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- 2010
- Book
The New Science of Retailing: How Analytics Are Transforming the Supply Chain and Improving Performance
By: Marshall Fisher and Ananth Raman
Retailers today are drowning in data but lacking in insight: They have huge volumes of information at their disposal. But they're unsure of how to sort through it and use it to make smart decisions. The result? They're struggling with profit-sapping supply chain... View Details
Keywords: Profit; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Logistics; Supply Chain Management; Mathematical Methods; Retail Industry
Fisher, Marshall, and Ananth Raman. The New Science of Retailing: How Analytics Are Transforming the Supply Chain and Improving Performance. Harvard Business Press, 2010.
- 22 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Decarbonization and Sustainable Production: Immersive Field Course in Denmark and the Netherlands
that I was never going to put into practice. Nonetheless, I figured I would at least use the skills I gained in school to find a different solution to Nigeria’s energy issues. Hence, I decided to explore a career in management consulting for a few years and then in... View Details
- 29 May 2023
- News
Nurturing Breakthrough Ideas
As a center for creativity where innovation and entrepreneurship are intertwined, the Harvard Innovation Labs ecosystem encourages the development of novel ideas, approaches, and technologies that inspire new ventures or ways of thinking that keep companies relevant.... View Details
- 2022
- Case
Tesla's Battery Supply Chain: A Growing Concern
By: Andrew J. Hoffman
In October 2021, the fictional vice president of supply chain sustainability at Tesla is working on finding the best way to achieve Tesla's goal of 100% recycling for the batteries in its electric vehicles (EVs) as they reach their end of life. A major challenge in... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Governance Compliance; Metals and Minerals; Auto Industry
Hoffman, Andrew J. "Tesla's Battery Supply Chain: A Growing Concern." William Davidson Institute Case 9-884-554, 2022.
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
My First Job
Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Ross MacDonald Here’s the humbling truth: no matter how high your career soars, how many awards you win or companies you sell or differences you make in this world, everyone has to start somewhere. And in those first... View Details
- 15 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next
centers into more nimble operations that can sustain its renewed brands far into the 21st Century. Nancy F. Koehn, James E. Robison Professor Of Business Administration: General Motors was formed in 1908, the same year Henry Ford brought... View Details
- 20 Jan 2022
- News
3 Steps to Help Companies Rebuild Trust During the Pandemic
- 2019
- Working Paper
Rehabilitating Corporate Purpose
In this paper, I address how the ascendance of the theory of shareholder value maximization into the central consciousness of public corporations and its canonization as the only legitimate expression of corporate purpose has contributed to both a widening breach... View Details
Keywords: Capitalism; Justice; Corporate Purpose; Shareholder Value Maximization; Ethical Reciprocity; Economic Systems; Business Ventures; Mission and Purpose; Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
Salter, Malcolm S. "Rehabilitating Corporate Purpose." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-104, April 2019.
- November 2006
- Case
Sarah Talley and Frey Farms Produce: Negotiating with Wal-Mart (A)
By: James K. Sebenius and Ellen Knebel
Describes the retailer-supplier negotiations of Frey Farms Produce in its growth from a small local produce supplier to becoming a supplier for Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer. The (A) case sets up three negotiations led by Sarah Talley of Frey Farms Produce in... View Details
Sebenius, James K., and Ellen Knebel. "Sarah Talley and Frey Farms Produce: Negotiating with Wal-Mart (A)." Harvard Business School Case 907-003, November 2006.
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
A Taste of Tradition
In a family-founded business, tradition and values are as ingrained and in-escapable as one's own genetic heritage. Even when such an enterprise becomes a publicly owned and operated corporation, the family's influence can remain an... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
exit, output, and R&D. Taxing the continued operation of incumbents can lead to sizable gains (of the order of 1.4% improvement in welfare) by encouraging exit of less productive firms and freeing up skilled labor to be used for... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2021
- What Do You Think?
