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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Lesson Plans
example of what can push the system to a new approach. Another example, which I plan to visit, is Rocketship Education, a charter school system where students spend the first few hours of the morning in a computer learning lab and the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Meal Plan
Alive customers, who tend to have special dietary needs, to access the food they wanted. To address that, we created three- and five-day plans with ready-to-eat, portioned meals that you could just pull out of the refrigerator. That... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Lesson Plans
Patrick Mullane (MBA 1999) Patrick Mullane (MBA 1999) The COVID-19 pandemic has necessarily thrust online learning to the forefront. As executive director of HBS Online—which has reached more than 70,000 learners in 170 countries since 2015—Patrick Mullane (MBA 1999)... View Details
Keywords: Jen Mele
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
morning known as “Super Saturday,” 63 student teams present these and other ideas in the Aldrich classrooms where other people’s ventures are the usual topic of discussion. Judges — a mix of angel investors, VCs, serial entrepreneurs, and industry executives — score... View Details
- January 2003 (Revised March 2005)
- Case
Planning in Professional Service Firms
By: Ashish Nanda
In this case, four consultants discuss business planning issues that they are each having within their respective consulting firms. The case addresses how professional compensation, project staffing, hours worked, overhead costs, and billing rates impact profitability. View Details
Nanda, Ashish, and Kelley Elizabeth Morrell. "Planning in Professional Service Firms." Harvard Business School Case 903-085, January 2003. (Revised March 2005.)
- Research Summary
Supply Chain Inventory Planning
My work studies management decision-making in demand and supply planning contexts with a focus on forecasting and inventory planning decisions. I examine these decision-making processes from both a supply chain (i.e. across firm) and an... View Details
- Web
Planned Giving - Alumni
Giving Planned Giving Giving Planned Giving Leave a Legacy Through planned giving, you can use a variety of strategies and assets to support HBS during your lifetime or at your... View Details
- September 1985 (Revised July 1986)
- Background Note
The Art of Action Planning
Describes two different approaches to the process of action planning and implementation. Offers specific advice for action planning and for learning how to action plan. View Details
Keywords: Planning
Isenberg, Daniel J. "The Art of Action Planning." Harvard Business School Background Note 486-029, September 1985. (Revised July 1986.)
- May 1983 (Revised November 1987)
- Case
Technical Data Corp.: Business Plan
Contains materials extracted from a business plan developed by the company in 1980. The purpose of the business plan was to raise $100,000 to finance the commencement of operations. The firm intended to provide analytical services to bond market traders. The product... View Details
Keywords: Business Plan
Sahlman, William A. "Technical Data Corp.: Business Plan." Harvard Business School Case 283-073, May 1983. (Revised November 1987.)
- November 2005 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Genentech - Capacity Planning
By: Daniel C. Snow, Steven C. Wheelwright and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
While facilitating a complex clinical approval process over the next two to three years for a family of new cancer drugs, Genentech must develop a long-term capacity plan for a major class of new cancer products. Adding to the complexity and uncertainty is the fact... View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Style; Management Teams; Time Management; Product; Product Development; Business Processes; Performance Capacity; Planning; Risk and Uncertainty; Complexity; Pharmaceutical Industry
Snow, Daniel C., Steven C. Wheelwright, and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Genentech - Capacity Planning." Harvard Business School Case 606-052, November 2005. (Revised March 2006.)
- June 1984 (Revised November 1985)
- Background Note
Product Line Planning
Keywords: Planning
Shapiro, Benson P. "Product Line Planning." Harvard Business School Background Note 584-145, June 1984. (Revised November 1985.)
- July–August 1986
- Article
Making Planning Strategic
Hamermesh, Richard G. "Making Planning Strategic." Harvard Business Review 64, no. 4 (July–August 1986): 115–120.
- January 2009
- Case
Marks and Spencer: Plan A
By: David E. Bell, Nitin Sanghavi and Laura Winig
Marks & Spencer initiated a comprehensive approach to sustainability (reduction of waste, carbon emissions, fair trade) called Plan A. Does it offer a competitive advantage? View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Strategic Planning; Environmental Sustainability; Competitive Advantage; Retail Industry
Bell, David E., Nitin Sanghavi, and Laura Winig. "Marks and Spencer: Plan A." Harvard Business School Case 509-029, January 2009.
- April 2001 (Revised August 2001)
- Case
Strategic Planning at Sun Life
Describes the firm's strategic planning activities and focuses on the challenge of developing processes that enable the firm to improve the core business as well as processes that foster the creation of promising new business opportunities. View Details
Keywords: Strategic Planning
Roberto, Michael. "Strategic Planning at Sun Life." Harvard Business School Case 301-084, April 2001. (Revised August 2001.)
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
HBS Gift Planning
FAQ Are there any planned gifts that can help meet current funding needs? Although planned gifts are frequently used to establish a future endowment, a charitable lead trust is one type of View Details
- 24 Mar 2021
- Video
Planning for a Hybrid Workforce
- December 1989
- Background Note
Action Planning in Human Resource Management
Lays out a framework for action planning in human resource management. Prepared for use in the first year MBA HRM course. View Details
Raff, Daniel M G. "Action Planning in Human Resource Management." Harvard Business School Background Note 490-046, December 1989.
- Web
Admitted? Plan Your Stay
Summary Situated on the HBS campus, the Executive Education Complex is just a short walk from Harvard University and the historic Boston-Cambridge area. Our state-of-the-art classrooms are carefully designed to spark shared learning and intellectual collaboration—and... View Details
- 25 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Planning for Surprises
The train wreck that was Enron's collapse is only one big, blatant example of how some disasters catch us unawares—but shouldn't. In fact, according to Max H. Bazerman and Michael D. Watkins, many surprises in all types and sizes of organizations are predictable and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 26 Mar 2021
- News