...BACK BAY BATTERY STRATEGIC INNOVATION SIMULATION HARVARD BUSINESS PUBLISHING’S BACK BAY BATTERY SIMULATION PROVIDES AN ENGAGING AND RIGOROUS EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING EVENT USING A LIVE DEBRIEF TO EFFECTIVELY EMBED LEARNING INTO AN ORGANIZATION’S EVERYDAY WORK REALITIES REAL ENVIRONMENTS Immersive settings model real business environments. EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING Organizations looking for the best ways to develop the most effective leaders need more than a concept to guide them. They must provide well-structured experiential learning opportunities that enable leaders to develop and hone the specific identified business skills required for personal and business success. Simulations are one proven structured experiential learning activity. When designed and implemented in alignment with an organization’s business strategy and goals, simulations have the power to deliver: REAL RESULTS Feedback and tools give managers a foundation for making better decisions. WORLD-CLASS CONTENT REAL SITUATIONS Drop managers into common leadership challenges. SIMULATION TIMELINE LEARNER PREWORK 30 MINUTES REAL CONSEQUENCES Managers experience repercussions of their own decisions firsthand. SIMULATION 90–120 MINUTES LIVE DEBRIEF 90 MINUTES > Retention and application of new skills > Highly engaged learners who are invested in learning and its outcomes > Stronger links between individual learning and business strategy and goals OVERVIEW > Straightforward assessment...
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...Steven Michael: BADM 367 Back Bay Simulation The Back Bay Simulation taught me how to strategize in a managerial position. I was faced with tough investing decisions and what is known as the innovator’s dilemma. Deciding where to invest, either in Research and Development on existing technologies or in new technology, was the basis of the dilemma. When I first started the simulation I didn’t exactly have a strategy, but I did not just invest blindly. I looked at the information provided; consumer desires, revenue, etc. News articles would pop up simultaneously, and I used those to decide when and what to invest in. For example, if one said that customers wanted batteries that last longer, I would invest in the battery life for that specific battery. The old battery was a lot more successful and desired in the beginning, so I tried to invest mostly in that battery because it seemed to be making the most revenue. I always tried to price above cost for both technologies as to not lose money on my products. The simulation then illustrated that the market price for the old technology would drop, therefore the sales would decrease forcing me to drop the price to keep up with the market. In the end, I didn’t have a very high net profit, but it was a profit none the less. I did not do so well because I didn’t support the growth of the new battery. From the beginning, I should have invested my time and money on the upcoming battery, the exact opposite of what I did. The demand ended...
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...Strategic Innovation Simulation Back Bay Battery How To Win The area is remarkably quiet and relaxed when we cycle around one weekday afternoon; indeed it comes as quite a shock when we leave the confines of the village and are suddenly pitched back into the … 1960s through to the end of the Conservative … Ground broken in celebration of $14 million Battery Innovation Center – Charles "Chuck" LaSota, who serves as president of the Battery Innovation … a huge win when you see local, state and federal officials together and I thank Greene County officials for their leadership on this project," Skillman said. Dating back to … When the two forces converged in 2008 to back Chinese electric car company BYD … are seeking validation in U.S. markets and innovation through American partnerships. On the surface it’s a win-win scenario, but one that can quickly be torn apart by … Citation: Shih, Willy C., and Clayton Christensen. "Strategic Innovation Simulation: Back Bay Battery." Simulation and Teaching Note. Watertown, MA: Harvard … Wow How To Get Leather Without Skinning These people want spectacle, and they’re going to get … ll need leather pants, obviously, and black biker gloves to contrast with his pasty white skin, and in homage to his Canadian upbringing, two tasteful maple leaf … Everyone loves Drake because he can get … without feeling awkward. Women say he is a vulnerable Patrick Rice, Mainstay Capital Management 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed You are protected...
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...SIMULATION FOREGROUN D READING Back Bay Battery, Inc. Overview The battery industry is enormous, with worldwide revenues of approximately $45 billion. It is highly fragmented with at least 20 major manufacturers in each technology segment. Because of the wide range of applications of batteries, companies have tended to specialize in a particular technology or market application. Disposable batteries, such as the widely available carbon-zinc and alkaline cells, are available in standard sizes such as AA, C, and D, and they are a fast-moving consumer-good category with emphasis on manufacturing efficiency and scale, marketing and branding, and distribution efficiency. One of the earliest forms of rechargeable battery was the wet lead-acid battery, the chemistry for which was invented in 1859. The application that drove this battery into prominence was to power a starter motor for vehicles, but today lead-acid batteries are commonly used for uninterruptible power supplies—in forklift trucks, golf carts, boats and submarines, and vehicles for indoor operation. They are inexpensive, albeit heavy. A variant on the lead-acid battery is the Gel Cell, which is a sealed lead-acid battery with a jellified electrolyte, allowing a higher degree of portability. Smaller rechargeable batteries began as size-compatible replacements for disposable batteries and used technologies such as nickel-cadmium (NiCd), nickel-iron (Ni-Fe), nickel metal hydride (NiMH), and lithium ion...