Can We Train for Trust?
the speed of trust.” It could hardly be more true than in a business like Airbnb. Its platform, which brings those with rooms and travelers together, relies on a triangle of trust between the company, its landlords, and traveler-renters, all of whom View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- September 2016
- Case
Hewlett Packard Enterprise: The Dandelion Program
By: Gary P. Pisano and Robert D. Austin
This case describes Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s “Dandelion Program," which has developed a new service offering for the company’s clients by drawing on the special talents of people with autism. The company has deployed “pods” organized around 8 or 9 employees with... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Behavior; Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership; Talent and Talent Management; Service Operations; Training; Diversity; Innovation and Invention; Technology Industry
Pisano, Gary P., and Robert D. Austin. "Hewlett Packard Enterprise: The Dandelion Program." Harvard Business School Case 617-016, September 2016.
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Brice Cutrer Jones
people questioned the need for another wine operation in California. I decided - primarily out of fear - to do my best on a single product, focusing exclusively on Chardonnay. I had faith that somebody would always want our best effort."... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 24 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
Launching a Career in Clean Energy
distribution operations of personnel and supplies for large-scale training exercises and deployments. It was a foundational experience that ultimately drove me to HBS—I realized that I could be, and wanted to be, a leader. What was your... View Details
- March 1, 2021
- Article
Transitioning to Clean Energy Transportation Services: Life-cycle Cost Analysis for Vehicle Fleets
By: Stephen Comello, Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein
Comprehensive global decarbonization requires that transportation services cease to rely on fossil fuels for power generation. This paper develops a generic, time-driven life-cycle cost model for mobility services to address two closely related questions central to the... View Details
Keywords: Decarbonization; Electric Vehicles; Renewable Energy; Biofuel; Carbon Emissions; Mobility; Batteries; Energy; Environmental Management; Environmental Accounting; Transportation; Operations; Management; Sustainable Cities; Decision Making; Investment; Energy Industry; Transportation Industry; Utilities Industry; Motorcycle Industry; Auto Industry; Consulting Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Europe; North America; South America; Africa; Asia
Comello, Stephen, Gunther Glenk, and Stefan Reichelstein. "Transitioning to Clean Energy Transportation Services: Life-cycle Cost Analysis for Vehicle Fleets." Art. 116408. Applied Energy 285 (March 1, 2021).
- 17 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Trial of Elizabeth Holmes: Visionary, Criminal, or Both?
Former Theranos employees began testifying this week against Elizabeth Holmes, the once-celebrated biotech’s founder and CEO, in a criminal trial that has Silicon Valley worried. In opening statements last week, federal prosecutors charged that Holmes and the company’s... View Details
- 2015
- Book
MOVE: Putting America's Infrastructure Back in the Lead
Americans are stuck. We live with travel delays on congested roads; shipping delays on clogged railways; and delays on repairs, project approvals, and funding due to gridlocked leadership. These delays affect us all, whether you are a daily commuter, a frequent flyer,... View Details
Keywords: United States; Railroad History; Airlines; Airline Industry; Air Transportation; Passenger Transportation; Cities; Urban Planning; Freighting; Change; Leadership; Public Policy; Change Leadership; Public Finance; Infrastructure; Policy; Technological Innovation; Change Management; Leading Change; Urban Development; Project Finance; Entrepreneurship; City; Transportation; Transportation Industry; Shipping Industry; Rail Industry; Air Transportation Industry; United States
Kanter, Rosabeth M. MOVE: Putting America's Infrastructure Back in the Lead. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.
- Web
Cluster Studies - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
may be increasing in the size and “strength” (i.e., relative presence) of related economic sectors. Building on Porter (1998, 2003), we develop a systematic empirical framework to identify the role of regional clusters – groups of closely related and complementary... View Details
- May 2019
- Case
Whiskey and Cheddar: Ingredient Branding at the Caesan Cheese Cooperative (Brief Case)
By: John A. Quelch and Katherine B. Hartman
The Caesan Cheese Cooperative is considering introducing a new high-quality, high-margin artisan whiskey cheddar cheese. Deidra Kelly, vice president of marketing and product development at Caesan, must recommend to the Board of Directors whether to launch the product... View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Product Development; Management; Product Marketing; Product Positioning; Marketing Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Food and Beverage Industry
Quelch, John A., and Katherine B. Hartman. "Whiskey and Cheddar: Ingredient Branding at the Caesan Cheese Cooperative (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Brief Case 919-521, May 2019.