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  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Helping India’s energy crisis, one bulb at a time

experience with Motorola Mobility, Yarlagadda saw a safe and economical solution. Yarlagadda developed a solar-powered LED lantern that turns a few hours of sunlight into more than double the lighting power. “I priced my lanterns at $25 so that they would be less than... View Details

    Robert R. McCormick

    When McCormick inherited The Chicago Tribune from his uncle, it had less than 200,000 subscribers, was the third largest newspaper in Chicago, and was barely surviving. McCormick helped place the paper on solid financial ground even acquiring timber land in Canada to... View Details
    Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

      Ian K. MacGregor

      Assigned to handle arms purchases for the British government, MacGregor came to the U.S. during World War II. Sensing a fertile climate for business, MacGregor stayed in the U.S. after the war and became the CEO of American Metal. Through his shrewd View Details
      Keywords: Metals

        John L. Collyer

        In 1940, Collyer brought to market the first tire with a substantial man-made rubber content. Goodrich’s tire was 50% synthetic rubber at a time when man-made rubber was not yet cost competitive with crude rubber. However, shortly... View Details
        Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
        • 07 Dec 2016
        • HBS Case

        Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing

        Viceira, is by keeping costs low. Traditional financial advisors are all about establishing a personal relationship with their clients, understanding their financial situation and walking them through their options. By pursuing a... View Details
        Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
        • 10 Jan 2005
        • What Do You Think?

        Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer?

        is the wrong discussion ...Instead of creating the equivalent of mini-401(k) accounts, the focus on social security reform should be on the income side. By utilizing an institutionally-provided defined benefit approach that better integrates investment and annuity... View Details
        Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services
        • 04 Apr 2018
        • Op-Ed

        Op-Ed: Why Private Investors Must Fund 'New Nuclear' Power Right Now

        category known as “new nuclear,” which offers the potential to dramatically reduce costs and rapidly ramp up installations when compared to today’s nuclear power plants. But the success of new nuclear—and perhaps the future of the... View Details
        Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Green Technology
        • 06 Jun 2023
        • Blog Post

        Van den Ende Rozen: Greenhouse Rose Production

        two years. Digitalization and Automation The site we visited was Van den Ende Rozen’s second and newest greenhouse. Constructed in 2008, the site covers 80,000 square meters, capable of yielding over 300 roses per square meter per year. The operation’s three View Details
        • Web

        3 Technologies that Will Change the World - Course Catalog

        create a global utopia by solving intractable problems like climate change, ending the need for humans to work for a living and bringing the cost of energy to zero. Why are normally balanced leaders taking such extreme and opposite... View Details
        • 13 Feb 2018
        • First Look

        New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

        2018 Pearson Education Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis By: Datar, Srikant M., and Madhav Rajan Abstract—Horngren’s Cost Accounting defines the cost accounting... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

          John F. Welch, Jr.

          Though he had the full support of GE’s board, Welch’s first few years as CEO consisted of extensive cost cutting plans, some of which involved controversial divestitures of GE subsidiaries. Having successfully streamlined the company,... View Details
          Keywords: Fabricated Goods

            Randall L. Tobias

            streamlined its overall operations. He managed costs and divested of non-core businesses, spinning off medical devices to form Guidant Corporation. Through his efforts, Lilly’s market capitalization grew from $14 billion to $70 billion. View Details
            Keywords: Healthcare

              John R. Sculley

              Leaving his position as CEO of Pepsi-Cola, Sculley’s first task as head of Apple involved cutting costs and cutting people, most notably, Apple’s founder and symbol, Steven Jobs. Though the firing of Jobs was difficult for many to digest,... View Details
              Keywords: Computers & Electronics
              • March 2004
              • Case

              L.L. Bean: A Search for Growth

              By: Rajiv Lal, Walter J. Salmon and James Weber
              In mid-2003, CEO Chris McCormick felt L.L. Bean was in a good position to begin to grow again. For nearly 90 years, the company sold clothing and gear for outdoor enthusiasts through its catalogs and a single retail store in Freeport, Maine. In the three decades prior... View Details
              Keywords: Business History; Restructuring; Growth and Development Strategy; Cost Management; Sales; Performance Improvement; Diversification; Distribution Channels; Resignation and Termination; Retail Industry; Web Services Industry
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                John S. Reed

                of the first to proliferate ATMs) and through shrewd cost management, Reed posted stellar financial returns which set the stage for the firm's eventual merger with The Travelers Group. View Details
                Keywords: Finance

                  Robert H. Johnson

                  Under Johnson, Ingersoll-Rand enjoyed growth in products as well as profitability. In his early years, the focus of the industrial products firm was to cut costs and invest in product improvement and development. As these investments paid... View Details
                  Keywords: Fabricated Goods
                  • 01 Dec 2003
                  • News

                  HBS Releases 2003 Financial Report

                  increase established for the MBA class that entered the School in September 2002. In response to the revenue shortfall, the School implemented vigorous cost controls, made all the more challenging because of the fixed-cost nature of... View Details
                  Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
                  • 22 Sep 2009
                  • First Look

                  First Look: September 22

                  experience high costs of capital that are only partly mitigated by the presence of venture capital, the evidence for high costs of R&D capital for large firms is mixed. Nevertheless, large established... View Details
                  Keywords: Martha Lagace
                  • Mar 2012
                  • Article

                  Choosing the United States

                  exhaustive analysis. At the same time, managers ignore substantial hidden costs associated with non-U.S. locations and overlook the benefits they could reap were they to invest instead in local communities. This article examines the... View Details

                    Paris Wallace

                    extensively in academic and corporate settings including Harvard, MIT and Wharton. Paris holds a bachelor’s degree from Amherst College, and an M.B.A. and M.P.A from Harvard University, where he was a Reynolds Fellow. He is an avid cyclist and he and his wife split... View Details
                    Keywords: Biotech & Life Sciences;#19;#Digital Health;#43;#Healthcare;#56;#Personal Health & Wellness;#64;#Software/App