Production Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Aug 2016
What Do You Think?

How Can We Hold the “Leadership Industry” Accountable?

in the past. He’s so fed up with these notions that he has written a book titled Leadership BS: Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time. It would be easy to write off his book as a rant based on a non-scientific set of personal experiences if it wasn’t the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

16 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers

his while not feeling impoverished or threatened when someone is calling the same product hers." Global Brands Managing the Brand-Product Continuum in Global Markets Dr. Hans-Willi Schroiff and David... View Details

Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors

May 1992 (Revised August 1993)
Case

Forest Policy in Malaysia

By: Forest L. Reinhardt

The governments of Malaysia and the Malaysian State of Sarawak need to assess possible changes in forest policy. Environmentalist pressure threatens traditional market relationships and patterns of business-government interaction. Harvest regulations, subsidies, trade... View Details

Keywords: Natural Environment; Policy; Government and Politics; Environmental Sustainability; Trade; Business and Government Relations; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Forestry Industry; Forest Products Industry; Malaysia

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August 2010 (Revised July 2011)
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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

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01 Jun 2007
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James McKenney Remembered

on information and computer systems, control, environmental and nonprofit management, and production and operations management (POM). He was POM chairman from 1968 to 1972. In retirement, McKenney continued... View Details

Keywords: Information

02 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 2

Publications 2006 pub Matching Firms, Managers, and Incentives By: Bandiera, Oriana, Luigi Guiso, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract—We exploit a unique combination of administrative sources and survey data to study the match between firms and managers. The... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

April 1991 (Revised July 1991)
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RJR Nabisco Board: Guardians of the Gate? (A)

By: Jay W. Lorsch

Charles Hugel, the chairman of RJR Nabisco, receives a call from RJR Nabisco's CEO, Ross Johnson; Johnson plans to present an LBO plan to the board of directors at the board meeting the following week. The case details Hugel's actions as chairman, and describes the... View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Situation or Environment; Bids and Bidding; Decision Making; Managerial Roles; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Teams; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry

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01 Jul 2021
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Readers Ask: Which Companies Are Transforming Work?

compensation, how can managers motivate and promote freelancers? "Managers can motivate part-timers or gig workers in several ways. The first is to make them feel fully included in the group. The second is to structure the work carefully... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail; Manufacturing

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria

memory that the product was safe to drink. Q: What can any manager or business leader take away from reading Driven? A: All managers and business leaders need to get things... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

November 1998 (Revised December 1998)
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Asea Brown Boveri (Condensed)

By: Robert L. Simons

The merger of Asea AB and BBC Brown Boveri required a restructuring of operations and a change in organizational cultures. Competitive success also necessitated the benefits of scale while remaining "local" for political and customer-responsiveness reasons. The case... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Mergers and Acquisitions; Restructuring; Cost vs Benefits; Competitive Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Growth and Development; Performance Effectiveness; Consumer Products Industry

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01 Apr 2000
News

Award-Winning Article Urges Companies to Loosen Ties that Bind

expenses associated with everyday activities such as management meetings, conferences, phone conversations, sales calls, reports, and memos. Hagel and Singer maintain that by dramatically reducing interaction costs, the Internet and other... View Details

01 Dec 2006
News

Green as Gold

though, and you’ll find that Hamilton has been renewed by a marriage of technology and environmental sustainability. “Basically, the only thing we kept was the building’s exterior shell,” says Jason Carlson, project manager for contractor... View Details

Keywords: Paul Massari; Specialty Trade Contractors; Construction

06 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

How to Do Away with the Dangers of Outsourcing

challenge of managing relationships with "partners" or "associates." Yet as the Rana Plaza disaster and too many other examples show, every outsourced stop along the supply and production... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati; Manufacturing; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion

07 Dec 2015
Blog Post

What I Wish I'd Known About HBS

differently? What do they wish they’d known? What advice do they have for prospective students and new students? Greg Sequin, a West Point graduate and finance officer, got interested in tech while at HBS. He did a product View Details

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Erika Osterling

Transportation (General Management, Services, Business Operations, Product management, Supply Chain, Expat), Cameron, Avery Dennison, PepsiCo (Marketing and Sales Strategy) View Details

Keywords: Energy; Oil & Gas; Energy; Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Manufacturing

01 Jun 1996
News

Four Professors to Retire

Systems and Control, Management Information Systems, Foundations of Computer Systems, Management of Natural Resources, and Management of Nonprofit Organizations. He also taught... View Details

Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage

17 Nov 2020
In Practice

How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other

lead to a turbulent January for some retailers as they manage a potential increase in product returns. With more customers buying online without trying or inspecting, product... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Retail

25 Aug 2014
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Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987

Corning 2007 Named Chairman, Corning 2007 Corning markets Gorilla Glass 2013 Fast Company names Corning one of World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies Chairman and CEO, Corning Incorporated As CEO of Corning Incorporated, Wendell Weeks View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

12 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs have an incredible backstop of management experience and wisdom available to them that, too often, they ignore. Why don’t startup founders make more use of their investors? Many entrepreneurs are hesitant to ask advice from... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

December 2005 (Revised November 2006)
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Corning, 2002

By: Malcolm P. Baker and James Quinn

Corning, with large investments in fiber optic technology, was hit particularly hard by the collapse of the telecommunications industry in 2001. With over $4 billion in debt, the firm's survival appears to rest on raising additional equity capital. The protagonist is... View Details