Order Taking and Fulfillment - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Feb 2021
Book

How to Make the World Better, Not Perfect

get out of an unpleasant work situation, but to redirect time and energy into something that would be both more fulfilling for him and also allow him to create more good in the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online

and accounting, the financial skills all managers need, and how taking an online course can help you achieve your educational goals and... View Details

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Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

the Polarizer A RESEARCH & MANUFACTURING COMPANY Commercialization of the Polarizer Innovation and the War Effort A Rewarding Working Life INSTANT PHOTOGRAPHY The Idea of Instant Photography Research and... View Details

07 Nov 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson--Managing Manchester United

Alex, I jumped at the chance. I figured I would undoubtedly learn a great deal about what it takes to lead and manage a sports team, and that indeed proved to be the case. Q:... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation

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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online

Randy Nguyen Explore what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur and determine whether starting a business, or working for a startup, is the right path for you. I loved the case study on Intuit View Details

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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online

order to successfully complete the course, and how are grades assigned? + – Participants in Disruptive Strategy are eligible for a Certificate of Completion from Harvard Business School Online. Participants... View Details

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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online

Graduate School of Business Understand how markets work and firms compete in order to develop successful business strategy. Bharat Anand’s Economics for Managers course has proven to be the most influential... View Details

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John H. McArthur | About

the HBS Club in New York, the Canadian Business Leadership Award from the combined Harvard Clubs of Canada, the Harvard Medal from Harvard University, and the Alumni Achievement Award from Harvard Business School. In 2013, McArthur was... View Details

August 2000 (Revised February 2003)
Case

Borders Group, Inc.

By: Zeynep Ton and Ananth Raman

Describes Borders Group, a well-known retail chain, in late 1999 and its traditional strengths and rapid growth in the 1990s. By 1990, however, the company had fallen behind Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble in leveraging the Internet for book retailing, although it... View Details

Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Distribution Channels; Service Operations; Business Growth and Maturation; Economic Growth; Industry Growth; Growth and Development; Internet; Business Model; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Supply and Industry; Retail Industry; Publishing Industry

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01 Mar 2018
News

Every Trick in the Book

bookstores found ways to stay in business. Then came Amazon. The internet giant got its start as a bookseller, taking its first order in July 1995. Its online-only model meant that Amazon’s inventory was... View Details

Keywords: April White

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

Business leaders around the world are currently focused on the discussions and negotiations taking place at the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow from October 31 to November 12. The outcome... View Details

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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

proving that sustainability is good for business, the environment, and its people." Brooks Wallace Public relations professional looking to learn about sustainable business practices Take a values-driven... View Details

16 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Crowdsourcing Is Helping Hollywood Reduce the Risk of Movie-Making

or what their personal incentives might be for listing it. (Oftentimes by the time scripts are listed, they’ve already been sold to studios, who might want to list their own scripts in order to attract top actors View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Motion Pictures & Video

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Guidelines for Choosing Resources - Research Computing Services

job by running bhist -l JOBID (use bhist alone for a list of your recently run jobs). Take note of MAX MEM and when you run a similar job in the future, request that amount plus about 20% for wiggle room... View Details

29 Aug 2023
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Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases

We're not providing a digital subscription, we're providing a subscription to an actual product, although it's invisible, in the real world and that means that the amount that people are willing to pay is much higher. We View Details

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

disruptions, but to geopolitical risk. We have entered an era of supply chain rebalancing, driven not only by the desire to improve resiliency, but also to mitigate geopolitical risks. In this talk, we will discuss some of the changes View Details

10 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Commodity Busters: Be a Price Maker, Not a Price Taker

customer values of convenience, availability, product or service functionality, and relationship, creates a reason for the customer to buy. But, you also must eliminate reasons for the customer not to purchase. Various adjunct services,... View Details

Keywords: by Benson P. Shapiro

May 2004 (Revised July 2004)
Case

Clarence Saunders: The Comeback King

By: Nitin Nohria and Bridget Gurtler

Follows the rise and fall of the founder of the modern supermarket, Clarence Saunders. Prior to 1915, all staple shopping took place in the market or general store, where a clerk behind a counter pulled items from shelves for customers , measured them from a barrel, or... View Details

Keywords: Inflation and Deflation; Mission and Purpose; Business Processes; Leadership; Consumer Behavior; Leadership Style; Advertising; Customer Relationship Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Order Taking and Fulfillment