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- 23 Feb 2009
- News
A Disruptive Solution for Health Care
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
progress nationwide is slow. A 2019 US Energy Information Administration report indicated that just over 100,000 of the estimated 6 million commercial buildings in the United States had achieved LEED certification. “Vast potential remains... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
mission. They bring energy, ideas, they’re hungry for growth, they’re eager and passionate and give you their best.” The downsides, say panelists, include a lack of infrastructure in financing, low debt availability for small and medium sized businesses, high energy... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Faculty Books
Government and Markets: Toward a New Theory of Regulation edited by Edward J. Balleisen and David A. Moss (Cambridge University Press) After years of emphasis on governmental inefficiency and the need for deregulation, interest is growing... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Using IT to Heal U.S. Health Care
BRAILER: Aiming to give every American an electronic health-care record by 2014. American health-care providers may use the best technology in the world, but when it comes to patient records, the system is an inefficient maze responsible... View Details
- 01 Apr 2008
- News
“Let Us Now Praise Famous Women”
precomputer times: on 8x5-inch alphabetized cards, one per alum, filling buckets set in five-foot-long deep trays placed on four revolving shelves, like cars on a very wide, miniature (about 4 ½ feet tall), electrically operated Ferris wheel. This contraption was... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Cracks in the Foundation
foundation, the survey sought to gauge the impact of 17 specific macro- and microeconomic factors. Of greatest concern to alumni were dysfunction in America's political system, the complex tax code, a failing K-12 education system, an View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Virtual Plant Tours and Beer Game Dysfunction
share computer-generated results of the chaos and inefficiencies produced by inadequate information. “The level of dysfunction in such a simple supply chain is extraordinary,” says Assistant Professor Andrew McAfee. “If you just tell... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum
taking on the public interest as an essential part of its agenda,” said HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter in one of the many sessions led by the School’s faculty. Kanter explained that several trends are causing the private sector to get more involved: the perceived... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Case for Studying Financial History
certainly anticipated something very large because the parallels are not just with the Great Depression but with the financial crisis of 1914, which in many ways was more spectacular. So, this was a case of history informing judgments... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
Michael Jensen, a finance expert, how what is happening today compares to what transpired in the 1980s. A decade ago, Jensen explains, M&As; were often associated with downsizing and what he describes as "the freeing of equity trapped in old-line, View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
create value for shareholders and society alike. That worked in many cases. But some executives who were loaded up with stock options succumbed to the temptation to “game” a financial-markets inefficiency, inefficiencies caused by... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
The Maestro and the Market
increase the restaurant’s hours of operation. But “fixing” elBulli turns it into just another restaurant, says Norton: “The things that make it inefficient are part of what makes it so valuable to people.” Adrià’s other business ventures... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
still true today: eBay enables users to trade with other people without regard to time and distance. It makes inefficient markets efficient. What kind of communications devices do you use? I may be the last person on earth who does not... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
inefficiencies of highly hierarchical organizations by having a completely open attitude about what information is available to employees. Our business is changing so rapidly and individual managers are... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
David M. Hughes
offered new students not only social events to help them get acquainted but also a central location where they could obtain information on everything from purchasing computers to buying groceries. Through it all, Hughes proved to be a... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care
addressed one of four topics: different models of consumer-driven health care; the role of consumer-driven health care in supporting innovative solutions to chronic problems in the industry; the new breed of consumer information and... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
influence has become increasingly international, with approximately 329,000 employees working in 75 countries. Now the world's largest information technology company, it recorded revenues of more than $96 billion in 2004. While IBM's... View Details
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
mistakes, and all the while they fed it books, dictionaries, the Bible, encyclopedias, everything. They tested it, endlessly, reinforcing the methods that had led to correct answers and amending the mistakes, which meant tweaking the algorithms View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
eat some grasshoppers, ensuring (according to local lore) that they’ll return to Oaxaca one day. Day 3: Oaxaca Site Visits MI CASA ES SU CASA: On site visits, student groups focus on different tracks (housing, water, retail), gathering View Details