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...MGT 550B MANAGING THE INNOVATION PROCESS Course Introduction Managing the Innovation Process Panos Kouvelis Emerson Distinguished Professor of Operations & Manufacturing Management INSTRUCTOR BACKGROUND INFORMATION Managing the Innovation Process Panos Kouvelis Emerson Distinguished Professor of Operations & Manufacturing Management PANOS KOUVELIS Emerson Distinguished Professor of Operations and Manufacturing Management Director of Boeing Center on Technology, Information & Manufacturing Sr. Associate Dean & Director of Executive Programs Has Always Been a Good Student !! (avoided “real life” as much as possible) B.S., Mechanical Engineering, NTUA M.S., Industrial & Systems Eng., USC MBA, USC Ph.D., Operations Management, Stanford Loves to Teach 4 years, Business School, UT Austin 5 years, Fuqua School of Business, Duke 14 years, Olin School of Business, Wash.U. (My wife has decorated my home office walls with nicely framed teaching awards, “most popular professor at Olin, ***Bus. Week ranking”) Managing the Innovation Process Panos Kouvelis Emerson Distinguished Professor of Operations & Manufacturing Management PANOS KOUVELIS (cont’d.) Consults Frequently (to any firm having money & troubles to spare) Recent “victims”: Solutia, Duke Hospital, IBM, Aerofil Tech., Express Scripts, LHB Ind., Reckitt & Beckinser, Boeing, Ingram Micro, MEMC, Spartech, MECS, Maxim, Bunge, Smurfit Stone, and Emerson. Writes a lot (“publish or perish”)...
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...Nathan J. Kerr Heider College of Business- Creighton University ITM 738 Back Bay Battery Simulation: 1. Briefly describe a challenge you faced in each scenario. The challenge I felt the most was forecasting of sales numbers. Although I should have realized early on, price reductions actually influenced the model. When dealing with disruption, you just do not have the forecasting models that can predict proper price points. 2. Identify at least two strategies that you used in addressing the challenge described above. Identify one strategy that worked and one strategy that did not work. To finally get a handle on profits/ losses/ etc., I initially raised the price of the ultra-capacitor to minimize the losses and to set a price-point different from the default set by the model in 2012. This allowed me to devote a minimum of 3 million per year in process improvements for price reductions of $0.50 per year. The remaining funds went to energy density research until the breakthrough. I then shifted money to self-discharge for ultra-capacitors as that was the second desire from customers. No money went to NiMH until self-discharge for ultra-capacitors had breakthrough and then I shifted money to process improvements for NiMH so as to keep prices low and milk the rest of that market. 3. Based on what you experienced in this simulation as well as what we have covered in class, identify at least one specific piece of advice would you give to an innovative CEO. Your...
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...STRATEGY 2015 Articles | Books & Chapters | Cases | Core Curriculum Course Modules | Simulations | Video Harvard Business Publishing serves the finest learning institutions worldwide with a comprehensive catalog of case studies, journal articles, books, and elearning programs, including online courses and simulations. In addition to material from Harvard Business School and Harvard Business Review, we also offer course material from these renowned institutions and publications: ABCC at Nanyang Tech University Babson College Berrett-Koehler Publishers Business Enterprise Trust Business Expert Press Business Horizons California Management Review Crimson Group USA Darden School of Business Design Management Institute European School of Management and Technology (ESMT) Haas School of Business Harvard Kennedy School of Government Harvard Medical School/Global Health Delivery HEC Montréal Centre for Case Studies IESE Business School Indian Institute of Management Bangalore Indian School of Business INSEAD International Institute for Management Development (IMD) Ivey Publishing Journal of Information Technology Kellogg School of Management McGraw-Hill MIT Sloan Management Review North American Case Research Association (NACRA) Perseus Books Princeton University Press Rotman Magazine Social Enterprise Knowledge Network Stanford...
