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- 02 Aug 2022
- News
PayPal Names Blake Jorgensen as CFO
Electronic Arts.” As for his new role, PayPal’s CEO Dan Schulman noted during a recent earnings call that the company is “looking for additional ways to improve efficiency and productivity, which could include scaling back on real estate... View Details
- 02 May 2016
- News
Can Brian Shortsleeve Fix the MBTA’s Budget Woes?
his role, given the stakes. “All of the fare increases in the world and all of the efficiencies in the world don’t get you to solving that,” said James A. Aloisi, who was transportation secretary under Governor Deval Patrick. “So the big... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Capturing Human Capital
corporations rely on information planning and control systems and processes that are designed to help management make sound strategic choices and ensure efficient implementation of those decisions. "They do this by allocating scarce... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
AI Enhances Diagnostic Care
A radiologist and technician at Misr Radiology Center review images taken of a patient and discuss protocol for a brain PET/MRI exam. “AI has improved workflow through higher efficiency and has helped us deliver more personalized care,... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Optimizing search technology
for example, search better—help them get access to content faster, aggregate information in a more efficient way—then we can help them get closer to a cure.” Dumon became interested in search technology while at eBay, where he served as... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
The 'multiplier effect' of supporting education
solve a problem in a country like Brazil. It’s education.” “We believe,” Andre adds, “that you help educate people, which will hire people, which will educate people so the efficiency of the investment for us is very important.”... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Research Brief: Where Top-Down Tops Out
State’s desk,” according to the study. Additionally, in a hospital setting, where each department is led by a clinical expert, it is “unreasonable to think the efficiency of the organization can be put all on the person at the top,” she... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
If You're #1, Watch Out
such parts presents only marginal profit opportunity. Staying in the innovative segment of an industry may mean, in fact, manufacturing a key subsystem and even becoming a provider to competitors. The willingness to make such shifts and the resources to execute them... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
tax-averse citizens. Turning over water operations to private companies that can offer economies of scale, financial resources, expertise, and efficiency is an attractive option. Privatization, however, troubles some consumer advocates... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Preserving Patagonia
in Chilean Patagonia. Drawing on what he gleaned at HBS, he says, "We learned that market-based solutions can be effective and efficient tools to augment the work of governments and NGOs on social issues." Adams, who sold his pioneering... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
New Initiatives in MBA Recruiting
these resources. "Condensing this facet of the job search into a more efficient process, as well as increasing access to resources, will greatly empower students," says Moss. "Recruiters will also be able to tap into the Web to access... View Details
- 24 Sep 2019
- News
Connecting Patients and Providers
businessman, he also saw the medical industry’s lost opportunity. The solution, Jarzabek says, is Trustedoctor’s secure online platform that streamlines communication between inbound patients and doctors. Hospitals that adopt the platform, can use it to manage and more... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Uhlmann Award Winners Focus on French Retailer
"to encourage creative research for the efficient and equitable growth of domestic and world agribusiness." It includes a cash award to be divided among the recipients. View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
Palo Alto, CA Business management software, solutions, and services Lionel Bony (MBA 2006) Rocky Mountain Institute Snowmass and Boulder, CO Nonprofit research and educational foundation aiming to foster efficient and sustainable use of... View Details
- 09 Jan 2014
- News
Tapping into Opportunity
increased its water efficiency by 21.4 percent between 2004 and 2012, recently announced a new initiative to increase that efficiency by another 25 percent. Or look at another example: extracting shale gas... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Globalization Revisited
should become “global” by standardizing the production, distribution, and marketing of their products across all countries. Sameness meant efficiency and would be more profitable than difference. From economies of scale would flow... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
particularly business travelers, will appreciate the efficiency of this scenario. But can “air taxis” really take off in the current economic climate? Will companies economize by placing an even greater value on executives’ time and book... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
John Mulroney: Center Stage at the Opera
training, and dramatically lower compensation. (Mulroney provides his services pro bono.) "The nonprofit world can be difficult for executives who are accustomed to efficiency and large-company, big-budget solutions to problems," Mulroney... View Details
- 17 Mar 2017
- News
Clare B. Hawthorne (MBA 2012)
thread in my experiences was satisfaction in fixing things that were broken and creating efficiencies and processes.” While at HBS, she talked with alumni, professors, and classmates, and ultimately concluded that human resources aligned... View Details