Empirical Operations Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2022
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Work-Life Supports That Truly Help Your Organization

01 Sep 2012
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Faculty Books

How did the United States lose its leading edge in producing innovative goods and services? Pisano, the Harry E. Figgie Jr. Professor of Business Administration, and Shih, professor of management practice, demonstrate the disastrous... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

25 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry

whole system. In effect, each module was free to evolve along its own trajectory. By accommodating unforeseen, after-the-fact improvements, the modular approach unleashed value for the system as a whole. At the request of Working Knowledge, Dean Clark, an expert in... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Computer; Consumer Products; Technology

01 Jun 2006
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Silver Lining

Despite the grim headlines, Sanjay Bhatnagar (MBA ’93) knows there’s a silver lining in Enron’s dark corporate cloud. In 1997, while supervising the company’s energy operations in South Asia, Bhatnagar worked with Andrea Miller, a member... View Details

Keywords: Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Utilities

1998
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Configuring a Supply Chain to Reduce the Cost of Demand Uncertainty

By: J. H. Hammond, Marshall L. Fisher, Walter Obermeyer and A. Raman

Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Cost Management; Demand and Consumers; Risk Management; Risk and Uncertainty

Citation

15 Dec 2008
Research & Ideas

The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands

to managers and stimulating reflection among scholars, a new working paper by HBS professors James E. Austin and Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard looks at how and why such acquisitions occur and how to View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage

01 Sep 2005
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Predictable Surprises

CEOs several decades ago. The airline’s previous generation of leaders settled tough union negotiations, made agreements that allowed them to operate profitably and look good in the short term, and dumped their pension obligations into... View Details

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

10 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 10

information environment relating to IFRS adoption that is more likely to reflect changes in comparability versus information quality. If IFRS adoption improves financial statement comparability across firms, we predict this should reduce private information benefits.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 1998
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A Marketable Skill

doing," says Judy Gehrke, executive director of Greenflea, Inc., the operator of two flea markets just north of midtown Manhattan, whose proceeds help support the city's public school system. Every week, Gehrke, a level-headed Baker... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

20 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways

effectively in global markets, the American-US Airways combination was, in several important respects, made possible by Chapter 11 and the legal and financial tools it offers to companies in need. The deal still faces significant challenges, including integrating the... View Details

Keywords: Re: Rosabeth M. Kanter & Stuart C. Gilson; Air Transportation

18 May 2020
Working Paper Summaries

No Line Left Behind: Assortative Matching Inside the Firm

Keywords: by Achyuta Adhvaryu, Vittorio Bassi, Anant Nyshadham, and Jorge Tamayo; Fashion

19 Jan 2021
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How to Support an Employee with a Chronic Health Condition

19 Aug 2020
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Are Your D&I Efforts Helping Employees Feel Like They Belong?

01 Sep 2020
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How to Promote Racial Equity in the Workplace

Keywords: racism

04 Oct 2019
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Changing of the Guard at Tesco

Photo via Tesco Photo via Tesco In July, the British retailer Tesco marked its 100th birthday with a 30-hour dance session in Wembley Stadium. Historic milestones aside, the company could also celebrate its recovery from an accounting scandal and extended economic... View Details

Keywords: Tesco; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

22 Jan 2016
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Gatorade CMO Morgan Flatley On Organic, Its Smart-Cap Bottle And Locker-Room Innovation For The Next 50 Years

Keywords: Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

Profile

Tafadzwa Samushonga

toward ‘doing’.” Through a project management role at Life Healthcare, she drove strategic initiatives while working closely with the teams responsible for execution. And at ThoughtWorks, she provided technical assistance to the View Details

Keywords: Consulting

26 May 2021
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Are Your Company’s D&I Efforts Shallow?

01 Jun 2010
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Get Well Soon

first-year required Technology and Operations Management course (TOM), the case offers valuable takeaways for future managers of any complex service organization. “It’s a good... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

Payal Agrawal Divakaran

enterprise-focused startups in healthcare, data + AI, and cybersecurity. Every member of the firm has deep operating or investing experience in these segments. .406’s world-class founders and digital health companies are transforming... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital;#43;#Healthcare

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