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Harvard Business Analytics Program: Operations and Supply Chain Management
By: Dennis Campbell
Digital technologies and data analytics are radically changing the operating model of an organization and how it connects to its broader supply chain and ecosystem. This course emphasizes managing product availability, especially in a context of rapid product... View Details
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Technology & Operations Management - Doctoral
Lane Edward McFowland III Operations management Michael Lingzhi Li Antonio Moreno Elisabeth C. Paulson Ananth Raman Stefan H. Thomke Michael W. Toffel Operations strategy Kris Johnson Ferreira Robert S. Huckman Marco Iansiti View Details
- January 2015 (Revised September 2017)
- Case
Omar Selim: Building a Values-Based Asset Management Firm (A)
By: George Serafeim, Rebecca Henderson and Shannon Gombos
The sustainable investing market was a recent phenomenon in the first decade of the 21st century. However, an increasing number of investors began to integrated Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues in investment decisions. At Barclays Capital, Omar Selim... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; ESG; Social Business; Entrepreneurs; Scaling; Emerging Market Entrepreneurship; Not For Profit; Entrepreneurial Finance; Mentoring; Business Networks; Hybrid Nonprofit Funding; Investing; Investment Management; Asset Management; Values and Beliefs; Religion; Personal Development and Career; Business Startups; Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship; Financial Services Industry; Europe; Germany; United Kingdom
Serafeim, George, Rebecca Henderson, and Shannon Gombos. "Omar Selim: Building a Values-Based Asset Management Firm (A)." Harvard Business School Case 115-021, January 2015. (Revised September 2017.)
- July 1976 (Revised April 1983)
- Case
Corning Glass Works: The Electronic Products Division (A)
By: Michael Beer
Describes a division of Corning Glass Works that finds itself with deep financial and organizational problems. Severe conflict and lack of coordination exist between functional groups. Employees do not have a sense of direction and morale is low. Provides sufficient... View Details
Keywords: Business Divisions; Change Management; Transformation; Employees; Working Conditions; Business or Company Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation
Beer, Michael. "Corning Glass Works: The Electronic Products Division (A)." Harvard Business School Case 477-024, July 1976. (Revised April 1983.)
- 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 13 Feb 2018
- Webinars: Career
Managing the High-Intensity Workplace
People today are under intense pressure to be "ideal workers"--totally committed to their jobs and always on call. How do people cope with these pressures and what are some of the dysfunctional consequences for individuals and for their organizations? While complete... View Details
- 1983
- Book
The Change Masters: Innovation for Productivity in the American Corporation
Keywords: Innovation and Management
Kanter, Rosabeth M. The Change Masters: Innovation for Productivity in the American Corporation. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1983. (Translated in Japanese. Reprintings include Chapter 10 in The Political Environment of Public Management, edited by Pollins, 1993. Chapter 9 in Quality and Productivity Management vol. 9, no. 4, 1992, pp. 33-59. Chapter 10 in Contemporary Ideas on Management, edited by J.W. Newstrom and J.L. Pierce. Duluth: University of Minnesota, 1985. Chapter 9 in Readings in Human Resource Management, edited by M. Beer and B. Spector. New York: Free Press, 1985. Chapter 10 in Organizations Close Up, edited by J.L. Gibson, J.M. Ivancevich, and J.H. Donnelly. Plano, TX: Business Publications, Inc., 1985. Chapter 2 in The Handbook of Research on Educational Administration, edited by D. Griffiths. 1985. Chapters 2 and 6 in The Leader Manager, edited by J. Williamson. Eden Prairie, MN: Wilson Learning Corporation, 1984. Portions of Ch. 12 in Directors and Boards, 1984. Ch. 10 in Management Review.)
- July 1997
- Case
Allentown Materials Corporation: The Electronic Products Division (B)
By: Michael Beer
Focuses on the recommendations and implementation strategy made by the organizational development group to address the division's problems. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Electronics Industry; United States
Beer, Michael. "Allentown Materials Corporation: The Electronic Products Division (B)." Harvard Business School Case 498-024, July 1997.
- February 2002 (Revised November 2002)
- Case
Activity-Based Management at W.S. Industries (B)
By: V.G. Narayanan and Jeremy Cott
Describes activity-based budgeting at W.S. Industries. Also describes target costing-led product redesign, and product, customer, and order profitability. View Details
Narayanan, V.G., and Jeremy Cott. "Activity-Based Management at W.S. Industries (B)." Harvard Business School Case 102-063, February 2002. (Revised November 2002.)
- April 2021
- Background Note
HEAD vs. LEAD: Disruptions Originating at the High- vs. Low-End of the Market
By: Elie Ofek, Olivier Toubia and Didier Toubia
Twenty five years after it was initially proposed, Clay Christensen’s theory of disruptive innovation continues to be a major reference for entrepreneurs, corporate innovators, and investors. However, the term “disruptive innovation” is often used in ways and contexts... View Details
Keywords: Market Entry; New Product Management; Targeting; Disruptive Innovation; Market Entry and Exit; Entrepreneurship; Product; Management; Innovation Strategy; Technology
Ofek, Elie, Olivier Toubia, and Didier Toubia. "HEAD vs. LEAD: Disruptions Originating at the High- vs. Low-End of the Market." Harvard Business School Background Note 521-104, April 2021.
