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Robert Kimmel

Robert Kimmel (HBS '03) brings 15 years of operations management and consulting experience. He enjoys working with students who are exploring moves into operational roles, considering a departure from consulting, or deciding between consulting and operations positions.... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products

01 Mar 2016
News

Case Study: Paper Chase

them as complementary. FTD, 1-800-Flowers, and other online marketers could see this as another quality product they could market alongside their own—or maybe a pop-up valentine paired with chocolate View Details

22 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist

pharmacists did, their cut-rate prices on popular brand-name packaged goods posed a major threat to mom-and-pop businesses like Gleason’s. So she and other traditional retailers began arguing that pineboards practiced predatory pricing, selling View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Health; Legal Services

September 2017 (Revised April 2022)
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Tempur Sealy International (A)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Lauren G. Pickle

This case explores the long-term relationship between Tempur Sealy (TPX, a mattress manufacturer) and Mattress Firm (MFRM, a bedding retailer and TPX's largest customer). For almost 20 years, the firms enjoyed a mutually beneficial and commercially prosperous... View Details

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Introduction - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

venture capital is inextricably linked to Georges F. Doriot, an educator and a founder of the industry. During his 40-year tenure at Harvard Business School, the charismatic professor taught business and leadership in his celebrated View Details

22 Jul 2014
News

Hungry for Change

technical solution or a cure for something that isn't scientifically possible or known," says Zeaske. "We have a resource scarcity and distribution problem, not a production problem." That last point is particularly true in agriculturally... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture

01 Dec 2005
News

Alumni Achievement Awards: Honorees and Victories

corporate practices in his country, championing modern concepts of production and manufacturing as well as adherence to the highest standards of governance. Nancy M. Barry (MBA ’75) For fifteen years, Nancy... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

05 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54553 May 2018 Harvard Business Manager Was kostet die Zeit? By: Thomke, Stefan H., Daniela Beyersdorfer, and Christina Kestel Abstract—A German luxury watch manufacturer... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2009
News

The Fab Four

on to the next new idea or product or opportunity within the organization. I was at back-to-school night for my first grader a little while ago. The teacher said that they’re trying to encourage the kids not to fear failure by having a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing

19 Feb 2020
News

Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change

leaders engaging on the idea of a national-level response to climate change for years, but remarked that interest has notably increased among its members. “We’re now seeing [interest from] folks from the insurance sector, from banks, from light View Details

Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy

20 Jun 2016
News

Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues

financial valuation just like one would as a venture capitalist, but there’s an overlay of impact. And what I define as impact is that the companies we invest in are focused on providing products and services to underserved populations in... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

other? Chandler: Having invented color television in the 1950s but then fallen behind Japanese manufacturers in the following decade, RCA decided it had to move into something else. In 1967, it settled on computers, a View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

06 Mar 2013
What Do You Think?

Who Should Manage Our Work Time?

takes up time and requires prioritization? Is it a reflection of the fact that productivity improvement in non-manufacturing activities lags behind the manufacturing sector, at least in the US? Is it an... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

13 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative

public health insurance market might work, imagine an automobile dealership run by the feds that sells cars made by Toyota and others, along with cars made by the government itself, manufactured with money borrowed from our children. As... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

05 Apr 2016
First Look

April 5, 2016

politicians in the years after its publication. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50916 Creativity Under Fire: The Effects of Competition on Creative Production By: Gross, Daniel P. Abstract—Though... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

01 Feb 2000
News

Jerry Shafir: A Simmering Success Story

Boston's Legal Sea Foods restaurant chain, where he met his future partner, Christopher Nessen. A production chef at the company, Nessen provided the culinary and technical expertise for Kettle Cuisine. He was well acquainted with the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Mar 2019
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019

manufacturer for eyewear companies. It grew over the years. Ultimately, the company would realize that it had a “diamond” in its own backyard, a core business that had been in the picture all along. Focusing on that core, the Hilsinger... View Details

05 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 5

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-064.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsPerformance Management at Vitality Health Enterprises, Inc. John B. Bingham and Michael BeerHarvard Business School Case 913-501 Vitality Health Enterprises, a medium-sized firm that View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2009
News

Inside the Partnership

to use for each major transaction is, naturally, Goldman Sachs. Second, selling should be separated from manufacturing to be sure the best manufacturing skills are dedicated to making the best product.... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

18 Apr 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018

appears to owe more to management fads than to serious underperformance. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54369 Seeker Beware: The Interpersonal Costs of Ignoring Advice By: Blunden, Hayley, Jennifer M. Logg, Alison View Details