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- 31 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Japan Disaster Shakes Up Supply-Chain Strategies
suppliers in as many countries before it lands in the hands of the final assembler. "The sequential, multicountry production model is what dominates now, and it's a model where little bits of value get added here or there and it's hard to see country of origin. It... View Details
- 01 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
How SVMP Helped Me Take My Next Steps (2+2) and Find Myself
the engineering and consumer and product goods space. As I came into my last semester of undergrad I was exhausted and looking forward to having all of the fun. I had been going back-and-forth about whether or not to apply to HBS via the 2+2 deferred admissions View Details
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Research Computing Services - Faculty & Research
data-related services. Statistical and Data Services for Faculty Research RCS provides statistical and data services, including: Research design and methodological consulting Statistical programming and analysis Database programming and... View Details
- 16 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 16
pricing mechanism, capitalism must have the administrative capability to regulate the behavior of economic actors within those markets and the political capability to redesign their institutions; regulation and the design of market... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Accidental Innovator
overlap between accident and important innovations, you'd design the innovation process differently. You might want to design in some "accidents," and you'd want to... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 15 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: It Takes a Village
needed for major programs or decisions to be approved. There were continuous conversations among the owners and family about important issues and these drove out consensus. Consensus never required unanimity but rather the feeling that the deliberation View Details
- 22 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
Use Artificial Intelligence to Set Sales Targets That Motivate
growth of competing companies or countries. Firms can also process and use unstructured data, such as text from documents. “There is so much data we can use,” Chung says. “For example, average temperature—you may think it has nothing to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 27 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 27
supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/911406-PDF-ENG Social Strategy Exercise Mikołaj Jan PiskorskiHarvard Business School Exercise 710-472 This note outlines the process of designing a social... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
How a Juicy Brand Came Back to Life
lose $1.4 billion in value under Quaker's stewardship in just four years? How did Triarc restore most of that value in less than three years? What did Triarc do with such apparently effortless grace that Quaker, with all its resources, could not? Brands thrive when... View Details
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Hidden Workers, Part-Time Potential - Managing the Future of Work
Untapped Talent By: Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman, Eva Sage-Gavin, & Kristen Hines 4 OCT 2021 Increased reliance on technology and changing demographics have shaped the way that companies hire. Hiring processes are View Details
- October 2018
- Case
P-Will at DISCO
By: Ethan Bernstein, Naoko Jinjo and Yuna Sakuma
From the outside, DISCO—a Japan-based manufacturer of precision tools for semiconductor production devices—appeared to be a rather ordinary company that had achieved rather extraordinary success: it had simultaneously achieved 70% global market share, had lifted its... View Details
Keywords: Human Capital; P-Will; DISCO; Semiconductors; Self-Managed Organizations; Governance; Human Resources; Selection and Staffing; Management Practices and Processes; Management Systems; Organizational Structure; Organizational Design; Semiconductor Industry; Japan
Bernstein, Ethan, Naoko Jinjo, and Yuna Sakuma. "P-Will at DISCO." Harvard Business School Case 419-035, October 2018.
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Strategy for Health Care Delivery - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
The process starts with providers and expands into strategies for health plans, employers, suppliers, and governmental entities. By exploring real-world implementations, you will learn how to navigate the strategic and organizational... View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
models cannot predict. COVID-19 events deliver surprises daily to many organizations, so the decision-making process that responds to rapid change is as important as the decision itself. Agile leaders promote a move in mindsets that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 9, 2010
belief is sound, but the authors' analysis of the performance of 45 companies led by CEOs with military experience revealed differences in how the branches (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps) prepare leaders for business. Those differences reflect the trade-off... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
spread such efforts, YALP is slowly but surely beginning to see on-the-ground results of the partnerships and innovation it’s designed to foster. In the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election, phrases like income inequality and... View Details
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Cases & Teaching Notes - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Karla Bertrand The case describes the application of Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC) at a new tertiary hospital, operated by Partners in Health in Mirebelais, Haiti. A project team mapped the clinical processes for use in... View Details
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
Medication Administration By: Tucker, Anita L. Abstract—Operational failures persist in hospitals, in part because employees work around them rather than attempt to prevent recurrence. Drawing on a process improvement tool-the Andon... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 3
prospect of marketing ExperienceFLX's business to a new customer base through Groupon was very appealing, the Falks found that designing a deal that met Groupon's requirements while still allowing ExperienceFLX to make money and without... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2023
- Book
Good Companies Commit Crimes, But Great Leaders Can Prevent Them
leaders of companies, they are rightly interested in strategy, marketing, operation—they don’t want to be spending many hours and millions of dollars on external counsel and advisors to resolve misconduct issues. The best way of making sure of that is, again, by View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 02 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 2
discussed supporting innovation through a range of additional policy interventions, including tax credits, loan guarantees, IP policy, regulatory mandates, codes, and standards. It is critically important that these kinds of interventions be thoughtfully View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace