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- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
base. As a result, they get cost savings, and we get sales.” Welcome to the new reality in U.S. manufacturing, where, more than ever, intense foreign competition is driving product and strategy innovations. Even those firms without direct... View Details
- November 1993 (Revised September 2018)
- Case
Rudi Gassner and the Executive Committee of BMG International (A)
By: Linda Hill and Katherine Seger Weber
Explores the roles of CEO Rudi Gassner and the 9-person executive committee in leading BMG International. BMG International is the international music subsidiary of Bertlesmann, a German company that is the second-largest media conglomerate in the world. Describes a... View Details
Keywords: Managerial Roles; Management Teams; Decision Making; Business Plan; Growth and Development Strategy; Global Strategy; Leadership Style; Organizational Culture; Business Subsidiaries; Business Conglomerates; Cost Management; Change Management; Music Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Germany
Hill, Linda, and Katherine Seger Weber. "Rudi Gassner and the Executive Committee of BMG International (A)." Harvard Business School Case 494-055, November 1993. (Revised September 2018.)
- 12 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits
serious diagnosis that would be reimbursed at a higher rate. The problem is a huge drain on taxpayers, costing an estimated $44 billion in 2012, a full 10 percent of Medicare's payments. At the same time, hospitals, especially nonprofit... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 26 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Electronic Patient Records Can Slow Doctor Productivity
efficient. Entering patient data into a computer can cost doctors valuable patient time.Photo: iStockPhoto However, several studies indicated that when physicians spent extra time entering data themselves, it cut down time spent with... View Details
- 06 Apr 2007
- What Do You Think?
Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?
involvement, and commented on the role of market forces. A number of you expressed the hope that the private sector can provide adequate response to a problem that is either real or increasingly perceived to be so. Commenting that "Heating View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
simplicity of accepting an equal split with the costs of negotiating a differentiated allocation of founder equity. We test the predictions of the theory on a proprietary dataset comprised of 1,476 founders in 511 entrepreneurial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- December 1993 (Revised March 1995)
- Case
Medical Products Co.
By: Robert H. Hayes
In early 1990, the company is contemplating changes in its European plant network for producing hypodermic products, including the total production capacity to be provided, the number and location of plants over which to spread this capacity, and which products should... View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Decision Making; Forecasting and Prediction; Cost; Production; Performance Capacity; Performance Effectiveness; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Health Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Europe
Hayes, Robert H. "Medical Products Co." Harvard Business School Case 694-065, December 1993. (Revised March 1995.)
- 24 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality
looking for ways to reduce costs without sacrificing customer experience or results. If he is successful at employing these types of principles to education, he could potentially influence the direction of more traditional public schools... View Details
- 08 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 8, 2006
home-building concentrated in low-income neighborhoods, Patrimonio Hoy has generated recognition and goodwill for the company. Its innovative approach reduces significantly the cost and time needed by the poor to improve their housing.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2017
- Blog Post
The 23rd Annual Harvard Business School Tech Conference
highlighted how the trend of decreasing the cost of sequencing a human genome will be even more disruptive than Moore’s law. Right after Deep, Eric Paley spoke about his investment philosophy and how he thinks prorata (a right to invest... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- Web
IFC: Cape Town; Africa Rising - Course Catalog
round-trip air travel and any costs associated with required visa documentation and immunizations. Students should ensure adequate processing time for all visas, as travel fees are not refundable if a student does not secure visas on... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
on clean energy and the carbon markets Craig Lund (MBA 2008) 1366 Technologies Lexington, MA Develops innovative manufacturing solutions for silicon cell manufacturers that dramatically cut the cost of installed solar power David Prend... View Details
- 24 Oct 2013
- News
Searching for a Better Society
needs. That took me a long time to understand, and it cost me a lot of money. It is why I believe what I believe. I don't want to repeat mistakes." Dumon is more than someone with a formulaic approach to designing new products. He has... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Alumni Books
credit cards to the cost of a cheeseburger. Net Profit: How to Succeed in Digital Business by David Soskin (MBA ’79) (Wiley) Soskin, the former CEO of Cheapflights Media and current chairman of mySupermarket.co.uk, has solved the problems... View Details
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IT Strategy: Building a Smarter, Scalable Future in the Cloud | Information Technology
testing and iteration without significant capital investment, physical infrastructure, or long-term commitments. The cloud allows for seamless scaling based on demand, facilitates more efficient staff management of resources, and provides detailed View Details
- 25 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
How Disruptive Innovation is Remaking the University
That is no longer true, though, for any but a relative handful of institutions. Costs have risen to unprecedented heights, and new competitors are emerging. A disruptive technology, online learning, is at work in higher education,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Crash Pad
When 4753 North Broadway opened in 1924, the neoclassical tower represented the height of American architectural design, a terra-cotta temple of capitalism at the heart of Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Over the next century, a series of banks occupied the spacious... View Details
- 08 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Twenty-first Century Skill: Trading Carbon Credits
reinforces the role of uncertain prices in a cap-and-trade mechanism," Coles says. "It contrasts with a simple command-and-control approach to regulation that specifies maximum pollution levels allowed by industry, or a carbon tax with a known View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Up on the Green Roof
BEFORE AND AFTER: Step one involved removing the stones (top) that covered the old, leaky roof. Areas not suitable for a green roof were covered with sheets of white PVC (above) that reflect the sun’s rays. A living roof can cost more... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
A New Approach to Health-Care Reform
patients’ needs. Today’s doctors work in a system where they are rewarded by Medicare and insurance companies for the number and cost of the services they provide rather than by the value of those services in helping patients. In short,... View Details