Toyota Production System - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Sep 2015
First Look

September 29, 2015

innovations from industry outsiders who saw economic opportunities where others didn’t—and how these mainstream firms had no choice but to innovate themselves. New models were tried: some succeeded, some failed. Commercial markets turned innovations into valuable View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2011
News

At Your Service

system has been designed to favor speed of diagnosis over choice of physician. You will still get high-quality health care, but within a system designed around the concept that tradeoffs exist. When health... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; customer service; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

01 Dec 2018
News

Adapting to Meet Changing Needs

program participated in an intensive summer seminar on systems engineering before beginning their first-year studies in the MBA Program. HBX Course Development Stretches and Energizes Faculty In developing new Leadership courses for the... View Details

01 Dec 2013
News

To Market, to Market

and other tasks necessary to determine the best route for product commercialization. "By increasing the collaborative efforts between HBS and Harvard's scientific community, we will empower the next generation of life science... View Details

Keywords: Scientific Research and Development Services

17 Nov 2009
First Look

First Look: Nov. 17

Platform Competition, Compatibility, and Social Efficiency (revised) Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Francisco Ruiz-Aliseda Abstract Katz and Shapiro (1985) study systems compatibility in settings with one-sided platforms and direct... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore

money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half.' " For the past several decades Silk has devoted himself to prying open the black box, understanding the economics underlying the work advertising agencies do: the development and View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising

29 Feb 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: JSW Steel and Cement and the Quest to Capture Carbon in Hard to Abate Sectors

the whole production process, some technologies emerge as the main avenues for tackling this problem, such as green hydrogen, top gas recovery, scrap based EAF and Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS). Carbon Capture,... View Details

01 Jun 2022
News

Ink: Start Small, Rise Above

by so many financial and regulatory systems that can be invisible or unexpected. If we can inspire more small businesses to stand up, identify the obstacles ahead of them, and work together to change them, then I think we could experience... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

Profile

Inessa Lurye

homelessness by fifteen percent; in two years, we housed 1,000 individuals and 250 families.” Creative approaches to intractable challenges At Harvard, Inessa is pursuing the joint MBA/MPP because she wants to “learn how to lead more effectively in complicated View Details

27 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

How Following Best Business Practices Can Improve Health Care

health care landscape through a lens of disruptive innovation. How Electronic Patient Records Can Slow Doctor Productivity Instead of making health care delivery more efficient, electronic health records may be doing just the opposite.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

30 Aug 2006
Op-Ed

The Compensation Game

Confronting greater media scrutiny and an ever-increasing number of shareholder resolutions focusing on executive pay, Corporate America continues to support current pay practices as a product of "the market." Not too long ago,... View Details

Keywords: by Lucian Bebchuk & Rakesh Khurana

10 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing

that the teleradiology industry views its product as a commodity—that is, two qualified radiologists are expected to read the same image in the same way. That situation provided the research team an opportunity to test three questions... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry; Health

01 Mar 2023
News

March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Invisible Trillions: How Financial Secrecy Is Imperiling Capitalism and Democracy—and the Way to Renew Our Broken System By Raymond W. Baker (MBA 1960) Berrett-Koehler Publishers Over the last half... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

10 Aug 2022
News

Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age

science and health services from Harvard’s School of Public Health, even she couldn’t successfully navigate the health care system for her mom. It set her on a path of discovery that led to not only a better understanding of the... View Details

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Design: At, Into, & Beyond - Race, Gender & Equity

occurs when an algorithm produces results that are systemically prejudiced due to erroneous assumptions in the machine learning process. ( + ) Code Switch The ability and propensity to adapt across shifting sociocultural contexts. Data... View Details

27 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Recruiting International Students is Easy and Beneficial for Employers

home and support system to move to a new country, on your own, to take on the challenge of a rigorous education. International students have proven themselves capable of thriving in strenuous new settings, and any employer should be eager... View Details

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Medium of Artistic Expression - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

from those present." 81 Edwin Land remained dedicated to the science and the art of creating a transformative photographic process that would capture the imagination of amateurs and earn the recognition of professionals. "The criticism leveled at the Land View Details

08 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Negotiate “Yes” Across Cultural Boundaries

with no place to hide." ... dispute resolution can look very different in different cultures.—James K. Sebenius U.S. companies like Stone—and others from cultures with strong legal systems—frequently underestimate the power of informal influences because they... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

17 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Business of Babies

We prefer to think of babies as cuddly bundles of joy, but they are also products at the center of a multibillion-dollar market in adoptions and scientific conception, a market that few people acknowledge and that functions like no other.... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

01 Sep 2018
News

Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods

chains, eliminating much of the distance products are shipped today. There will be great opportunities, especially in niches like cross-border shipping, for those who can use 3D printing to avoid regulatory constraints. What is less clear... View Details