Production Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Jun 2016
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Emerging Into Singapore

the implications of my suggestions. So far I have really enjoyed my autonomy in structuring my project and working with the team to identify challenges and opportunities, as well as testing ideas with the different stakeholders involved. My View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail; Consumer Products / Retail

07 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”

this period, Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) delivered some important technologies for the corporation. One of the most critical inventions was laser printing for Xerox's printers and copiers, an effort that led to new Xerox View Details

Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough

September 2013 (Revised November 2015)
Case

Living Proof: Are We a Technology Company or a Beauty Company?

By: Willy Shih

Jon Flint came up with the idea of a science-based beauty company while talking with his hairdresser about the problems with typical hair and skin care products. Together with a small team that included Professor Robert Langer of MIT, he committed to assemble a team... View Details

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Latin America - Global Activities 2020

Latin America Latin America Seeing the Immediate Impact of Faculty Research in Chile Pictured: Working with Fondo Esperanza, groups of microentrepreneurs meet regularly and are jointly liable for their credits. As assistant professors in HBS’s Entrepreneurial View Details

21 Apr 2015
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society as a whole. Publisher's link: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118646983.html April 2015 Management Science Private Equity and Industry Performance By: Bernstein, Shai, Josh Lerner, Morten Sorensen, and Per... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne

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Palis Pisuttisarun | MBA

me to study the ways technology interfaces with other disciplines to create change. Professional goals: By engaging in the startup space, I would like to venture into more creative and unconventional applications of technology, such as digital expression, wellbeing,... View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

Four Promoted to Full Professor

Clayton M. Christensen has a joint appointment in the Technology and Operations Management and General Management units. His research focuses on the management of technological... View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Throwing Your Opponent: Strategies for the Internet Age

with Microsoft (The Free Press), Yoffie and Michael A. Cusumano of MIT's Sloan School of Management use this high-tech confrontation to outline a comprehensive approach to strategy in the ultracompetitive environment created by the... View Details

Keywords: by Daniel Penrice

05 Apr 2016
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April 5, 2016

politicians in the years after its publication. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50916 Creativity Under Fire: The Effects of Competition on Creative Production By: Gross, Daniel P. Abstract—Though... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

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Classroom and Field Work: Methods of Instruction | Baker Library

Classroom and Field Work: Methods of Instruction Management Training Program student Jean Buckley completing field work in market research at J. Walter Thompson, New York, 1954. Radcliffe College Archives, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe... View Details

February 1996 (Revised May 2002)
Teaching Note

Xerox: Outsourcing Global Information Technology Resources TN

By: F. Warren McFarlan

Teaching Note for (9-195-158). View Details

Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Information Technology; Global Range; Resource Allocation; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry

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13 Jun 2017
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What is the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program? A Q&A with Professor Tom Eisenmann

graduates of this program go on to do? “Program alumni will lead technology ventures. Immediately upon graduation, we expect that many MS/MBAs will launch their own startups. Others will manage the design and development of... View Details

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Gopesh Mittal

product expressly intended for the Indian market,” says Gopesh. “They found a way to deliver a high-quality infant formula at half their international price.” The experience showed Gopesh that “there was immense potential for innovation”... View Details

02 Aug 2016
Blog Post

The Making of An Internship: What Drives Students’ Interests

in New York City, talked to the importance of an intellectual challenge, mentorship, and growth as she sought an opportunity for the summer. Ahmed Eldemerdash explains how his background in engineering was a great transition to his summer View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Laurie Matthews

her husband live in Boston’s South End with their crazy Portuguese Water Dog and awesome cat. Work Experience: Advertising Account Management at Y&R; Deutsch; Grey; Arnold, among others View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products

05 Aug 2002
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Is Platform Leadership Old Hat or the Wave of the Future?

developed and manage so-called "platforms" on which many innovations created by many entrepreneurs can be based. By successfully facing issues such as scope (the degree to which a "platform leader" creates and develops... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Books - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

activity-based costing (TDABC), an easier and more powerful way to implement ABC — revealing inefficient processes, unprofitable products and customers, and excess capacity. The authors also show how to use TDABC to link strategic... View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

New Spaces: Convening Power

1982). Seth is president and CEO of the Baupost Group, a Boston-based investment management firm. Beth is president of the Klarman Family Foundation. “We hope that Klarman Hall will be a world-class addition to a world-class institution,”... View Details