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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
putting users at the center of strategy leads to an almost unfair competitive advantage; ways to build an organizational system that delivers a superior user experience that is replicable, consistent, and scalable; common shortfalls that prevent organizations from... View Details
- April 2010 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
Supply Chain Partners: Virginia Mason and Owens & Minor (A) (Abridged)
By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
Owens & Minor (O&M) performed lean inventory services for Virginia Mason (VM) as its Alpha Vendor, but the outdated industry pricing model created perverse incentives and could not capture O&M's costs. Together, O&M and VM created an activity-based pricing model: Total... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Partners and Partnerships; Activity Based Costing and Management; Business Model; Non-Governmental Organizations; Nonprofit Organizations; Motivation and Incentives; Asset Pricing; Cost Accounting; Fair Value Accounting; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Supply Chain Partners: Virginia Mason and Owens & Minor (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 110-063, April 2010. (Revised September 2011.)
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
overlap," Carty emphasizes. "As managers, our challenge is to convince all of our employees and their unions' leadership to change the way we have done business in the past and to create more economic value in the business for the benefit... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 15 Mar 2010
- HBS Case
Developing Asia’s Largest Slum
estate values in the world. “Government is not one person, obviously; it's many people with many agendas, particularly in India." —Lakshmi Iyer In "Dharavi: Developing Asia's Largest Slum," HBS assistant professor Lakshmi... View Details
- 15 Oct 2001
- Op-Ed
Lessons from the Rubble
Pundits and investors spoke giddily of the end of national borders, of markets that spanned the globe and replaced the hefty weight of machines and plants with ephemeral bits of information. This may be true. We do have global markets and firms whose View Details
Keywords: by Debora L. Spar
- Profile
Jackie Burgos
was the youngest-ever president of the school’s Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting club and helped it become one of the school’s most popular and well regarded clubs.” With an appreciation for the value of networking, she... View Details
- 11 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Kel Jackson, MBA 2019: "[My Job] Matters. I Didn't Want a Role that Would Box Me In."
to respond, how they’re going to respond to our response. Finance because, when executed correctly, it drives value creation, enables your strategy, and is synergistic to the entire energy of the firm.” When it comes to goal setting and... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- Profile
Jackie Burgos
“I was the youngest-ever president of the school’s Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting club and helped it become one of the school’s most popular and well-regarded clubs.” With an appreciation for the value of networking,... View Details
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Impact on Research & Curriculum | Baker Library
framework of corporate strategy, the concept of looking at a company’s goals, policies, organization, and values from a holistic perspective. HBS Professor Joseph L. Bower noted: “With Professor C. Roland Christensen and others, Ken... View Details
- Web
4.5 University-Wide Statement on Rights and Responsibilities | MBA
special emphasis, as well, upon certain values which are essential to its nature as an academic community. Among these are freedom of speech and academic freedom, freedom from personal force and violence, and freedom of movement.... View Details
- Web
Social Media - Alumni
group for a club, class, or section, we ask that you adhere to the standards below. By following these guidelines, you will strengthen your group and the value of the entire network online. These steps also ensure that your group is... View Details
- 24 Feb 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Palm Beach
Emeritus Bill Sahlman (MBA 1975). During his remarks, Dean Datar talked about several innovative initiatives that he anticipates will have lasting value for the School and that place the School at the cutting edge of addressing the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Reinvigorating Democracy: A Vote for Change
prevent future crises.” “The wonderful thing about business competition,” says Porter, is that it is “rational in the sense that it’s tied directly to value to the customer. Whereas in politics, it’s not.” Changing the process of voting... View Details
Keywords: Young, Susan
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
"Service-Profit Chain" Links Members of Service Management Unit
Heskett as "a chain of relationships involving customer loyalty; customer satisfaction; the value of goods and services delivered; the quality of the process; and employee loyalty, satisfaction, productivity, and support." The results of... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Group Therapy: The Role of Business Groups in Emerging Economies
States, but they sometimes deliver superior value in certain emerging markets, where their scope allows them to leverage their own resources to compensate for deficiencies in the economic support system. Second, Khanna’s work suggests... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Scott D. Cook
could choose what type of company we would work for. He encouraged us to pick a company whose values we'd be proud of. Where the new economy is going I don't think there is a new economy — it's the same economy, the same consumers, the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Navigating Success in Volatile Times
throughout the year that are geared toward the more than thirteen hundred HBS alumni of African descent. "The long-term value of our HBS experience continues whenever we recreate the energy we shared in the classroom and learn from one... View Details
- 14 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Breaking the Smartphone Addiction
at the firm for the long term (58 percent versus 40 percent) and were more likely to perceive that they were providing significant value to their clients (95 percent versus 84 percent). BCG clients reported a range of experiences with PTO... View Details
Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow
- 27 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses
Education offerings that teach scientists business and organizational fundamentals? What about joint MBA/Ph.D. programs? How about science/business seminars, more science-based cases, and more science-savvy faculty to teach them? We don't really know as much about how... View Details
- 27 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning to Make the Move to CEO
all contact with his or her organization—in other words, leave the BlackBerry at home. But participants soon recognize the value they are receiving at a crucial time in their careers, Simons says. The program includes rigorous dives into... View Details