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- September 1986 (Revised February 2007)
- Case
Solagen: Process Improvement in the Manufacture of Gelatin at Kodak
By: Dorothy A. Leonard and Brian DeLacey
Kodak must decide whether to make a major investment in a production facility designed around a new technique for producing the gelatin critical to so many film and paper products. Currently, gelatin making is an arcane art, unchanged in 150 years and heavily dependent...
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Keywords:
Arts;
Buildings and Facilities;
Factories, Labs, and Plants;
Experience and Expertise;
Engineering;
Investment;
Time Management;
Production;
Research and Development;
Semiconductor Industry
Leonard, Dorothy A., and Brian DeLacey. "Solagen: Process Improvement in the Manufacture of Gelatin at Kodak." Harvard Business School Case 687-020, September 1986. (Revised February 2007.)
- Blog
Eight Steps to Board Success for Female Executives
A few years ago, HBS Executive Education unveiled the program Women on Boards: Succeeding as a Corporate Director, designed to introduce executives to the process of joining a corporate board. Since that first session, hundreds of female...
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- 14 Jun 2023
- Research & Ideas
Four Steps to Building the Psychological Safety That High-Performing Teams Need
authors identify four research-backed steps that leaders can take to cultivate psychological safety among their employees. When properly understood, focusing on these four areas can boost team performance and work culture across...
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by Kara Baskin
- 31 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Five Important Steps before Taking the Entrepreneurial Leap
Quartner started her career in banking at Credit Suisse and Nina Mullen started her career in consulting at Bain) ended up starting a natural remedies brand, Hilma. Our process before taking the entrepreneurial leap: 1. Have an idea...
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- 31 Oct 2023
- Research & Ideas
Beyond the 'Business Case' in DEI: 6 Steps Toward Meaningful Change
terms of the benefits and “bottom line” are the least likely to follow their commitments with action. Conversely, leaders who take steps to expand opportunity tend to be people who acknowledge the underlying inequality and believe that...
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- 01 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
How SVMP Helped Me Take My Next Steps (2+2) and Find Myself
During the week on campus at HBS I got exposure to and built some comfort with the case method. I was able to engage with and build a deep admiration for Prof. Anita Elberse, I met and became friends with amazing peers, and I learned about so many potential next View Details
- 22 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
The Making of An Internship: An Effective Onboarding Process
Join HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD) as we follow three students throughout their summer internships, and learn best practices for creating a successful summer program. An effective onboarding process can have many...
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All Industries
- 01 Aug 2023
- Blog Post
Creating an Inclusive Recruiting Process for Candidates with Diverse Abilities
recruiting practices for candidates with diverse abilities is designed to welcome candidates into the recruiting process and foster their success while establishing a more equitable and effective process for...
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All Industries
- 2013
- Working Paper
Increased Speed Equals Increased Wait: The Impact of a Reduction in Emergency Department Ultrasound Order Processing Time
By: Jillian Berry Jaeker, Anita L. Tucker and Michael H. Lee
We exploit an exogenous process change at two emergency departments (EDs) within a health system to test the theory that increasing capacity in a discretionary work setting increases wait times due to additional services being provided to customers as a consequence of...
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Keywords:
Technology;
Demand and Consumers;
Service Delivery;
Health Care and Treatment;
Business Processes;
Health Industry
Berry Jaeker, Jillian, Anita L. Tucker, and Michael H. Lee. "Increased Speed Equals Increased Wait: The Impact of a Reduction in Emergency Department Ultrasound Order Processing Time." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-033, October 2013.
- Web
Creating an Inclusive Recruiting Process for Candidates with Diverse Abilities - Recruiting
Insights & Advice 01 Aug 2023 Creating an Inclusive Recruiting Process for Candidates with Diverse Abilities Becca Carnahan Author HBS Team tag All Industries All Locations Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging Recruiting Advice Looking...
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Reflections: Toward a Normative and Actionable Theory of Planned Organizational Change and Development
By: Michael Beer
A normative and actionable theory of planned organizational change and development is proposed based on fifty years of engagement by the author as a scholar-consultant. Five principles are central features of the theory and practice proposed: 1) Organizations are...
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Keywords:
Consultant;
Process;
Systems;
Silence;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Leadership;
Learning;
Management Teams
Beer, Michael. "Reflections: Toward a Normative and Actionable Theory of Planned Organizational Change and Development." Journal of Change Management 21, no. 1 (2021).
- 11 Nov 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Increased Speed Equals Increased Wait: The Impact of a Reduction in Emergency Department Ultrasound Order Processing Time
- 22 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
3 Key Steps for Crafting Your Retirement with Intention: Advice from Career Coach, Lauren Murphy
breaks down into three important stages: Self-assessment, information gathering, and executing and revising. SELF-ASSESSMENT Understanding yourself is critical to the process of crafting your retirement plan because your retirement will...
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- January 2007
- Background Note
Note on Biotech Business Development
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Robert F. Higgins
Describes the business development process in biotechnology companies. Topics covered include: participants in the licensing process and their interests, the major steps in the licensing process, the terms that are part of most agreements, and the most contentious...
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Keywords:
Agreements and Arrangements;
Entrepreneurship;
Intellectual Property;
Biotechnology Industry
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Robert F. Higgins. "Note on Biotech Business Development." Harvard Business School Background Note 807-032, January 2007.
- October 2004
- Background Note
A Note on Drawing Implications from Themes
Discusses the process of generating implications from life themes, a necessary step for completing the Self-Assessment and Career Development final paper.
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Personal Development and Career
Higgins, Monica C. "A Note on Drawing Implications from Themes." Harvard Business School Background Note 405-015, October 2004.
- August 1997
- Case
Natural Blends, Inc.
By: H. Kent Bowen, Ramchandran Jaikumar and Karen Krause
Describes the continuous flow process used to generate orange juice concentrate. Production involves several tightly coupled process steps with varying production rates and setup times. Given production constraints and customer requirements, management choices must be...
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Customer Focus and Relationships;
Decisions;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Product;
Performance Capacity;
Performance Productivity
Bowen, H. Kent, Ramchandran Jaikumar, and Karen Krause. "Natural Blends, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 698-012, August 1997.
- May 1997
- Case
Toyota Motor Corporation: Target Costing System
Explores Toyota's target costing system, considered to be the most advanced such system of any major Japanese manufacturer. Specifically, describes Toyota's process of setting rigorous cost-reduction goals and the steps taken to achieve them.
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Cooper, Robin, and Takao Tanaka. "Toyota Motor Corporation: Target Costing System." Harvard Business School Case 197-031, May 1997.
- November 2016 (Revised December 2020)
- Case
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation in Motion
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
Evan Siddall, newly appointed CEO of Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation, a governmental organization focused on the residential housing market, is charged with leading change at the organization. The case follows this process of change step by step and looks at the...
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Keywords:
Leadership, Personal Strategy & Style;
Government Organizations;
Performance Management;
Organizational Change And Transformation;
Culture;
Leading Change;
Change;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Performance Evaluation;
Government Administration;
Risk Management;
Restructuring;
Leadership;
Performance;
Change Management;
Financial Services Industry;
Canada
Groysberg, Boris, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation in Motion." Harvard Business School Case 417-049, November 2016. (Revised December 2020.)
- 08 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes (MBA 2017)
to work in industry in order to develop my competence as an engineer, but I also knew that I wanted to transition out of big business after achieving that competency and found a company. The HBS 2+2 process gave me that roadmap to get...
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