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...Hyperloop Alpha Intro The first several pages will attempt to describe the design in everyday language, keeping numbers to a minimum and avoiding formulas and jargon. I apologize in advance for my loose use of language and imperfect analogies. The second section is for those with a technical background. There are no doubt errors of various kinds and superior optimizations for elements of the system. Feedback would be most welcome – please send to hyperloop@spacex.com or hyperloop@teslamotors.com. I would like to thank my excellent compadres at both companies for their help in putting this together. Background When the California “high speed” rail was approved, I was quite disappointed, as I know many others were too. How could it be that the home of Silicon Valley and JPL – doing incredible things like indexing all the world’s knowledge and putting rovers on Mars – would build a bullet train that is both one of the most expensive per mile and one of the slowest in the world? Note, I am hedging my statement slightly by saying “one of”. The head of the California high speed rail project called me to complain that it wasn’t the very slowest bullet train nor the very most expensive per mile. The underlying motive for a statewide mass transit system is a good one. It would be great to have an alternative to flying or driving, but obviously only if it is actually better than flying or driving. The train in question would be both slower, more expensive to...
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...Data Indexing for Heterogeneous Multiple Broadcast Channel Andrew Y. Ho and Dik Lun Lee Department of Computer Science The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong Email: andrewho@cs.ust.hk, dlee@cs.ust.hk Abstract vision in the computing industry – from traditional wired This paper studies a heterogeneous multiple channel and stationary desktops to a fast growing area of mobile environment (HMCE), in which the channels are computing. The trend of using notebook computers, controlled by different wireless operators. To the best of palm-size computers, and personal digital assistants (PDA) our knowledge, there is no previous research on this is already in full swing. Furthermore, the enhancement in scenario. In this paper, we first present the architecture for reliability, transmission, and speed of wireless links HMCE which makes use of a centralized index server to facilitates the mobility of communication. Usually, a broadcast index information about the broadcast data on a wireless communication environment consists of two sets dedicated index channel. An analog can be drawn between of entities: a large number of users equipped with mobile HMCE and WWW: the wireless operators are web sites devices (mobile clients – MCs) and a relatively fewer and the index channel is Google; Google indexes web number of stationary mobile service stations (MSS) that pages so that...
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...Technical Article Reliability in Electronics CONTENTS • Introduction 1.1 Failure Rate 1.2 Reliability 1.3 Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) Mean Time to Failure (MTTF) 1.4 Service Life (Mission Life, Life) • Factors Affecting Reliability 2.1 Design Factors 2.2 Complexity 2.3 Stress 2.4 Generic (Inherent) • Estimating The Failure Rate 3.1 Prediction 3.1.1 Parts Stress Method 3.1.2 Parts Count Method 3.2 Assessment 3.2.1 Confidence Limits 3.2.2 PRST 3.3 Observation • Prototype Testing • Manufacturing Methods • Systems Reliability (a) More Reliable Components (b) Redundancy • Comparing Reliabilities xppower.com Introduction Most of us are familiar with the concepts of reliability and MTBF at a superficial level, without considering what lies behind the figures quoted and what significance should be attached to them. The subject deserves a deeper understanding, so, let us start by having a better look at the terminology. 1.1 Failure Rate ( ) Failure Rate The failure rate is defined as the percentage of units failing per unit time. This varies throughout the life of the equipment and if (lambda) is plotted against time, the characteristic "bathtub" curve is obtained for most electronic equipment (See Figure 1). A B C Time Fig 1. Failure Rate vs. Time This curve has three regions: A Infant mortality. B Useful life. C Wear out In region "A", poor workmanship and substandard...
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...Research Proposal UDB301 – Research Methods Due Date: 30/05/2014 Name: Dylan Black Student Number: N8304271 Course Code and Major – UD40 – Spatial Science Email: Dylan.Black@connect.qut.edu.au Due Date: 30/05/2014 Name: Dylan Black Student Number: N8304271 Course Code and Major – UD40 – Spatial Science Email: Dylan.Black@connect.qut.edu.au The Change Galileo Will Make to RTK Surveying This study is focused on what will change with the construction and implementation of a new Global Navigation Satellite System called Galileo. The new Galileo system will bring many changes to many different sectors however the change to Real Time Kinematic Surveying and surveyors is the main purpose of this report. Understanding how current systems work and how Real Time Kinematic surveying is undertaken will help in understanding how things will change and what is to be expected with a new system. This study is important as many surveyors and surveying businesses will need to prepare for the influx of new technology as well as assess what they will be able to use the new system for. Key Words: GNSS, Galileo, RTK, GPS, Surveying Contents 1.0 Introduction 3 1.1 Image 1 – Galileo Constellation 3 2.0 Literature Review: 4 2.1 History: 4 2.2 Why we launch satellites: 4 2.3 What satellites do? 4 2.4 How do satellites and RTK work: 5 2.41 Diagram 1 – RTK Set Up 6 2.5 Current systems in place: 6 2.6 Problems with current systems: 7 2.7 Why is Europe...
