Why Sweatshops Flourish
| Published: | March 23, 2009 |
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| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
Everyone agrees it is wrong to buy things made with sweatshop labor. Yet many of us are willing to justify our decision when a product—a pair of jeans, for example—is something we really want. HBS doctoral student Neeru Paharia and Professor Rohit Deshpandé study the dark side of buying behavior. Their good news: We can influence change for the better.
Published in 2008
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
| Published: | May 14, 2008 |
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| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
Business leaders must manage and support creativity just as they would any other asset. Harvard Business School professors Teresa Amabile, Mary Tripsas, and Mukti Khaire discuss where creativity comes from, how entrepreneurs use it, and why innovation is often a team sport. From the HBS Alumni Bulletin.
Published in 2006
Managing Alignment as a Process
| Published: | April 24, 2006 |
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| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
"Most organizations attempt to create synergy, but in a fragmented, uncoordinated way," say HBS professor Robert S. Kaplan and colleague David P. Norton. Their new book excerpted here, Alignment, tells how to see alignment as a management process.
Published in 2002
In the Virtual Dressing Room Returns Are A Real Problem
| Published: | April 15, 2002 |
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| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
That little red number looked smashing onscreen, but the puce caftan the delivery guy brought is just one more casualty of the online shopping battle. HBS professor Jan Hammond researches what the textile and apparel industries can do to curtail returns.
Published in 1999
Rapid Response: Inside the Retailing Revolution
| Published: | October 12, 1999 |
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| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
A simple bar code scan at your local department store today launches a whirlwind of action: data is transmitted about the color, the size, and the style of the item to forecasters and production planners; distributors and suppliers are informed of the demand and the possible need to restock. All in the blink of an electronic eye. It wasn’t always this way, though. HBS Professor Janice Hammond has focused her recent research on the transformation of the apparel and textile industries from the classic, limited model to the new lean inventories and flexible manufacturing capabilities.
