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  • April 2010 (Revised September 2011)
  • Case

Supply Chain Partners: Virginia Mason and Owens & Minor (A) (Abridged)

By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
Owens & Minor (O&M) performed lean inventory services for Virginia Mason (VM) as its Alpha Vendor, but the outdated industry pricing model created perverse incentives and could not capture O&M's costs. Together, O&M and VM created an activity-based pricing model: Total... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Partners and Partnerships; Activity Based Costing and Management; Business Model; Non-Governmental Organizations; Nonprofit Organizations; Motivation and Incentives; Asset Pricing; Cost Accounting; Fair Value Accounting; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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  • 09 May 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 9

American Economic Review The Costs of Sovereign Default: Evidence from Argentina By: Hébert, Benjamin, and Jesse Schreger Abstract—We estimate the causal effect of sovereign default on the equity returns of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Jan 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

coordinate with one another to reduce costs and ensure that patients were receiving the highest quality of care. PatientPing sold its platform to a range of customers, from small skilled nursing facilities... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 21 Jun 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets

Emerging markets such as the BRIC countries—Brazil, Russia, India, and China—entice and intimidate. When managers are asked what is special about emerging markets, they... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • December 2001 (Revised February 2008)
  • Case

Borealis

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Bjorn N. Jorgensen
When Borealis, a European producer of plastics, used a traditional, time-consuming budgeting process, the budget was quickly out of date in a competitive environment characterized by continually changing input and output prices and dynamic market conditions. This case... View Details
Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Budgets and Budgeting; Forecasting and Prediction; Investment; Governance Controls; Balanced Scorecard; Management Systems; Manufacturing Industry; Europe
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  • 01 Jun 1998
  • News

Diversity and Community

at IBM? What can be done to maximize your group's productivity? What should IBM be doing to maximize the pursuit of business opportunities, based on the purchasing decisions of the customers you deal with? What should IBM be doing to help... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 26 Feb 2001
  • Research & Ideas

David, Goliath, and Disruption

devices. That simple step, in Schreck's opinion, "changed the nature of where we're going, I think, with global computing. It depends on what behavior you're asking [people] to change, and what the incentive View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • Research Summary

The Role of Financial and Information Intermediaries in the Capital Markets

Hutton's research investigates the role of financial analysts and short sellers in the pricing of equity securities. Recently, Hutton examines (with Patricia Dechow and Richard Sloan) the role of sell-side analysts' earnings forecasts in the pricing of common equity... View Details
  • 11 Sep 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

August 2018 Journal of Accounting Research Virtual Issue on Empirical Management Accounting Research By: Abernethy, Margaret, and Dennis Campbell Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 19 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

algorithm uncovers two distinct behavioral types: "leaders" and "managers." Leaders focus on multi-function, high-level meetings, while managers focus on one-to-one meetings with core functions. Firms with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Biography - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

competition, the environment, and health care. His approach is based on understanding the overall economics and structure of complex systems, in contrast to particular elements... View Details
  • 05 Mar 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

non-democracies. The Value of First Impressions: Leveraging Acquisition Data for Customer Management By: Padilla, Nicolas, and Eva Ascarza Abstract— Managing customers... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 16 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019

Would their children be interested in being actively involved in the Group? How to manage all that? Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/219060-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 219-055... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

    Accuracy, Timeliness, and Managerial Discretion of Fair Value Pricing Evidence from the US Banking Industry

    This paper investigates how recent institutional developments impact the potential channels, and thus available discretion, by which managers can manipulate reported fair values. First, I use extensive field research to document the mechanisms used by banks to procure... View Details
    • 30 Apr 2019
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

    2019 HarperBusiness The Business of Platforms: Strategy in the Age of Digital Competition, Innovation, and Power By: Cusumano, Michael A., Annabelle Gawer, and David B. Yoffie Abstract—The Business of... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • October 1991 (Revised September 1998)
    • Case

    Maxwell Appliance Controls

    By: Robert S. Kaplan
    A profitable manufacturing division of a large company is looking for new ways to identify sources of productivity improvements. Led by its senior finance officer, an activity-based cost system is developed to identify activities performed for its highly varied product... View Details
    Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Management Teams; Quality; Performance Improvement; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Production; Manufacturing Industry
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    • 03 Apr 2009
    • What Do You Think?

    How Much Obsolescence Can Business and Society Absorb?

    potential. My guess [is that] the societal effects are just as important." Ganesh Ram commented, "We laugh at the Luddites who destroyed factories in the early Nineteenth Century but the cost of obsolescence is more rapidly... View Details
    Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Publishing; Journalism & News
    • February 1999 (Revised July 2004)
    • Case

    Life as a Minor League CEO Frank Burke and The Chattanooga Lookouts

    By: Stephen A. Greyser and Kirk A. Goldman
    A "slice of life" depiction of the range of issues and activities experienced by Frank Burke (HBS MBA 1987), the president of a minor league baseball team (the Chattanooga Lookouts). Raises questions of the applicability of MBA skills in this role and the "quotient of... View Details
    Keywords: Happiness; Managerial Roles; Entrepreneurship; Business or Company Management; Marketing; Cost Management; Cost vs Benefits; Operations; Sports; Business Education; Sports Industry; Tennessee
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    • Web

    Publications - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    Shah, M.D.e, Thomas W. Feeley, M.D.f, Neema Navai, M.D. Objectives: Patients undergoing radical cystectomy represent a particularly resource-intensive patient population. Time-driven activity based View Details
    • 08 Aug 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017

    characteristic-based portfolio strategy that requires relatively low annual turnover. This is a continuum, with small size (a very persistent characteristic) at one end of the spectrum and high frequency reversal at the other. Unlike... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne