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- 04 May 2020
- Blog Post
Crisis Leadership with Nikhil Patel: The Critical Importance of Trust
done.” Effective communication must be accompanied with efficiencies in structure. “We have to operate more like a private company in which different departments have their own authority to act without... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
David “Bull” Gurfein: Bronze Star citation
the tank platoon, issued a quick “five paragraph order” and then re-attacked at the breach site as the sun was setting. Overcoming the friction of the battlefield with all the changing variables of the approaching darkness and new elements attached to his task force,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
leadership, finance, and operations skills that senior health-care professionals need to transform care delivery in their organizations. Presented in three one-week modules offered over a nine-month period, the program is structured... View Details
- 25 Sep 2019
- News
Leading the Evolution of E-Commerce
allowing more time to focus on what the consumer wants, she says. What the consumer wants is what Fleiss—a mother of three—also wants: efficiency and ease of use. “The idea here is to combine the convenience of e-commerce with the... View Details
- Portrait Project
Sylvie Tran
companies to help enable enduring positive impact on developing countries. I want to help the world transition to clean and efficient energy by convincing everyone in my community to buy hybrid cars. That afternoon in the leper village, a... View Details
- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
positions such as commission-based sales in efficient and liquid markets—do not need wide spans of support. In fact, such organizations generally operate more efficiently with... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 24 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Alumni in Climate Networking Series: San Francisco
of 2003) Chief Operating Officer at Generate Capital The panelists discussed their views on the evolution of the climate investment landscape and how investments have changed from the first wave of investments in renewable energy in the... View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)
and really evaluating every area of the operation to find efficiencies and ways to get more food to the communities we serve. “Knowing that our work could determine whether someone got a meal or not the next... View Details
- 02 Mar 2015
- News
To Market, To Market
you’re going to sell to a market.’” To ease the transition, Heifer provides far more than just healthy livestock. Nearly a thousand professionals in the field provide education and training in a range of technical areas. For instance, in Haiti, Heifer is teaching... View Details
- 21 Aug 2014
- Blog Post
HBS Social Enterprise Initiative Visits NYC
adverse weather and climate change impacts. Urvesh was motivated to pursue this internship by his belief, as he explained, “that efficient and reliable transportation is a critical public service, and that it stands to become only more... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Faculty Research Online
efficient health care to millions of Americans. In this video interview, Professor Regina Herzlinger argues that consumers should have more say over their own care. See http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6730.html. View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
shared experiences as we once did, brand loyalty remains strong. The third is having an efficient system to collect the used products, which works for Apple because they have their own stores and partners like AT&T and Verizon. While the... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Meyers
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IFC India 2025: From Gray to Green: A Glimpse of the Future of Green Hydrogen in India - Blog - Business & Environment
Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business... View Details
- 11 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 11
Case 615-003 Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief: What Can We Learn from Commercial Supply Chains? Organizing speedy and efficient supply operations for unpredictable major natural disasters was a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jul 2001
- What Do You Think?
Built to Last or Bought to Sell?
Summing Up The authors of a recently-published book, Creative Destruction, have more work to do to convince our readers of their primary argument that creative destruction, based on an assumption of discontinuity, is a more effective management principle than View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: Sustainability in Action: Inside Hindustan Unilever’s Public Sanitation and Plastic Recycling Facilities
gap funding for operating expenses and wrap-around needs of the Saathi waste workers who are integral to this operation. During the visit, students questioned the labor intensity and efficiency of the center... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Third Force: Indispensable to Society, Nonprofits Should Redirect Oversight Efforts
unpopular social issues, enabling spirituality, redistributing wealth to the needy, supporting cultural activities, and effectively and efficiently providing long-term solutions for social needs. Government and business, she said, cannot... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
huge inefficiency.” It was while attending HBS that Makarim formed Go-Jek, a more efficient ojek service that organized 20 or so drivers through a call center; he relied on word of mouth to market the idea to friends and relatives in a... View Details
- 18 Oct 2024
- News
My Worst Job
muck. Somehow chicken wing bones would find their way into my shoes. When my mother would pick me up, the stench was so bad, she would roll down all the car windows, even in the dead of winter. It was easily the worst job I ever had. But I learned the responsibility of... View Details
- 05 Dec 2007
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Marketing
line. Key concepts include: In multisided markets, some customers contribute to a company's bottom line directly while others contribute indirect benefits, which are more difficult to calculate. Businesses must be able to assess the value of these "free"... View Details