Empirical Operations Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Aug 2011
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Evidence That Sets the Record Straight – How Management System Standards Add Value to Any Organization

10 Dec 2020
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Managing Diversity: A Conversation with Mellody Hobson, Co-CEO & President of Ariel Investments, and Hubert Joly

25 Mar 2014
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Know Thyself--and Your Employees

Keywords: career management; employee management

01 Dec 2012
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Taking Time to Make Time

POZEN: Getting people to think about how they are managing their careers in the evolving context of their own personal and professional lives. HBS senior lecturer Robert Pozen is living proof of the adage "If you want to get something... View Details

Keywords: Time management

28 Jan 2014
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Women in Business: Q&A with Cathy Benko, Vice Chairman, Managing Principal and head of Corporate Citizenship at Deloitte

Keywords: Deloitte; women in business; mentoring; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Nov 2021
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Arrogant Leaders Continue to Rise. Here’s How to Deal with One.

Keywords: Managing up

27 Mar 2020
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Pret a Manger's CEO on "Survival Mode"

Keywords: crisis management; leadership; food industry; employee management; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

19 May 2023
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Quiet Acceleration

Tesla introduced manufacturing efficiencies that helped deliver 15 consecutive profitable quarters and generated $22 billion in available capital. Last year, the company’s operating margin was 16.8 percent, substantially higher than its... View Details

Keywords: financial management; auto manufacturing; supply chairn management; leadership; Tesla; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

12 Feb 2014
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The Next Best Thing to a Steve Jobs

Keywords: innovation; management

09 Nov 2015
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Why Simple Brands Win

Keywords: brand management; branding

07 Aug 2014
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A Fairer Way of Giving Credit Where It's Due

Keywords: employee management; collaborative credit

01 Jun 2004
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The Ambidextrous Organization

time, they maintain tight links across units at the senior executive level. In other words, they manage organizational separation through a tightly integrated senior team. Such “ambidextrous organizations” provide a practical and proven... View Details

Keywords: ambidextrous manager; ambidextrous organization; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

08 Oct 2020
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Leader of Metro Named Canada's Outstanding CEO of the Year

Keywords: management; career choices; leadership; Retail Trade

21 Feb 2014
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Don't Panic: How to Create Healthy Urgency

Keywords: communication; mission; leadership; management

19 Nov 2014
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Build an Innovation Engine in 90 Days

Keywords: innovation strategy; change management

01 Jun 2023
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In Full Flower

At Bloom & Wild, delivering a joyful experience that fits through a letter-box door slot (Courtesy of Bloom & Wild Group) When Aron Gelbard (MBA 2009) cofounded London-based Bloom & Wild in 2013, he did so with a specific goal: to make sending (and receiving) flowers... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; florist; marketing; supply chain management; Personal Services

11 Mar 2014
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Innovation in Big Companies

Keywords: big business; innovation; leadership; manageement

01 Dec 2022
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Action Plan: To the Letter

Chacko says, is the iTunes of fonts. And as with Apple, Monotype’s decision to embrace this model is changing the way users discover, prototype, and manage fonts. Monotype is expanding globally, adding to its range of typefaces and to its... View Details

Keywords: April White; design; typography; change management; leadership; Special Design Services; Professional Services