulfilled internships and fulltime career roles at Morgan Stanley View Details
    Keywords: Health Care
    • Web

    2.14 Policies and Procedures for Access to Student Educational Records | MBA

    under certain circumstances. For example, disclosure is permitted to Harvard officials with a legitimate educational interest in the records, meaning that the person needs the information in order to fulfill... View Details
    • 1 PM – 2:15 PM EDT, 27 Oct 2020
    • Virtual Programming

    The Role of American Business Leaders in a Challenging Election Season

    Amidst a pandemic, economic challenges, and social, racial, and political turmoil, the upcoming US presidential election has the potential to calm fears and help restore order at home and around the world--or to ignite a new wave of discord and dissent. In this... View Details
    • May 2011
    • Article

    The Power of Small Wins

    By: Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer
    What is the best way to motivate employees to do creative work? Help them take a step forward every day. In an analysis of knowledge workers' diaries, the authors found that nothing contributed more to a positive inner work life (the mix of emotions, motivations, and... View Details
    Keywords: Creativity; Interpersonal Communication; Employee Relationship Management; Leadership; Performance Effectiveness; Emotions; Motivation and Incentives; Groups and Teams; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation Leadership; Working Conditions; Management Practices and Processes; Management Skills; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Performance Productivity; Attitudes; Behavior; Happiness; Perception; Trust; Time Management; Resource Allocation; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Managerial Roles
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    • Web

    Chinese Competition and Emerging Technologies - A Chronicle of the China Trade

    Competition and Emerging Technologies Albert Heard served in China from 1862 to 1867 when Augustine Heard II returned to take his place. Their uncle Augustine Heard died a year later at age 83. “I shall not... View Details
    • 05 May 2014
    • Research & Ideas

    Reflecting on Work Improves Job Performance

    Many of us are familiar with the gentle punishment known as "time-out," in which misbehaving children must sit quietly for a few minutes, calm down, and reflect on their actions. New research suggests that grown-ups ought to View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
    • 14 May 2019
    • Research & Ideas

    Ethics Bots and Other Ways to Move Your Code of Business Conduct Beyond Puffery

    impacting people’s behavior and underlying firm culture,” he says. Accenture rethinks its code Compliance can be difficult for employees when they are faced with a 50-page document filled with generic principles View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding