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- 01 Jun 2004
- News
How Nonprofits Dilute Their Efforts
questions, but it’s crucial that they do: How effective are our programs? How efficiently are they executed? Which programs should we drop? Which should we seek to add? If it doesn’t ask these tough questions, a nonprofit risks spreading... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
you. This e-mail forwarding system is a terrific way to find and maintain contact with classmates. The School has also taken the extra step of providing access to section e-mail lists, enabling you to communicate efficiently with your... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
author emphasizes the contribution of his own mentor, Malcom McLean, the inventor of container shipping, and the links between American thought leadership and the extraordinarily efficient industry that subsequently unfolded. In addition... View Details
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet
Manufacturing and information technology these days go together like bread and butter. But it wasn't always so. As Professor David Upton pointed out in a Global Alumni Conference panel titled "E-Commerce and the New Operations,"... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Faculty Books
bare compliance with regulations, do firms have additional social responsibilities to commit resources to environmental protection? Should firms sacrifice profits in the social interest, given their fiduciary responsibilities to shareholders? Is this an View Details
- 10 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing
the vendor of outsourced services can improve the efficiency and perhaps the quality of services delivered—particularly in health care, where outsourcing is on the rise. In research recently published in the journal Organization Science,... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
for the coming year: encourage clubs to designate an information technology officer to run Internet sessions and develop Web resources; create a system for connecting current students to clubs and communicating more View Details
Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)
- 03 Apr 2009
- What Do You Think?
How Much Obsolescence Can Business and Society Absorb?
absorb as much communications technology as the culture, training, and mentality of the individuals working in the organization will allow the organization should only absorb as much communications technology as is required to efficiently... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Academic Cross-Pollination
an awkward moment, but the learning was tremendous. Beyond that, at the outset, there was some mutual antagonism and posturing; the scientists assuming MBAs only care about the bottom line, and the MBAs thinking projects would move along much more View Details
- 29 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records
Your patient health care data is most likely scattered throughout the medical universe, in everything from notes scribbled by various doctors to test results resting in far-flung computer systems. So when medical professionals need to pull that View Details
- 30 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Computer Security is For Managers, Too
information about benefit programs probably warrant less protection. The next step is to review the people, processes, and technologies that support those assets, including external suppliers and partners. When you're done with that,... View Details
- 08 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp
Even as citizens generate more data than ever before, most cities haven’t taken full advantage of that information flow to improve services and become more efficient. “Historically, cities have been moving in analog, trying to measure... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Wyss Gift Sets Harvard Record
disease-reprogramming technologies, which will provide a deeper understanding of living systems and will lead to more efficient bio-inspired ways of creating a more sustainable world. View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion
rapid-fire, three-hour discussion of the threats and opportunities inherent in the marketspace, how digital information is changing the infrastructure of companies and why, and the impact of digital View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Short Takes
Who Does Good and Why While it's common knowledge that business leaders often serve on nonprofit boards, there has been little formal information about the characteristics and motivations of such individuals. In a 1997 working paper... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 19 Nov 2014
- News
Creating solutions for the oil industry
Retired high-tech entrepreneur Thomas Scambos (MBA 1954) started a company that developed additives to make oil flow more efficiently and also help deal with oil spills. (Published November 2014) View Details
- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
back its own startup. If Wingspanbank takes off — and the jury is still out — Bank One can apply what it has learned to BankOne.com. If it fails, Bank One has not jeopardized its primary customers or its name. Operational Efficiency With... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 08 May 2019
- News
Fellowships Fuel a Passion to Help Underserved Communities
train and empower people to think more critically and innovatively to reach their full potential,” she says, “and to find efficiencies that help companies grow.” Photo credit: Susan Young View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Patrick Moreton
was its reasoning? It argued that the marketplace has changed because new technologies — such as cable, the Internet, and satellite TV — facilitate new and diverse sources of information and content. The competition they provide, the FCC... View Details