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- 1 Mar 2013 - 2 Mar 2013
- Conference Presentation
The Value of Flexibility in Baseball Roster Construction
By: Timothy Chan and Douglas S. Fearing
Drawing inspiration from the theory of production flexibility in manufacturing networks, we provide the first optimization-based analysis of the value of positional flexibility (the ability of a player to play multiple positions) for a major league baseball team in the...
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Keywords:
Risk and Uncertainty;
Design;
Production;
Resource Allocation;
Groups and Teams;
Adaptation;
Sports
- 10 Sep 2009
- News
Losing Out on Flexible Displays
- 11 Oct 2021
- News
Amazon Rethinks Office Return Plans, Adding More Flexibility
- August 1, 2015
- Article
New Product Development Flexibility in a Competitive Environment
By: Janne Kettunen, Yael Grushka-Cockayne, Zeger Degraeve and Bert De Reyck
Managerial flexibility can have a significant impact on the value of new product development projects. We investigate how the market environment in which a firm operates influences the value and use of development flexibility. We characterize the market environment...
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Keywords:
Product Development;
Projects;
Management Style;
Situation or Environment;
Innovation and Invention;
Competition
Kettunen, Janne, Yael Grushka-Cockayne, Zeger Degraeve, and Bert De Reyck. "New Product Development Flexibility in a Competitive Environment." European Journal of Operational Research 244, no. 3 (August 1, 2015): 892–904.
- Web
Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni
Careers Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work Careers Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work Taking a step back is common, but there are plenty of avenues to help you return to the workforce. Explore some of the reasons...
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- 01 Dec 2012
- News
The Key to Innovation: Flexible Funding
collaboration across multiple disciplines. The HBS Dean's Fund is critical to this effort. It provides the flexible funding necessary for greater experimentation and innovation that will help ensure the strategic dynamism and future...
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Robert Steven Kaplan
- March 1994 (Revised April 1994)
- Case
Eli Lilly and Co.: The Flexible Facility Decision--1993
By: Gary P. Pisano
In 1993, Eli Lilly is preparing to build manufacturing capacity for three new pharmaceutical products that it expects to launch in 1996. Management wrestles with a decision of whether to add specialized manufacturing capacity or flexible capacity. This question touches...
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Keywords:
Debates;
Cost vs Benefits;
Decisions;
Investment;
Goals and Objectives;
Product Launch;
Production;
Corporate Strategy;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Pisano, Gary P. "Eli Lilly and Co.: The Flexible Facility Decision--1993." Harvard Business School Case 694-074, March 1994. (Revised April 1994.)
- 23 Dec 2014
- News
Flexibility Offers Working Mothers New Opportunities
- July 2021
- Article
Creating Exercise Habits Using Incentives: The Trade-off Between Flexibility and Routinization
By: John Beshears, Hae Nim Lee, Katherine L. Milkman, Robert Mislavsky and Jessica Wisdom
Habits involve regular, cue-triggered routines. In a field experiment, we tested whether incentivizing exercise routines—paying participants each time they visit the gym within a planned, daily two-hour window—leads to more persistent exercise than offering flexible...
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Keywords:
Behavior And Behavioral Decision Making;
Healthcare;
Exercise;
Habit;
Routine;
Health;
Behavior;
Decision Making
Beshears, John, Hae Nim Lee, Katherine L. Milkman, Robert Mislavsky, and Jessica Wisdom. "Creating Exercise Habits Using Incentives: The Trade-off Between Flexibility and Routinization." Management Science 67, no. 7 (July 2021): 4139–4171.
Work‐from‐anywhere: The productivity effects of geographic flexibility
An emerging form of remote work allows employees to work‐from‐anywhere, so that the worker can choose to live in a preferred geographic location. While traditional work‐from‐home (WFH) programs offer the worker temporal flexibility,...
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- 14 Sep 2022
- Podcast
Packaging skills: FedEx Services’ flexible work strategy
The pandemic and supply chain crisis are reshaping the package delivery business. What are the staffing implications and what does it mean for the logistics of work? Mike Lauderdale, VP of Human Resources at FedEx Services, on hybrid work, emerging skills, and ESG...
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- January 1997
- Background Note
Assigning Support Department Expenses to Production Cost Centers (B): Flexible Budgets
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Describes the use of flexible budgets to assign support/service department costs to production cost centers.
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Kaplan, Robert S. "Assigning Support Department Expenses to Production Cost Centers (B): Flexible Budgets." Harvard Business School Background Note 197-048, January 1997.
- June 1994
- Article
Flexible Budgeting in an Activity-Based Costing Framework
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Flexible Budgeting in an Activity-Based Costing Framework." Accounting Horizons (June 1994): 104–109.
- September 2019
- Supplement
Building a Flexible GGO Model for Different Regions
By: Ranjay Gulati
Gulati, Ranjay. "Building a Flexible GGO Model for Different Regions." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 420-708, September 2019.
- 01 Sep 2022
- News
Why Some Employers Won’t Give In to Flexibility
Fairness, Efficiency and Flexibility in Organ Allocation for Kidney Transplantation
We propose a scalable, data-driven method for designing national policies for the allocation of deceased donor kidneys to patients on a waiting list, in a fair and efficient way. We focus on policies that have the same form as the one currently used in the United...
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Incentives in Discrete-Time MDP Processes with Flexible Step-Size
By: Jerry R. Green and Francoise Schoumaker
Green, Jerry R., and Francoise Schoumaker. "Incentives in Discrete-Time MDP Processes with Flexible Step-Size." Review of Economic Studies 47, no. 3 (April 1980): 557–565.
- 21 Jun 2021
- News
As Boston Offices Become Busier, Workers Want Flexibility
- 13 Feb 2015
- Working Paper Summaries