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- 24 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes
the cost of investment in developing countries by at least 20 percent. And yet, companies are mostly silent on the subject. "The thing that struck me is how little information there is on corruption because no one wants to talk about it,"... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 06 Dec 2004
- What Do You Think?
Why Do Managers Fail to Act on Their Predictions?
their new book of the same name, a predictable surprise has several characteristics. Among these are: (1) a large challenge that is knowable and will not solve itself, (2) something that is clearly getting worse over time, and (3) problems whose solution requires... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Advancing Health Equity: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Simona Stancov (MBA 2025)
preventive interventions in Burkina Faso Efforts to better understand and address out-of-pocket costs in Benin Development of a costing tool to estimate resource needs for digitizing campaigns in Africa Why... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Good Odds
industry, Behn says. “We know that nature doesn’t produce perfectly homogenous output,” he says. “The variability is normal, and it’s actually endearing.” It’s also less costly. Imperfect fruit and vegetables cost about 30 percent less... View Details
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Freeing Patient Data to Enable Innovation
impediments in the future. In mapping those bottlenecks, Hsiang cited difficulty in moving data around because of legal constraints and high costs with low rewards. Petro added the issue of timeliness--even if data was flowing, it would... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Opinion: Making It Better
Image by Jezper by Regina E. Herzlinger Health care now represents some 18 percent of the American economy. With its costs continuing to rise, and with tens of millions uninsured, we in the United States are understandably preoccupied... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
FAQ
they are awarded a loan package first and then the fellowship amount is determined. Financing the MBA Sample One-Year Budget, Class of 2013 $18,390 Expected Student Contribution - Calculated based on student’s prior earnings and personal financial circumstances.... View Details
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
currency. This reduced profitability because Clearwater's costs were in Canadian currency while its sales where largely in other currencies. The case also discusses the challenges of maintaining a sustainable fishery and uses the collapse... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
she began to realize how wasteful, unsafe, and unreliable it really was. Conventional agriculture was facing substantive infrastructure problems while the cost of the tech solutions to address these issues was declining rapidly. It was a... View Details
- 11 Dec 2014
- News
Revolutionizing digital medical records
coordinated, and lower-cost care. Bushkin expects MedKaz to revolutionize health care, bringing about changes in care quality and facilitating changes in the way care is delivered. With it, doctors can avoid medical mistakes and unnecessary tests that together View Details
- 12 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 12
the costs and benefits of land placed under different uses. Policy scenarios then determine the amount of land under each land use and the implications for costs, benefits, and carbon emissions. A "low-carbon development... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- April 1985 (Revised September 1986)
- Case
CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (B)
Contains a description of some issues confronting management of CML Group as the company progresses toward making an initial public offering. Among the issues and topics addressed in the case are: considerations in choosing an underwriting team, the initial public... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Initial Public Offering; Financial Markets; Financial Strategy; Planning; Cost vs Benefits; Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products Industry; Retail Industry
Sahlman, William A. "CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (B)." Harvard Business School Case 285-092, April 1985. (Revised September 1986.)
- 20 Mar 2019
- News
Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire
emissions reductions immediately, Henderson and the other speakers were optimistic that it is completely plausible to change today’s practices and norms. Despite ongoing debate about the cost of decarbonizing the world’s economy,... View Details
- 18 Apr 2018
- News
Into the Light
Energicity. “Modern life, as we know it, is impossible.” Poindexter has seen the human and economic costs of “energy poverty” firsthand in rural Ghana. There, her startup is working to bring solar power to communities where highly... View Details
- Web
Crisis Leadership - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School
Dennison to mechanize the production of watches, a technique recently applied to firearms. Dennison, an artisan watchmaker underemployed throughout the crisis years, calculated that interchangeable parts could dramatically reduce the high labor View Details
- 21 Jun 2020
- News
Rooting out Racism
elevate the cost of all other types of racist behavior, in policing, criminal justice, housing, K–12 education, and health care—systems that for decades have been putting knees on the necks of our most vulnerable citizens and... View Details
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Policies | MBA
applicant is unable to do so, the School reserves the right to cease consideration of the application, to withdraw any offer of admission already made, and/or to terminate one's status as a student. Applicants assume all costs for... View Details
- 09 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety
50,911 fewer foodborne illness-related hospitalizations and 19.01 million fewer foodborne illness cases per year, reducing annual foodborne illness costs by $14.20 billion to $30.91 billion,” the authors write. Lessons for inspections... View Details
- 10 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 10
between out-of-court restructuring and bankruptcy, and the costs of financial distress. At the level of public policy, the case also serves as a useful backdrop to discuss the role of bankruptcy in the efficient functioning of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Should You Sell Your Digital Privacy?
self-adjust to technological innovation. But the idea of offering the opportunity to buy privacy is hard to swallow—if privacy is something to which we are entitled, should our share of it depend on ability to pay? Inevitably it does. Whenever we claim privacy, we... View Details