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Strategy & IT - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
can escape its effects. Dramatic reductions in the cost of obtaining, processing, and transmitting information are changing the way we do business. Read More Related News 26 August 2001 BusinessWeek Q&A:... View Details
- 02 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 2
tasks and resources, patients' lengths of stay were longer than when the ED converted to having dedicated tasks and resources. More specifically, we find that dedicated systems resulted in a 9% overall decrease in length of stay, which corresponds to a 25-minute View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 9
strategies for the firm and find market conditions under which the firm would benefit most from implementing BPS. We show that the optimal operating and licensing strategies are driven by the size of the cost View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
to reductions in dividends relative to the reference point set by prior dividends. Managers with strong but unobservable cash earnings separate themselves by paying high dividends but retain enough earnings to be likely not to fall short... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
help senior leaders achieve their goals. Too often, they’re done for short-term gain, but the cost savings are overshadowed by bad publicity, loss of knowledge, weakened engagement, higher voluntary turnover, and lower innovation, which... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
million, down 28 percent from the prior year. This amounted to 9 percent of the School's total operating costs in both fiscal years. As with other line items on the income statement, the reduction in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
A Sustainable Solution for Fashion
full-price sales, a decrease in lost sales, and a decline in costs due to a reduction in excess inventory—along with up to a 95 percent reduction in manual labor. As Syrup... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 11 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
BTG Bioliquids: Creating Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oil from Biomass Residue Streams
sees their competitive advantage in product/engineering innovation and flexibility in having a small team. As regulation evolves in Europe, BTG Bioliquids is also looking at the U.S. market, due to the recent passage of the Inflation View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
The Exchange: Same Great Price, Now with Fewer Chips
this period, allowing firms to keep the benefits of cost reductions for themselves. I think there’s also a lot to be said for changes in consumer behavior over this period, and, John, I’d love to get your... View Details
- 06 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
My HBS Student Loan Story: Gorick Ng (MBA 2018)
students I have mentored, I realized that I wanted to pay it forward—to help others from humble beginnings reach their full potential. I had a sponsorship offer from my previous employer, so there was significant opportunity cost of... View Details
- 15 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
This Workplace Certification Made Already Safe Companies Even Safer
States cost companies an estimated $171 billion in wage and productivity losses in 2019, according to the National Safety Council. By 2018, more than 90,000 organizations across 127 countries had adopted OHSAS 18001. The similar ISO 45001... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
October 14, experts warned that “voluntary” carbon reduction targets being set at COP26 are far from sufficient to meaningfully address climate change. Methane, which is 60 to 80 times worse than CO2, they said, isn’t even part of the... View Details
- 08 Sep 2008
- HBS Case
The Value of Environmental Activists
There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Building a Better Buyer-Seller Relationship
customers begin to give more volumes." Wesco's costs began to go down, not just due to volumes but also efficiency. For the customers, value increased, thanks to price reduction and the fact that the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
achieving the complete elimination of all waste in pursuit of the most efficient methods.” The system is based on two principles: automation with a human touch, and each process producing only what is needed for the next process in a continuous flow. According to... View Details
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
interest to find common ground on a plan that restructures the company’s debts and allows the business to continue. Even though creditors will typically be asked to make some financial sacrifices, such as accepting a reduction in what... View Details
- 31 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training
Every year depression affects one in every five employees and costs American businesses $210 billion in medical bills and lost productivity. In fact, for every worker with a depressive disorder, a company loses an average of 32 productive... View Details
- 31 Oct 2007
- HBS Case
Climate Change Puts Heat on GMs
What is the responsibility of business regarding social issues? And how does that jibe with maximizing profits? In "UBS and Climate Change—Warming Up to Global Action?" Associate Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Professor Forest Reinhardt present the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
How to Take a Stand On UBS and Climate Change
emissions offsets. A 10 percent reduction would fall in line with industry practice and cost $3.7 to $5.9 million; 40 percent would provide an innovative, positive story for the public and View Details
Edward E. Carlson
When he assumed the CEO position of United Airlines, Carlson inherited a company that had just produced a record $40 million loss. Despite no prior experience in the airline industry, Carlson embarked on a stringent cost View Details
Keywords: Transportation