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- 15 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 15, 2015
Operations Management Analytics for an Online Retailer: Demand Forecasting and Price Optimization By: Ferreira, Kris J., Bin Hong Alex Lee, and David Simchi-Levi Abstract—We present our work with an online retailer, Rue La La, as an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
Unrestricted 8% Other 7% Special Initiatives 6% Research 5% Building Operations Consistent with the long-term goal of preserving the value of the endowment in real terms (after inflation) and generating a... View Details
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Faculty - Race, Gender & Equity
(HMC).... Frances X. Frei UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management Frances Frei is a Professor of Technology and Operations Management at Harvard Business School. Her research investigates how leaders accelerate performance and... View Details
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Joanna M. Jacobson, MBA 1987
throughout Jacobson's life. At the University of Pennsylvania, Jacobson studied international relations with a specialization in China. After college, she worked in operations at Greenwich Associates and was... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
purposes. This rate applies to HBS and all schools at Harvard. Endowment Distribution (in millions) 162 FY19 173 FY20 184 FY21 191 FY22 208 FY23 Endowment Distribution Components 33% Professorships 24% Financial Aid 17% Unrestricted 8% Other 7% View Details
- 30 Jul 2001
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Future of Corporate Governance?
adaptability of the organization over time. As he put it, "By focusing too strongly on financial records (and audit committee work), we lose sight of the fact that departments like operations and human resources are very important... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
that companies can save 20-30 percent on costs by improving processes. In fact, we heard from two companies who are considered gold standards in operational efficiency in their industries, and in examining and honing their processes, they... View Details
- 14 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures
investments. Through Solara’s IoT-enabled systems with dynamic pricing, digital payments, and booking features, farmers can operate their own irrigation businesses, serving their non-pump owning neighbors water at rates below current... View Details
- 19 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
From Retail to HBS: How I’m Building a Career Path at the Intersection of Arts, Culture, and Business
Sara Jetty (MBA 2021) grew up in Carmel, Indiana and received her B.S. from Indiana University. Prior to attending HBS, she held roles at BLK DNM, West Elm, and Bloomingdale’s. During her time at HBS, she interned for Sony Music Entertainment. Sara currently serves as... View Details
- 20 Apr 2021
- Book
A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success
significant experience—gray hair and wrinkles—to think strategically. So one of the key messages in the book is that strategy is not complicated. There are only three levers: value for customers, value for employees, and value for suppliers. And the book shows how to... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 25 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Secret Life of Supply Chains
attributes that make it a source of innovation: The creation of specialized inputs can produce value in a wide variety of different contexts. That’s true whether we’re talking about a new semiconductor tailored to the computer industry,... View Details
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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online
of Operations at Spire Inc. Gain an overarching framework to evaluate opportunities, manage startups, and finance new ventures. My favorite part of Entrepreneurship Essentials was the financing and equity module. It taught me the basics... View Details
- 18 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
How New Managers Become Great Managers
made a series of upward and lateral moves that entailed a number of tough assignments across many functional areas. Beginning as the director of regional operations in New England, this manager had profit and loss responsibility for fifty... View Details
Keywords: by Linda Hill
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Global Business Course | HBS Online
Professionals in Heavily Regulated Industries Learn more about the broader macroeconomic and political landscape your organization operates in, so that you can develop business strategies that create and capture value. In Global Business,... View Details
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Electricity - Business & Environment
clean, resilient, and consumer-centric through the application of data science and behavioral economics, optimizing the system assets and operations across the electric meter.” Tanuj Deora HBS MBA 2006 Vice President, Market Development... View Details
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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online
with a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online Earn by: completing this course Certificate of Specialization Prove your mastery of entrepreneurship and innovation and strategy Earn by: completing any three courses within this subject... View Details
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
rapidly leveraging new ways of doing things, both from an operational and commercial standpoint, quickly became a number one priority. Keeping up to date with the latest governmental information was a useful starting point for many, but... View Details
- 15 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next
strategy of the last decade has been to foster areas of specialization within its subsidiaries around the world—small cars in Europe, subcompacts in Asia, trucks and SUVs in North America—and this has started to yield great results. Now... View Details
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Harvard Business School
Accenture). He became a partner in 1976, specializing in the development of financial control and operating systems in retail and banking industries. In 1985, Gates began to develop commercial and... View Details
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Judges - Alumni
Start-up culture and operations · Business model development · Team building and coaching · New business development Industry Consumer Products and Services (B2C), Technology Verticals Beauty, E-Commerce, FemTech, Lifestyles of Health and... View Details