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- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Building Competitive Advantage Through Operations
It's the set of processes that transforms either materials or information into a product or service. EE: How has this definition evolved over the past decade? Upton: There have been some exciting changes in recent years. First, operations... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
twenty years ago the company was unprepared for changes in the marketplace as competitors emerged that offered clients individual pieces of the technology package, such as a database program or storage... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Point, Click, Give: Internet Fuels Philanthropic Fundraising Revolution
Quick. What does the word “philanthropy” conjure up? Large foundations? Well-heeled patrons? Reams of direct mail? How about nimble start-ups, passionate entrepreneurs, and powerful technology? That’s the new world of philanthropy, one... View Details
- Web
Trisha Prabhu | MBA
space. Running ReThink has given me insight into the power of technology and business to change the world; indeed, I've had the chance to see how a tech start-up can address a problem most people believe... View Details
- 2023
- Working Paper
Can Digitalization Improve Public Services? Evidence from Innovation in Energy Management
By: Robyn C. Meeks, Jacquelyn Pless and Zhenxuan Wang
This paper examines how digitalization impacts public service provision through a study of the U.S. power sector. We exploit the staggered timing of electric utilities’ investments in “smart” meters and find that electricity losses per unit sold decrease by 3.6%. This... View Details
Keywords: Electric Utility; Energy Management; Smart Meters; Energy; Climate Change; State Ownership; Private Ownership; Technology Adoption; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; United States
Meeks, Robyn C., Jacquelyn Pless, and Zhenxuan Wang. "Can Digitalization Improve Public Services? Evidence from Innovation in Energy Management." MIT CEEPR Working Paper Series, No. 2023-22, December 2023.
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
are also shown to be actors in periodic deglobalization waves. This was because their function was to reinforce the gaps in wealth and income rather than disrupt them. Business enterprises proved disappointing institutions for knowledge and View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Portrait Project
Ed Kennedy
teenager, and preferred quiet evenings at home with the family. The homes he built and the lives they changed were topics he never discussed. Family and friends sometimes ask what I want to become. They throw out big words like CEO, board... View Details
- Web
IFC India 2025: From Gray to Green: A Glimpse of the Future of Green Hydrogen in India - Blog - Business & Environment
Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business... View Details
- April 2024
- Teaching Note
Harvard University and Urban Mining Industries: Decarbonizing the Supply Chain
By: Shirley Lu and Robert S. Kaplan
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 123-076. View Details
- 29 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
From the Classroom to the Workplace: How I Applied Learnings to my Internship
applicable to the workplace. As a company grows rapidly, it is important to understand the needs of the different departments and align them towards the same direction as quickly as possible. I used these learnings during the summer when... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- October 2005 (Revised February 2006)
- Case
Reactivity: A Case of Re-Invention
By: Myra M. Hart and Sylvia Sensiper
By the time Glenn Osaka joined Reactivity as its new CEO in January 2001, the Internet bubble had burst, the financial markets had turned, and the company's core businesses were drying up. He was not hired to lead a turnaround, but Osaka found that the firm's future... View Details
- Web
Tony Cragg Over the Earth 2014 | About
investigates the complex internal formal constructions and geometries that give rise to exterior forms. In Over the Earth , Cragg explores not only nature and the forces of energy found in the organic world, but also how our reality is shaped by View Details
- 05 Nov 2007
- What Do You Think?
Why Is Succession So Badly Managed?
today's breakneck world, who has the time for such things?" Several cited the difficulty of selecting a new CEO, particularly from within, given the changing nature of the needs of a modern corporation. As Veronica Serrano put it,... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Chaotic Funding Derails Research
randomized model of research support in the United States, in which a change in administration or a court ruling can outlaw work that was previously supported by the government. Funding can be canceled with the stroke of a pen. The... View Details
- February 2023
- Case
Grupo Sancor Seguros: Facing the Digital Transformation of Insurance in Argentina (A)
By: Jorge Tamayo and Jenyfeer Martínez Buitrago
In 2020, Alejandro Simón, CEO of Sancor Seguros Group, a nearly 75-year-old cooperative that had become Argentina’s insurance leader, had to decide about the Group’s digital transformation strategy. The Group’s values and history needed to be considered during the... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Digital Transformation; Organizational Culture; Cooperative Ownership; Strategy; Business Strategy; Adaptation; Technology Adoption; Insurance Industry; Latin America; South America; Argentina
Tamayo, Jorge, and Jenyfeer Martínez Buitrago. "Grupo Sancor Seguros: Facing the Digital Transformation of Insurance in Argentina (A)." Harvard Business School Case 723-422, February 2023.
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
pharmaceutical company, developing their own drugs. His offer was simple. "Is your son on any treatment that is a direct result of what you have done?" he asked. "No," admitted Tracy. "I'm going to change... View Details
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Brett Gibson
Although his grandfather was a "full-bird" Marine Corps Colonel who had served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, Brett Gibson had not considered the military as a career option and did not participate in ROTC while in college. But the events of September... View Details
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Blake Landro
company.” There, Blake focused on the intersection of technology and the delivery of marketing messages. “The experience taught me the importance of being able to articulate value to your customers,” says Blake. Like many MBA candidates,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
men applied to join the venture; another source put the number of candidates at five thousand. Bridges Adams, an acquaintance who directed an acting company, remembered a conversation in which Shackleton explained his views on hiring. The... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
High Stakes: Springboard 2000 Comes to HBS
enthusiasm, his opinion changed when he began interviewing the entrepreneurs. At that point, he said, "I was sure there were some promising opportunities in this group." Before the forum was over, presenter Jill Card of IBEX Process View Details