Cost Effectiveness - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Mar 2016
News

On Credit

credit to people they didn’t know from Adam. This, and the devastating economic effects of the Panic of 1837 and the recession that lingered in its aftermath well into the following decade, contributed to the growing demand for outside... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

04 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 4

experimenter who had made them wait, or not interrupting at all. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=44857 Measurement Errors of Expected Returns Proxies and the Implied Cost of Capital By: Wang, Charles C.Y.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

The Broadband Explosion: Thinking About a Truly Interactive World

communication has been elusive. That's too bad, because people have been anticipating profound effects from the ability to collaborate in real time at a distance for a long time. One of our favorite examples of this is described in a... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

01 Feb 1997
News

Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management

need to cut the cost of a building by 10 percent in order to make the numbers work, they need to understand what has been given up. I'd like them to be better at visualizing the impact of what is being created and its View Details

18 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

but costly Olympic Games come to an end, significant maintenance and operating costs for publicly owned large Olympic venues, which were constructed or renovated for the Games, continue to burden host cities and states for a long time... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

18 Aug 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs

application, the paper chip, which costs only pennies to produce, monitors liver function and the adverse side effects of the powerful drugs used to treat HIV/AIDS and TB. In February, DFA's reach broadened... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

01 Jun 2011
News

The Best-Laid Plans

model,” adds Weng. (Battery Ventures and a few private investors bought into FashionStake’s vision early on.) FashionStake and other consumer Internet companies have benefited from a decrease in the cost of buying and maintaining... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Health, Social Assistance; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

28 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

Earth Day Reflections

collection of data, engage more deeply and effectively with all their stakeholders, and lower reputational risk through a high level of transparency. Given the importance of sustainability, I think companies have an ethical obligation to... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

16 Sep 2015
News

Built for Speed

way it’s been for more than 100 years. Cars today, he says, are essentially produced the same way Ford made the Model T. “But what if we made cars differently?” Rogers gathers speed. What if we assumed that people didn’t care about steel? What if we assumed that... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

10 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing

Companies that outsource merely to shuffle off commodity work to save costs might be missing important opportunities to work with vendors and significantly improve the final product. "When it comes to the outsourcing of many complex... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry; Health

03 Apr 2009
What Do You Think?

How Much Obsolescence Can Business and Society Absorb?

potential. My guess [is that] the societal effects are just as important." Ganesh Ram commented, "We laugh at the Luddites who destroyed factories in the early Nineteenth Century but the cost of... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Publishing; Journalism & News

28 Oct 2021
News

Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity

access capital. “We wrote this case because it not only tells a particular story of two student leaders effecting change,” says Bussgang, a Senior Lecturer at HBS and managing partner at the VC firm, Flybridge. “But it also speaks to... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 1997
News

Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize

moving in a similar direction in collaboration with the late Fischer Black. Investors use derivatives to hedge their portfolios against the effects of sudden shifts in the market. Merton's work provides them with a formula for evaluating... View Details

01 Sep 2003
News

Patrick Moreton

it’s a balancing act? Yes, and it continues to this day. In the media industry, I think we’re seeing something like the Wal-Mart effect on small rural communities. Consumers love Wal-Mart’s low prices and its one-stop shopping. At the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Telecommunications; Information

01 Jan 2004
News

Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964

analysis at HBS. Since then, I have been a big advocate of this objective method of examining the potential benefits and costs of any decision." ADVICE TO CURRENT STUDENTS "Seize the opportunity to live, work, or travel in Asia; that's... View Details

01 Jan 2006
News

William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958

72, he was considering some “new directions” when President George W. Bush (MBA ’75) asked him to head the SEC, which was reeling from the resignation of its chairman and criticisms about its effectiveness in fighting corporate... View Details

22 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change

government. The renewables world has significantly changed in the past 5 to 10 years though – our scientists and engineers have delivered massive design improvements and our manufacturing and supply chain leaders have delivered unbelievable View Details

30 Jan 2018
First Look

January 30, 2018

role of telecommunications firms in providing content. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53774 forthcoming Journal of Accounting Research Effects of an Information Sharing System on Employee Creativity,... View Details