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- 12 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 12, 2008
http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=307047 Cook Composites and Polymers Co. Harvard Business School Case 608-055 This case describes how a company improves resource efficiency and process quality in its...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
a kitten dangling from a tree limb. One visit to Google kills that idea; there are already dozens of companies catering to premenstrual women. What about a service that can make a visit to an urgent care clinic more efficient and draw...
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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
efficiency engineers — how would we spend our leisure? The problem has bothered social scientists/statesmen, ministers, newspaper editors, and reformers, even though we are not yet even in sight of Utopia. It is supposed, at least by...
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- 23 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 23
corruption. But a wholesale change to the market, designed under reformist President Obasanjo and pushed forward by President Jonathan, promised greater efficiencies and investment guided by private-sector principles including widespread...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 14
because external capital markets became more costly, but also because the efficiency of internal capital allocation increased significantly during the crisis. Our analysis provides new evidence on how the diversification discount and its...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 May 2009
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First Look: May 27, 2009
zip-code level, this suggests that unforced sales take place at approximately efficient prices, while forced-sales prices reflect time-varying illiquidity in neighborhood housing markets. At a more local level, however, we find that...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition
Jeffrey R. Jones, MBA 2007 Local Motors will design, manufacture, and bring to market innovative, lightweight, efficient cars. These cars will revolutionize not only automobiles, but also the very structure of auto-making, auto-selling,...
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- 19 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 19, 2010
industries by virtue of his efficiencies in agricultural production and in downstream logistics. He now needs to consider whether, and how aggressively, to expand abroad, either with production facilities or by exporting Brazilian output....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
trainees how to assemble an aircraft wing—and has cut the time it takes them to do that task by 35%. At GE, factory workers have achieved a similar gain in efficiency by using voice commands in AR experiences to perform complex wiring. AR...
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- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
closely tied to its parent company—DaVita provided dialysis services to patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and Rx supplied medications to ESRD patients—while Paladina's connection to DaVita was less obvious. If Golomb took the job, what could he do to make...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
(VM) as its Alpha Vendor, but the outdated industry pricing model created perverse incentives and could not capture O&M's costs. Together, O&M and VM created an activity-based pricing model: Total Supply Chain Costs (TSCC), which incented both companies to be...
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Martha Lagace
- 06 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 6, 2007
Industry Harvard Business School Case 507-021 ViaGen has invested heavily to develop cloning technology for the livestock industry. Cloning has the potential to significantly improve the genetics of livestock, leading to higher quality meat, healthier animals, and more...
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Martha Lagace
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
global competition and efficient markets. A rewritten version of an earlier note. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407022 Duane Morris: Balancing Growth and Culture at a Law Firm Harvard...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
company's level of productivity (number of barrels), efficiency (cost per barrel), and reliability (production "up" time) came to exceed the industry's previous benchmark. Two of the company's newer platforms had been designed...
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- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
forcing old industries to become more efficient and productive. A recent study by the National Venture Capital Association found that U.S. venture-backed companies between 1970 and 2005 accounted for 10 million jobs and nearly 17 percent...
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- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
wings that cover four city blocks. Whether it's eking out extra room from unused air shafts, building up, or renovating existing gallery space to make more efficient use of it, construction at the Met is almost nonstop, a fact that is...
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- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
never work late or on weekends. I’ve found that if you work efficiently during the day, you can “just leave” at 5:30 or 6. These are pretty simple things, but over the years the effect of being home for dinner and to see the kids added...
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- 01 Nov 2016
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First Look - November 1, 2016
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/717418-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 117-002 VMD Medical Imaging Center VMD Medical Imaging Center, a local independent provider of medical imaging services, is facing some important challenges. Despite View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 12, 2016
travelers the flexibility and convenience of flying private aircraft for their personal and business needs at an outstanding and unparalleled value. Sentient functioned differently and more efficiently than traditional charter companies:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 8
specialization. However, in-house staff are more successful at identifying and excluding affiliates whose practices are viewed as "borderline" (albeit still contrary to merchants' interests), foregoing the efficiencies of...
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Sean Silverthorne