Efficiency - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution

Internet more efficient at what those stores sell, what they sell may no longer needed by the customer! Those are the easier ones to see in decline. But there are some businesses that at first glance look to be OK but on close inspection... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

06 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?

according to the research. One reason might be that costs are lower for companies that moved production offshore, and the resulting, more efficient firms developed higher-skilled service work, like computer science, to fill the employment... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing

14 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Ethics Bots and Other Ways to Move Your Code of Business Conduct Beyond Puffery

information within the code of conduct efficiently and quickly. The code has served another, perhaps even more important purpose by allowing firm leaders to anonymously capture data across its workforce in order to better identify where... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Aug 2008
What Do You Think?

Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?

achieve organizational efficiency ... (by) highly motivated and committed staff with the passion to overachieve." Further, it is thought to work best in cultures where people have the latitude on occasion to fail (or as Mariana van... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

30 Aug 2019
Blog Post

3 Growing Pains from my First Year at HBS: Academic, Social, and Career

things in a way that I can be proud of instead of trying to climb up the ladder in the most efficient manner possible. The goal is to accept and learn from whatever the outcome is. Social: from desperately looking for "best... View Details

21 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Renewable Energy - CleanMax

Shah, realized corporations were seeking cost efficient ways to reduce their environmental footprint while simultaneously the cost of solar energy was decreasing. There are several key accomplishments under CleanMax’s belt, including 1.6... View Details

07 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India

lead to sustainable operational improvements. By analyzing fleet data, they've developed strategies to optimize battery usage, unlock sustainable fast charging, and prolong life. Thereby, encouraging drivers to adopt behaviors that contribute to the longevity and View Details

06 Dec 2021
News

Truth Be Told

things, they can resolve it internally more quickly and in a more efficient way than if it goes to regulators. Although we don’t study this I think it could also empower employees to feel ownership of the company because they’re helping... View Details

Keywords: April White; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

28 Mar 2018
News

Fueling the Future

they’d ask, ‘Who are you?’ I’d reply, ‘I’m your Schlumberger engineer.’ They’d say, ‘No, you’re not. Send a guy out.’” This was in 1994, and after explaining a replacement would not be coming, Kovatch would get to work. By the end of the job, seeing the quality and... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

March 2022 (Revised January 2023)
Case

Innovation at Moog Inc.

By: Brian J. Hall, Ashley V. Whillans, Davis Heniford, Dominika Randle and Caroline Witten

This case focuses on the challenges of incentivizing innovation within Moog, an engineering company based in New York state that designs and builds guidance systems for space, air, and land-based travel. The case enables students to grapple with the challenges of using... View Details

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29 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 29, 2008

developed countries—can be conducted more efficiently and effectively from an Indian research center. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708482 Radical Collaboration: IBM Microelectronics... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Nov 2006
First Look

First Look: November 21, 2006

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707409 Istituto Clinico Humanitas (C): Pronto Soccorso Harvard Business School Case 607-022 Follows on from the cases Istituto Clinico Humanitas (A) and (B). Describes the design and running of the new... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 1997
News

Blockbuster Deals

systems and nonfunctional governance systems." "In the 1980s," says Jensen, "there were many more takeovers, mergers, leveraged buyouts, and restructurings intended to create efficiency and value. While some of this is happening now,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry

14 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

The Big Money for Big Projects

the cost and schedule overruns. In general, I think the project would have benefited from more "for-profit" incentives—if there's not clear incentives to be efficient and make profits, people won't. To address this concern in... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

11 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices

market—they must demonstrate to an independent panel from the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) that a new product works better than existing options for an identifiable group of patients. The rule doesn’t apply... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

08 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy

and a global business unit head, and has recently returned to a straight-ahead global business unit reporting structure. "There are never-ending tradeoffs between creating global efficiencies through a more centralized structure and... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

29 May 2013
Research & Ideas

Faculty Symposium Showcases Breadth of Research

buyout. Others maintain that PE fund managers are better at managing firms and making them more efficient than many corporate executives. Josh Lerner, the Jacob H. Schiff professor of investment banking at HBS, has spent much of the past... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

26 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Syngenta Tomato Vision

collection basket. Another key discussion around the greenhouse was its energy consumption. About 30% of the facility’s costs are related to energy, and the team is continuously looking for ways to become more sustainable and efficient in... View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

Money (Actually) Can Buy Happiness

mindset to make you more strategic or more efficient with your time—but there’s not much research on that yet. Recently, we studied how people could spend their discretionary income to promote happiness: What would happen if you spent... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Apr 1996
News

Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World

increasing economic efficiency and improving government finances. Yet, privatization does not imply the disappearance of government from the affected sector. In many cases," says Emmons, "the reduction in state ownership is accompanied by... View Details

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