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- 01 Jun 2011
- News
All in Good Time
operations is in Marietta, Georgia.) “When I started in 2005,” she says, “I went through all the usual growing pains of hiring too many people and spending too much on marketing. But I was able to do everything that I needed to do at home... View Details
- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
Executives must adjust the span of control for each key position and unit on the basis of how the company delivers value to customers. Consider Wal-Mart, which has configured its entire organization to deliver low prices. Wal-Mart's... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
Martin W. Clement
When Clement took the helm at Pennsylvania Railroad in 1935, the largest railway network in the world, operating revenues were $368 million. Clement grew revenues to a peak of over $1 billion in 1944. One of Clement’s major achievements,... View Details
Keywords: Transportation
- 14 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots
discussions that we’ve had” The case study, written by HBS’s Marco Iansiti, the David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration and head of the Technology and Operations Management unit, focuses on the data analysis used by the... View Details
- 08 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
Thinking Twice About Supply-Chain Layoffs
limited control over sales," says Ton. "And of course, those boring supply-chain tasks won't get done." "Retailers have to cut labor to some extent when sales are lower," Ton says, "but they need to be careful about how low they go." She... View Details
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Remote Work Extends to Factories and Farmlands | Working Knowledge
describe the process of replicating a real-world operation in real time but done so using a digital format. One simple example is a control center in a factory. Rather than needing to stand next to a machine... View Details
- 20 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Moving from Supply Chains to Supply Networks
throughout the program's curriculum? And how does each relate to the general manager's role in today's dramatically changing supply chain? Raman: The program addresses three core themes in depth. Competitive advantage from the supply chain Coordination and View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
Companies, Cultures and the Transformation to the Transnational
structure, social history, and educational system, companies developed under a system of family management that emphasized personal relationships more than formal structures, and relied more on broad-gauged financial controls than on... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
The Drive for Excellence: An Interview with Jim Henderson
operate in an open and direct fashion. From my point of view as a CEO, one of the most important reasons for behaving responsibly is the effect it has on our own people and our organization. It helps attract people who will, in turn, act... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Clean water that provides a trickle-down effect
improving the city's wastewater service. In 1997, the Philippine government enlisted Ayala Corporation to assume control of the water and sewer systems of Manila's east zone, where more than 60 percent of the water was either lost or... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
¡Vamos al Cine!
2001) reported. Without speaking a word of Spanish, he set out for Mexico City and found that the theaters there were indeed "the worst — they were old decrepit buildings that would never operate in the United States." With his two... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Action Plan: Net Proceeds
“I’m a root-cause kind of guy,” says Robert Goodwin (GMP 3, 2007), reflecting on a military, government, and civilian career that has taken him from counterdrug operations in Colombia to assisting with the peace process in Sudan to... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Seeing glass in a new light
buildings, dynamic glass dramatically increases flexibility in architectural design while reducing energy consumption. As CEO of View Dynamic Glass, Mulpuri has succeeded in taking this 50-year-old nanotechnology to market and is leading the intelligent View Details
George H. Love
Love took control of his uncle’s struggling coal operation and built it into the largest and most successful coal mining operation in the US. Through a series of acquisitions... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
New Virtual Classrooms Expand Digital Learning
deliver programming by then newly launched HBX (now called Harvard Business School Online). Fast forward six years and online learning—and the need for it—has evolved significantly, leading the School to expand and move the operation onto... View Details
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
assets, including customer relationships; innovative products and services; high-quality and responsive operating processes; skills and knowledge of the workforce; the information technology that supports the workforce and links the firm... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Fast Lane to Country Lane
feel like everything I’ve done has been leading to this,” says Lackley, who manages business operations for Mark Lackley Furniture Maker (www.lackley.com), a high-end furniture company in Quechee, Vermont. Lackley began her “training” for... View Details
- 08 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
The Critical Computer Science Principles Every Strategic Leader Needs to Know
distinguishes one computer from another. In reality, the operating system is more like a chief executive in that it allocates resources and establishes and controls workflow. In the simplest sense, it tells... View Details
- 27 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 27, 2016
concentration in the origins of invention. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51660 Cohort Turnover and Operational Performance: The July Phenomenon in Teaching Hospitals By: Song, Hummy, Robert S.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Security Chief
acquisitions. Today, the company Parker leads from its headquarters in Bradenton, Florida, offers a wide range of products to protect people and property, has 6,500 employees, operates in 35 countries, and generates annual sales... View Details