Capacity - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 May 2010
Research & Ideas

Stimulus Surprise: Companies Retrench When Government Spends

and capacity utilization is high. But we suspect that a third and potentially quite strong effect is the uncertainty that is created by government involvement. Q: These findings present something of a dilemma for public policymakers who... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?

political response to issues such as wealth disparity, the environment, security, and rule of law have the capacity to undermine capitalism and thus undermine this progress. View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

18 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Its 2024-2025 Blavatnik Fellows

startup aiming to make biologics more accessible to patients worldwide. Sanso was created to commercialize the microporous water technology out of Jarad Mason's lab at Harvard, a novel solution to dramatically increase the oxygen capacity... View Details

31 Aug 2020
Blog Post

Five Important Steps before Taking the Entrepreneurial Leap

we were also learning about our team dynamic. During that time, we got a sense of what it felt like to work together in a professional capacity beyond friendship, and discussed all of the challenges we could encounter as a team. In many... View Details

19 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

Public Education Goes to School

task, but one necessary for achieving high performance. The design and implementation tasks are complicated by the fact that schools across large districts have wide variation not only in performance, but also in their capacity to... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark; Education

September 2011 (Revised October 2011)
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Scotty Smiley

By: Scott A. Snook and Doug Crandall

U.S. Army Lieutenant Scotty Smiley faces the biggest challenge of his young life. What will he do after learning that the wounds he received from a car bomb in Iraq have left him permanently blinded? On April 6, 2005, Lieutenant Scotty Smiley was grievously wounded by... View Details

Keywords: Government Administration; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Personal Characteristics; Customization and Personalization; Personal Development and Career; Work-Life Balance; Performance Capacity; Planning; Employment Industry; United States; Iraq

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19 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018

Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center: Managing Capacity in Neurology In December 2014, Dr. Anthony Furlan, chair of the Department of Neurology at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center (UH), faced a mandate from the hospital’s... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

17 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility

researchers might be able to address such issues as "how corporate practices contribute to or detract from stable societal institutions or democratic processes, or how might companies advance individual learning and growth, or the View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

31 Mar 2023
News

How Can We Solve the Teacher Shortage Crisis?

the capacity to work in teams, the capacity to deal with people unfamiliar to you, spontaneous, written and oral communication. Are those teachable, do you think? And do we put enough emphasis—in everything... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Dec 2002
News

GE's Jeff Immelt

Immelt Photo courtesy General Electric Just a year after taking the helm of General Electric, Chairman and CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt (MBA '82) addressed a capacity crowd in Burden Auditorium on topics that ranged from the state of the... View Details

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George Pierce Baker Courtyard | About

education. Along with newly constructed executive education classroom facilities in the nearby McCollum Center, Baker Hall created that environment, as well as the capacity to offer executive programs between AMP sessions. Along with... View Details

06 Aug 2018
Research & Ideas

Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels

the boom in LED manufacturing, Chinese local governments would pay for 100 percent of the cost of the metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) tool used to make LEDs, so naturally what followed was a dramatic over-expansion of View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing; Electronics

September 2012 (Revised May 2015)
Case

Philips-Visicu

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Natalie Kindred and Sara M. McKinley

Would the advent of global payment models and ACOs create sufficient demand for a telemedicine offering covering the care continuum, from hospitals to the home? This was the decision facing Royal Philips Electronics (Philips), the Netherlands-based producer of... View Details

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01 Sep 2009
News

Make the Most of HBS Alumni Resources

www.alumni.hbs.edu/volunteers/boards/. In June, I had the pleasure of attending my 10th Reunion. I heard several faculty presentations on topics that are particularly relevant to these challenging economic times and my professional area of focus, reminding me yet again... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

15 Aug 2006
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First Look: August 15, 2006

Products: The Effect of Absorptive Capacity Authors:Daniel Snow Abstract In this paper, I propose and examine a specific means by which firms' R&D experience may be helping firms to improve their current-technology products: Firms... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Apr 2005
Research & Ideas

Prosper with Multi-Channel Retailing

condense buying, wrapping, and shipping into a few short keystrokes. The limitless capacity of the Internet also enables Gap Inc. to serve customers it can't serve out of the limited space in its stores. Customers can purchase extended... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette; Consumer Products; Retail

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Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management - Course Catalog

are above capacity we will give priority to students who took Field X. Q: Can I take Field Y if I am the only person involved in my business? A: Yes, Field Y welcomes teams of all sizes; including solo founders, multiple team members in... View Details

01 Mar 2012
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Alumni Book Briefs

government, and civil society all focus on the poor as producers. The main emphasis must be, he says, on creating employment opportunities for the poor and increasing their productive capacities by ensuring basic public services. What the... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Sep 2008
News

Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?

wars. Overall, the picture looks good. However, we must also be aware that the political response to issues such as wealth disparity, the environment, security, and rule of law have the capacity to undermine capitalism and thus undermine... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jan 2005
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Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975

communities." Today, the WWB network provides financial services in more than forty countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. At the same time, this global organization helps microfinance institutions and banks build retail... View Details

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