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  • 19 Sep 2024
  • Blog Post

A Day at Royal FloraHolland: The Epicenter of the Global Flower Market

In January 2024, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led 45 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in the second year of their Immersive Field Course... View Details
  • April 6, 2022
  • Article

In Uncertain Times, Big Companies Need to Take Care of Their Suppliers

By: Willy C. Shih
Many large original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have long been ruthless with their suppliers, demanding extremely low prices and loading them up with risks. Given that the current turmoil buffeting global supply chains is unlikely to end anytime soon, OEMs should... View Details
Keywords: Supplier Relationship; Supply Chain Management; Supply Chain; Relationships; Risk and Uncertainty; Industrial Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry; United States
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  • 04 Oct 2022
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #10: Amanda Li (MBA 2018): Speeding Climate Change Solutions Through Project Finance Efficiencies

quarter to prepare for that growth, adding staff and taking scores of inbound inquiries for Banyan’s services. “How does a bank quickly grow its portfolio while managing risk?” she asked. “They should... View Details
  • Web

Staff Directory | Baker Library

Knowledge Dina Gerdeman Senior Editor HBS Working Knowledge Karen Golden Digital Product Manager Metadata & Knowledge Systems Elliott Hadwin Accessioning Archivist Special Collections & Archives Austin Haley... View Details
  • June 2020
  • Teaching Note

Armarium: Luxury Fashion Brands for Rent

By: Jill Avery and David Fubini
Armarium, a two-sided digital platform that offered consumers the opportunity to rent the most coveted, current season high fashion clothing and accessories from the top global luxury brands, had emerged from its first sales season with two distinct customer segments:... View Details
Keywords: Luxury Brand; Fashion; Sharing Economy; Two-sided Marketplace; Target Market; Customer Selection; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Luxury; Two-Sided Platforms; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Customer Value and Value Chain; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; North America
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  • 01 Dec 2017
  • News

Ask the Expert: Human Intelligence

illustration by Taylor Callery illustration by Taylor Callery Artificial intelligence is not a replacement for the human brain. At least not yet. “That is decades away,” says Rudina Seseri (MBA 2005), answering one of the most common questions she hears. As cofounder... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • October 2006 (Revised January 2009)
  • Case

Vitreon Corporation: The Hyalite Project

By: Roy D. Shapiro
Considers decisions facing the leader of a manufacturing staff project team assigned to a plant where yields have deteriorated sharply. The process is complex: the plant organization is not cooperative, and there are deep disagreements about what is wrong and how to... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Production; Organizational Culture; Performance Productivity; Groups and Teams; Conflict Management; Manufacturing Industry
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    Rob Gierkink

    billion and is now the backbone of the Oracle Data Cloud. Prior to founding Datalogix Rob co-founded and was CEO of Loyalty Management Group, the company that established and runs the Nectar program, the United Kingdom's largest loyalty... View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital;#1;#Advertising;#16;#Consumer Products & Packaged Goods
    • Profile

    Yaping Wang

    "I wanted a job in an industry instead of a PhD." For more than eight years, Yaping worked for Mars in Beijing, conducting research for product innovation. "I probed for consumer insights, then helped translate those... View Details
    Keywords: CPG; Healthcare/Biotech; Retail/Hospitality
    • Article

    Repositioning and Cost-Cutting: The Impact of Competition on Platform Strategies

    By: Robert Seamans and Feng Zhu
    Organizational structures are increasingly complex. In particular, more firms today operate as multi-sided platforms. In this paper, we study how platform firms use repositioning and cost-cutting in response to competition, elucidate external and internal factors that... View Details
    Keywords: Platform Strategy; Repositioning; Cost-cutting; Intra-firm Learning; Multi-Sided Platforms; Cost Management; Product Positioning; Organizational Structure; Competitive Strategy; Knowledge Acquisition; Journalism and News Industry
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    • February 2014 (Revised August 2014)
    • Case

    3D Systems

    By: Karim R. Lakhani and David Lane
    In late 2013, Rajeev Kulkarni needed to decide how best to facilitate the emergence of a broad base of users and content to promote the sale of 3D Systems' consumer-focused 3D printers. As yet, neither the company nor users had identified an indispensable application... View Details
    Keywords: 3D Printing; Business Ecosystems; 3D Systems; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Copyright; Two-Sided Platforms; Product Development; Customization and Personalization; Manufacturing Industry
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    • 05 May 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

    who?" Of course, the directors cannot and should not be overseeing the day-to-day affairs of the corporation. But the board can do its best to empower every employee to be ethical. Just as total quality management calls on View Details
    Keywords: by Carla Tishler
    • 10 Oct 2018
    • Research & Ideas

    The Legacy of Boaty McBoatface: Beware of Customers Who Vote

    Procedural Justice and the Risks of Consumer Voting, written with Darden School of Business Assistant Professor Tami Kim and Harvard Kennedy School Professor Todd Rogers. Name this space These days, firms encourage customers to vote on everything. You can thank online... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising
    • 15 Oct 2019
    • News

    Advancing China’s Impact Investing Ecosystem

    As a second-year student, Cissy Chen (MBA 2019) worked with Jingsheng Huang, managing executive director of the Harvard Center Shanghai, to organize an impact investing conference in Shanghai. (photo courtesy Harvard Center Shanghai) As a... View Details
    • April 2008 (Revised May 2012)
    • Case

    Ti-Tech (A)

    By: Benson P. Shapiro, John T. Gourville and Craig E. Cline
    This case concerns the selection and scheduling of orders by a small industrial titanium fabricator that recently has been plagued by poor deliveries and a lack of capacity. At the time of the case, Ti-Tech must decide which of four orders to accept, with capacity... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Metals and Minerals; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Supply Chain Management; Performance Capacity; Industrial Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry
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    • 31 May 2013
    • News

    Meg Whitman Jolts HP as Its Reluctant Savior

    Keywords: HP, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Dell, eBay; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
    • 13 Jun 2017
    • Blog Post

    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
    • 01 Jun 2006
    • News

    Silver Lining

    Energy International, a company formed to manage its physical assets, which, as it happens, are actively being sought after by private-equity groups from around the world. Said Bhatnagar, who has since founded THOT Capital Group, an... View Details
    Keywords: Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing
    • 22 Jan 2018
    • Sharpening Your Skills

    Why You Are Unhappy at Work

    Blues A shockingly low 25 percent of employees feel connection to their company's mission. Bill George discusses fixes to rebuild purpose in their work. How Small Wins Unleash Creativity The most powerful tool managers have to motivate... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 01 Feb 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: Feb. 1

    level. Inheriting Losers Authors:Li Jin and Anna Scherbina Publication:Review of Financial Studies (forthcoming) Abstract We show that new managers who take over mutual fund portfolios sell off inherited... View Details