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  • 17 Jan 2019
  • Blog Post

MBA Curriculum Spotlight: Short Intensive Programs (SIPs)

variables like the economies of scale and scope that it can generate and the drivers of learning and innovation. Despite the explosion of media coverage of the latest AI technologies, however, the... View Details
  • 28 Jan 2020
  • Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

essential skill to master for creating an edge in the innovation economy is the ability to tell stories, to motivate others to join you on an unknown journey. What are the key ideas behind learning to be a storyteller? Kanter: Effective... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Rafaella Sadun | About

, the Executive Time Use Study , and the first large scale management survey in hospitals, MOPS-H , conducted in partnership with the US Census Bureau. Her work has helped uncover the extent to which the diffusion of “basic” management... View Details
  • Web

Research - Race, Gender & Equity

Salikova considered scaling opportunities for the foundation, which provided educational opportunities for children from rural regions of Kazakhstan. Established by Kazakhstani businessman and philanthropist Aidyn Rakhimbayev, IQanat...... View Details
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Modern Capitalism: Mergers and Syndicates - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

industrial output surpassing that of France, Germany, and Great Britain. The railroads not only set in motion the combined forces of mass production, distribution, and communication under which the American economy grew by leaps and... View Details
  • 17 Aug 2021
  • Op-Ed

Dispensing Justice: The Case for Legalizing Cannabis Nationally

in states like Massachusetts to be unduly expensive and prevents growers in states like California from achieving economies of scale because of limited market size. Small, fragmented markets also limit... View Details
Keywords: by Ashish Nanda and Tabatha Robinson
  • 12 Nov 2021
  • News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

company that does business in more than 200 countries and uses more than 25 crops sourced from over 7 million acres in 60 different countries, PepsiCo has an opportunity and a responsibility to use our size and scale to help build a food... View Details
  • Web

Global Business Course | HBS Online

and business on a global scale and prepare for the political, social, and economic factors driving change. 4 weeks 6-8 hours per week 4 modules Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a Certificate of Completion from HBS... View Details
  • 04 Feb 2022
  • Book

Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries

Although many view socialism through the rigid lens of Soviet orthodoxy, it has always been a work in progress and an evolving and adaptable ideology on a global scale, says Harvard Business School Marvin Bower Associate Professor Jeremy Friedman. In his new book, Ripe... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 09 Jan 2006
  • Research & Ideas

When Benchmarks Don’t Work

for very long. After all, an outsourcer of these services enjoys economies of scale that virtually no internal support unit can hope to match. An outsourcer can shift operations to the lowest-cost regions of... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan; Service
  • 01 Mar 2021
  • What Do You Think?

What Does Remote Work Mean for Middle Managers?

defensive for years. Organizations have been delayering—eliminating middle management jobs—to try to be more agile, with faster decision making and execution. Downsizing in the name of economies of scale has... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 02 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters

acquisitions and geographic roll-ups consolidate businesses, they can be difficult to tell apart except on a case-by-case basis. However, they vary in some fundamental ways. For one thing, their strategic rationales differ. Roll-ups are designed to achieve View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower
  • 26 Nov 2001
  • Research & Ideas

How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers

small part of the larger whole. To a certain extent, this is because of the advantages of specialization that Adam Smith identified in pin manufacturing as long ago as 1776 in The Wealth of Nations. However, it goes beyond the economies... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto
  • 22 Feb 2022
  • News

Breaking News

offers a test case that the National Trust will learn from and scale up in other communities across the country. Here, Hansen Shapiro talks with the Bulletin about making local news sustainable, the interplay between investment and impact... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dana Smith; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
  • 01 Dec 2022
  • News

Full Court Press

didn’t exist before.” Growing basketball on the continent entails addressing the logistics and marketing challenges inherent in trying to scale any operation across 54 countries. It also poses a deep cultural challenge—the kind where the... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
  • 07 Feb 2019
  • Book

How Big Companies Can Outrun Disruption

us the background and how you think about innovation? Gary Pisano: Probably the greatest economist of the 20th century was Joseph Schumpeter. He was really the godfather of the economics of innovation. He described a process he termed “creative destruction,” whereby... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • Web

Charts & Statistics - Leadership

Influence: Medium-Low 80 1980 s 19 Software industry booms PC use expands in scale and scope CAD/CAM revolutionizes manufacturing Space shuttle Influence: Medium-High 90 1990 s Boom in connectivity Cloning, stem cell research DVDs... View Details
  • 15 Jun 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

and view this page again, you will be able to play this video.   Jeffrey Fear Jeffrey Fear has been an associate professor at Harvard Business School since 2001 in the Business, Government, and International Economy unit. Chandler's... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online

Structure Show Hide Details Concepts An Introduction to Cost Fixed versus Variable Costs Relative Cost Analysis Supply Curves Scale Economies Featured Exercises Predict market structure by examining various... View Details
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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

Continued: The Business Model What Does the Research Say? Show Hide Details Concepts Infectious Change Public Goods Problems Cooperation in the Real Economy Expanding on Purpose Featured Exercises Public good simulation game Prisoner’s... View Details
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