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- January 1987 (Revised January 2002)
- Case
Baker Precision Instruments, Inc.
By: Ramchandran Jaikumar, Roy Shapiro, Donald Rosenfield and Kathryn E. Stecke
A rapidly growing machine parts manufacturer is trying to decide whether to acquire an advanced Flexible Manufacturing System or Systems. The selection decisions must address the impact of new technology, the effect of setup times on production planning and capacity,... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Cost vs Benefits; Machinery and Machining; Production; Decision Choices and Conditions; Management Systems; Manufacturing Industry; Industrial Products Industry
Jaikumar, Ramchandran, Roy Shapiro, Donald Rosenfield, and Kathryn E. Stecke. "Baker Precision Instruments, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 687-052, January 1987. (Revised January 2002.)
- July 1997 (Revised August 1997)
- Case
numeric investors l.p.
By: Andre F. Perold and Brian J. Tierney
Numeric Investors manages equity portfolios with the use of a momentum model and a value model. The momentum model is based on earnings surprise and analysts' revisions of their earnings estimates. The firm offers long-short as well as long-only strategies, and its... View Details
Keywords: Asset Management; Cost; Equity; Financial Strategy; Investment; Investment Portfolio; Management; Product Development; Performance Efficiency; Business Strategy
Perold, Andre F., and Brian J. Tierney. "numeric investors l.p." Harvard Business School Case 298-012, July 1997. (Revised August 1997.)
Herbert A. Sklenar
as crushed stone for concrete, where Vulcan is the nation’s largest and most profitable producer. Coupled with this investment and expansion, Sklenar also instituted an array of cost cutting measures, all of which allowed the firm to... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
Donald C. Burr
Burr created an airline based on low cost travel and a flat organizational structure, setting People Express apart from other airlines. By giving employees stock in the company, Burr was able to dramatically impact productivity. People... View Details
Keywords: Transportation
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Health care article stats
12/1/08 citing: WHO; U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) p. 30 “2007 McKinsey study ” (“Accounting for the cost of health care in the United States,” McKinsey Global Institute, January... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 07 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics
infrastructure make a case in point. The exorbitant cost of new structures, the limited number of opportunities for post-Games usage, and even the sometimes questionable quality of the construction are often lost in the excitement of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Reality to News Biz: Drop Dead
what craigslist alone has done to the staple help-wanted ad. At the Washington Post, a 10-day placement that runs both in print and online costs $500; a 30-day run on craigslist costs $25. The Philadelphia... View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- Blog Post
Working in Tech 4Dev
and NGO budgets are squeezed. The City of Los Angeles, for example, used our platform to crowdsource broken sidewalk locations for repair, saving the city a costly location survey estimated at millions. Ushahidid’s platform provides ease of use, transparency, and View Details
Keywords: Technology
- Web
Entrepreneurial Finance - Course Catalog
decisions be structured. They aim to prepare students for these decisions, both as entrepreneurs and as investors. The next three modules look at a variety of financing models across the venture's life cycle, with an aim to understanding the incentives of each type of... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Research Brief: Launching into a Downturn
opportunity costs that a person might encounter in launching a venture. And the news is even grimmer for teams of academics: The more founders on the team with a PhD or postdoc training, “the lower the likelihood of survival and the... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
MBA Cohorts Will Merge Next Year
associate dean and MBA Program chair W. Carl Kester noted that while the two-cohort system had met its educational objectives and contributed numerous innovations, a special faculty and administrative staff steering committee found that the disadvantages and View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Health Care: Telemedicine Has Arrived
help achieve better access to care and a lower cost of care. And employers are embracing telemedicine as a way to provide employees convenient health care at a lower cost for their companies. A survey... View Details
- Portrait Project
Tomiwa Igun
electricity supply in Nigeria. Boundless opportunities exist if businesses can be unshackled from exorbitant costs of self-generated electricity. Imagine Nigeria — electrified. All of West Africa — powered. No more missed championship... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
A World of Information at Your Fingertips
The next time you need to do Career Planning or business research, Baker Library can help. With the click of a mouse, its eBaker online service delivers a trove of brand-name resources at little or no cost to HBS alumni. Career planning... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Sharon Patrick
Sharon L. Patrick draws a bright line between the financials of a business and its architecture — its economics and business model. It’s the latter that tells her what makes the financials tick and drives her particular interest in media ventures. “The high fixed View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details
Thornton A. Wilson
Wilson took over the struggling Boeing Company during the recession of the early 1970s. A radical cost cutter, Wilson slashed two thirds of the work force and made the company profitable again. During his 17-year tenure, Wilson pushed... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
- February 2009
- Teaching Note
Pitney Bowes: Employer Health Strategy (TN)
By: Michael E. Porter and Jennifer F Baron
Teaching Note for 709458. View Details
- April 2010
- Teaching Note
BYD Company, Ltd. (TN)
Teaching Note for [606139]. View Details
- April 1997 (Revised July 2003)
- Case
Viacom, Inc.: Video Supplement
By: Joseph L. Bower, Thomas R. Eisenmann and Sonja Ellingson Hout
Viacom reached a powerful position in the global entertainment industry through skillful and very bold acquisitions. Now its further expansion is challenged by the moves of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Different businesses within Viacom have contradictory positions on... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Cost vs Benefits; Decisions; Entertainment; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Bower, Joseph L., Thomas R. Eisenmann, and Sonja Ellingson Hout. "Viacom, Inc.: Video Supplement." Harvard Business School Case 397-066, April 1997. (Revised July 2003.)