efficiency - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Dec 2018
Working Paper Summaries

Team Learning Capabilities: A Meso Model of Sustained Innovation and Superior Firm Performance

Keywords: by Jean-François Harvey, Henrik Bresman, and Amy C. Edmondson

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Financial Report 2015 - Financial Report 2015

asking for support to ensure the future strength of HBS—I often am asked how we measure our efficiency and effectiveness. This Financial Report is intended to provide a window into our operations. During FY2015, and building on the... View Details

Vincent A. Calarco

struggling companies. His track record of efficient cost containment, customer focus, and sales investment has enabled Crompton to not only survive, but also thrive as a leading player in a very competitive industry sector. View Details

Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

17 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 17, 2007

efficient levels and retain unproductive workers, both of which should affect productivity. These theoretical predictions have rarely been tested. We use the adoption of wrongful-discharge protections by U.S. state courts over the last... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

January 2011
Supplement

Matrix Capital Management (C)

By: Malcolm P. Baker and David Lane

Ben Balbale, a partner at hedge fund Matrix Capital, must decide whether to exit their investment in Rovi Corporation, a company with a diverse portfolio of patents used primarily for digital interactive guides. Rovi's shares are up over 50% from the time Balbale... View Details

Keywords: Public Ownership; Cash Flow; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Investment Funds; Financial Strategy; Valuation; Partners and Partnerships; Markets; Performance Efficiency; Patents; Stock Shares; Decisions; Financial Services Industry

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Purchase

17 Aug 2021

Behind the Scenes of Writing a Case Study: When manufacturing and a mass vaccination site intersect

discuss Professor Shih’s most recent case study. This case study provides an inside look at how Jamie, and the Toyota Production System Support Center (TSSC), partnered with Dallas County, Texas, to increase the efficiency of their mass... View Details

29 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

How Economics May Lead to Better Football Games

measurement of the inefficiency due to early transaction times in a naturally occurring market." Lessons about the value of better matching go far beyond the football field, however. As Roth describes in this e-mail Q&A with HBS Working Knowledge, View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Sports

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

work together to create all aspects of the urban environment. Also necessary are new systems and processes for helping cities operate efficiently and effectively, including the use of new information and communication technologies already... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

Thomas J. Watson, Jr.

Though his father had turned IBM into a tremendously successful company, the firm that Thomas Jr. inherited was largely a mix of loosely organized divisions that competed with one another for resources. After an intensive restructuring, which improved View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

20 Mar 2018
News

Seeing a Way Forward

and 7 percent of diabetics in Mexico are unnecessarily blind. Since 2011 salauno has treated more than 150,000 patients and performed more than 18,000 surgeries, 40 percent of which were free of charge. In her role, Leger works to make the for-profit organization’s... View Details

2009
Working Paper

Specific Knowledge and Divisional Performance Measurement

By: Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling

This paper discusses five common divisional performance measurement methods—cost centers, revenue centers, profit centers, investment centers, and expense centers—providing a theory that explains when each of these methods is likely to be the most efficient. The... View Details

Keywords: Business Units; Business Headquarters; Decisions; Cost; Investment; Investment Return; Profit; Revenue; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Managerial Roles; Performance Efficiency; Strategy

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SSRN

11 Jun 2018
Blog Post

Meet the 2018-2019 Blavatnik Fellows in Life Science Entrepreneurship

making providers more efficient by increasing the quality of care while decreasing costs. In addition, David is a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he conducts research with Matt Nock on how technology can help better... View Details

01 Mar 2012
News

Robots to the Rescue

approach to order fulfillment is based on the disarming efficiency of small, battery-powered, orange mobile robots. When orders are received, the robots are directed by a complex software application to find and retrieve the desired... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; e-commerce; order fulfillment; robotics; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

15 Aug 2019
Blog Post

Stan Chang: “A Guided Experience into the World of Entrepreneurship”

(Google) with “a grand vision of developing the Toronto waterfront using advanced technology to make a better city, one with more efficient transportation and a more sustainable environment.” Further investigation revealed that a recent... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Entrepreneurship

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Generative AI for Business Leaders - Course Catalog

Gen AI has the potential to disrupt business models. How can businesses improve productivity and efficiency using Gen AI? How can businesses innovate using gen AI? How are business functions changing because of Gen AI? We'll focus on... View Details

02 Jan 2018
News

Reconsidering Retirement

friends were in the minority among their HBS classmates, many of whom aspired to join Wall Street. As it turned out, “entrepreneurial resourcefulness,” as Puritz calls it, has served them well throughout their careers and in the launch of Rebalance. In addition to... View Details

Keywords: April White; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Oct 1998
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Beyond the Numbers

helping to create a mentoring program in New York City that will partner seasoned business executives with public school administrators to develop more efficient ways to put funds to use for students. "For me, life is about helping people... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Jun 2007
News

KPMG for Mayor!

and graft means that citizens are cheated out of a fair government that operates efficiently and in the public interest. It’s time to consider a radical idea: Corporations and nonprofit groups, in addition to individuals, should be... View Details

Keywords: Eric Werker; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Dec 2008
News

Wyss Gift Sets Harvard Record

disease-reprogramming technologies, which will provide a deeper understanding of living systems and will lead to more efficient bio-inspired ways of creating a more sustainable world. View Details

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Jason Flood

part of the curriculum is the way it solidifies my knowledge of core business fundamentals, like operations and finance, as they pertain to running an organization. If I were to run a health care organization—a community clinic or a private company—I need to make sure... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare/Biotech; Tech

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