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  • 06 Jun 2023
  • Blog Post

Van den Ende Rozen: Greenhouse Rose Production

acre) greenhouse. Currently in its fourth generation, the company is run by three Van den Ende brothers: Sam, Tim and Bob. They gave us a quick overview of the greenhouse and the processing hall with an automated production line capable... View Details
  • 06 Apr 2023
  • Blog Post

Circularity in Denmark

our first visit, Sr. Director of Technology Soren Kristiansen walked us through the LEGO Group’s efforts to develop the next generation of blocks. Their team is working in parallel on bio-based and recycled plastics, iterating on formulation and manufacturing View Details
  • Student-Faculty-Profile

Michelle Shell & Ryan Buell

among real customers. This iterative, multi-faceted approach enables us to pursue some of the thorniest interdisciplinary problems facing business today, and advance research and practice with insights that are rich and reliable. The collaborative View Details
  • Web

Rewiring the Workplace: Behavioral Economics and the Future of Inclusive Organizations - Blog: RGE Report

informed by heuristics or shortcuts, which can be shaped by socialized prejudices or misperceptions. The biases that appear in our decision-making processes present clear barriers to achieving equity that we can unpack through behavioral... View Details
  • October 1992 (Revised August 1994)
  • Case

Allied-Signal: Managing the Hazardous Waste Liability Risk

By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Edward Prewitt
Allied-Signal, Inc., one of the world's oldest chemical companies and today a diversified conglomerate, is liable for clean-up costs of old hazardous waste sites. These costs are substantial: reserves grew to nearly $500 million in 1991. Attempting to avoid further... View Details
Keywords: Wastes and Waste Processing; Environmental Sustainability; Programs; Cost Management; Policy; Government Legislation; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Governance Compliance; Legal Liability; Chemical Industry; United States; Europe
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International Applicants | MBA

International Applicants Application Process Harvard Business School (HBS) welcomes students from around the globe. The admissions criteria applied in evaluating international applicants are the same as those for US citizens. All... View Details
  • 01 Apr 1999
  • News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

potential candidates for the Board. Each year, the Board nominates twelve alumni to serve a three-year term. The nominees are drawn from the School's volunteer corps of class secretaries, club officers, Fund agents, reunion committee members, and career liaisons. While... View Details
  • 16 Oct 2012
  • First Look

First Look: October 16

Oxford University Press, 2012 Abstract The concept of insurance was introduced to China in the early nineteenth century by Westerners trading in Guangzhou and practised essentially among them. We argue that indigenization of insurance, in particular life insurance, was... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Feb 2013
  • Research & Ideas

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

workforces. But working through this process and profitably growing the combined businesses are arguably much easier tasks when the merging parties are financially stronger. American's bankruptcy reorganization (as well as those of... View Details
Keywords: Re: Rosabeth M. Kanter & Stuart C. Gilson; Air Transportation
  • 23 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Are Great Teams Less Productive?

debilitating effects of interpersonal fear on collective learning processes. Q: How do you define learning? How does learning promote performance? A: I define learning as a process: A process of action, reflection, and new (often... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • 19 Aug 2022
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #8: The Role of Solar and Wind Farming (and Other Tools) in the United States’ Clean Energy Future

changing,” she said in an interview with Climate Stories. She explained that the development process for renewable energy projects includes finding a proper “transmission injection site,” doing environmental impact studies, securing land... View Details
  • May 2004 (Revised July 2004)
  • Case

Clarence Saunders: The Comeback King

By: Nitin Nohria and Bridget Gurtler
Follows the rise and fall of the founder of the modern supermarket, Clarence Saunders. Prior to 1915, all staple shopping took place in the market or general store, where a clerk behind a counter pulled items from shelves for customers , measured them from a barrel, or... View Details
Keywords: Inflation and Deflation; Mission and Purpose; Business Processes; Leadership; Consumer Behavior; Leadership Style; Advertising; Customer Relationship Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Order Taking and Fulfillment
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  • 12 Jul 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide

inspiration and guidance do you think retailers could draw from the Toyota Production System (TPS)? A: TPS highlights include the power of focusing and executing the operational details; the vital role of continuous process improvement;... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Retail; Auto
  • 11 Apr 2014
  • Blog Post

HBS in San Francisco: Get a Recap on West Coast Recruiting

of the Boston area. CPD provided all logistical support for the 93 interviews that took place on March 17th and 18th in San Francisco easing the interview process for both recruiters and students. Our office also facilitated networking... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology
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Reproductions | Baker Library

There is no charge for reference scans. Scans for publication or distribution You can request high-resolution scans for use in articles, books, exhibitions, classrooms, presentations, etc. You may be charged for high-resolution scanning. We will confirm any charges... View Details
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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 planning to operational budgeting, to... View Details
  • 17 Aug 2022
  • News

Doubles Partner

heavily involved in her firm’s decision-making process well before she announced her retirement. In a December 2020 interview with the HBS Alumni Bulletin, Stillman describes the duo’s skill sets as “different and super complementary. I’m... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2022
  • News

3-Minute Briefing: Earl “Butch” Graves Jr. (MBA 1988)

between hard work and good luck. Leading us through the pivot into the digital era has been gut-wrenching at times. People didn’t care about the 50 years of work that had come before. It was a process of dissolving while evolving. In... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 30 Nov 2021
  • News

Cold Calculations

Arctic Ice Project is ready to scale. “It’s time for us to put our foot on the accelerator,” Payne observes. The Arctic Ice Project recently hired a new executive director and is in the process of expanding its board. Fundraising is key... View Details
  • 25 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Developing the Global Leader

networks that are internal and external to the organization. "It's a process of shifting from vertical management to horizontal collaboration. One's title and role are far less important than the capacity to get things done."... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna