design process - Publications - Faculty & Research

31 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 31, 2007

coupled search processes can dramatically obscure the true impact of design on performance, confounding empirical research. We identify research strategies for tackling this difficulty; discuss... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Oct 2019
News

Hands-on Simulations Complement the Case Method

During a hands-on simulation, first-year MBA students work in teams to design and implement a complex process to produce electronic circuit boards. During a hands-on simulation, first-year MBA students work... View Details

Keywords: Educational Innovation

01 Jun 2013
News

Collective Wisdom

open-source software have been companies like IBM, Google, Facebook, Twitter, and even Apple. Talk about the role of contests. This kind of crowdsourcing has a strong historical precedent. In the 15th century, Filippo Brunelleschi won a competition to determine who... View Details

Keywords: crowdsourcing; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

03 Feb 2017
Blog Post

The Making of an Internship

share the career criteria that drove their internship searches and how their respective organizations aligned with their passions. An effective onboarding process can have many benefits for both employers and their new hires, including... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Diversity on Boards - Race, Gender & Equity

Diversity Network as Members. Disseminating Insights Join the Board Diversity Network Women on Boards HBS Executive Education Designed specifically for top women executives, this program provides insight into navigating the board... View Details

01 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Hiring a Career Switcher: The Value of the MS/MBA

In the fall of 2019, Kaelyn Griffin and Adam Palay entered HBS as two of 30 students in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program, a joint degree offered with the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering & Applied Sciences. View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Dec 2008
News

The CEO and the Functions of Leadership

standards can be treated as part of setting direction. Coordination: Organizational structure defines how individuals in the organization are grouped into units, and how these units coordinate with each other. Processes such as the... View Details

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How One Center of Innovation Lost its Spark

another. Tire executives apparently assumed that the bias tire would continue as the dominant design, and this assumption was enacted through their company's well-honed new product development process which had produced a steady flow of... View Details

Keywords: by Donald Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

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Benjamin Story

stakeholders," says Ben. "But at the same time, we were creating a design tool for review sessions. In the past, the fine-tuning would come after construction, which made changes very expensive. With virtual reality, however,... View Details

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Colt Stander

business problem better through things like marketing, finance, and operations. At the same time, I saw my design principles would have a greater influence in the larger business channel, impacting more people for the greater good. The... View Details

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2+2 Program | MBA

2+2 Program A deferred admission process for current students, either in college or full-time master’s degree programs. Play Video duration: 0:52 1,564 Total 2+2 applicants in 2024 103 Committed 2+2 students 61 Undergraduate institutions... View Details

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Peek into Business | MBA

into Business is open to all current domestic and international undergraduate students from all academic majors. This series is designed to introduce students to the broad scope of business. It does not cover the structure or application... View Details

2012
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Structuring Consulting Firms

By: Tim Morris, Heidi K. Gardner and N. Anand

This chapter presents a model of the way in which consulting and other professional-service firms organize themselves and grow. We will argue that the fundamental structural-design challenge for consulting firms, like other professional firms, is to adapt appropriately... View Details

Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Management Practices and Processes; Demand and Consumers; Service Operations; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Projects; Groups and Teams; Consulting Industry; Service Industry

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December 1998
Background Note

Cash Management Practices in Small Companies

By: H. Kent Bowen, Andrew R. Jassy, Laurence E. Katz, Kevin E. Kelly and Baltej Kochar

Most small business managers claim that cash management is their leading concern. Often walking a tightrope between growth and illiquidity, small business managers face different cash management challenges than their counterparts in larger companies. Compared to larger... View Details

Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Working Capital; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Design; Cash; Forecasting and Prediction; Policy; Business Strategy

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Purchase

12 Jun 2006
Research & Ideas

The Promise of Channel Stewardship

Most company distribution systems are designed ad-hoc when needed, and serve neither value chain partners nor end users well—just look at the frustrating new-car buying process set up by American auto... View Details

Keywords: by V. Kasturi Rangan & Marie Bell; Consumer Products

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Inessa Lurye

MBA/MPP degree at HBS and Harvard Kennedy School, Inessa helped expand the reach of the HBS Design Club, and fulfilled a field project at Harvard Art Museums that developed art workshops designed around... View Details

22 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 22

that entrepreneurship is believed to play in the process of economic growth, alleviating financing constraints for would-be entrepreneurs is also an important goal for policymakers worldwide. We review two major streams of research... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Aug 2020
News

A Clean Start

for the chemical formula of carbon dioxide) with his father and fellow green chemical engineer, Terry Brix, and began to design a processing device that works a lot like a fuel cell, but in reverse. When a... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

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Admissions | MBA

Future leaders start here. View Brochure Join Our List Who Are We Looking For? Class Profile Joint Degree Programs Application Process Application Portal 2+2 Deferred Admission Applicants International Applicants Next Application Deadline... View Details

22 Dec 2015
First Look

December 22, 2015

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/815129-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 615-022 IDEO: Human-Centered Service Design This case describes the human-centered innovation culture and service design... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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