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- 10 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting
companies encouraging and funding ESG innovation. Dow Chemical has enormous energy consumption in their operations, but they've managed to save more than $10 billion through efficiency programs and are moving the world toward the adoption... View Details
Keywords: Re: George Serafeim
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
amount of waste generated to improve the efficiency of the by-product process. In addition to the managerial implications, this analysis can inform policy as we show that increasing disposal cost decreases... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
strategy. Fairness, Efficiency and Flexibility in Organ Allocation for Kidney Transplantation Authors:Dimitris Bertsimas, Vivek F. Farias, and Nikolaos Trichakis Publication:Operations Research (forthcoming) Abstract We propose a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Aug 2006
- What Do You Think?
What Happens When the Economics of Scarcity Meets the Economics of Abundance?
commented, "The cost of creation is increasing in every creative area ." Len Bullard wrote, "As Yeom Tae Seon points out, scarcity based on digital format is only one domain. The other is scarcity of ideas and talent."... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices
American lawmakers attempting to stem spiraling drug costs might find inspiration in Germany, where the government’s regulatory model has been curbing price growth without thwarting innovation or access, says research from Harvard... View Details
- 08 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy
and a global business unit head, and has recently returned to a straight-ahead global business unit reporting structure. "There are never-ending tradeoffs between creating global efficiencies through a more centralized structure and... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 21 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 21
largely emphasizes the collective benefits of market creation and overlooks the costs borne by individual evangelists. Through an inductive multiple-case study of five startup competitors, we traced firms’ efforts to stake out a new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform
critical look at companies' financial statements. Stock exchanges could fund the cost of audits through a modest transactions charge. Q: In your article you argue that the availability of high quality information is crucial to an View Details
- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Rating Fund Managers by the Company They Keep
work? A: Unfortunately the method is quite difficult to implement—it took us many months to do it properly, and it required mutual fund holdings data that costs tens of thousands of dollars (which the HBS Division of Research was kind... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How an Order Views Your Company
profitable parts of their business. It also enabled them to segment different types of order to improve their efficiency. Taken together, the improvements in efficiency and the greater focus on highly profitable orders lowered View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
- 15 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise
many people came into the program, and what benefits did they get? And then the even bigger question beyond cost efficiency and effectiveness is, what impact did the organization have? Granted it is very... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 21 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 21, 2006
Garry Twite Abstract U.S. corporations hold significant amounts of cash on their balance sheets, and these cash holdings have been justified in the existing empirical literature by transaction costs and precautionary motives. An... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy
A new space race—one fueled more by commercial conquest than intergalactic domination—is charting solutions to pressing problems in national security, climate change, and communication. With costs poised to drop and innovation on the... View Details
- 13 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative
from real reform of the health care delivery system. The "cost savings" a public plan might achieve through volume discounts due to its scale are one-time savings and not true ongoing outcome or efficiency improvements. Instead, View Details
- 04 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 4
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-004.pdf What Should GAAP Look Like? A Survey and Economic Analysis (revised) Authors:S.P. Kothari, Karthik Ramanna, and Douglas J. Skinner Abstract Based on extant literature, we articulate a positive theory of GAAP under the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 6
Costs of Racial 'Color Blindness' By: Norton, Michael I., and Evan P. Apfelbaum Abstract—The article looks at research on people's attitudes and behaviors with respect to noticing and referring to a person's race. It explains the 2013... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 01 Aug 2018
- What Do You Think?
Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?
a purist when it comes to principles. To me, free trade is always superior to managed trade because it is always more efficient Trade policy is essentially political, not economic It’s also relevant to ask which time horizon governs such... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
The State of the Markets
Stock Exchange (NYSE); and Robert C. Gasser, managing director and head of U.S. equities at J. P. Morgan & Co. Financial exchanges today, Seifert began, must have the business systems of a technology company, with the requisite speed and economies of scale, to... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 29 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Symposium Showcases Breadth of Research
statistics showcasing the combined cost of white collar crime. Accounting scandals: $40 billion per year. Insurance fraud: $80 billion. "Wardrobing" (purchasing a new outfit, wearing it for a night on the town, and then... View Details
- 05 Mar 2001
- What Do You Think?
Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?
important." Scott Lichtman agrees, pointing out that "to be efficient in this fast-moving era rather requires longer-term investment in skills and strategy adoption by longstanding employees ..." On the other hand, Ryan... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett