Profit Centers - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jan 2013
News

Thomas A. James, MBA 1966

Entrepreneur Of The Year, Financial Services 2013 James Center for Molecular and Life Sciences opens at Eckerd College Tom James's entrepreneurial bent was apparent early on. An avid coin collector, at the age of 15 he began to buy and... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 2005
News

The Deleterious Effects of Dirty Money

corporations, and fake transactions. The practice bolsters international crime and terrorism and contributes to global inequality and poverty, he writes. A guest scholar at the Brookings Institution and a senior fellow at the Center for... View Details

Keywords: Lewis I. Rice; Finance

02 Feb 2007
What Do You Think?

Is There Too Little “Know Why” In Business?

become centered around maximizing profits rather than maximizing on the Purpose." Neil Olonoff argued that the concept of purpose put forth by Nikos Mourkogiannis in his book is too impersonal. He... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Jun 2007
News

Delta’s Flight from Bankruptcy

domestic flights and added service to seventy international destinations in the last fifteen months. Whitehurst said that the company’s future growth will center on Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. “It’s easy to move the metal around... View Details

Keywords: Air Transportation; Transportation

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details

01 Jun 2014
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014

Alumni Books Gretel II Disqualified: The Untold Inside Story of a Famous America's Cup Incident by B. Devereux Barker III (PMD 23, 1972) and John N. Fiske Jr. (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform) Centered Leadership: Leading with... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

The Race Against Resistance

warning that antibiotic resistance presents one of the greatest threats to health, food security, and development worldwide. And according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year in the United States at least 2... View Details

Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov

01 Jun 2018
News

Case Study: Tip the Scale

2003) was looking for more options. Their path: Readers suggested everything from upfront payment models to partnering with employers looking to offer the centers as a benefit, but ultimately, one of the funding doors opened: The success... View Details

19 Dec 2006
First Look

First Look: December 19, 2006

low (-0.16 and 0.006) and decrease over time as network effects become increasingly important. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-035.pdf The Demise of Cost and Profit Centers... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2017
News

Students Forecast Climate Change’s Impact

in the reduction of greenhouse gases, customers need to play a more significant role.” — Piersten Gaines (MBA 2018) Vail Ski Resort Data point: “The typical ski resort needs 100–105 days of skiing to secure the average industry profit... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

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Deal Making in Real Estate - Course Catalog

strategic areas within Gilbane including profit and loss oversight of Gilbane’s Next 150 subsidiary providing site services, equipment and self-perform workforce and GRS Disaster Response, an emergency recovery business. He also leads the... View Details

01 Apr 1998
News

New Releases

practical guide for managers who wish to understand how cost and performance management systems can increase profits and performance. Its authors, HBS professor Robert S. Kaplan and Robin Cooper of the Peter F. Drucker Graduate Management... View Details

29 Sep 2009
First Look

First Look: September 29

has good information about cost and demand functions, product quality, and optimal output mix. Profit centers—defined as business units whose managers have responsibility for overall profits but not the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Trade Catalogs - The Art of American Advertising

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

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Values Matter—No Matter Where You Are | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Monae. “I’m the least musically talented,” Shilla says modestly. But she also had visual art talent she explored during a high school internship at Rhode Island School of Design, where she studied architecture. It’s no surprise then that she found “a natural fit” with... View Details

09 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times

purpose than simply profit and increasing stock price, though they were all laser-focused on profitability and saw it as essential to achieving their larger purpose for the firm. They had a multi-stakeholder... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

11 Jun 2019
Book

These Aren't Beach Books, but Managers Should Read Them Anyway

greater burdens on managers but also creating new opportunities to shine. Varieties of Green Business: Industries, Nations and Time Making a business successful is a challenge in itself, but making a green business profitable is an even... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Fast Answer

Government data and information sources for public entrepreneurship

over 500 local, regional, and national datasets from around the world, collected by data experts. Use your browser’s find feature, as there is very little indexing. USAFacts.org: USAFacts is a non-partisan, not for profit initiative... View Details

18 Apr 2007
HBS Case

How Magazine Luiza Courts the Poor

immediate e-mail to Gustavo Herrero (HBS MBA '76), executive director of the School's Latin America Research Center (LARC). Herrero responded promptly, and with the assistance of LARC senior researcher Ricardo Reisen de Pinho (HBS PMD 74,... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

04 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

The Business of Global Poverty

time. They believe that in pursuing its own self-interest in opening and expanding the BOP market, business can make a profit while serving the poorest of consumers and contributing to development. As Rangan explains, "For business,... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

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