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- 30 Jun 2021
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Behind the Scenes at Klarman Studios
- February 2010 (Revised January 2013)
- Case
The Dabbawala System: On-Time Delivery, Every Time
By: Stefan H. Thomke and Mona Sinha
Describes the Mumbai-based Dabbawala organization, which achieves very high service performance (6 Sigma equivalent or better) with a low-cost and very simple operating system. The case explores all aspects of their system (mission, information management, material...
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Information Technology;
Service Operations;
Service Delivery;
Logistics;
Alignment;
Management Systems;
Human Resources;
Innovation and Invention;
Mumbai
Thomke, Stefan H., and Mona Sinha. "The Dabbawala System: On-Time Delivery, Every Time." Harvard Business School Case 610-059, February 2010. (Revised January 2013.)
- Web
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise Q4 - Course Catalog
advantage in the market. Difficult enough, but the reward for building a successful business is that the leader must then spot when external conditions require a change to the formula. And the more...
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- 2015
- Organizational Change
Susan Sturm
- Web
Innovation and Renovation: Optimizing Product Line Architecture - Course Catalog
“renovating” an innovation --- “ true renovation is making changes to something that already exists, leaving the essence intact but giving it a new vigor and perhaps a new life.” The central questions of the...
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- 25 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help
send into that system, the system, the structure, and the incentives that are built into that system are larger and stronger than any individual’s desire to make a difference.” Despite the present dire...
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by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
What I Do: Clare Reichenbach (AMP 185, 2013)
pleasure and purpose aspects of the organization are reconciled in a thoughtful way. If we’re having amazing events to showcase the best of American food, in the same breath we should be talking about what...
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Women and the MBA: 6 Important Aspects of the HBS Program - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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Residents & Fellows Course - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Residents & Fellows Course Value-Based Health Care Delivery for Residents & Fellows There is growing recognition that true health care reform will require major strategic and organizational changes in the...
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Emily Truelove
Emily Truelove is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches LEAD in the MBA program. She also teaches in executive education programs, including Leadership for Senior Executives,... View Details
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Pricing Strategy: Monetizing and Growing the Business - Course Catalog
the pricing performance of an organization and formulates thoughtful recommendations for changing the monetization scheme. Copyright © 2023 President & Fellows of Harvard...
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What Others Are Saying - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
helping to create a national agenda for health care reform, and Mayo Clinic is ready to be a part of that change. During the next months, the Clinic's Carleton Rider says Mayo will continue to look into the future of integrated health...
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- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Covering the Issues
standards and social responsibility, technology, globalization, the School's Soldiers Field campus, and the essential contributions that women are making in the business world. While a lot has View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Lori Schock - Listen and Learn
insists, “it's theirs.” One opinion that was heard loud and clear during Schock's SA service was a call for a new prescription drug plan for HBS students. Schock was among student leaders who met with University health officials View Details
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Kathleen Brill
- 17 Jun 2011
- HBS Case
KFC’s Explosive Growth in China
restaurant company in mainland China. The case describes how Yum! China succeeded and expanded by staying local on many levels. It keeps close ties to the Chinese government, hires local management, sources food from within the country,...
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- October 2006
- Article
Location Choices across the Value Chain: How Activity and Capability Influence Collocation
By: Juan Alcacer
There has been a recent revival of interest in the geographic component of firm strategy. Recent research suggests that two opposing forces—competition costs and agglomeration benefits—determine whether firms collocate in a given geographic market. Unexplored is (1)...
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Keywords:
Business Strategy;
Competitive Strategy;
Sales;
Research and Development;
Cost Accounting;
Cost Management;
Markets;
Production;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Distribution;
Cost vs Benefits;
SWOT Analysis;
Telecommunications Industry
Alcacer, Juan. "Location Choices across the Value Chain: How Activity and Capability Influence Collocation." Management Science 52, no. 10 (October 2006): 1457–1471.
- June 2006
- Case
Riding with the Blackhorse (A)
By: John R. Wells, Sean Hazlett and Niladri Mukhopadhyay
Colonel Moore reflects on his command of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and its preparation of the United States Army for 21st century adversaries. During his command, Colonel Moore had transformed the regiment from a unit focused on providing conventional...
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Transformation;
Competency and Skills;
Training;
Strategic Planning;
Adaptation;
Alignment;
Public Administration Industry;
United States
Wells, John R., Sean Hazlett, and Niladri Mukhopadhyay. "Riding with the Blackhorse (A)." Harvard Business School Case 706-484, June 2006.
- October 2014
- Supplement
Quiet Logistics (B)
By: Robert Simons and Natalie Kindred
This two-part case focuses on how to identify and manage strategic uncertainties in an innovative, entrepreneurial start-up company. In the (A) case, students learn about Quiet Logistics, an e-commerce fulfillment company working with high-end apparel retailers such as...
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Keywords:
Strategy Execution;
Strategic Uncertainties;
Managing Growth;
Disruptive Change;
Robotics;
Disruptive Technologies;
Managing Start-ups;
Management Control Systems;
Performance Measurement;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Disruption;
Entrepreneurship;
Disruptive Innovation;
Crisis Management;
Risk Management;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Business Strategy;
Competitive Strategy;
E-commerce;
Distribution Industry;
Technology Industry;
United States
Simons, Robert, and Natalie Kindred. "Quiet Logistics (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 115-003, October 2014.
- December 2012
- Course Overview Note
Entrepreneurial Management in a Turnaround Environment (EMTE) Fall 2012: Course Overview and Syllabus
Course Overview and Syllabus in the Fall Term 2012 for the Entrepreneurial Management in a Turnaround Environment (EMTE) course.
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Entrepreneurial Management;
Entrepreneurs;
Entrepreneurship;
Turnarounds;
Bankruptcy Reorganization;
Bankruptcy;
Small & Medium-sized Enterprises;
Careers;
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Distressed Debt;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Management;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture
Sharpe, Jim. "Entrepreneurial Management in a Turnaround Environment (EMTE) Fall 2012: Course Overview and Syllabus." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 813-127, December 2012.