Producing Managers - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

What Your Competition is Telling You

in general apparel, but we may be able to identify a couple of categories—high-quality jewelry and high-end kids' apparel—that we can lock up," says Anthony W. Deering, chairman of the board and CEO of The Rouse Company, of Columbia, Md., a leading U.S. developer... View Details

Keywords: by David Stauffer

20 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

we still have strengths. For example, we used to have amazingly efficient logistics. Because we've been so committed to open competition, we tended to have efficient producers and distributors throughout the economy. A lot of other... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin

10 Nov 2015
First Look

November 10, 2015

Online Advertising By: Kireyev, Pavel, Koen Pauwels, and Sunil Gupta Abstract—As firms increasingly rely on online media to acquire consumers, marketing managers feel comfortable justifying higher online marketing spending by referring to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-101.pdf Does Public Ownership of Equity Improve Earnings Quality? Authors:Dan Givoly, Carla Hayn, and Sharon P. Katz Abstract We compare the quality of accounting numbers produced by two types of public... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 15, 2008

Jorge Redmond, CEO of Chocolates El Rey, called a meeting with senior management to discuss the company's growth strategy. A relatively small firm with sales of around $14 million, El Rey produced top... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Nov 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

suited for a young, entrepreneurial organization. Start-up joiners need to do three things well: manage uncertainty, push the limits, and think like an owner. He then outlines four steps for choosing the right company: Pick a domain (find... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

23 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

Product Disasters Can Be Fertile Ground for Innovation

In a forthcoming paper in Management Science, Risk-Mitigating Technologies: The Case of Radiation Diagnostic Devices, based on the CT scan case, Luo and Galasso discover that the accidents, while tragic, ultimately increased innovation... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

26 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

When Other Companies Compete Like Crazy, Dare to Be Different

PowerBar. The original Walkman. Coke and Pepsi. As the category evolves, however, the number of product alternatives within the category tends to grow exponentially. Today, PowerBar alone produces more than 40 different varieties of its... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

17 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #14: Bonita Stewart (MBA 1983) – A Career Devoted to Creating the Future

author as well as corporate director. “While my HBS classmates veered toward management consulting and Wall Street, I took the technology road less traveled. I’ve always followed my favorite quote from View Details

24 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

Can Obamacare Be Saved?

single-payer system. Few national politicians are working to uncover why the public exchanges aren’t working for either insurers or consumers. While it’s difficult, the question everyone should be working to answer is: How can the system View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch and Emily Boudreau; Insurance; Health

24 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility

ESG—factors), both because of its importance to socially conscious investors and as an indicator of long-term corporate health. Firms such as Morgan Stanley Capital International crunch hundreds of factors from carbon emissions to the percent of women on corporate... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

19 Jun 2018
News

Pittsburgh Alumni Annual Meeting Features PPG’s McGarry

the social ROI of their services. “We’re helping one of our new clients to quantify the benefit it produces for its stakeholders, which will help in both management and marketing,” Chussil says, noting that... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

17 Jun 2021
News

Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity

Professor of Management Practice. Another 20 leading investors and entrepreneurs spoke on panels and in private break-out sessions to round out the conference, which was timed in three-hour blocks over the two days to accommodate... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

British Parliament replaced common land with private property--a process that prompted better management and made Great Britain the leader in the Industrial Revolution. I then began to think about the relationship over time between new... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

16 Jul 2014
HBS Case

Marketing Obamacare

couldn't still succeed, says John Quelch, the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and a professor of health policy and management at Harvard School of Public Health. The sheer scope of the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

03 Feb 2021
Blog Post

Faculty Spotlight: Professor Jurgen Weiss

every general manager understands the role of energy in the world. Part of the course will explore how energy enables our prosperity, enables our economic activity. But I want to spend the bulk of the time thinking about what kinds of... View Details

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

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Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity

Complex Number Calculator is demonstrated by George Stiblitz 1941 A. Philip Randolph threatens march on Washington to protest racial discrimination in defense jobs 1942 Enrico Fermi's University of Chicago team produces the first... View Details

01 Dec 2009
News

Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award

research. I’m interested in very focused and very early investing. What’s the next big thing in that area? Stem cell initiatives are going to produce interesting therapeutics. Good diagnostic and early detection, particularly of cancer,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; awards; fishing; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; General Merchandise Stores; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2006
News

A Capital Asset

five-year stint managing the multibillion dollar United Mine Workers of America Health and Retirement Funds, Cohen was tapped by National Trust for Historic Preservation head Michael Ainslie (MBA ’68) to be the nonprofit’s senior... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

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