Optimization - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Oct 2006
What Do You Think?

How Do We Respond to the “Dependency Ratio” Dilemma?

recognize that there is an optimal dependency ratio range beyond which increasingly urgent action is needed to stabilize social costs and attract investment." Several interesting actions were suggested. Many involved the way in which... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

exports provide positive externalities and thus should be encouraged by government, the policy question is how to do so most effectively. One large body of thinking is devoted to identifying general barriers to exports that reduce trade below its socially View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

03 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Transforming Manufacturing Waste into Profit

It's been said that "one man's trash is another man's treasure." HBS Assistant Professor Deishin Lee, however, has taken that old adage a step further in her recent working paper Turning Waste into By-Product by showing how it's possible for companies to turn... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing

18 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Learning in Action

layout that would optimize product flow and plant capacity — critical to reducing process time — and made extensive use of simulations to generate insights. They created Cardboard City, a three dimensional model of a manufacturing cell... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin

16 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 16

investors and entrepreneurs need, optimize both technological sophistication and financial sophistication-approaches designed to attract capital by offering different levels of risk and return, different cash-flow priorities, and... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

01 Dec 2022
News

Singing to the Corn

growing things could play in educating others about indigenous cultures. Now he talks about the intelligence of corn—how it changes color to optimize filtration of ultraviolet light: Soon, he explains, the corn leaves will be tinted a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Vance Jacobs; Agriculture

13 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

Don't Turn Your Marketing Function Over to AI Just Yet

departments within the firm could query it for answers to questions ranging from optimal pricing to product design. What prevents this from materializing? After all, machine learning is delivering self-driving cars and beating human... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

01 Jun 2022
News

A Sustainable Solution for Fashion

to make inventory predictions and optimize the buying, sourcing, and distribution of inventory among the omni-channel network. “Syrup gives you the recommendations, and then you as the merchandiser are the decision maker,” Theuerkauf... View Details

Keywords: April White

13 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding

director Frank Capra's underdog tales lightened Depression-era despair with irrepressible optimism and laughter. Capra's "fantasies of goodwill" packaged hope for the hopeless. The Cinderella Man, James J. Braddock, was an... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

04 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping

massive, highly optimized industry that we see today. In the museum, we were fascinated by how ships have kept growing in size, with a model of the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller, which was the biggest ship in the world when it was built, able... View Details

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

addressed by optimized global actions. Business leaders, even those running small businesses, typically have a global mindset and can comprehend the global nature of the problem and solution. Specifically, business leaders can play the... View Details

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HBS - The year in Review

students. Following extensive experimentation, HBS launched the academic year with new hybrid classrooms that could seat up to 25 students in person and the rest remote, optimizing the experience for both groups through the addition of... View Details

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

and environments for optimal use and performance. The program was developed by leading Harvard Business School faculty and is delivered in an active learning environment based on the HBS signature case-based learning model. What is the... View Details

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Electricity - Business & Environment

clean, resilient, and consumer-centric through the application of data science and behavioral economics, optimizing the system assets and operations across the electric meter.” Tanuj Deora HBS MBA 2006 Vice President, Market Development... View Details

28 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: RMZ EcoWorld

we had the opportunity to see many of the innovative ways that EcoWorld leverages nature to optimize energy efficiency. Massive sliding doors that integrate indoor and outdoor spaces and leverage natural cooling were prevalent throughout... View Details

18 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive

commute: Modeling ideal commute time and relative desired commute amount” by Lothlorien S. Redmond and Patricia L. Mokhtarian. Yet, although people say they dislike commuting, when asked about the “ideal” commute length, workers don’t say “zero.” One study finds the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Ignacio Lartirigoyen

learning by intuition, trial and error. I wanted more formal training to take my skills to the next level." Seeking transformational experiences For Ignacio, HBS was the optimal place for him to "get immersed in a different... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

20 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?

that optimism will eclipse concerns about slow progress and instead lead to the intersection of popular culture and commercial space flights. “Every astronaut who's been in space describes how, in essence, their whole view of what it... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Wallask; Aerospace; Tourism; Transportation

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The overarching goal of my research is to produce works that are influential and informative to both academics and practitioners in the field of operations management. To accomplish this, I collaborate with industry partners who provide knowledge about their field,... View Details

05 Mar 2019
Blog Post

Part 2: Military Transition and the JD/MBA - The Path to Your Goals

an endless number of classes and opportunities, and it is easy to get consumed into many classes and activities that require the most valuable resource you have: time. Knowing what you want out of the experience allows you to optimize... View Details

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