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Technology and Operations Management
This course enables students to develop the skills and concepts needed to ensure the ongoing contribution of a firm's operations to its competitive position. It helps them to understand the complex processes underlying the development and manufacture of products as... View Details
- Teaching Interest
Technology and Operations Management
This course enables students to develop the skills and concepts needed to ensure the ongoing contribution of a firm's operations to its competitive position. It helps them to understand the complex processes underlying the development and manufacture of products as... View Details
- November–December 1994
- Article
Managing in the Marketspace
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and J. J. Sviokla
Rayport, Jeffrey F., and J. J. Sviokla. "Managing in the Marketspace." Harvard Business Review 72, no. 6 (November–December 1994): 141–150.
- February 1984
- Background Note
Managing Capital Investment (B)
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Managing Capital Investment (B)." Harvard Business School Background Note 284-049, February 1984.
- January 26, 2013
- Guest Column
Lincoln's School of Management
By: Nancy F. Koehn
Koehn, Nancy F. "Lincoln's School of Management." Business Day. New York Times (January 26, 2013).
- 1989
- Book
Forecasting Methods for Management
By: S. Makridakis and S. C. Wheelwright
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction
Makridakis, S., and S. C. Wheelwright. Forecasting Methods for Management. 5th ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1989.
- September 1987 (Revised February 1988)
- Case
Risk Management at Cenex
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "Risk Management at Cenex." Harvard Business School Case 588-013, September 1987. (Revised February 1988.)
- June 1991 (Revised April 1997)
- Background Note
Managing the Multibusiness Corporation
By: David J. Collis
Lays out some ideas on how to restructure a multibusiness corporation. Identifies sixteen elements of organization design, and then applies contingency theory to argue that these elements need to be aligned with the tasks the corporation uses to create value across its... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Alignment; Corporate Strategy; Theory; Value Creation
Collis, David J. "Managing the Multibusiness Corporation." Harvard Business School Background Note 391-286, June 1991. (Revised April 1997.)
- Summer 2021
- Article
The Origin and Development of Firm Management
By: Michela Giorcelli
This paper examines the historical origin and diffusion of management practices. Despite their centrality in the modern world, the concepts of ‘management’ developed fairly recently. Only with the Industrial Revolution, due to the increased firm size, owners needed a... View Details
Keywords: Productivity; Kaizen; Management; Management Practices and Processes; History; Performance Productivity; Technology
Giorcelli, Michela. "The Origin and Development of Firm Management." Oxford Review of Economic Policy 37, no. 2 (Summer 2021): 259–275.
- April 2006
- Background Note
Informing Service Management with Customer Data
By: Frances X. Frei and Dennis Campbell
Taught as the third module in a Harvard Business School course on Managing Service Operations. Explores the role of data analysis in ongoing service management. Describes how to realize the maximum amount of value from analyses and use this information in... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Design; Analytics and Data Science; Service Operations; Mathematical Methods; Value
Frei, Frances X., and Dennis Campbell. "Informing Service Management with Customer Data." Harvard Business School Background Note 606-097, April 2006.
- November 1999 (Revised June 2000)
- Case
FairMarket: Managing Business Development
By: William A. Sahlman, Michael J. Roberts and Cathy Taylor
Describes the evolution of FairMarket, a provider of turnkey auction services to community and merchant Web sites. Describes several deals that the CEO must negotiate, requiring a view of the company's valuation. View Details
Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Internet and the Web; Valuation; Negotiation Deal; Auctions; Growth and Development Strategy; Web Services Industry
Sahlman, William A., Michael J. Roberts, and Cathy Taylor. "FairMarket: Managing Business Development." Harvard Business School Case 800-212, November 1999. (Revised June 2000.)
- 27 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Religion in the Workplace: What Managers Need to Know
considered one of the last taboos,” says Senior Lecturer Derek van Bever. “Our students have been asking for it because they see very clearly that they will be in positions of global leadership where they will have to deal with it.” To fill that need, van Bever wrote... View Details
- Teaching Interest
Technology and Operations Management
This course is taught in the MBA required curriculum. It provides students with the foundations necessary to be effective operating managers. During the course students learn to analyze decisions that drive the design, planning, and execution of the activities that... View Details
- 1983
- Book
Managing Behavior in Organizations
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Robert G. Eccles and John J. Gabarro
Keywords: Behavior
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Robert G. Eccles and John J. Gabarro, eds. Managing Behavior in Organizations. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983.
- February 2025
- Case
Managing Complexity at mymuesli
By: Thomas Graeber and Stacy Straaberg
In April 2009, direct-to-consumer e-commerce muesli brand mymuesli faced a flood of customer questions. The breakfast cereal startup enabled users to order personalized muesli on its website by choosing from 75 organic ingredients for a total of 566 quadrillion... View Details
- September 2024 (Revised February 2025)
- Case
Ghai Management Services, 2024
By: Richard S. Ruback and Robin Greenwood
Ruback, Richard S., and Robin Greenwood. "Ghai Management Services, 2024." Harvard Business School Case 225-024, September 2024. (Revised February 2025.)
- April 1986 (Revised February 1988)
- Case
Batterymarch Financial Management (A)
By: Andre F. Perold
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
Perold, Andre F. "Batterymarch Financial Management (A)." Harvard Business School Case 286-113, April 1986. (Revised February 1988.)
- April 2009
- Supplement
Merck: Managing Vioxx (E)
By: Robert L. Simons, Kathryn Rosenberg and Natalie Kindred
Keywords: Leadership; Decision Choices and Conditions; Customer Focus and Relationships; Pharmaceutical Industry
Simons, Robert L., Kathryn Rosenberg, and Natalie Kindred. "Merck: Managing Vioxx (E)." Harvard Business School Supplement 109-084, April 2009.
- August 1995 (Revised September 1995)
- Supplement
Hutton Branch Manager (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Jane Palley Katz
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
Paine, Lynn S., and Jane Palley Katz. "Hutton Branch Manager (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 396-045, August 1995. (Revised September 1995.)
- Research Summary
Management Control Systems in Multiunit Companies
By: Tatiana Sandino
Professor Sandino conducts research on early-stage multiunit companies that introduce management control systems to help maintain operations, as well as company culture, as they grow, but also to enable adaptation to the different markets that they serve. Building... View Details