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- 11 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Riding the Internet Fast Track
genuine concern, as is the efficiency of using established distribution systems designed for inter-store delivery to also package and ship thousands of small orders to... View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Building Competitive Advantage Through Operations
in order to proceed with business as usual; today, firms with superior and novel operations can generate huge competitive advantage because of them. Second, where operations was once viewed primarily as a manufacturing function, View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 07 Jan 2015
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?
system promoted a high level of collaboration—"(It was) brilliant!" P. A. Chacko said that "pay bands and the roles/designation levels which are mapped to each may start facilitating... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Secrets to a Successful Social Media Strategy
us look at profiles of others, without actually letting these people know that their content was viewed." With a better understanding of why we love social media platforms so much, Piskorski wanted to learn how companies that sell products View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 02 Sep 2002
- What Do You Think?
What Can Business Schools Do to Avoid Bad Apples?
person's commitment to service outside of their profession ... as good an indication as any of a person's commitment to more than just achieving status and making money" (Tammy Doty); 3) encouraging a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Jan 2001
- What Do You Think?
Have We Extended the Boundaries of the Firm Too Far?
costs for those wishing to engage in partnering. Thus, Cisco relies on contract manufacturers for most of the final assembly of its products and nearly all of its basic production, employing the Internet in managing relationships View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Are Company Founders Underpaid?
Both of these factors change as the venture grows. As more people are hired and the founder begins sharing control with non-founders, and as the venture develops and formalizes... View Details
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part Two]
age: dot-coms, dot-com enablers, and wanna-dots. That's kind of a joke, because many of the pure dot-coms are dead. The dot-com enablers, which are the technology and service... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
process analysis—a concept we taught in Production and Operations Management—in a setting that didn't involve steel mills, printed circuit boards, or sorting cranberries. Students got to see the design of a... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 29 Apr 2020
- Book
The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages
Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Apr 2013
- Research Event
Conference Challenges Gender Conventions
Robert Livingston (Northwestern), and Peter Glick (Lawrence University) spoke on the subject "Backlash and the Double Bind." One anecdote from Cuddy's presentation on the ways race View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster
was U.S.-owned, it had a history of stable lifetime employment and a union that enjoyed close relations with management. However, when the plant's first U.S. manager instigated downsizing to enhance... View Details