Production Planning - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

kinds of mistakes from the U.S. Midwest. In this case, environmentalists and farmers opposed a power company's plans to build a dam. On the surface, the parties appeared to have deep, irreconcilable positions, which had resulted in a long... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 Mar 2013
First Look

First Look: March 12

sellers face a fundamental strategy decision: Should they be resellers (like supermarkets), acquiring and then reselling products or services? Should they operate as multisided platforms (like eBay), connecting buyers and sellers without... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Sep 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Lady Gaga

their plans for "Fame Kills." Sure enough, a media attack ensued. West pulled out of the painstakingly planned tour. And Carter had to mull a decision that would have major implications for Lady... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Entertainment & Recreation; Music

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Marketing Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Marketing Science , September–October 2021) with Nitin Mehta, Param Singh, and Kannan Srinivasan. 2021 Eva Ascarza : Finalist for the 2021 Weitz-Winer-O'Dell Award for “The Perils of Proactive Churn Prevention Using Plan Recommendations:... View Details

February 2020
Case

Leading Change in Talent at L'Oréal

By: Lakshmi Ramarajan, Vincent Dessain and Emer Moloney

Jean-Claude Le Grand just stepped into a new role as Executive Vice-President for Human Resources at the global cosmetics company, L’Oréal. He is now responsible for the hiring, development, promotion, and retention of 83,000 employees worldwide. The highly successful... View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Business Headquarters; Business Divisions; Business Organization; Change; Change Management; Transformation; Competency and Skills; Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Demographics; Diversity; Gender; Nationality; Multinational Firms and Management; Human Resources; Employees; Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Innovation and Management; Jobs and Positions; Employment; Human Capital; Leadership; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Management Practices and Processes; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Product Marketing; Organizations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Personal Development and Career; Planning; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Networks; Social Psychology; Attitudes; Power and Influence; Social and Collaborative Networks; Business Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; France; Paris

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June 2007 (Revised March 2011)
Case

The CW: Launching a Television Network

By: Anita Elberse and S. Mark Young

In May 2006, Dawn Ostroff, president of entertainment of the newly formed CW Television Network, was faced with the task of choosing the final set of programs for the 2006 fall schedule, which she would present to advertisers at the annual "upfront" market in New York... View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Customer Relationship Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Television Entertainment; Brands and Branding; Product Launch; Strategic Planning; Networks; Media and Broadcasting Industry

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25 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

What CEOs Do, and How They Can Do it Better

office, while others spent almost none.) Next, the researchers crunched a number of factors measuring company performance—for example, profits per employee—in order to see which CEOs were more productively using their time. Better On The... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

11 Mar 2024
News

In Harmony

Anonymous Content, the US production company behind Spotlight and The Revenant, and Korea’s Anthology Studios. Deeply personal and highly autobiographical, Offerings tells the story of Dae Joon, who comes to the United States from Seoul... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

13 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Expanding My Worldview Through FIELD Global Immersion

populated. We hopped in a small elevator and quickly arrived on the 7th floor. The open office floor plan had six rows of computers with the company’s CEO and the newest hire sitting practically shoulder to shoulder. We soon realized we... View Details

27 Jun 2011
Research & Ideas

Recovering from the Need to Achieve

operated this way or felt this way. Many are relieved to hear the condition has a name." Harvard is fertile ground for HNAPs, too. DeLong plans to make his book required reading in the second year courses on Authentic Leadership and... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

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Judging Criteria - Alumni

addressable market for your product and service. Highlight growth and trends. Attractive business model: How do you plan to make money? Who pays you? What are your distribution channels? What is your gross... View Details

15 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 15, 2008

product design, production, distribution, and system integration may be split up among hundreds or even thousands of firms. Different firms will design and produce the different components of a complex artifact (like the processor,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Working Groups Update | About

within and across groups based on considerations like our calendar, complexity, and a range of other factors. These plans complement other work done over the break—including in the MBA Program, for example, to incorporate lessons from the... View Details

28 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 28, 2009

by-product produced is exactly the amount that can be produced using the entire waste stream). The operational synergy in the joint production process is manifested as one of two subsidies: the by-product is subsidized by the disposal... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Portrait Project

Janie McDonough

schedule had been set, but only for a moment... before a rush order came in or a pressman called in sick and the process started all over. But my dad did not mind the chaos. In fact, he secretly enjoyed the inevitable hiccups in planned... View Details

15 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

estimates of real consumption across countries without the need for consumer price index extrapolations. We discuss advantages and limitations associated with the use of online prices for PPPs, including issues of representativeness and limited coverage of View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

06 Feb 2019
Blog Post

7 Tips for a Successful Technology Venture Immersion

business plan for a new venture. Here are my tips for making the experience a success: 7. Get ready to dust off those engineering skills The first half of TVI is dedicated to hardware-focused product design.... View Details

09 Jan 2023
Blog Post

How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Sam Perez Diarte

as a Product Engineer in the Devices group on the hardware side of Microsoft. I worked on supporting the launch of products such as Surface Laptop, XBOX, and Surface Pro. I was in the New View Details

02 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

countries and industries. In line with the model’s predictions, we find that integration and delegation covary positively, and that producers are more likely to integrate suppliers in input sectors with greater productivity variation.... View Details