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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
term familiar to every good HBS student. With its relatively low price tag (about $2.8 million) and low operating costs (40 percent less than existing small jets), the twin-engine Mustang and other “very light jets” (VLJs) represent a... View Details
- 04 Nov 2014
- News
Fundación México en Harvard Celebrates 25 Years
Fundación, which is rated number one among all Mexican NGOs for efficiency by philanthropic watchdog Filantrofilia, has distributed $11.7 million in grants and loans. The selection criteria are simple: Mexican students accepted to a... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
tax-averse citizens. Turning over water operations to private companies that can offer economies of scale, financial resources, expertise, and efficiency is an attractive option. Privatization, however,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Research Brief: Where Top-Down Tops Out
State’s desk,” according to the study. Additionally, in a hospital setting, where each department is led by a clinical expert, it is “unreasonable to think the efficiency of the organization can be put all on the person at the top,” she... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 02 Oct 2009
- News
Making Time Off Required and Predictable
- 08 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?
Even before the recent earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown in Japan, many parts of Asia had already begun investing in "green" energy. But the disaster has certainly upped the urgency of the discussions. “It's driven a lot of people to have a bit of a... View Details
- 26 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 26
workers without an agency affiliation. This advantage declines after high-quality non-affiliated workers receive good public feedback scores. The results indicate that intermediaries have arisen endogenously to permit a more efficient... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Doctor Is In
Dr. Peter L. Slavin (MBA '90) nods toward a long line stretching back from a gourmet coffee counter. "That's one of our most utilized facilities," he says with a smile. "The joke around here is that the hospital operation is a loss leader... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Books
Objectives in Unpredictable Times studiously avoids a discussion of what the authors call “the S-word” — strategy. Instead, the book offers “a no-excuses, in-the-trenches perspective” that lets managers take existing realities and View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
do business the same way — with identical processes, functions, and operations — while approaching this elevated stage; but by the time they attain it, successful companies do share certain qualities and practices not observed in firms... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Post-Office
start seeing the strategic benefits of remote work? Prashanth Chandrasekar: There’s actually been, in some ways, a rise in productivity because people are able to focus and be very efficient with their time. We have not seen any kind of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Taking Tailoring High Tech
the cost and time commitment of a traditional bespoke tailor. The efficiency of the technology allows Acustom to sell jeans—one of the most difficult tailoring challenges—starting at $225, about a quarter of the going price for custom... View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
Scaling Up at Five Below
(photo by Jane M. Von Bergen / Philadelphia Inquirer) (photo by Jane M. Von Bergen / Philadelphia Inquirer) It’s the holiday season and emoji merchandise is flying off the shelves—especially poop emoji (sorry). Chalk it up to the whimsical tastes of the teen and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Case Study: Something New
affordable prices, a unique offering in the otherwise crowded wedding industry. But custom design creates ongoing operational challenges. As it grows, should Anomalie leverage its supply-chain advantages to create a line of off-the-rack... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
AI Enhances Diagnostic Care
A radiologist and technician at Misr Radiology Center review images taken of a patient and discuss protocol for a brain PET/MRI exam. “AI has improved workflow through higher efficiency and has helped us deliver more personalized care,... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- Profile
Jeremy King
had deep experience in only one sector." says Jeremy. "With this slightly narrow experience and a scientific undergraduate degree, I felt that I needed to learn things like marketing, operations management, the more academic... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
System for Growth by Christina Wallace (MBA 2010) and David Kidder Currency Most established companies face a key survival challenge. Operational efficiency and outdated bureaucracy are at war with new... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
The State of the Markets
Stock Exchange (NYSE); and Robert C. Gasser, managing director and head of U.S. equities at J. P. Morgan & Co. Financial exchanges today, Seifert began, must have the business systems of a technology company, with the requisite speed and economies of scale, to... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Faculty Focus Their Research on COVID-19 Issues
Harvard and beyond—to offer insights, strategies, and best practices.” — Gary Pisano Harry E. Figgie Jr. Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development Research Highlights How the Pandemic Might Change US Health Care Rob Huckman, an... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Message and the Media: Advertising's Brave New World
answer, according to Silk and his colleagues, lies in a given medium's ability to reach efficiently - and hold onto - an advertiser's target audience and to be flexible and responsive to the advertiser's requirements and demands. Because... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs