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  • 22 Mar 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Open Source Software: The $9 Trillion Resource Companies Take for Granted

making the two datasets complementary. Although they looked at all programming languages, they narrowed in on the top five based on data from GitHub: C (including C# and C++), Java, JavaScript, Python, and Typescript. They also included the Go programming language. To... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Computer; Information Technology; Technology
  • October 2019
  • Case

Regtech at HSBC

By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and James Weber
Mark Cooke, Global Head of Operational Risk, needed to decide between a traditional regulatory control system and a new regtech system to manage non-financial risks. Non-financial risks failures such as money laundering and tax evasion had cost HSBC billions of... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Banks and Banking; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Banking Industry; Information Technology Industry; United Kingdom; United States
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Dey, Aiyesha, Jonas Heese, and James Weber. "Regtech at HSBC." Harvard Business School Case 120-046, October 2019.
  • Winter 2013
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How to Identify the Best Customers for Your Business

By: Frank V. Cespedes, James P. Dougherty and Ben S. Skinner III
How can businesses achieve profitable growth so that their costs don’t grow faster than sales? This article focuses on scaling a venture’s sales process and provides a methodology for identifying core customers and some implications for governance criteria and... View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Growth Management; Sales
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Cespedes, Frank V., James P. Dougherty, and Ben S. Skinner III. "How to Identify the Best Customers for Your Business ." MIT Sloan Management Review 54, no. 2 (Winter 2013): 53–59.
  • 09 Jan 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Could Clean Hydrogen Become Affordable at Scale by 2030?

Hydrogen is poised to move from the sidelines of global clean energy as the industry learns to produce it more efficiently and at lower cost, according to newly published research led by Gunther Glenk, a climate fellow with Harvard Business School's Institute for the... View Details
Keywords: by Desmond Dodd; Energy; Green Technology
  • May 2014
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Bias in Reduced-form Estimates of Pass-through

By: Alexander MacKay, Nathan H. Miller, Marc Remer and Gloria Sheu
We show that, in general, consistent estimates of cost pass-through are not obtained from reduced-form regressions of price on cost. We derive a formal approximation for the bias that arises even under standard orthogonality conditions. We provide guidance on the... View Details
Keywords: Pass-through; Reduced-form Aggression; Bias
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MacKay, Alexander, Nathan H. Miller, Marc Remer, and Gloria Sheu. "Bias in Reduced-form Estimates of Pass-through." Economics Letters 123, no. 2 (May 2014): 200–202.
  • September 2015 (Revised February 2023)
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Emdeon's Acquisition of Change Healthcare: Innovating Transparency Solutions for Health Care Consumers

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Jeet Guram and Aanchal Raj
Case describes acquisition of Change Healthcare, which provides health care cost and quality information, by Emdeon, a health information exchange, and discusses health care transparency. Emdeon is a billion-dollar company that has grown through acquisitions; at its... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare; Healthcare Industry; Healthcare Innovation; Health Care and Treatment; Acquisition; Integration; Analytics and Data Science; Mergers and Acquisitions; Competitive Strategy; Health Industry; United States
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Herzlinger, Regina E., Jeet Guram, and Aanchal Raj. "Emdeon's Acquisition of Change Healthcare: Innovating Transparency Solutions for Health Care Consumers." Harvard Business School Case 316-026, September 2015. (Revised February 2023.)
  • September 2001 (Revised August 2004)
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Rapid Rewards at Southwest Airlines

By: Frances X. Frei and Corey B. Hajim
Southwest Airlines is well known as the low-fare airline that has achieved ongoing financial success in one of the most financially troubled industries in the United States. Told from the perspectives of two Southwest customers--a frequent flier and a more typical... View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Air Transportation; Service Operations; Service Delivery; Air Transportation Industry
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Frei, Frances X., and Corey B. Hajim. "Rapid Rewards at Southwest Airlines." Harvard Business School Case 602-065, September 2001. (Revised August 2004.)
  • June 2008
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Treadway Tire Company: Job Dissatisfaction and High Turnover at the Lima Plant

By: C. Wickham Skinner and Heather Beckham
Treadway Tire's plant in Lima, Ohio must confront strong job dissatisfaction and high turnover among its line foremen. The foremen are caught in the middle of an adversarial relationship between the union and management, and they must cope with the needs and interests... View Details
Keywords: Superior & Subordinate; Labor Relations; Work Force Management; Human Resource Management; Hiring; Job Satisfaction; Management; Leadership; Retention; Rank and Position; Organizational Culture; Change Management; Selection and Staffing; Satisfaction; Personal Development and Career; Labor and Management Relations; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Ohio
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Skinner, C. Wickham, and Heather Beckham. "Treadway Tire Company: Job Dissatisfaction and High Turnover at the Lima Plant." Harvard Business School Brief Case 082-189, June 2008.
  • 02 Mar 2007
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What Is the Government’s Role in US Health Care?

Newman), the high cost of new technology, artificial restrictions on the supply of drugs (Sergey Mirkiin) and healthcare providers (David Stahl and Michael Robbins), the size and complexity of the problem... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health
  • October 26, 2015
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Measuring and Communicating Health Care Value with Charts

By: Robert S. Kaplan, Robin P. Blackstone, Derek A. Haas and Nikhil G. Thaker
The goal of a health care system should be to deliver the most value to patients: the outcomes achieved for treating a medical condition relative to the costs incurred over a complete care cycle. We have found that a radar (spider web) chart is an effective means to... View Details
Keywords: Service Delivery; Value; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry
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Kaplan, Robert S., Robin P. Blackstone, Derek A. Haas, and Nikhil G. Thaker. "Measuring and Communicating Health Care Value with Charts." Harvard Business Review (website) (October 26, 2015). (A collaboration of the editors of Harvard Business Review and the New England Journal of Medicine.)
  • 10 Dec 2014
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Minimum Wage Debate Is Really About Social Values

several decades—and it's hard to argue that a mild increase in a low minimum wage would cause a lot of unemployment. Nevertheless, a minimum wage increase is controversial. Why is that? Because the conversation is really about much more than a technical debate on the... View Details
Keywords: by April White; Retail; Manufacturing
  • February 2006
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Fraikin SA

By: W. Carl Kester, Vincent Marie Dessain and Monika Stachowiak
Provides an example of a so-called "whole business" securitization. In early 2004, Fraikin, France's leading industrial vehicle rental company, compares several alternatives for refinancing a large bridge loan within a year. Presents three primary options: a classic... View Details
Keywords: Debt Securities; Transportation; Renting or Rental; Transportation Industry; Service Industry; France
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Kester, W. Carl, Vincent Marie Dessain, and Monika Stachowiak. "Fraikin SA." Harvard Business School Case 206-090, February 2006.
  • February 1998 (Revised August 2006)
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House of Tata, 1995: The Next Generation (A)

By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Danielle Melito Wu
The Tata Group began the 1990s as a confederation of loosely coupled firms. This case considers the rise to prominence of the new CEO of Tata Group, Ratan Tata, and his attempts to strengthen the inter-relationships among the group companies at a time when critics... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Business Conglomerates; Organizations; Corporate Strategy; Consolidation; Business Strategy; Alignment; Consumer Products Industry; Service Industry
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Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Danielle Melito Wu. "House of Tata, 1995: The Next Generation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 798-037, February 1998. (Revised August 2006.)
  • 23 Oct 2015
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The Mayo Clinic Model for Running a Value-Improvement Program

  • March 1982 (Revised January 1990)
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Note on Pricing Strategies for Industrial Products

Used as a background reading for a course or course module on pricing, this note describes the several basic parameters relevant for price determination. Provides a conceptual approach to formulating pricing strategy, dealing with such topics as skimming versus... View Details
Keywords: Price; Product Marketing; Industrial Products Industry
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Corey, E. Raymond. "Note on Pricing Strategies for Industrial Products." Harvard Business School Background Note 582-124, March 1982. (Revised January 1990.)
  • March 1996 (Revised February 2006)
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Arborite

Describes the competitive position of Arborite, a Canadian manufacturer of high-pressure laminates (HPL) (a product sold under the Formica name in the United States). Arborite's market share has slipped, and a new general manager must evaluate whether a change in... View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting; Consumer Behavior; Manufacturing Industry; Canada
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McGahan, Anita M. "Arborite." Harvard Business School Case 796-146, March 1996. (Revised February 2006.)
  • 24 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

including aging populations and medical technology. But an underlying and misunderstood source of health care’s escalating costs has been the inability of health care provider organizations (such as large... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    Unexploited Efficiencies in Higher Education

    This paper provides an economic model of a university for use in sensitivity and scenario analyses to enhance efficiency. Such modeling contributes to efforts to lower costs and increase college attainment. Executives at BYU-Idaho, identified as one of the most... View Details
    • November 2000 (Revised May 2002)
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    FleetBoston Financial: Online Banking

    By: Frances X. Frei and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar
    As the ninth largest bank holding company in the United States in 2000, FleetBoston Financial Corp. provided a myriad of financial services, including retail banking, loan origination, and brokerage accounts. This case explores how FleetBoston responded to the Internet... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Borrowing and Debt; Cost Management; Banks and Banking; Consumer Behavior; Service Operations; Competition; Online Technology; Banking Industry; United States
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    Frei, Frances X., and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar. "FleetBoston Financial: Online Banking." Harvard Business School Case 601-042, November 2000. (Revised May 2002.)
    • 06 Mar 2012
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