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  • 01 Jun 2023
  • News

Curb Appeal

modernizing for the sake of modernizing, but modernizing for the sake of delivering better service to our customers.” Not screwing things up is pretty much her mandate. Tisch was sworn into office at a challenging time: The coronavirus pandemic devastated DSNY’s... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government
  • Web

Angela Q. Crispi | About

Angela Q. Crispi Bio Angela is the Executive Dean for Administration at Harvard Business School, leading an organization of nearly 2,000 staff with an operating budget of $1 billion. She oversees the execution of the School’s strategy... View Details
  • 28 Mar 2023
  • Research & Ideas

The FDA’s Speedy Drug Approvals Are Safe: A Win-Win for Patients and Pharma Innovation

spent $83 billion on research and development (R&D) in 2019, according to a 2021 report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The median cost to develop one drug was $900 million, with half of that amount going... View Details
Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Pharmaceutical
  • 30 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Future of IT Consulting

What is the key to their success? A: In our working paper, we state that more than 50 percent of today's capital budgeting expenditures involve computing in one form or another. As a result of the pervasiveness of IT, literally all... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Consulting
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Online Entrepreneurship & Innovation Courses | HBS Online

develop innovative opportunities, grow new offerings effectively with limited budgets and resources, and relate to the landscape of digital platforms. You can take the courses in any order. Design Thinking and Innovation Entrepreneurial... View Details
  • April 2015 (Revised April 2022)
  • Case

Bankruptcy in the City of Detroit

By: Stuart Gilson, Kristin Mugford and Annelena Lobb
The June 2013 bankruptcy of the city of Detroit, Michigan was, at the time, the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history. Detroit had struggled for years with a weakening tax base, high unemployment, a heavy debt load and increasing retiree costs. These... View Details
Keywords: Chapter 9; Chapter 11; Bankruptcy; Municipal Finance; Restructuring; Financial Liquidity; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; City; Government Administration; Public Sector; Financial Crisis; Financial Management; Failure; Labor Unions; Urban Development; Budgets and Budgeting; Decision Making; Demographics; Economics; Finance; Public Administration Industry; Michigan; Detroit
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  • 05 Apr 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Six Ways to Build Trust in Negotiations

suffer, or that you're simply unfair. In reality, of course, it could be that you're representing a constituency that will not accept the deal on the table, or budget constraints might be forcing you to stand firm. Psychologists have... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra
  • 16 Nov 2015
  • HBS Seminar

Vish Krishnan, Professor of Innovation, Technology & Operations, University of California San Diego Rady School of Man

  • May 1998 (Revised May 1999)
  • Case

Biopure Corp.

By: John T. Gourville
It is early 1998 and Biopure Corp., a small biopharmaceutical firm with no sales revenues in its ten-year history, has just received government approval to release Oxyglobin, a revolutionary new "blood substitute" designed to replace the need for donated animal blood... View Details
Keywords: Segmentation; Marketing Strategy; Engineering; Budgets and Budgeting; Sales; Transformation; Markets; Debates; Product Launch; Pharmaceutical Industry
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  • 26 Oct 2022
  • Research & Ideas

How Paid Promos Take the Shine Off YouTube Stars (and Tips for Better Influencer Marketing)

budget to influencer marketing. Overall, Zhang hopes the research will encourage marketers to “take a step back” when measuring success. They should look beyond easy clicks to consider influencer reputation as part of their advertising... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Technology; Media & Broadcasting
  • November 2000 (Revised April 2004)
  • Case

Airbus A3XX: Developing the World's Largest Commercial Jet (A)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Michael Kane
In July 2000, Airbus Industries' supervisory board is on the verge of approving a $13 billion investment for the development of a new super jumbo jet known as the A3XX that would seat from 550 to 1,000 passengers. Having secured approximately 20 orders for the new jet,... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Investment; Forecasting and Prediction; Capital Budgeting; Valuation; Government and Politics; Demand and Consumers; Product Development; Product Positioning; Air Transportation Industry; Manufacturing Industry
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  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

Case Study: The Home Team

home repairs he was having to undertake. Then president of a 115-year-old independent Catholic school for boys, Kennealey had managed construction projects and budgeted for aging buildings’ capital expenses like boilers and HVAC systems;... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate
  • Profile

Dusty Register

world, the National Sports Collectors’ Convention. I arrived at the show with $465 in cold hard cash earned mowing lawns, and after 48 straight hours of shrewd planning, masterfully executed negotiations, and [redacted quantity] of Red Bull, had blown the entirety of... View Details
Keywords: CPG
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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Understand the key financial levers that drive financial performance Discover how and why finance is concerned with cash flow versus profits and why that matters for your business and budget Identify... View Details
  • Web

Statistical & Data Services - Research Computing Services

individuals supporting or collaborating with them are provided at no cost for two to three hours per month . Consultations longer than two to three hours and project work for faculty are charged to faculty research budgets at a rate of... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

get. Smart Startups is written for them—a timeless record of essential knowledge that can help them achieve success. It’s Time for Strategic Scheduling: How to Design Smarter K-12 Schedules That are Great for Students, Staff and the View Details
Keywords: podcasts
  • August 2010
  • Case

Flash Memory, Inc.

By: William E. Fruhan and Craig Stephenson
The CFO of Flash Memory, Inc. prepares the company's investing and financing plans for the next three years. Flash Memory is a small firm that specializes in the design and manufacture of solid state drives (SSDs) and memory modules for the computer and electronics... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting; Financial Management; Cash Flow; Forecasting and Prediction; Capital Budgeting; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry; United States
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  • February 2010 (Revised May 2010)
  • Case

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Anette Mikes
The case, in a non-profit project-oriented setting, introduces fundamental risk management principles and processes that are easily applicable to private sector settings. Gentry Lee, senior systems engineer and de-facto chief risk officer, is applying a new... View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Governance; Leadership; Management Practices and Processes; Management Systems; Risk Management; Projects; Aerospace Industry; United States
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  • 25 Jan 2010
  • Research & Ideas

A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy

percent (through retained earnings), and the government was dissaving (because of its budget deficit) by a few percent of GDP each year. Once the crisis struck, household savings rose, and government dissaving (deficits) rose by about the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 2010
  • Case

New Heritage Doll Company: Capital Budgeting: Brief Case No. 4212.

By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Heide Diener Abelli
A manufacturer and retailer of specialty doll products must decide which of two projects to fund. The decision requires the student to compute cash flows for the 2 projects, discount values to the present and compare and contrast different project performance measures. View Details
Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Projects; Decision Making; Cash Flow; Performance Evaluation; Production
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