Operating Systems - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

Business School Case 217-001 Baskits Inc. Soon after Robin Kovitz (MBA 2007) acquired Baskits Inc., the largest gift basket company in Canada, she became convinced that the business needed to make significant operational improvements. In... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

24 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’

recorded information including the asking price of the rental, the characteristics of the apartment or room, and the average rating each host had received. (The site's structured rating system lets guests rate the hosts and properties on... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Advertising

16 Feb 2011
News

Healthy Growth

Ayers After gaining experience in strategy consulting, M&As, systems engineering, and running a multibillion-dollar refrigeration company, Jonathan Ayers (MBA ‘83) has come full circle to a job that relates to his Yale undergraduate major... View Details

Keywords: veterinary medicine; Health, Social Assistance

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Engineering Meets Advocacy: Driving Innovation in Women’s Health - Blog: Health Supplement

the stakeholders are many, and the systems are deeply interdependent. Health care operates at the intersection of science, policy, patient experience, and regulation. My STEM training has taught me to pause... View Details

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RCP Terms of Service - Research Computing Services

contact informationsecurity@hbs.edu . This information can also be found in relevant Data Safety & Security (DAT) records. You will only access the RCP through authorized interfaces. An authorized interface is defined as a workstation or laptop that: Is current with... View Details

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Build Winning Streaks

Mike Babcock, as head coach? Or was it sub-coaches and player-leaders who made the judgment calls at critical moments? The answer, of course, is all of the above. Even at the top, leaders often come in pairs, trios, and quartets, View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

May 1994
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Managing Market Complexity: A Three-Ring Circus

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

Proposes models of organization that address the various product-market environments posed by the product life cycle. Frames these changes along the two dimensions of uncertainty and diversity. Offers three sets of organizational characteristics to reflect the three... View Details

Keywords: Business Processes; Growth and Development Strategy; Complexity; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Product Marketing; Markets; Product

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14 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 14

are the emerging clusters of multinational production the rule or the exception? What drives the offshore agglomeration of multinational firms in comparison to the agglomeration of domestic firms? Using a unique worldwide plant-level dataset that reports detailed... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2017
News

Pencils Up: Taking Note of New Courses

students will work on-site with a nonprofit or government client in Boston, New York, or Washington, DC, to analyze a problem and develop recommendations based on behavioral decision research and economics—the idea that we can build behavioral “nudges” into the View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Mar 2009
News

Alumni Books

Catch Up and Win by Steven J. Spear (DBA ’99) (McGraw-Hill) Spear finds that the internal operations of such market leaders as Toyota, Alcoa, and top-tier teaching hospitals have one thing in common: the skillful management of complex... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

23 Oct 2019
News

Exploring Big Issues at the Intersection of Business and Society

Curriculum. To address this need, the School piloted a new daylong program, Viewpoints, this past spring. “Our goal was to help students understand how they need to think about the broader social context in which firms operate and how the... View Details

Keywords: Educational Innovation

18 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 18

System Architecture By: Baldwin, Carliss Y., Alan MacCormack, and John Rusnak Abstract—In this paper, we describe an operational methodology for characterizing the architecture of complex technical View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 May 2020
Op-Ed

Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness

percent blamed the US immigration system for causing project delays. And over two-thirds reported that their companies’ operations would be harmed if denied access to foreign skilled workers. Because... View Details

Keywords: by William R. Kerr

01 Feb 2000
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Better Mousetraps: At Product Design Fair, Student Ideas Get Real

dot-coms, to security windows, to a PC for children, to a gadget that makes the knot in neckties. Nine corporations, including General Motors, Veridicom, Anderson Windows, FitSense Technology, and Lynx System Developers, sponsored student... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

10 Apr 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: SELCO - Decentralized Renewable Energy to Develop While Decarbonizing

SELCO’s Approach SELCO is a social enterprise that operates with a mission to make energy access equitable and transformative through microgrids. The organization’s approach revolves around three core principles: decentralization,... View Details

21 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Renewable Energy - CleanMax

capacity of 240 kW. At the site, we were met by the CleanMax asset manager tasked with managing the operations of this solar site. We followed him up three flights of stairs to the roof of the factory where the solar panels were situated... View Details

February 1990 (Revised April 1991)
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Quick Response in the Apparel Industry

By: Janice H. Hammond

It has been estimated that the U.S. apparel industry wastes over $25 billion annually due to inefficient practices, long lead times, and insufficient coordination between channel partners. In response to intense competition from off-shore producers, the industry has... View Details

Keywords: Information; Distribution Channels; Performance Efficiency; Partners and Partnerships; Adaptation; Business Strategy; System; Technology; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States

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Launch Lab/Capstone 2 - Course Catalog

with respect to three areas of knowledge: Design Knowledge: The use of human-centered design methods to understand users, identify solutions to their needs, and gather feedback via rapid, iterative prototyping. Technical Knowledge: The use of rigorous View Details

01 Jun 2015
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Screen Grab

engagement, then you have something that brings the consumer back on a weekly or even daily basis,” says Delph, citing Red Bull and GoPro as two examples of brands that have created direct relationships with consumers. Red Bull, for example, View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2008
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NYC Club Hosts Nonprofits

necessary but no longer sufficient. Nonprofits need to show that they are making systemic changes.” For their part, some participants expressed concern that the push for business-like practices, while necessary, put too much emphasis on... View Details

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