Production Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Apr 2014
News

Using technology to create a platform for discussion

want to be a good example to other women in the tech industry.” Now a product manager at LinkedIn, Leung has a background in physics and economics, but her interests in technology and media steered her... View Details

22 Sep 2015
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On a Mission to Have an Impact

access to cosmetics and other products that would help them perk up their day, perk their looks. “Most recently now, I oversee operations for Airbnb. And to me, this is one of the most mission-driven companies in the world today, where we... View Details

21 Aug 2017
News

The Principles That Divide Us Might Be Greater Than Those That Bind Us Together

get. I'm watching how conflict is being handled as a guide, and I'm not encouraged.” In a new essay on LinkedIn, noted hedge fund manager Ray Dalio (MBA 1973) writes that Americans are divided in ways not seen since the Great Depression... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

02 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2006

In the six-year history of Harvard Business School's Working Knowledge, some types of articles have always been popular with our readers. Want to generate a lot of reader buzz? Then write about negotiation strategy, managing IT,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 Feb 2022
News

Rethinking Low-Wage Work

25 Feb 2020
News

Case Study: The Credit Bureau

the building manager project on a tablet what your apartment would look like furnished by Mobley. The furniture ultimately becomes a line item added to your monthly bill. That kind of B2B2C play is easily scaled, Ramírez says, but it’s a... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

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Entrepreneurial Sales 102: Building the First Sales Team - Course Catalog

this course is to demystify sales and help you understand how to manage go-to-market functions within entrepreneurial settings. The course material is applicable whether you become an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, View Details

01 Dec 2003
News

Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?

seemingly simple business that continues to demand new approaches to management and product design. Attention to the simplest details, it seems, can lead to dramatic change. Jim Sharpe of Extrusion... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Manufacturing

Profile

Eric Chavez

and brand manager “allowed me to be my own business owner within a larger business. I went from being an engineer who asked, ‘Why is this product broken?’ to a manager asking,... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy; Tech

September 2020
Case

Merck: COVID-19 Vaccines

By: Willy C. Shih

COVID-19 infections were still climbing across the U.S. and many other parts of the world in September 2020, and it seemed that every time Ken Frazier, the CEO of Merck & Co. consented to an interview in recent months he always seemed to hear the same question,... View Details

Keywords: Vaccines; COVID-19 Pandemic; Health Pandemics; Health Testing and Trials; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Business Strategy; Product Launch; Pharmaceutical Industry

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31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009

creditors for quality reporting. In contrast, the "opportunistic behavior" hypothesis posits that public equity firms, because their managers have a greater incentive to manage earnings, have lower... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 May 2021
Book

Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.

Starting a job can feel like stepping onto a movie set without a script. Everyone knows the plot; the challenge is figuring out the role. Managers often know what they want from top performers but rarely explain it. That perspective... View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

05 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 5

significantly reduces dishonesty. When Power Makes Others Speechless: The Negative Impact of Leader Power on Team Performance Authors:L.P. Tost, F. Gino, and R. Larrick Publication:Academy of Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract We... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Jun 2016
Blog Post

Why Entrepreneurs Should Consider Business School

struggling with uncertainty, having to make crisp decisions. After a month or so, I started pattern-matching. I was seeing reasons, and sometimes solutions, for the problems that had so confused me at my startup. Prof. Tom Eisenmann, who pioneered View Details

20 Dec 2006
Op-Ed

Investors Hurt by Dual-Track Tax Reporting

but this logic overlooks the fact that managers don't always do the right thing for shareholders. If managers are opportunistic, then the extra latitude provided by the dual-reporting system can be costly to... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir Desai

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Alex Slusky

only non-MBA product management intern at Microsoft.” Then, as graduation approached, he broke the mold again, applying for deferred admissions at HBS; the school accepted him as a direct admit, “but,” says... View Details

06 Dec 2021
News

Action Plan: Whole Sale

of Walmart’s beauty business. Balbale was a vice president at the Vitamin Shoppe in the mid-2010s when he saw Amazon and startup e-tailers moving into the wellness category. The competition inspired him to transition into the e-commerce space himself, first as vice... View Details

Keywords: April White; ecommerce; bricks and mortar; marketing; beauty

08 Jan 2016
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Investing in Sustainability

production to feed the rapidly growing world population, expected to reach 9 billion in the next three decades. So in 2013, at the age of 41, Tiller retired from hedge-fund management to establish... View Details

Keywords: April White; Agriculture

01 Oct 2002
News

Andrew H. Tisch

brother and cousin, that forms the Office of the President at Loews' Manhattan headquarters. Among his primary responsibilities are watching over several major real estate investments and working closely with the CEOs of several subsidiaries. Tisch's View Details

13 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 13

diffusion of the commercial internet. Theory predicts that firms with greater market share will be more likely to adopt innovations that build on their existing strengths, while they will resist more radical technological advances. While prior work primarily focuses on... View Details