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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
efficient production,” Mahindra observes. “Ours, I think, will lead to more exciting innovation. Think of it as a giant brainstorming session. It’s difficult to do with too many rules. “India is one of the world’s greatest experiments,”... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
huge inefficiency.” It was while attending HBS that Makarim formed Go-Jek, a more efficient ojek service that organized 20 or so drivers through a call center; he relied on word of mouth to market the idea to friends and relatives in a... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Road Tested
center: “Now we all talk about the supply chain, which wasn’t the case a little over two years ago. It’s not lost on anyone that we don’t get anything without a well-functioning, efficient transportation system.” New world order: “With a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers
production facility that are different from typical original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). And the vehicle’s design allows for an efficient production process at low volumes and with manual labor. Because of these innovations, Yong says... View Details
Keywords: Amy Yee
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Core Values Keep Airline Flying High
ticketing, the airline maintains a relatively young fleet of Boeing 737s — and no other models — to save money, increase reliability, and boost efficiencies since pilots and crews need only focus on the requirements of a single type of... View Details
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
sound like a throwback way of delivering care, but paired with a few critical 21st-century upgrades—technology-enabled efficiency and patient-centered design—this community-based care model may represent one of Japan’s best hopes for the... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
overseeing the safety and efficiency of UP's track structure in some of the 23 states where the railroad hauls freight. "And it has a physical aspect that I like. We do real, rigorous work. If a train derails, we'll work 24 hours a day... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Books
firms weren’t competitive and didn’t take advantage of business opportunities, a void that foreign firms and foreign capital were poised to fill. Political power in China, Huang says, is still skewed toward stateowned enterprises, which endows them with greater... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
demand and thus make Esquel's production planning as efficient as possible. Advances in engineering-from conserving natural resources such as energy and water to computerized color matching in the dyeing process-ensure considerable cost... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
provide employees with a sense of challenge and identity." By framing such a strategy, he says, the CEO can change the organization from one in which employees see themselves as working for an efficient corporation to a view of themselves... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Corporate Governance Conference Addresses Global Challenges
privatize certain state concerns while maintaining efficiency in management. Another session brought together leaders of state-owned enterprises. Several Asian countries offer varied models of state ownership of businesses. Although their... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Making Real Progress in the Middle East: The Bottom-Up, Economic Solution
regional and global markets, and, most important, enhance their productivity. All this can be done far more efficiently in the region than with far-off partners. Whole new industries can grow up in these countries, and existing industries... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize
trading has been beneficial. Derivatives serve as a form of sophisticated "adapters," he said, linking economic systems together and helping to bring about a unified world economy. They have also brought about vast reductions in costs by connecting these systems with... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
New Chairman Updates Development in MBA Program
provide more efficient and customized services. What are some of the changes in the Admissions area? This year we are putting more resources into marketing - both to the world in general and, in particular, to underrepresented groups that... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Patrick Moreton
small towns. But Wal-Mart’s success suggests that the benefits of this type of consolidation — efficiencies related to being big — outweigh its costs, at least in the eyes of individual consumers, who apparently see it as a net gain.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace
(measured in number of barrels produced), efficiency (cost per barrel), and reliability (production “up” time) came to exceed the industry’s previous benchmark. What did the men think of the changes? Everyone we talked to preferred the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Books
how individuals can capitalize on the new, equal-opportunity economy and all of its exciting possibilities. Davis and Meyer describe a world in the not-so-distant future in which we will trade everything of value -- including human capital, talent, and other... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Good Odds
you’d find in an upscale market, for example, “we’ll sell you a triangle cut from the same fish,” Behn says. “There’s no compromise on freshness, origin, or taste.” This willingness to rethink conventions has helped the company identify View Details
- 19 Jun 2014
- News
Turning "Black Gold" to Green
calling for using city investments in energy efficiency to generate savings that would be reinvested in solar power. Inspired by their success, Dawe took an 80 percent pay cut and moved to Colorado to work on green-power initiatives... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Doctor Is In
ramifications that need to be dealt with as public policy. As for the notion that private-sector efficiency automatically reduces costs, consider that most private health insurance companies spend 10 to 30 percent on administrative... View Details