Filter Results:
(12,984)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(12,984)
- People (32)
- News (2,323)
- Research (8,697)
- Events (98)
- Multimedia (124)
- Faculty Publications (6,759)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(12,984)
- People (32)
- News (2,323)
- Research (8,697)
- Events (98)
- Multimedia (124)
- Faculty Publications (6,759)
- January 1997
- Background Note
Assigning Support Department Expenses to Production Cost Centers (B): Flexible Budgets
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Describes the use of flexible budgets to assign support/service department costs to production cost centers. View Details
Kaplan, Robert S. "Assigning Support Department Expenses to Production Cost Centers (B): Flexible Budgets." Harvard Business School Background Note 197-048, January 1997.
- Article
Information or Opinion? Media Bias as Product Differentiation
By: Bharat Anand, Rafael Di Tella and Alexander Galetovic
Anand, Bharat, Rafael Di Tella, and Alexander Galetovic. "Information or Opinion? Media Bias as Product Differentiation." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 16, no. 3 (Fall 2007): 635–682.
- May 2010
- Article
Does Product Market Competition Lead Firms to Decentralize?
By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
There is a widespread sense that over the last two decades firms have been decentralizing decisions to employees further down the managerial hierarchy. Economists have developed a range of theories to account for delegation, but there is less empirical evidence,... View Details
Keywords: Product; Markets; Competition; Business Ventures; Geographic Location; Employees; Research; Programs; Decisions
Bloom, Nicholas, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "Does Product Market Competition Lead Firms to Decentralize?" American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings 100, no. 2 (May 2010): 434–438.
- February 2025
- Exercise
Crafting an Minimum Viable Product for Instagram Kids
- January 2024
- Supplement
Saving a Sinking Ship: Product Direction Pitch Exercise
- September 19, 2013
- Article
Leading Productive Meetings: 8 Rules of the Road
By: Nancy F. Koehn
Koehn, Nancy F. "Leading Productive Meetings: 8 Rules of the Road." Leadership Forum (September 19, 2013).
- March 2007
- Supplement
Sonoco Products Co.: Interview with Cindy Hartley, video
By: Boris Groysberg, David A. Thomas and David Lane
Groysberg, Boris, David A. Thomas, and David Lane. "Sonoco Products Co.: Interview with Cindy Hartley, video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 407-704, March 2007.
- January 1990
- Supplement
Air Products' Product Information Expert (PIX) System, Video
Konsynski, Benn R., and Dolores Mullin. "Air Products' Product Information Expert (PIX) System, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 890-506, January 1990.
- October 1998 (Revised March 1999)
- Case
US Office Products (B): Operational and Financial Restructuring
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Hallowell, Roger H. "US Office Products (B): Operational and Financial Restructuring." Harvard Business School Case 799-030, October 1998. (Revised March 1999.)
- September 1988 (Revised November 1988)
- Case
Watt Group: Consumer Product and Retailing Doctors (A)
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "Watt Group: Consumer Product and Retailing Doctors (A)." Harvard Business School Case 589-051, September 1988. (Revised November 1988.)
- April 1987 (Revised May 1988)
- Supplement
Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (K): Vacuum Degassing
By: Benson P. Shapiro and Lawrence B. Levine
Shapiro, Benson P., and Lawrence B. Levine. "Inland Steel Co. Product Policy (K): Vacuum Degassing." Harvard Business School Supplement 587-144, April 1987. (Revised May 1988.)
- June 1981 (Revised November 1984)
- Case
Clark Material Handling Group-Overseas: Brazilian Product Strategy (B)
Clarke, Darral G. "Clark Material Handling Group-Overseas: Brazilian Product Strategy (B)." Harvard Business School Case 581-150, June 1981. (Revised November 1984.)
- 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.
- 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.)
- 17 Feb 2022
- News
Auto Industry Reconsiders Production Systems after Border Protests
- 23 Apr 2021
- News
Expect high product prices amid pandemic, trade disruptions
- 2022
- Book
Productive Tensions: How Every Leader Can Tackle Innovation's Toughest Trade-Offs
By: Chris Bingham and Rory McDonald
Why is leading innovation in nascent business environments so distressingly hit-or-miss? More than 90% of high-potential ventures don’t reach their projected targets. Surveys show that 80% of executives consider innovation crucial to their growth strategy, but only 6%... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Innovation and Management; Organizational Culture; Leadership Style; Decision Making
Bingham, Chris, and Rory McDonald. Productive Tensions: How Every Leader Can Tackle Innovation's Toughest Trade-Offs. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2022.
- 26 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Electronic Patient Records Can Slow Doctor Productivity
Digital record-keeping is slowly but inevitably replacing paper records everywhere from the pilot's cockpit to the registry of motor vehicles. But if implemented without proper consideration of how work gets done, the results can make View Details
- July–August 2015
- Article
Engineering Reverse Innovations: Principles for Creating Successful Products for Emerging Markets
By: Amos Winter and Vijay Govindarajan
Multinationals are starting to catch on to the logic of reverse innovation, in which products are designed first for consumers in low-income countries and then adapted into disruptive offerings for developed economies. But only a handful of companies have managed to do... View Details
Winter, Amos, and Vijay Govindarajan. "Engineering Reverse Innovations: Principles for Creating Successful Products for Emerging Markets." Harvard Business Review 93, nos. 7/8 (July–August 2015): 80–89.