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- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
basic business operations, reduced payroll by 35,000 employees, and updated and consolidated its inefficient IT systems. To refocus and reenergize employees, he also implemented a number of policy changes. Bonuses and variable pay, for... View Details
- June 1987 (Revised August 1988)
- Case
American Bank
By: Robert S. Kaplan
American Bank is developing a new system to compute product costs. The deregulated, more competitive environment for commercial banks has created both problems and opportunities for banking operations. In order to price existing products and assess the desirability of... View Details
Keywords: System; Consolidation; Commercial Banking; SWOT Analysis; Fair Value Accounting; Cost Management; Price; Banking Industry; North and Central America; United States
Kaplan, Robert S. "American Bank." Harvard Business School Case 187-194, June 1987. (Revised August 1988.)
- 03 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Social Responsibility in a Downturn
social responsibility evolving during the current recession? A: There is no doubt that corporations are engaging in less philanthropy, but that is not necessarily bad as long as they cut the ineffective ones and consolidate those that are... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Democratizing Data to Favor Farmers
as much for the same seeds. That knowledge would help farmers haggle with dealers, but the real insight would come from analytics that go beyond consolidating seed prices to measuring a seed variety’s potential success. The most important... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- Web
HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
2023 Annual Report From The Dean Key Metrics Financials PDF Downloads Financials From the CFO Financial Highlights Statement of Activity & Cash Flows Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information Financials From the CFO... View Details
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HBS - Financials | From the CFO
2021 Annual Report From The Dean Financials PDF Downloads Archive Financials 5 Year Summary From the CFO Financial Highlights Statement of Activity & Cash Flows Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information Financials 5... View Details
- 26 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Market Research in a Recession
based on fewer expenditures. For example, combining data sets may reveal new leading indicators of changes in consumer behavior. Tracking studies may have an edge over one-off projects. CMOs who trim costs by consolidating their budgets... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
One-on-One with Thomas Riley
participated in the signing ceremony for an investment of $132 million by Fruit of the Loom, which is closing its plant in Ireland to consolidate operations here to serve the EU market. One of our most successful initiatives is a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Vivek Ranadivé
Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin, then head of Goldman Sachs equities trading department, hired Ranadivé's newly formed Teknekron Software Systems to consolidate this hodgepodge of data traffic to work within a single desktop... View Details
- 07 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Pursuing a Deadly Opportunity
entrepreneurial venture. The paper, which offers a rare glimpse into an area where little consolidated data is available, is forthcoming in the journal Social Science & Medicine. "This study happens to focus on cadavers, but it... View Details
- 24 Mar 2023
- News
Exploring Talent Markets; Aid for Turkey
other Harvard University alumni have established the Harvard Alumni for Turkey Earthquake Relief Fund and are asking their classmates and colleagues for support. The fund is part of the Bridge to Turkey organization, which consolidates... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
made in modern manufacturing facilities,” Scharfman says. SMALL-TOWN PRIDE: Scharfman plans to centralize cheese-making operations for his growing company in rural Reeseville. The company’s growth has led to plans to consolidate Specialty... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Karen Tumulty Reports on America
issue of media conglomerates, Tumulty says, "I don't worry too much about corporate ownership creating biased reporting or editorial pressure, but I do have concerns about the drive for bottom-line profitability. That's caused the closing of foreign bureaus, the View Details
- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
done many novel things to educate the market about the value of premium organic and Fairtrade chocolate, Zotter consolidated its market position within the premium segment of the Austrian market for chocolate. The company only recently... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Sep 2012
- What Do You Think?
Will Business Management Save US Health Care?
hospitals. Hospitals are responding by consolidating and signing up doctors as employees rather than entrepreneurs with their own businesses. Companies, on behalf of their employees, are contracting with hospitals to deliver care along... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Redefining Health Care
strategies and organizational structures by health plans, providers, and system participants that are misaligned with patient value. For example, providers consolidate into groups to gain clout against insurers, even though value is not... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
American Dream
treasurer. Last fall, the two brothers consolidated stock in the business between them after buying out the stakes of other family members. “I concentrate on the overall experience of our business with special attention to the retail... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
business, if not exactly booming, is certainly looking up for these small yet significant players. According to Bradley W. Fischer (61st PMD), president and CEO of Houston-based CMS Oil and Gas, the consolidation of corporations such as... View Details
- 10 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing
efficient scale. Service providers see an opportunity to consolidate this volume, achieving the scale required to provide the service efficiently for a wide range of customers. Here's how it works in teleradiology in the United States.... View Details
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital
"that's where we have a distinct advantage." For Tazartes and his colleagues, in fact, the demand for the services they render has never been greater, as governments privatize state-run operations and companies consolidate in a... View Details