Operational Complexity - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2002
News

What You Know Depends on Where You Go

associate professor Walter Kuemmerle, who developed the elective course International Entrepreneurial Finance by writing cases that involve about twenty different countries. “The largest group to take the course are actually American students — some don't intend to... View Details

26 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Learning from Failed Political Leadership

self-defeating. Q: Your book deals extensively with the complexities of public policy. For business readers, what impact do current conditions of policy have on the future of their companies? What should they understand about how to View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

04 Jun 2024
Blog Post

ClimateCAP 2024

is shaping industries and markets, where the biggest financial and operational risks lie, and what promising innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities are emerging. The theme for ClimateCAP 2024 was Sustainability in Motion which... View Details

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An Emerging Entrepreneur | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

for the Collective Academy, a for-profit institution of higher learning expected to enroll its first students in early 2016. Initially based in Mexico City, Bichara hopes to expand operations around Mexico and beyond with a curriculum... View Details

01 Mar 2016
News

In My Humble Opinion: Jeffrey Deitch (MBA 1978)

art. “Even though you can’t apply sophisticated financial models to it or the complex structures that I learned in Production and Operations Management,” he says, “art is a business.” And Deitch, in his... View Details

Keywords: April White

25 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry

a problem of nightmarish proportions [because of] the growing complexity of the systems and the interdependent structure of their designs. Each new computer system had to be designed from the ground up, and only new systems could take... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Computer; Consumer Products; Technology

01 Dec 2007
News

Lighten Up

Coup says. “Timberland’s on two orders of magnitude larger than us in terms of people, in terms of sales, in terms of complexity of operations, and in terms of the number of countries it operates in.” But... View Details

Keywords: Kathryn Jones; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade

23 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care

Bohmer teaches an MBA course on health-care operations management, codirects the joint MD/MBA program, and serves as faculty chair for two Executive Education programs in health-care delivery. A native of New Zealand, he teaches and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

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Engineering Meets Advocacy: Driving Innovation in Women’s Health - Blog: Health Supplement

by the lack of innovation. Many of the tools still in use hadn’t changed in over a century. That contrast lit a fire in me. The issue wasn’t complexity; it was a lack of attention and investment. As one of the few women with deep technical and View Details

01 May 2015
News

Celebrating and Supporting Leadership

more complex world, and to increase our scale and reach to bring our mission to even more people, requires a relentless dedication to innovation." John Hess, CEO of the Hess Corporation and chair of The Harvard Business School Campaign,... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

05 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018

IPO underwriting exhibits seemingly collusive pricing despite its low level of market concentration. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53003 Complex Disclosure By: Jin, Ginger Zhe, Michael Luca, and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 2017
News

Drawing on the Crowd for Innovative Problem-Solving

Long before HBS professor Karim R. Lakhani used crowdsourcing to develop pioneering research on the science of innovation, his experiences working at General Electric and the Boston Consulting Group piqued his curiosity about how such companies could involve thousands... View Details

09 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Education, Technology, and Business: What’s the Catch?

Enterprise held on campus on February 22nd. The panel, moderated by Lumry Family Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Alan MacCormack, examined the $50 billion education industry, discussing the business opportunities and hidden pitfalls of entering this... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler; Education

12 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Electric Mobility in India

company evolved into India's first smart electric scooter. Operating manufacturing facilities in Whitfield, Bangalore, and Hosur, Tamil Nadu, Ather Energy has established Ather Grid, India’s largest two-wheeler electric charging network.... View Details

07 Jan 2025
Blog Post

Revolutionizing Wellness: Kate Twist (MBA 2008) Shapes the Future of Consumer Health Brands

consumer retail clients, including luxury retail brands like Oscar de la Renta, BCBG, and Badgley Mishka. During this time, Twist found that she was a “marketer at heart” and entered HBS with a plan to transition from banking into an View Details

25 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

The Powerful Strategic Tool Companies Should Not Try to Control

cultivate, support, or even just observe their fan groups stand to gain valuable insights and build loyalty at a much lower cost." In a new working paper, Why Do User Communities Matter for Strategy?, Nagle and Shah discuss the benefits, pitfalls, and View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

06 Dec 2011
Op-Ed

Greater Fiscal Integration Best Solution for Euro Crisis

the European Financial Stability Fund, have been remarkable. Nevertheless, the markets have discounted every announcement and have continued to operate in a state of quasi-panic, as they move at a different speed than the political... View Details

Keywords: by Dante Roscini

03 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

2017 Emerald Group Publishing Extreme Teaming: Lessons in Complex, Cross-Sector Leadership By: Edmondson, Amy C., and Jean-François Harvey Abstract—Today's global enterprises increasingly involve collaborative work by teams of experts View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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“It’s like a pie-eating contest” | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

review my options after a year. I felt comfortable having an exit option.” As it turns out, neither party has wanted to exercise that option. Now entering his fourth year at BMC, Josh has been able to leverage his fellowship into an in-depth exploration of View Details

30 Apr 2021
News

Revealing the Rules

undermine the success of employees once they arrive. In your book you describe a dawning realization that you didn’t know what you didn’t know about how to succeed in the workplace. That’s true for everyone, of course, but there are additional layers of View Details

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