Capacity - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

What Drives Supply Chain Behavior?

be divided into strategic and operational activities. Strategic activities include, among others, long-term capacity planning and network configuration of warehouses, distributors, and retail stores. Examples of operational activities... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston

10 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

try to understand it. When you thoroughly examine the assumptions behind their current use, you will likely make surprising discoveries with a capacity for large changes. When you get to the root cause, you are not only solving this... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden

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US Business Immigration Overview - Alumni

professional association has authored articles/books has published materials about his/her work has judged the work of others has made original scholarly contributions has been employed in a critical capacity has commanded a high salary... View Details

18 Apr 2016
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Family Business Club

businesses and have run their own family businesses prior to HBS. They are also a great resource for students at HBS. While most members intend to return to their family businesses in some capacity in the future (board member, operating... View Details

01 Oct 1996
News

Mastering the Competition — Michael E. Porter (MBA 1971)

briefcase nearby is a reminder of his prodigious capacity for work. "I'm currently dealing with five projects simultaneously," he explains. "I carry a part of each one in my bag, so that I can go back and forth between them." Porter's... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

16 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense

begging to have the opportunity to re-engage. Rigorously evaluate the quality and capacity of your senior team and take advantage of the extraordinary executive talent looking for new homes and more promising pastures. 3. Make process... View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

need, current involvement in addressing a social problem(s), and a compelling rationale for how the course will accelerate their capacity for advancing social change. You can learn more about the scholarship and apply for it by visiting... View Details

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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

for building and financing new ventures, and make your entrepreneurial dreams a reality. 4 weeks, 6-8 hrs/week Enroll by March 20 $1,850 Certificate Disruptive Strategy Professors Rory McDonald & Clayton Christensen Strengthen your View Details

29 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism

process, in which diverse views are able to provide input with no one party able to receive a special voice. "As the chairman of Goldman Sachs or Citigroup or IBM, you have a substantial capacity to structure the rules of the game... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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John H. McArthur | About

1994 in accordance with changes in federal law. Executive Education: A Vital Component McArthur saw executive education as vital to the School’s success as a result of its capacity to broaden faculty members’ perspectives through... View Details

01 Mar 2008
News

THE 6 MYTHS OF CREATIVITY

Types. Field research shows that anyone with normal intelligence is capable of doing some degree of creative work. Creativity depends on a number of things: experience, including knowledge and technical skills; talent; an ability to think in new ways; and the View Details

Keywords: Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services; Management

09 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns

recovery. He explained that during the recession suppliers would also be laying off workers, which limited their capacity to respond once the recession ended. Honeywell made arrangements—during the Great Recession—to be “first in line”... View Details

Keywords: by Sandra Sucher & Susan Winterberg; Aerospace; Electronics

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

assets by 2024. In the UK, we have built five wind farms and are now at the rate of building two large wind farms a year. We will have an installed capacity of 400MW by 2025 and hopefully double that by 2027 with new developments. My aim... View Details

19 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

Fed Up Workers and Supply Woes: What's Next for Dollar Stores?

merchandise into their distribution centers. All retailers are suffering from a shortage of truckers, a shortage of trailers, shortage of capacity in all the logistics networks to move goods around. At the same time, we’re seeing... View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Retail

06 Feb 2014
HBS Seminar

Karthik Ramanna, Harvard Business School

18 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Learning in Action

layout that would optimize product flow and plant capacity — critical to reducing process time — and made extensive use of simulations to generate insights. They created Cardboard City, a three dimensional model of a manufacturing cell... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin

14 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?

50 percent bottom-line improvement during the next year. To do this, Andrus knew she would need a focused and dedicated team. What she had was an overburdened one. In fact, a company survey showed that 60 percent of Andrus's 48 reports believed that they were working... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

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Attract additional Black talent to all parts of the HBS community. - Advancing Racial Equity

hiring scholars who study race, diversity, inclusion, and inequality —by assuring each unit that it can hire such individuals without diminishing its capacity to hire other candidates. The encouragement applies to candidates at the senior... View Details

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Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online

available for the course through the Harvard Kennedy School's Social Innovation + Change Initiative . Priority will be given to applicants who demonstrate financial need, current involvement in addressing a social problem(s), and a compelling rationale for how the... View Details

TeachingInterests

Managing Human Capital

By: Ethan S. Bernstein

The Managing Human Capital course has been specifically designed to teach practical skills for the future general manager (not just the human resource practitioner) who seeks to manage both other people and her or his own career with optimal... View Details

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