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  • January 2014
  • Article

Pareto Efficiency in Robust Optimization

By: Dan Iancu and Nikolaos Trichakis
This paper formalizes and adapts the well-known concept of Pareto efficiency in the context of the popular robust optimization (RO) methodology for linear optimization problems. We argue that the classical RO paradigm need not produce solutions that possess the... View Details
Keywords: Robust Optimization; Pareto Optimality; Resource Allocation; Game Theory
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  • May 2024
  • Case

Naked Wines: The Profit vs. Growth Decision

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Edward A. Meyer
Nick Devlin faced a difficult strategic decision in October 2022. As the CEO of a UK-based subscription business connecting wine drinkers in the US, UK, and Australia with winemakers from around the world (which one journalist called the “Netflix of Wine”), he had to... View Details
Keywords: Profit Vs. Growth; Platform Business; Economies Of Scale; Subscription Business; Wine; Scaling; Racing; Value Creation; Network Effects; Business Startups; Small Business; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Growth Management; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Expansion; Profit; E-commerce; Growth and Development Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; Australia; United Kingdom
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  • January 2013 (Revised August 2013)
  • Case

First Solar: CFRA's Accounting Quality Concerns

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Ian McKown Cornell
The case relates to accounting quality analysis conducted by the leading research firm Center for Financial Research and Analysis (CFRA) on companies in the solar industry with a focus on First Solar Inc. In 2009, CFRA was concerned that First Solar, like much of the... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Accounting Quality; Financial Accounting; Financial Statement Analysis; Accounting Fraud; Accounting Red Flags; Accounting Scandal; Risk and Uncertainty; Quality; Earnings Management; Valuation; Crime and Corruption; Financial Statements; Energy Sources; Green Technology Industry; Accounting Industry; Energy Industry
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  • 26 Apr 2024
  • HBS Case

Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory

subordinates feels micromanaged, which is bizarre.” It’s a leadership approach focused on self-discipline and personal accountability, one that might be considered refreshing in a business world often bogged down by managers who... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports
  • 09 May 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Clayton Christensen’s “How Will You Measure Your Life?”

The Trap Of Marginal Thinking In the late 1990s, Blockbuster dominated the movie rental industry in the United States. It had stores all over the country, a significant size advantage, and what appeared to be a stranglehold on the market. Blockbuster had made huge... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

The Exchange: Help Wanted

Image by John Ritter The path to a job in the C-suite isn’t what it used to be. For many years, companies could lean on financial expertise and industry connections when recruiting candidates, but HBS professors Raffaella Sadun and Joseph Fuller say that so much has... View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • 18 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: December 18

on Patient Length of Stay Authors:Berry Jaeker, Jillian, and Anita L. Tucker Abstract High workload, from high inventory levels, impacts unit processing times, but prior operations management studies have... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 06 Dec 2016
  • First Look

December 6, 2016

other clinical personnel talk more with patients and each other can be the least expensive and most effective approach for producing better outcomes at lower total costs. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51939 forthcoming View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

The Imposter Among Us

with CEOs of large, well-known companies around the table. However, I have built confidence that I bring a unique perspective. I try to keep an inventory of all the wins I have, instead of things I missed, skills I lack, or perspectives I... View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training
  • 30 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Computer Security is For Managers, Too

digital assets are (they're not always obvious). A team of senior managers from across the company should take an inventory of data and systems, assess how valuable each is to the company, and decide how... View Details
Keywords: by Robert D. Austin & Christopher A.R. Darby
  • 14 May 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Amazon vs. Whole Foods: When Cultures Collide

bad guy" Harvard Business School professors Dennis Campbell and Tatiana Sandino took notice, suspecting a clash of corporate cultures was at work. Their forthcoming case study discusses the limits of trying to force one culture or View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage
  • 12 Dec 2023
  • Research & Ideas

COVID Tested Global Supply Chains. Here’s How They’ve Adapted

You Might Also Like: Have We Seen the Peak of Just-in-Time Inventory Management? Fed Up Workers and Supply Woes: What's Next for Dollar Stores? COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains Feedback or ideas to share?... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
  • 10 Feb 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Why Are Prices So High Right Now—and Will They Ever Return to Normal?

After a year and a half, most inventory hit by temporary stockouts returned to pre-pandemic levels and inflation waned, “suggesting a gradual return to normalcy,” the researchers write. Yet in some areas, shortages turned into permanent... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 16 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 16, 2016

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51488 June 2016 American Journal of Managed Care When Doctors Go to Business School: Career Choices of Physician-MBAs By: Ljuboja, Damir, Brian W. Powers, Benjamin Robbins,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Feb 2009
  • What Do You Think?

Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?

excellence does (not always) breed excellence because some of the best leaders may still not be the best selectors." Dick Meza suggested that "The issue here may be the degree to which senior management cares about... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 30 Sep 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Your Crisis Response Plan: The Ten Effective Elements

location that can be rapidly converted to be used by the crisis response team. Requirements include the ability to rapidly connect many lines of communication, to have access to external media (TV coverage), to provide access to crisis View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins
  • 29 Nov 2022
  • Research & Ideas

How Much More Would Holiday Shoppers Pay to Wear Something Rare?

of the case is to bring our research insights into the classroom,” Farronato says. “We want managers to know firsthand the many ways in which this kind of data can help luxury brands improve inventory and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail
  • 03 Apr 2006
  • What Do You Think?

Has Globalization Reached Its Peak?

other disasters in one part of the world. Operating a lean organization in a global economy, the argument goes, results in more use of just-in-time inventory management and premium transportation for... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • Web

Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

principles and recognize the impact of judgment and bias on financial statements and accounting practices. Highlights Deferrals Inventory Mahindra: Loan Process Show Hide Details Concepts Accruals and Deferrals View Details
  • Web

HBS - Key Metrics

located outside the US. Staff Leadership is defined as all department heads and managers in the 60–64 paygrades. GHG Emissions is calculated using the location-based reporting methodology and Harvard University follows The Climate... View Details