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  • 01 Oct 1997
  • News

William K.L. Fung

open-minded about what I could do," says Fung. "He was a visionary." So William took on the challenge and went to work. Six months later, he presented a plan to professionalize Li & Fung's management by severing ties between the View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
  • 18 Apr 2012
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?

water management technologies because they were aware of its weaknesses. "The basic problem from the farmers' point of view is that the water is in the wrong place at the wrong time," said Reinhardt. It's also one of the reasons... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • 17 Nov 2011
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Organizational Design

enables lower-level managers to make more decisions without consulting their superiors. By the same token, Computer-Assisted Design and Computer-Assisted Manufacturing software creates a situation in which the View Details
Keywords: Re: Ranjay Gulati & Raffaella Sadun
  • 01 Jan 2007
  • News

Hansjörg Wyss, MBA 1965

home. A discussion of world events would follow. "We were very well informed as kids," remarks Wyss, who maintains an active interest in policy and geopolitical issues. That knowledge of the world came in handy in the early years of Wyss's career, when he worked as a... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2011
  • News

Water for Life

has invested over $1 billion in laying 2,000 miles of water lines and building 33 wastewater treatment plants while returning strong profits for shareholders. Equally important, the company has emerged as a model for integrating financial... View Details
Keywords: Waste Management and Remediation Services; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Waste Management and Remediation Services
  • 06 Dec 2021
  • News

In My Humble Opinion: Come Clean

manufacturing plant in Rochester, New York. (His grandfather and a partner invented the plastic watch crystal in the early 1900s.) What he discovered: “I learned what ‘real work’ is and that there are many noble ways to earn a living. I... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; career; life experiences; dry cleaning; leadership; music; Personal and Laundry Services; Personal Services
  • November 2004
  • Case

Deere & Company

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Hal Hogan
John Deere & Co. wants to improve shareholder value and provide incentives to do so. The task is difficult in a volatile agriculture and construction industry. It also wants to be more global and provide machinery that traces commodities from the field to the consumer. View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Volatility; Machinery and Machining; Multinational Firms and Management; Goods and Commodities; Goals and Objectives; Strategic Planning; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Construction Industry
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Goldberg, Ray A., and Hal Hogan. "Deere & Company." Harvard Business School Case 905-406, November 2004.
  • 16 Dec 2016
  • News

Kurt (MBA 1967) and Louise Wulff

Exxon oil refinery and designed chemical plants for Chevron. “I had practical experience in the energy field, but as an engineer, I focused entirely on the quantitative,” explains Wulff. His wife, Louise, suggested he take business... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2009
  • News

Alumni Books

The People Factor: Strengthening America by Investing in Public Service by Linda J. Bilmes (MBA ’84) and W. Scott Gould (Brookings Institution Press) The authors argue that the federal government can achieve the same gains as the best private-sector and military... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 15 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Why Business IT Innovation is so Difficult

and Operations Management Unit at HBS. "The longer we take to figure this out, the more likely we're going to have a few of the best firms pulling way ahead based on this competitive advantage." More Likely To Go Radical In her research,... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • 01 Sep 2008
  • News

The MBA Turns 100

Six months before Harvard Business School officially opened in October 1908, the School had no classrooms, no faculty, and no curriculum. But its proponents had a Big Idea: Create a professional school designed to train managers for a... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 09 Aug 2010
  • Research & Ideas

How to Speed Up Energy Innovation

Is there a special sauce for stimulating innovation in the energy sector, a concoction to spur cost-effective developments toward solving the climate change problem? HBS professor Rebecca Henderson doesn't claim to know all the ingredients for that special sauce. But... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities
  • 01 Mar 2014
  • News

Cutting Edge

and bolts: exiting underperforming adjunct businesses (e.g., pickles and fresh poultry); shaking up the management team; improving the supply chain (thereby increasing plant productivity by 50 percent); and... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
  • 01 Oct 1997
  • News

Short Takes

Green Stuff: Value, Risk, and Environmental Management Environmental issues increasingly influence companies in their approach to fundamental business concerns. How these matters play out in terms of corporate behavior is the subject of a... View Details
  • Web

2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Professor Sarah Kaplan of The Rotman School of Management at The University of Toronto, and Professor Danielle Allen of Harvard University), all scholars with feet firmly planted in the worlds of both... View Details
  • Web

2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Professor Sarah Kaplan of The Rotman School of Management at The University of Toronto, and Professor Danielle Allen of Harvard University), all scholars with feet firmly planted in the worlds of both... View Details
  • 09 Oct 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements

to explore the impact of a specific media source on the business landscape. "Depending on what the media reports on, it can actually create reputational costs for firms," says Jonas Heese, an assistant professor in the Accounting & View Details
Keywords: by Jen Deaderick; Media & Broadcasting
  • September 1992
  • Case

Kodak Business Imaging Systems Division

By: Marie-Therese M. Flaherty and Steven C. Wheelwright
Describes Kodak's decision regarding a manufacturing site for some of its products. Compares several types of products (with different cost structures) and several worldwide locations (with different characteristics). Provides a framework (model) for comparing and... View Details
Keywords: Framework; Production; Product; Global Range; Supply Chain Management; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Electronics Industry
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Flaherty, Marie-Therese M., and Steven C. Wheelwright. "Kodak Business Imaging Systems Division." Harvard Business School Case 693-043, September 1992.
  • 17 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance

easier for an engineer to walk across the street to the plant or drive down the road than to fly halfway around the world to troubleshoot a problem. This helps to explain why the American company Applied Materials, a leading maker of... View Details
Keywords: by Gary P. Pisano & Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing
  • 08 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 8, 2008

Society to Create Competitive Advantage Harvard Business School Case 307-076 Focuses on the experience of China's largest shirt manufacturer in managing various aspects of government relations in China. Identifies a wide variety of social... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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