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- 06 Nov 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Top-Down Resource Allocation on the Rise?
Summing Up Is Business Agility a Product of Top-Down or Bottom-Up Resource Allocation? Respondents to this month's column provided possible explanations for greater reliance on top-down resource allocation processes (RAPs) while reminding... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- December 1988 (Revised March 1990)
- Case
Karen Vincent and Zodiac Corp.
Keywords: Family Business; Production; Management; Performance Improvement; Apparel and Accessories Industry
Stevenson, Howard H. "Karen Vincent and Zodiac Corp." Harvard Business School Case 389-078, December 1988. (Revised March 1990.)
Laurence F. Probst, III
production of videogames and has also branched into educational software through the acquisition of Broderbund. Probst also managed the international expansion of EA. View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Prognosis
patients than any other hospital in the state—to bend without breaking under the pressure of the pandemic. Professor Robert Huckman is an economist and health care researcher who serves as unit head for Technology and Operations View Details
- Profile
Eryn Schultz
months into my new job, and I’ve been able to apply so much of what I learned in school in both my internship and my current job – things ranging from how incentives influence behavior to how to manage a P&L. In addition, the friends... View Details
- August 2010 (Revised July 2011)
- Supplement
Erik Peterson at Biometra (E)
By: John J. Gabarro, Thomas J. DeLong and Jevan Soo
Presents the final outcome of the events. The Richard Jenkins at SciMat case presents a description from the executive vice-president's point of view of the series of events as reported in the Erik Peterson at Biometra (A), (B), (C), and (D) cases. The Jenkins at... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Leadership; Business or Company Management; Management Succession; Product Launch; Outcome or Result; Problems and Challenges; Behavior; Perspective
Gabarro, John J., Thomas J. DeLong, and Jevan Soo. "Erik Peterson at Biometra (E)." Harvard Business School Supplement 411-035, August 2010. (Revised July 2011.)
- 2013
- Working Paper
An Empirical Study of the Spillover Effects of Workload on Patient Length of Stay
By: Jillian Berry Jaeker and Anita Tucker
We use two years of inpatient data from 243 California hospitals to quantify the relationship between hospital-level workload and patient length of stay (LOS), and its "spillover" effects across patient types. Patients are categorized as medical or surgical, and the... View Details
Keywords: Workload; Processing Times; Healthcare; Working Conditions; Performance Productivity; Time Management; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; California
Berry Jaeker, Jillian, and Anita Tucker. "An Empirical Study of the Spillover Effects of Workload on Patient Length of Stay." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-052, December 2012. (Revised July 2013.)
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Prosper with Multi-Channel Retailing
channels are our most valuable customers.— Susan Vobejda, Gap Inc. Susan Vobejda (HBS MBA '97), senior director of brand management at Gap Inc., agreed with Nuzzo that the Internet works best in support of the company's efforts to sell in... View Details
- January 2000 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Officenet (A): Making Entrepreneurship Work in Argentina
Describes the creation and financing of Officenet, an office supply distributor in Argentina. The company serves the business-to-business market through a catalog (combined with phone orders) and also through an Internet-based catalog. Officenet is a pioneer in both... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Argentina
Kuemmerle, Walter, and William J. Coughlin Jr. "Officenet (A): Making Entrepreneurship Work in Argentina." Harvard Business School Case 800-238, January 2000. (Revised March 2004.)
- 03 Aug 2022
- News
Hungry for Change
Management consulting doesn’t lend itself to a balanced diet. Always on the go for her projects at Kurt Salmon, Kate Flynn (MBA 2012) would grab whatever packaged food appeared healthiest to her. For a long time, she sought low-calorie... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Right Connections
that it has a good product and that it can bring favorable returns to investors," she says. "But that's just part of the package. It must also assemble a management team that brings a combination of... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
securities to retail investors. We focus on a large market of investment products targeted exclusively at households: retail-structured products in Europe. We hypothesize that banks strategically use View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Driving the family business onto a global stage
Anand Mahindra (AB 1977, MBA 1981), as chairman and managing director of Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), has grown the family business into a thriving Indian multinational automotive manufacturing corporation, creating jobs for thousands. Not... View Details
- March 1992 (Revised April 1995)
- Teaching Note
BMW: The 7-Series Project (A), Teaching Note
By: Gary P. Pisano
Teaching Note for (9-692-083). View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
Building a Startup at HBS
researchers, or product managers – we could use our time at HBS as an opportunity to both launch a product and build a business from scratch. After discussing a number of pain... View Details
- November 1997 (Revised May 2002)
- Case
MicroAge, Inc.: Orchestrating the Information Technology Value Chain
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Kirk A. Goldman
MicroAge, Inc. started as a storefront in Tempe, AZ in 1976 selling personal computer kits to hobbyists. During their first year of operation, founders Jeff McKeever and Alan Hald sold $1.5 million worth of computer kits, priced at under $1,000 each. Twenty years... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Growth Management; Risk Management; Product; Opportunities; Horizontal Integration; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Technology Industry; Arizona
Applegate, Lynda M., and Kirk A. Goldman. "MicroAge, Inc.: Orchestrating the Information Technology Value Chain." Harvard Business School Case 398-068, November 1997. (Revised May 2002.)
- April 2001 (Revised July 2001)
- Case
Zaplet, Inc.
By: Dorothy A. Leonard and Brian DeLacey
Start-up Zaplet, Inc., has radical software, prestigious venture capital funding, and a multitude of business opportunities. New CEO Alan Baratz must select a strategy and redesign the organization to deliver. This case describes the roles and philosophies of the... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business or Company Management; Information Technology; Organizational Design; Venture Capital; Valuation; Business Strategy; Restructuring; Expansion; Product Development; Innovation Strategy; Human Resources; Information Technology Industry; California
Leonard, Dorothy A., and Brian DeLacey. "Zaplet, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 601-165, April 2001. (Revised July 2001.)
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Carving a Niche
for a long time, the major ski manufacturers just kept doing what worked last year.” Meanwhile, snowboarding companies were pushing the limits of production technology and design. The Faction Collective, where Hoye is cofounder and CEO,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Replicating Toyota's Success
Spear focused on the company's approach to solving problems and noticed the conscious way Toyota's managers involve employees in this process, even to the point of leaving a production line at suboptimal... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
how artists work will have an advantage over those who don’t.” Artful Making is the product of an unlikely intellectual collaboration. Austin, a former technology implementation manager at Ford, is an... View Details