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...os St. Catherine Specialty Hospital Designing the Future of IP-based Healthcare Data Networks _________________ Project Charter Document with Scope Table of Contents A. General Project Information Page 3. B. Project Objectives -Project Mission Statement -Business Case -Problem Statement -Goal Statement -Definition of Terms Target Project Goals Page 4. Acceptance to Terms of Deliverables Key Project Directives Page 5. C. Project Assumptions Page 6. Telecommunication Location Specification Page 8. Telecommunication Room Specifications Telecommunication Power Requirements Additional Network Requirements Page 9. Project Deliverables Page 12. D. Project Scope Page 14. ScopeAgenda Fulfilling IP Convergence Requirements Network Verification Requirements Page 16. Work Area Designations Infectious Control Requirements Page 17. Cable Run Specifications Page 18. Scope Exclusions Page 20. E. Project Milestones Page 21. F. Impact Statement Page 22. G. Roles & Responsibilities Page 23. H. Resources Page 24. I. Project Risks Page 25. J. Success Measurements Page 26. K. Project Participant Signatures Page 27. A. - General Information Project Title: | St. Catherine Specialty Hospital - Network and Data Infrastructure | Brief Project Description: | New hospital...
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...Berkeley Master of Engineering Program Student Handbook 2014-2015 edited 6/17/14 ld 1 Table of Contents MASTER OF ENGINEERING PROGRAM CONTACT INFORMATION ........................................................ 4 FUNG INSTITUTE FACULTY & STAFF .......................................................................................................................... 4 DEPARTMENT STAFF .................................................................................................................................................. 5 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES CONTACT INFORMATION ................................................................................ 6 MASTER OF ENGINEERING HONOR CODE ..................................................................................................... 7 ACADEMIC INTEGRITY................................................................................................................................................ 7 ACADEMIC AFFAIRS ............................................................................................................................................. 10 THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM ....................................................................................................................................... 10 ADVANCEMENT TO CANDIDACY .............................................................................................................................. 10 REGISTRATION...
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...WRITERS 1. MICHAEL K. CHIRCHIR 2. JOASH N. MAGETO DPS 302 INVENTORY MANAGEMENT A. COURSE OBJECTIVES At the end of this course you will be able to:- • Comprehend the importance of inventory management in an organisation and gain a broad understanding of how inventory management fits into the broader function of supply chain management. • Explain three broad areas of inventory management, namely; demand forecasting, inventory models and warehousing. • Apply inventory control models in day to day business management. B. COURSE CONTENTS LECTURE 1: INTRODUCTION TO INVENTORY MANAGEMENT 1. Introduction 2. Objectives 3. The Concepts of Inventory and Inventory Management 4. Need for Inventory 5. Importance of Inventory Management 6. Scope of Inventory Management 7. Inventory Costs 8. Summary 9. References LECTURE 2: INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEMS 2.1 Introduction 2.2 objectives 2.3 Fixed Quantity System 2.31 Advantages 2.32 Disadvantages 2.4 Fixed Time System 2.41 Advantages 2.42 Disadvantages 2.5 Hybrid Systems 2.6 Summary LECTURE 3: DEMAND FORECASTING I 3.1 Introduction 3.2 objectives 3.3 meaning of demand forecasting 3.4 Qualitative Judgmental Techniques 3.31 Delphi Method 3.32 Market Survey 3.33 Historical Analogy 3.5 Quantitative methods 3.51 Causal Methods 3.5.1.1 High-Low Method Advantages Disadvantages 3.5.1.2 Visual Fit Method Advantages Disadvantages 3.5.1.3 Simple Regression Analysis Derivation of the...
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...Traffic Engineering Design This page intentionally left blank Traffic Engineering Design Principles and Practice Second edition Mike Slinn MVA Limited, MVA House, Victoria Way, Woking GU21 1DD, UK Paul Matthews MVA Limited, Third Floor, One Berners Street, London W1T 3LA, UK Peter Guest 8 The Grove, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 6QR, UK AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDON • NEW YORK • OXFORD PARIS • SAN DIEGO • SAN FRANCISCO • SINGAPORE • SYDNEY • TOKYO Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP 30 Corporate Drive, Burlington, MA 01803 First published by Arnold, 1998 Reprinted 2003 Second edition 2005 Copyright © 2005, Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright holder except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a license issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London, England W1T 4LP. Applications for the copyright holder’s written permission to reproduce any part of this publication should be addressed to the publisher. Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science and Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone: (ϩ44) (0) 1865 843830; fax: (ϩ44) (0) 1865 853333;...
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