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- 04 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Attention Medical Shoppers: What Health Care Can Learn from Walmart and Amazon
to get the best results with the lowest costs." “In the end what we're looking for is the first community that actually lowers health care costs without harming a soul." —Atul Gawande Gawande brought up the hopeful example of... View Details
- 20 Mar 2019
- News
Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire
emissions reductions immediately, Henderson and the other speakers were optimistic that it is completely plausible to change today’s practices and norms. Despite ongoing debate about the cost of... View Details
- 13 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 13
census. We document a shift to smaller shops following a 1996 regulatory change that increased the costs of opening large stores. Our analysis suggests that total factor productivity (TFP) of multi-store retail chains fell after the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Climate Finance SIP
sustainability. If they don't develop science based targets to approach emissions reductions they may face threats from activist investors or a higher cost of capital. Business leaders thus have been and... View Details
- 01 Aug 2019
- What Do You Think?
Has the Twitter Age Left the Case Method Behind?
Goldshlager suggested a reduction in the use of cases, citing the emphasis in cases on “best practices” and the possibility that they “may not be leading (practices) to begin with, and may not be amenable to transfer to other companies,... View Details
- 20 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Markets or Communities? The Best Ways to Manage Outside Innovation
participate with you on your critical problems. Of course, the Internet and the massive reduction in communication and computation costs have made accessing external innovators a much easier task than what... View Details
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?
concern has to be weighed against the gains in reduced compliance costs (firms would no longer have to file hundreds or thousands of returns) that are currently sizable, reductions in tax sheltering, and... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 15 Feb 2023
- News
Grand Ambitions in the Great Plains
get the cost of removing and storing one ton of carbon dioxide below $100, it will be a feasible mitigation strategy. And Jonas Lee is optimistic. JL: I think well before 2050 the cost per removal of a ton... View Details
- 02 Sep 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?
to communicate with each other at will, then repeated the experiment. The result of increased communication was a significant reduction in inventory swings. The paper resulting from that experiment (and probably a lot of other research... View Details
- 03 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Jurgen Weiss
moving forward aggressively. The reality is that any reductions to our greenhouse gas emissions that we implement over the coming decades are going to lower the risks of catastrophic harm. Rebekah Emanuel: What kind of changes do you... View Details
- 26 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Electronic Patient Records Can Slow Doctor Productivity
access the results of that study, she may be less inclined to repeat it," he says. "This reduction in duplication can lead to lower costs without harming quality." Productivity losses are not inevitable, and... View Details
- 24 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Do National Security Secrets Hold Back National Innovation?
mass rescindment in 1945, but their use spikes immediately afterwards,” Gross explains. This suggests that secrecy orders were effective at keeping sensitive technology out of the public view. Whether the 15 percent reduction in... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 28 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Government Can Do More to Unfreeze Small Business Credit
very cost-efficient government tool when it comes to small business credit, even during strong economic times, since they do not require an outlay of cash unless the business defaults. Lenders rely on the full amount of the guarantee as a View Details
- 12 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Strength in Numbers
particular climate change. Responses to climate change pit energy providers and manufacturers—for whom the costs of adjustment are likely to be high—against the general public interest in restraining temperature increases. In this... View Details
Keywords: Re: Gunnar Trumbull
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Road Less Traveled
Most cars in the United States weigh more than 4,000 pounds, and new models are trending larger, even in countries where people drive less. And the larger the vehicle, the more fuel required to power it, which means more greenhouse-gas emissions that contribute to... View Details
- 01 Feb 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is the Next Jobs Crisis Just Ahead?
people who train at our expense.” His final volley was, “Labor cost is not what makes us noncompetitive, stupidity is.” Perhaps the most striking suggestion came from a representative of the Independent Workers Party of Chicago: “The... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- First Look
First Look -- September 1, 2015
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49520 2015 Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research Comparative Costs of Advanced Proton and Photon Radiation Therapies: Lessons from Time-driven Activity-based View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Mar 2007
- Op-Ed
Government’s Misguided Probe of Private Equity
jointly underwriting public corporate offerings. Nor is this unique to the United States. Britain's Financial Services Authority has announced that it is increasing its scrutiny of private-equity firms. Among the problems or risks attributed to private equity are... View Details
- 05 Mar 2001
- What Do You Think?
Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?
hard to believe how little of this was possible just ten years ago. At the same time that we devote massive attention to the reduction of waste in materials, one organization after another is announcing once again that significant cuts in... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
ascend without being weighed down with heavy fuel. Garriott de Cayeux projects that launch costs would be reduced from the current $25,000 to $50,000 per kilogram for small payloads to about $150 per kilogram—an astonishing View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley