Efficiency Analysis - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Oct 2016
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Smart Moves

lot of our business involves selling the data we gather to governments and corporations.” In fact, much of what INRIX has achieved is classic disruption, taking over the roadway data gathering and analysis that previously was done by... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Support Activities for Transportation; Transportation

01 Mar 2005
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Answering the Call

things,” Benihana ads promised). Illustration by PJ Loughran After reading in a trade publication about Benihana’s innovative and efficient use of labor and layout to lower costs and facilitate customer turnaround times, Professor Earl... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2006
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The Producers

to make sure the product gets made efficiently and that it’s marketed effectively. I also have to solve problems every day within a corporate culture that changes with every movie.” “The negotiation courses I took at HBS have been... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

01 Jun 2009
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Too Big To Fail

into Moss’s analysis and recommendations. Warren and two Democrats embraced Moss’s views on the need for a systemic risk regulator. But the two Republican members issued a dissenting minority report. The partisan clash of views... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; federal bailouts; Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance

01 Apr 1996
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Stewards of the Seventh Generation

"green" and competitive. In the September-October 1995 Harvard Business Review, Porter (with coauthor Claas van der Linde) argues that by creatively and proactively attending to environmental exigencies, companies are likely not only to eliminate waste and use... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb

01 Mar 2013
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Sizing Up Social Impact

social-services projects, Bloom recognizes that years will pass before a final benefit analysis can determine if the investment resulted in significant return. In the meantime, he and his MCC colleagues continue to keep a tight focus on... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

01 Sep 2009
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Read All About It!

efficiency engineers — how would we spend our leisure? The problem has bothered social scientists/statesmen, ministers, newspaper editors, and reformers, even though we are not yet even in sight of Utopia. It is supposed, at least by... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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