- 2018
- Working Paper
Creativity Under Fire: The Effects of Competition on Creative Production
By: Daniel P. Gross
Though fundamental to innovation and essential to many industries and occupations, individual creativity has received limited attention as an economic behavior and has historically proven difficult to study. This paper studies the incentive effects of competition on... View Details
Keywords: Incentives; Tournaments; Radical Vs. Incremental Innovation; Motivation and Incentives; Competition; Creativity; Innovation and Invention
Gross, Daniel P. "Creativity Under Fire: The Effects of Competition on Creative Production." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-109, March 2016. (Accepted at The Review of Economics and Statistics. NBER Working Paper Series, No. 25057, September 2018)
- 29 Aug 2018
- What Do You Think?
What Should Harley-Davidson’s Management Do?
CasPhotography What Can the Harley-Davidson Case Teach Us About Managing in a Politicized Environment? The advice to Harley-Davidson’s management from respondents of this month’s column is to (1) ensure that... View Details
- 18 Aug 2017
- News
Managing Climate Change: Lessons from the U.S. Navy
- 16 Oct 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Government Debt Management at the Zero Lower Bound
- February 2025
- Article
Variation in Batch Ordering of Imaging Tests in the Emergency Department and the Impact on Care Delivery
By: Jacob C. Jameson, Soroush Saghafian, Robert S. Huckman and Nicole Hodgson
Objectives: To examine heterogeneity in physician batch ordering practices and measure the impact of a physician's tendency to batch order imaging tests on patient outcomes and resource utilization.
Study Setting and Design: In this retrospective study, we used... View Details
Study Setting and Design: In this retrospective study, we used... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Operations Management; Productivity; Health Care and Treatment; Operations; Outcome or Result; Resource Allocation; Health Industry; United States
Jameson, Jacob C., Soroush Saghafian, Robert S. Huckman, and Nicole Hodgson. "Variation in Batch Ordering of Imaging Tests in the Emergency Department and the Impact on Care Delivery." Health Services Research 60, no. 1 (February 2025).
- May 2010
- Case
Clayton Industries, Inc.: Peter Arnell, Country Manager for Italy
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Benjamin H. Barlow
Clayton Industries, a sixty-year-old U.S.-based firm in the HVAC industry (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning), with nearly $1 billion in revenues, has gradually built a presence in a number of countries, including several in Europe. Peter Arnell, previously... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Multinational Firms and Management; Organizational Structure; Corporate Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Conflict and Resolution; Sales; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Wisconsin; Italy; United Kingdom
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Benjamin H. Barlow. "Clayton Industries, Inc.: Peter Arnell, Country Manager for Italy." Harvard Business School Brief Case 104-199, May 2010.
- July 2012
- Case
Performance Management at Vitality Health Enterprises, Inc.
By: John Bingham and Michael Beer
Vitality Health Enterprises, a medium-sized firm that manufactures health and personal care products, has experienced six straight quarters of strong revenue growth. James Hoffman, the new Senior Vice President of Human Resources, fears that the chain of success is... View Details
Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Motivation and Incentives; Compensation and Benefits; Talent and Talent Management; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
Bingham, John, and Michael Beer. "Performance Management at Vitality Health Enterprises, Inc." Harvard Business School Brief Case 913-501, July 2012.
- 30 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Measuring the Efficacy of the World’s Managers
WMS survey. The Census Bureau already keeps general track of firms' financial performance in the United States. The WMS team plans to match the management survey data against the financial performance data in order to investigate the link... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- May 2010
- Case
Alpen Bank: Launching the Credit Card in Romania
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Sunru Yong
In 2006, the country manager for Alpen Bank in Romania, Gregory Carle, considers whether to recommend the launch of a credit card business. The firm rejected the idea several years earlier because of poor economic conditions in Romania. However, Romania is experiencing... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Credit; International Business; International Marketing; Product Introduction; Service Management; Credit Cards; Globalized Firms and Management; Product Positioning; Marketing Strategy; Service Delivery; Personal Finance; Product Launch; Banking Industry; European Union; Romania
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Sunru Yong. "Alpen Bank: Launching the Credit Card in Romania." Harvard Business School Brief Case 104-559, May 2010.
- 07 Sep 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
IP Modularity: Profiting from Innovation by Aligning Product Architecture with Intellectual Property
- 05 Mar 2008
- What Do You Think?
Where Will Management Innovation Take Us?
Summing Up Will management innovation be "pushed" or "pulled"? Competitive organizations in the future will be managed differently. This will require new roles for managers. But according... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett