Production Planning - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 1998
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should examine the issue of product architecture. Careful attention to modularity and intermodule coupling can dramatically lower the cost of change. Chinese Corporate Culture As China moves from a planned... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey

05 Sep 2024
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District Heating in Denmark: How Fjernvarme Fyn fuels an integrated and sustainable future

In January 2024, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led 45 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in the second year of... View Details

01 Sep 2004
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Hollywood Story

has a lot in common with film producing and screenwriting. “There is definitely something to be said for having the kind of training I had at Goldman,” says Epstein, who finished production in May on The Deal, a “global oil thriller” she... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

01 Jun 2002
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Up to the Challenge: Lori Schock - Listen and Learn

stuffing 59 party bags with HBS mementos for Admit Day festivities,” she laughs. “I really owe him!” Schock will soon get a chance to repay the favor. After graduation, she plans to work in London in the Engineered View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Brill

March 2020
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Voi Technology

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Olivia Hull

Voi Technology, a fast-growing start-up out of Sweden, is competing in the highly contested European e-scooter sharing market. With a presence in nearly 40 cities in Europe by February 2020, the firm is working hard to improve its unit economics to reach profitability.... View Details

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24 Sep 2020
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The Race for a Vaccine

$7.5 billion—but Moderna was still several years away from producing any of its products at commercial scale. For many of the companies now in the hunt for a vaccine, the choice to scrap 2020 business plans... View Details

Keywords: April White; COVID-19; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Dec 2016
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Inside the Bestseller List with Neil Pasricha

Neil Pasricha (MBA 2007) (photo via LinkedIn) Neil Pasricha (MBA 2007) (photo via LinkedIn) Neil Pasricha (MBA 2007) didn’t plan to become a writer. He was happy in his role as director of leadership development at Walmart Canada. But the... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Mike Monagle

Lingua $5,000 to test the business along lean startup principles. “We’re testing three things,” says Mike. “We’ll look at demand – who’s the target, and what should this product look like for them? Then there’s the View Details

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Field Course: Go to Market Sales Playbook Field Study - Course Catalog

company’s product. Too often, students graduate from HBS, raise capital and then investigate how to sell their company’s product or service. In this course, students are expected to experiment with different sales models and create a... View Details

01 Apr 1998
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Sparking Internet Commerce

ATTRACTING INVESTORS like moths to a flame is Firefly Network, Inc. (www.firefly.com), a privately held firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that strives to make the Internet more consumer-friendly. Firefly CEO and co-founder Nicholas Grouf explains that the company's... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Sep 2012
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A Silent Workplace Crisis

relatives over the age of 50 also hold down jobs. Nearly three-quarters of those caregivers report a negative impact on their work lives. With 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 daily, the current estimate of $17–$33 billion in annual View Details

Keywords: Janet Simpson Benvenuti; caregiving; aging; Nursing and Residential Care Facilities; Health, Social Assistance

10 Sep 2024
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Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)

like product attributes, pricing, and distribution. My vision of the future changed to product management in the wider consumer goods industry. I was attracted to product... View Details

01 Jun 2009
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Cynthia Carroll

since 2007 by Cynthia Carroll (MBA ’89), the first woman and first non–South African to hold the firm’s top spot. In addition to South Africa, from which it derives roughly half its profits, Anglo operates in some 45 countries, employing about 160,000 workers. Its... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Management; Mining

13 Dec 2018
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"I Wanted to Move from Analyzing Results to Creating Them": Cynthia Samanian, MBA 2012

Cynthia says, "I wanted to pursue a career that would be personally fulfilling. As exciting as product management was, it didn't mesh with my desire to work in the food space." When Path was acquired in 2015, she had the... View Details

28 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World

markets—a far cry from the buffer zones and spheres of influence surrounding the large twentieth-century hierarchical organizations. They typically didn't know whether their product would work, what it would really cost to make and sell... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco

01 Apr 1999
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Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong

Creating an autonomous, entrepreneurial subsidiary may often be the best solution to this dilemma. Are there implications for entrepreneurial organizations, as well? Yes, very clear implications. If your business plan is based on a... View Details

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HBS ISC Health Care Health Care Value-Based Health Care Health Care Courses Fast Facts Value-Based Health Care Value-Based Health Care Cases & Teaching Notes Key Concepts Key Stakeholders Publications Team Work With Us Presentations Key Stakeholders Key Stakeholders... View Details

01 Jun 1998
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Devtosh Khare

a business plan to solicit venture capital and helped with strategic planning for a new Web-based product launch. To further expand his knowledge of India's thriving... View Details

Keywords: Orna Feldman photograph by Webb Chappell

01 Oct 1998
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Tech Trekker

Symbolics, the supermom helped lift the firm's revenues from $1 million to $120 million. From there, Lang led a string of turnarounds and product launches with software companies. In 1993 she signed on with Lotus Development Corporation.... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

27 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Sidetracked: Why Can’t We Stick to the Plan?

had described the souk — a marketplace where you can buy products ranging from fresh food and spices to handicrafts and even gold — as a "must-see." Our plan for the afternoon was clear: Greg and I... View Details

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