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Services, and Curriculum Services) Business Operations Executive Office Information Management Services ( Analytics, Taxonomy, Search, Data Management) Information Products Team (Working Knowledge, eBaker, Baker Library|Bloomberg Center... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
how artists work will have an advantage over those who don’t.” Artful Making is the product of an unlikely intellectual collaboration. Austin, a former technology implementation manager at Ford, is an assistant professor at HBS who teaches Technology and View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Rent Out Your Ride
fleet. A users’ rating system encourages owners to keep cars clean and running well. To date, the service is available only in Boston and Cambridge. Said one owner, who makes about $200 a month from renting his vehicle after RelayRides... View Details
- 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
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Delivered by fast service cars - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
The Message The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 next Delivered by fast service cars ca. 1933 Kraft-Phenix Cheese Corporation Photographer unknown “Auto-truck” distributors of Kraft... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Clean water that provides a trickle-down effect
improving the city's wastewater service. In 1997, the Philippine government enlisted Ayala Corporation to assume control of the water and sewer systems of Manila's east zone, where more than 60 percent of the water was either lost or... View Details
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Challenge of the Multi-site Nonprofit
constructive co-existence of unit autonomy and organizational affiliation, organizations must have in place a clear process for making decisions as to who will perform the functions necessary for the system, and a process that commits View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 24 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Finance in Africa: Health, Self-Interest, Avoided Future Cost
African people, businesses, cities, and nations are increasingly stressed by climate related perils like drought, river flooding, extreme heat, and sea level rise. This is already leading not just to destruction of assets but also challenges to lives and livelihoods –... 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
- November 1992 (Revised January 2002)
- Case
Process Control at Polaroid (A)
By: H. Kent Bowen and Steven C. Wheelwright
Describes the initial efforts at a film production plant to shift from a traditional QC inspection mentality to a worker-based process control mentality. Students can prepare SPC charts, propose actions needed, and combine steps into an overall action plan. View Details
Keywords: Management Systems; Operations; Quality; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Business Processes; Change Management; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry
Bowen, H. Kent, and Steven C. Wheelwright. "Process Control at Polaroid (A)." Harvard Business School Case 693-047, November 1992. (Revised January 2002.)
- February 1990 (Revised March 1990)
- Case
Quantum Semiconductor, Inc.
By: Janice H. Hammond and Roy D. Shapiro
Quantum is faced with a difficult ethical dilemma--industry studies provide evidence that chemicals used in semiconductor manufacturing may cause women working in fabrication cleanrooms to suffer a higher likelihood of spontaneous abortions. The possibility of other... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Prejudice and Bias; Law; Equality and Inequality; Cost; Production; Ethics; Health; Gender; Semiconductor Industry
Hammond, Janice H., and Roy D. Shapiro. "Quantum Semiconductor, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 690-059, February 1990. (Revised March 1990.)
- 30 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Computer Security is For Managers, Too
guys can get in. What you really need to know is, How easy was it? Which systems or programs were compromised or exposed? The answers to those questions depend on how good your operational plans are and how... View Details
- June 2010
- Teaching Note
Sheikh Mohammed and the Making of "Dubai, Inc." (TN)
By: Anthony Mayo and Johnathan Cromwell
Teaching Note for 410063. View Details
Raymond J. Noorda
Upon his arrival at Novell, Noorda realized that the future of computer networking lay in the software and not the hardware. Novell’s product, Netware, dominated the network operating system market in the... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
necessary capital to launch and expand the business, with the first (raised during the Internet’s heyday) coming much more easily than the second. “When we launched the product, we were operating at a negative gross profit margin,”... View Details
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
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
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Faculty Books
True North Groups: A Powerful Path to Personal and Leadership Development by Bill George and Doug Baker (Berrett-Koehler Publishers) Incorporating recent research in psychology and sociology, George and his coauthor explain why a True North Group—a small group of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
mortgages are now held by institutions with little connection to local communities? It obscured the risk that is inherent in lending and in owning. We have developed such a sophisticated housing-finance system that we were able to layer... View Details
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Using Personal Devices for HBS Business | Information Technology
requirements beyond what is listed here , including tools which are approved or required. Please consult with your manager. Suggested Resources for Encryption Leveraging tools built into your operating View Details