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- 01 Sep 2007
- News
In Brief
counter basic assumptions. Several HBS professors consider the cost to organizations when dissent does not or cannot surface, and suggest ways to make sure it does. To the Rescue. In India, there’s no such... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Reza Satchu (MBA 1996)
We moved to Toronto from Mombasa, Kenya, when I was eight and my brother [Asif Satchu, MBA 1999] was six. For my parents to decide to come here and start a new life was, in many ways, THe ultimate risk. The... View Details
- 11 Dec 2014
- News
Fashion's Retail Revolution
entrepreneur, e-commerce offers low cost of entry, wide reach, rapid scalability, and the opportunity for an MBA to start as CEO. When Senior Lecturer José Alvarez started teaching the MBA Retailing elective... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Faculty Books
and pushing costs out of the reach of millions. Herzlinger outlines a plan for a consumer-driven system that puts insurance money in the hands of patients, removes the middleman in the doctor-patient... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Delivering the Power to Dream Big
lightweight, transparent solar panels, which can be integrated seamlessly into everyday objects, like windows or electronic displays. The technology's promise could lead to widespread adoption of solar power and reduce its View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Environmental Impact
fellowships, and influence practice by convening thought leaders. A self-described pro-environment, pro-science Republican, she believes that business has a critical role to play in environmental conservation: “It’s important that... View Details
- 08 Apr 2011
- News
Management Matters In Health Care, Too
MBA students alike, the implications of that view are huge. For policymakers, the message is that cost cutting alone does nothing to improve the quality of care and probably will reduce it. Is anyone in... View Details
- 28 Feb 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Omowale Casselle (MBA 2009)
all other possibilities and have now escalated to me so I can make a decision. Knowing that decisions have consequences and not making the right decision can mean that our new... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
A Market-Based Prescription
curb cost increases while ensuring quality treatment. Those goals have not been reached, largely because patient and physician resistance to stringent gatekeeping has led to more relaxed controls View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Faculty Books
should ensure that the right parties have been approached, in the right sequence, to address the right interests, under the right expectations, and face the right consequences of walking away if there is no... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Passing the Torch
approach to management. One clue might be found in Immelt's comments to USA Today (September 7, 2001), where he declared, "There's consequence for lack of performance, and believe me, that won't end with... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Powered by the HBS Fund
productivity. Professor Emeritus Robert S. Kaplan explain how he uses action research to lower the cost of health care. Professor Mihir Desai talk about his research and his testimony before Congress on... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
have been researching the root causes and consequences of the crisis in the intervening decade, helping to shape our understanding of the economic and financial forces that... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers; illustration by Dan Bejar; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace
Many interviewees contrasted the pro forma safety training they had received in previous jobs — where everyone knew the real priorities were still cost cutting and speed — with the company’s current... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
medical industry; shelving units for retail consumer products; and high-tolerance firing pins for military applications. When it comes to per-piece cost for metal stampings, the United States is very... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Research Brief: The Best Medicine
only about 5 percent of participants in clinical drug trials. In the working paper, “Representation and Extrapolation: Evidence from Clinical Trials,” coauthors Marcella Alsan, Maya Durvasula, Harsh Gupta, Heidi Williams, View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Roads to Recovery
"We see infrastructure as a $60 trillion opportunity." —Jeffrey Immelt (MBA 1982), CEO, General Electric "Transportation offers the single best opportunity to make cities livable and affordable." —Scott Griffith, former CEO, Zipcar... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
but he's not interested in the bulls and bears. Instead, his focus is on helping people in emerging markets pay their bills—which can often require hailing a taxi, heading out to a payment point, standing in line, View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Julia Hanna; Dan Morrell; social media,; Twitter; SodaStream; consulting; consultant; CEO; farming; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services
- 29 Aug 2024
- News
A Kick Start for Latin American Startups
According to Forbes, the region’s annual loss in food supplies represents 6 percent of the global total. Diferente rescues organic food seen as "imperfect" by the traditional market and sells food baskets at a fraction of the View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
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Stocking Up Can Build Customer Value
A classic business problem from the 1950s illustrates the tension between inventory costs and missed sales. A newspaper vendor must decide how many papers to buy each day based on typical demand. His profit... View Details