Cost Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 1997
News

OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion

Florida's Walt Disney World®, this year marking 25 years of extraordinary entrepreneurial success, was the venue for the celebration of the 21st anniversary of Harvard Business School's Owner/President Management Program (OPM). Under the... View Details

10 May 2016
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May 10, 2016

Harvard Business Review Planned Opportunism: Using Weak Signals to Spur Innovations By: Govindarajan, Vijay Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51052 forthcoming Strategic View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

03 Feb 2020
What Do You Think?

Can an Organization Have Too Much 'Rebel Talent'?

while hiring and assigning conventional managers to deal with more familiar and common tasks and goals.” “The right question is therefore not the amount of ‘rebel talent’ but how to focus it on the right causes.” Grace was more cautious.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

17 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Companies Detangle from Legacy Pensions

difficult question, How are we going to make good on those promises? Pensions are a costly legacy for many companies. Photo: iStockPhoto The question is particularly urgent now, says Viceira, who teaches in the area of investment View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Aerospace; Financial Services

21 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 21, 2010

heterogeneous telecommunication costs arising from different regulatory regimes) strengthens our results. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-023.pdf Employee Selection as a Control System Author:Dennis Campbell... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Jan 2010
What Do You Think?

Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?

it, is defined by my colleague Howard Stevenson as "the pursuit of opportunity beyond the resources you currently control." In short, managers manage assets, entrepreneurs View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities

21 Mar 2004
Research & Ideas

Loyalty: Don’t Give Away the Store

25 percent of your sales, you have a big problem. By using rewards programs, retailers give away things for free that their best customers would have bought anyway. With such a large volume of customers purchasing off the card, you have to worry about having a... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Consumer Products; Retail

01 Mar 2012
News

Alumni Book Briefs

thinking, translating his insights into practice and correcting the most common misconceptions about them. Guide to Managing Growth: Turning Success into Even Bigger Success by Rupert Merson (PMD 71, 1996) (Wiley) Successful growth... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016

suggest that the cost of a delay of this length is upwards of 7% of the total cost of bringing a new high-risk device to market. Considering potential explanations, I find that approval times are largely... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

21 Nov 2017
News

Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy

shipment is little red scooters, with a 60-mile range. In the spring, we’ll have four-wheelers, with nice touches like windows you can operate and with a heater and that have a 60-mile range, and cost us less than those first scooters... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; solar power; wind power

05 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 5

perceived benefits from lowering transactions costs to foreign financial-statement users increase and contribute significantly towards the country's decision to adopt IFRS. We find that perceived network benefits increase the degree of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Apr 2011
News

Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS

LifeQube mobile clinic management Asia-Pacific HBS Club of Shanghai Oliver Segovia, MBA '10 Jennifer Kelly, MBA '10 AVA invitation-only shopping platform Canada HBS Club of Toronto Zaheed Poptia, MBA '06 CardSwap online giftcard... View Details

Keywords: Multiple alumni

23 Sep 2024
Blog Post

2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

suited to synthesize cost effective clean ammonia with renewable energy for fertilizers, maritime fuel or as an energy carrier. Ian's roles prior to HBS were Business Development at Walmart and Management... View Details

19 Jan 2021
Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Marc Duranteau (MBA 2019)

background offered me one of the best training programs in engineering, I knew I would need to add an MBA to my courses to be a leader in the aerospace industry. The French education system separates the management and business track from... View Details

June 2024
Supplement

Heritage Holding (A)

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff

Pre-Abstract: Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details.

Abstract: The summer of 2022 marked a crucial period for Heritage Holding co-founders, Alex de Pfyffer and Ross Porter. The... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Small Business; Cost vs Benefits; Decisions; Business Education; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Problems and Challenges; Private Equity; Corporate Strategy; Business Model; North America

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13 Sep 2016
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September 13, 2016

misbehavior, yet failed to notice it. To explain such inaction, management scholars have been developing the area of behavioral ethics and the more specific topic of bounded ethicality—the systematic and predictable ways in which even... View Details

21 Mar 2016
Lessons from the Classroom

When Your Classmate is an NBA Superstar (or Fashion Model, or Movie Actress)

unique perspective,” says Anita Elberse, the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration at HBS, who is faculty co-chair of the Executive Education program. “Their viewpoint often sheds light on why we see certain tensions in the media space and why executives... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation; Sports; Media & Broadcasting; Education

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

IT Links for Boundaryless Companies

"There are huge switching costs in information technology. If you're selling stuff, you can lock in the buyer around your proprietary standards. But the buyer has to beware they're not locking themselves into a closed standard.... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

27 Sep 2016
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September 27, 2016

selecting investments, VCs see the management team as more important than business-related characteristics such as product or technology. They also attribute more of the likelihood of ultimate investment success or failure to the team... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

November 1998 (Revised December 1998)
Case

Asea Brown Boveri (Condensed)

By: Robert L. Simons

The merger of Asea AB and BBC Brown Boveri required a restructuring of operations and a change in organizational cultures. Competitive success also necessitated the benefits of scale while remaining "local" for political and customer-responsiveness reasons. The case... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Mergers and Acquisitions; Restructuring; Cost vs Benefits; Competitive Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Growth and Development; Performance Effectiveness; Consumer Products Industry

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