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25 Sep 2019
News

Leading the Evolution of E-Commerce

allowing more time to focus on what the consumer wants, she says. What the consumer wants is what Fleiss—a mother of three—also wants: efficiency and ease of use. “The idea here is to combine the convenience of e-commerce with the... View Details

Keywords: ecommerce; work-life balance; entrepreneurship; Retail Trade

01 Aug 2018
What Do You Think?

Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?

a purist when it comes to principles. To me, free trade is always superior to managed trade because it is always more efficient Trade policy is essentially political, not economic It’s also relevant to ask which time horizon governs such... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

The State of the Markets

Stock Exchange (NYSE); and Robert C. Gasser, managing director and head of U.S. equities at J. P. Morgan & Co. Financial exchanges today, Seifert began, must have the business systems of a technology company, with the requisite speed and economies of scale, to... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

15 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Rethinking E-Leadership

by transforming" the existing business or creating a new one. An effective e-leader, Hargrove continues, must shift from "being a productivity and efficiency junkie to being an opportunity seeker and innovator who quests for... View Details

Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni

18 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet

to compete as efficiently as possible for customers and build the enterprise's value," Deninger said. The new business model delegates non-core activities to various specialized partners, creating what Deninger refers to as an... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

18 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Big Deals: Financing Large-Scale Investments

regularly." More and more companies are turning to project finance to support large capital investments, and the trend is likely to continue due to privatization, deregulation, and globalization. "In an increasingly global business environment, achieving... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

Profile

Eric Sonnier

to launch a business, Eric has already started a company with fellow MBA candidate Broderick McClinton, called Equity Endeavor, LLC. “We’re focused on spurring local economies by creating more efficient entrepreneurial ecosystems,” Eric... View Details

01 Mar 2013
News

A Mission in Motion

Public Health that uses business solutions to improve public health products, services, and delivery in the developing world. "Only business can provide the massive scale, permanence, and continuous efficacy and efficiency improvements... View Details

Keywords: summary

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Genomics: Can We Start Making Money Now?

re-engineer their drug development processes. Another wild card is how the US Food and Drug Administration, which holds regulatory approval over new drugs, will change its approval procedures. Theoretically, the regulatory process could be sped up and made more View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 Dec 2015
Blog Post

5 Facts About HBS Conferences

Harvard students. Like many who come to HBS, I had never been surrounded by such high performers. This reality didn’t necessarily surprise me, but I was blown away again and again by the creativity and efficiency of the team. The... View Details

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The Role of Government in Market Economies - Course Catalog

module of the course confronts major real-world departures from this hypothetical starting point. These departures mean that government policy can improve the efficiency of the economy, in principle making all individuals better off.... View Details

01 Feb 1997
News

Ban the Butterfly Rule for Corporate Directors

And mechanisms exist to handle such contingencies both efficiently and effectively. Depending on the facts and circumstances, for instance, a job change could lead to a decision not to renominate an incumbent director. In a case of... View Details

Keywords: Joseph Hinsey IV

21 Aug 2014
Blog Post

HBS Social Enterprise Initiative Visits NYC

adverse weather and climate change impacts. Urvesh was motivated to pursue this internship by his belief, as he explained, “that efficient and reliable transportation is a critical public service, and that it stands to become only more... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

31 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Improving Fairness in Flight Delays

congestion at airports and in the air. In Equitable and Efficient Coordination in Traffic Flow Management, a paper recently accepted for publication in Transportation Science and coauthored with Cynthia Barnhart of MIT and Dimitris... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Entertainment & Recreation; Air Transportation

01 Mar 2011
News

Noted & Quoted

solutions to social problems, identifying efficiencies in an economic environment, and finding creative solutions to them is the next growth story for emerging markets.” — HBS professor Tarun Khanna on private-sector engagement in social... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

21 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales

productivity improvements. Over the past 15 years, production efficiencies have enabled an average S&P 500 company to reduce its cost of goods sold by about 250 basis points, Cespedes says, but selling expenses as a percentage of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

22 Apr 2015
Op-Ed

Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

10 on whether "Public finances are being efficiently managed." Indicatively, although the Greek government increased taxes across the board both collected indirect tax revenues and collected social security contributions as a... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

17 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan

to cover most of the cost of the recovery plan. Japan often shows itself at its best in times of crisis, setting aside internal differences and responding with inspiring levels of efficiency and self-sacrifice. This crisis will be no... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

08 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 8

firms, we find that when institutional efficiency is low, family ownership and management increase value; however, family control in excess of ownership reduces value. When institutional efficiency is high,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Arjun Goyal

and business responsibilities, including the review of scientific literature and therapeutic guidelines, the analysis of compound licensing opportunities, the structuring of efficient clinical trials, and the creation of viable financial... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Health Care

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