Ideas: Faculty Research Online
What Drives Supply Chain Behavior?
Surprise! Managers are not always rational decision-makers. In this interview, Assistant Professor Noel Watson and Rogelio Oliva discuss how human behavior affects supply chain coordination.
Health Care Research and Prospects
Professor Gary Pisano explains the work of the School’s Life Sciences & Health Care Initiative, which brings together faculty from diverse areas of HBS to conduct research on the sector and prepare future leaders in these two important areas.
Start to Measure Your E-Commerce Success
An excerpt from Visiting Professor Marc J. Epstein’s new book, Implementing E-Commerce Strategies: A Guide to Corporate Success after the Dot.Com Bust, shows how to put appropriate metrics to work to measure performance.
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity
Former IBM CEO Lou Gerstner (MBA ’65) established a diversity initiative that embraced differences instead of ignoring them. In this Harvard Business Review excerpt, Professor David Thomas describes why IBM made diversity a cornerstone strategy.
