Empirical Operations Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Oct 2017
News

Two HBS Alumni to Lead Carlyle Group

who has been with the firm since 1995, began in the leveraged-buyout group, and has also served as interim chief financial officer, chief operating officer and president. Lee joined Carlyle in 2013 as deputy chief investment officer of... View Details

01 Jun 2025
News

For the Records

Kelleher in Gold Rush Vinyl’s listening room In the first days of 2025, when Caren Kelleher (MBA 2010) went from owning one small business to two, she entered an alternating reality. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, she’s still the founder and CEO of Gold Rush Vinyl;... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photos by Jeff Wilson; Arts, Entertainment

16 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 16

Operations Management. The thoughts laid out here are based on conversations we had with Paul relating to the drivers underlying sustainability as a management issue: population and per capita consumption... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

24 Apr 2014
News

From a ‘blank slate’ to ‘Mr. China’

Against the advice of many, Jack Perkowski (MBA 1973) ditched his high-flying investment career and relocated to China in 1992 to build his own company. Through trial and error, Perkowski learned that the key to its success was in hiring young mainland Chinese with... View Details

09 Nov 2022
News

3 Steps to Prepare Your Supply Chain for the Next Crisis

01 Jan 2005
News

Judith R. Haberkorn, 111th AMP, 1992

distinguished career of more than thirty years. That first position gave her a variety of experiences, from line operations to staff management, and soon she was one of the first college-educated women to enter the company's fast track to... View Details

April 1998
Case

C&S Wholesale Grocers

Discusses an aggressive team that has been successful in assimilating manufacturers' and chains' distribution role on the basis of cost and performance. View Details

Keywords: Competition; Distribution; Management Teams; Food and Beverage Industry

Citation

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05 Sep 2018
News

HBS Named Top School for Producing Entrepreneurs

Sarah Leary (MBA 1998) Sarah Leary (MBA 1998) Poets & Quants recently reported on PitchBook’s annual ranking of MBA programs that have “produced the most entrepreneurs, the most companies, the most female founders, and more—including, of course, the most VC backing.”... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

Christina Melas-Kyriazi

account creation to loan servicing. Before Affirm, Christina was a Senior Product Manager at GoFundMe, where she worked on growth and new product areas. Earlier in her career, Christina also spent time in business View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital

Profile

Bruce Gago

to embrace Winston Churchill's famous quote: "Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." How has HBS prepared you for your long term career? HBS has given me the ability to "see the big picture." Investment and View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Other Financial Services; Real Estate; Services

01 May 2020
In Practice

COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change

operations and supply chain will not only better enable them to manage future pandemics, but also some of the disruptions that climate change is bringing like more intensive storms, droughts, and flooding. I... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

Web

Departments | Employment

Services, and Curriculum Services) Business Operations Executive Office Information Management Services ( Analytics, Taxonomy, Search, Data Management) Information Products Team (Working Knowledge, eBaker,... View Details

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Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

the American Mathematical Society , no. 4. New York, N.Y.: American Mathematical Society, 1951. * Samuelson, Paul A. Foundations of Economic Analysis . Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1947. * Samuelson, Paul A. " Rational Theory of Warrant Pricing. "... View Details

17 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 17, 2009

Hipotecario's management and shareholders need to come up with a plan that will satisfy creditors and keep the bank's business model intact. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2006
News

One-on-One with Jeff Hicks

looks on the back of the garments right down to the appearance of the hangtags. Having that level of access to the product inspires us as much as anything else. What management issue do you think about most in your job? The culture of the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

09 Apr 2025
News

The Working Parent Revolution

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morell, host of Skydeck. In 2023, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in 67% of two-parent families with children, both parents worked, which was up from 59% in 2013.... View Details

28 May 2020
News

Zoom's First Chief Diversity Officer

January 2006 (Revised June 2008)
Case

Lehman Brothers (A): Rise of the Equity Research Department

By: Ashish Nanda, Boris Groysberg and Lauren Prusiner

Under Jack Rivkin's leadership, Shearson Lehman's research department rose from relative obscurity to the highest ranking research department on Wall Street within three years. When Rivkin is promoted to head of equity, he wonders how to succeed in his new position. A... View Details

Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Leadership; Service Operations; Organizational Culture; Research; Alignment