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- 16 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
The Rise of The Sixes: Interview with CEO and Founder Franci Girard
her time between factory floors, design meetings, setting the strategy, and crunching the numbers. “I’m happy that I was there as the production manager when we started out, but I had to determine the best use of my time and skill sets... View Details
- 29 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 29, 2015
Teams: Managing SPLIT to Bridge Social Distance No abstract available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/416011-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 516-014 Rana Plaza (C): Primark and Victim Compensation On April 24, 2013, the Rana Plaza... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 15
Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/pepsico-profits-and-food-the-belt-tightens/an/314055-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 313-012 Cancer Treatment Centers of America® (A) Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA), a U.S. network of four privately owned... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
dominated by philosophical and political discourse due to a lack of systematic evaluation. Very little empirical evidence is available to indicate whether these codes legitimately distinguish adopting companies and factories as providing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Deconstructing the Price Tag
practice cost transparency. For example, Everlane (www.everlane.com), is a San Francisco-based online retailer that reveals the variable costs of production for each of its products, as well as images and descriptions of the factories... View Details
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Instant Photography Is Launched | Baker Library
hands of amateurs, customers would send their cameras with a roll of one hundred exposed images inside to Kodak’s factory to be developed and printed. By removing most of the manipulative barriers between the photographer and photograph,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
help when building a new factory or rebuilding after a natural disaster. Mills recognizes the same determination, creativity, and sense of community that have always impressed her in working with owners of small and growing businesses.... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
evolution in the Darwinian world of high-tech business. Cafe Culture: CEO Russ Wilcox in E Ink’s offices, a converted factory space that includes a central gathering area for impromptu meetings and brainstorming sessions. On the table:... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
profitability. He notes that Xerox Corporation, for example, is currently implementing a plan to reclaim its equipment, refurbish it, and resell it - without having any waste leave the plant in the process. "They not only hope to achieve zero product and View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Life by Design
creations. Her unique metalwork designs are now in the permanent collections of a dozen museums, including the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The jewelry business grew to the point that Ross felt compelled to open her own... View Details
- 06 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 6
billion in worldwide sales and had just been named the leading refrigerator manufacturer worldwide. Describes Haier's rise over three decades from a defunct refrigerator factory in China's Qingdao province to an international player with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
identify ways to improve its production processes. Retailers, too, must recognize that to excel at execution, they must empower their people, including in their stores and distribution centers. A few years ago, we visited a Toyota factory... View Details
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
a worker bee, what's it like to show up to work each day in one of these companies? A: Here is what I think characterizes these workplaces. They are much more dynamic and flexible, and people exercise much more control about when and where they work. Now, there are... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
sector financial help a joint venture was set up with POEMA, a modern high-tech factory built, and coca plantations developed. Some 5,000 people were employed. Literacy levels soared. Political participation increased. Change had been... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
perceived them to be extremely efficient. At the same time, large work organizations destabilized extended family and community relations: first, by removing individuals from their family and community and placing them in factories for... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 17 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 17
By: Short, Jodi L., Michael W. Toffel, and Andrea R. Hugill Abstract—Outsourcing firms seeking to avoid reputational spillovers that can arise from dangerous, illegal, and unethical behavior at supply chain factories increasingly rely on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Global Infrastructure Basel Project Analysis Spring 2014 | Focus: Infrastructure Grading and Early Stage Financing Team: Xiaozhou Ju Description: The objective of the project is to study the impact and economic feasibility of setting up a View Details
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Commencement 2019 Address | About
them the electricity he had lacked as a child. Impressive as that was, I was always more inspired by the impact my father had on his employees. He loved to walk the factory floor, to travel with colleagues, to attend the weddings of their... View Details
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
http://hbr.org/product/an-entrepreneur-s-new-product-development-journey/an/513098-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 714-434 Southwire and 12 For Life: Scaling Up? (A) Southwire, a leading maker of cable based in rural Georgia, has partnered with the local school... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Work of Art
Jason Price (MBA 2003) in the main gallery space at NXTHVN, the art community he cofounded in New Haven’s Dixwell neighborhood Trying to capture the scope of what’s going on at NXTHVN, the nonprofit arts and community organization Jason Price (MBA 2003) cofounded with... View Details