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  • 03 Feb 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Web Services

Before this can occur, however, issues such as complexity of installation and management, software quality, and cost must be addressed. Some other unsolved problems, Scott added, are quality of service and... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Service
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Price and Quality Decisions by Self-Serving Managers

By: Marco Bertini, Daniel Halbheer and Oded Koenigsberg
We present a theory of price and quality decisions by managers who are self-serving. In the theory, firms stress the price or quality of their products, but not both. Accounting for this, managers exploit any uncertainty about the cause of market outcomes to credit... View Details
Keywords: Causal Reasoning; Self-serving Bias; Strategic Orientation; Managerial Decision-making; Price; Quality; Decision Making; Theory
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Bertini, Marco, Daniel Halbheer, and Oded Koenigsberg. "Price and Quality Decisions by Self-Serving Managers." International Journal of Research in Marketing 37, no. 2 (June 2020): 236–257.
  • 1996
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Integrating Strategy Research to Explain a Competitive Phenomenon in Labor-Dependant Services

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Hallowell, Roger. "Integrating Strategy Research to Explain a Competitive Phenomenon in Labor-Dependant Services." In Advancing Service Quality: A Global Perspective, edited by Bo Edvardsson. New York: International Service Quality Association, 1996.
  • June 1992 (Revised May 1996)
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Xerox Corp.: Leadership Through Quality (C)

Reveals the course of action that Xerox took after discovering that its Leadership Through Quality program had not met all expectations. Reinforces the message that change is an ongoing and continuous effort, and that companies never achieve all of their change goals. View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Quality; Service Industry; Service Industry
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Jick, Todd D. "Xerox Corp.: Leadership Through Quality (C)." Harvard Business School Case 492-046, June 1992. (Revised May 1996.)
  • 2008
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Ownership Quotient: Putting the Service Profit Chain to Work for Unbeatable Competitive Advantage

By: James L. Heskett, W. Earl Sasser Jr. and Joe Wheeler
Hundreds of large organizations worldwide have used the groundbreaking Service Profit Chain to improve business performance. Now The Ownership Quotient reveals the next generation of the chain: customer and employee "owners" of your business. Employee-owners exhibit... View Details
Keywords: Customer Satisfaction; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Customer Ownership; Employee Ownership; Competitive Advantage; Value Creation
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Heskett, James L., W. Earl Sasser Jr., and Joe Wheeler. Ownership Quotient: Putting the Service Profit Chain to Work for Unbeatable Competitive Advantage. Harvard Business Press, 2008.
  • 2016
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How Does Competition Impact Quality of Care? A Case Study of the U.S. Dialysis Industry

By: Leemore S. Dafny, David Cutler and Christopher Ody
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Dafny, Leemore S., David Cutler, and Christopher Ody. "How Does Competition Impact Quality of Care? A Case Study of the U.S. Dialysis Industry." Working Paper, October 2016. (Currently being revised (June 2018))
  • 2008
  • Working Paper

The Effect of Labor on Profitability: The Role of Quality

By: Zeynep Ton
Determining staffing levels is an important decision in retail operations. While the costs of increasing labor are obvious and easy to measure, the benefits are often indirect and not immediately felt. One benefit of increased labor is improved quality. The objective... View Details
Keywords: Profit; Selection and Staffing; Service Delivery; Business Processes; Quality; Retail Industry
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Ton, Zeynep. "The Effect of Labor on Profitability: The Role of Quality." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-040, September 2008. (Revised July 2009.)
  • January 2005 (Revised November 2009)
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Tata Consultancy Services

By: Rohit Deshpande and Seth Schulman
As CEO of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), S. "Ram" Ramadorai had grown the company into an emerging IT services powerhouse, with marquee clients such as General Electric, offices in 32 countries, and revenues of nearly $2 billion dollars. Now, he was about to steer... View Details
Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Labor; Competitive Strategy; Information Technology; Consulting Industry; India; United States
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Deshpande, Rohit, and Seth Schulman. "Tata Consultancy Services." Harvard Business School Case 505-058, January 2005. (Revised November 2009.)
  • 2020
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Acting Now While Preparing for Tomorrow: Competitiveness Upgrading Under the Shadow of COVID-19

By: Christian H.M. Ketels and Peter Clinch
This paper aims to provide policy makers, especially those focused on the longer-term growth potential of their countries, with an initial framework to think about their action priorities in the context of the overall COVID-19 response. Our focus is on the... View Details
Keywords: Competitiveness; COVID-19 Pandemic; Competition; Government Administration; Health Pandemics; Economy; Supply Chain; Safety
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Ketels, Christian H.M., and Peter Clinch. "Acting Now While Preparing for Tomorrow: Competitiveness Upgrading Under the Shadow of COVID-19." Discussion Paper, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Boston, MA, US, 2020.
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Leading Professional Service Firms

By: Andy Wu
As entry barriers rapidly disappear, competition is accelerating and reshaping the business landscape for professional service firms. Navigating this continual change successfully requires extraordinary leadership abilities. This professional service firm... View Details
  • July 2002 (Revised March 2003)
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North East Medical Services

By: Thomas J. DeLong and Wendy Carter
Sophie Wong, president and CEO of North East Medical Services, a health care organization dedicated to serving the underprivileged Asian American community in San Francisco, must decide how to reposition the organization to serve patients from multiple income levels... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Human Resources; Leadership; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Health Industry; San Francisco
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DeLong, Thomas J., and Wendy Carter. "North East Medical Services." Harvard Business School Case 403-002, July 2002. (Revised March 2003.)
  • January 1998
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Marketspace Bookmall Competition

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Leonard A. Schlesinger
Overview of the Marketspace Bookmall Competition project for the Managing Marketspace Service Interfaces course. View Details
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Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Leonard A. Schlesinger. "Marketspace Bookmall Competition." Harvard Business School Background Note 898-167, January 1998.
  • 11 Apr 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Financial Services 24/7

brave new world. The transformation ignited by the Internet is creating a new paradigm in the financial services industry, characterized by surprising business structures. "The competitive landscape is... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
  • March 1, 2011
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Technology Will Make Collaboration Your Next Competitive Advantage

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport
Keywords: Technology; Digital Services; Strategy; Internet and the Web; Marketing
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Rayport, Jeffrey F. "Technology Will Make Collaboration Your Next Competitive Advantage." MIT Technology Review (website) (March 1, 2011). (Lead Article: Guest Editor for March 2011, Technology Review’s month of articles on theme of Technology-Enabled Collaboration.)
  • September 2016 (Revised July 2018)
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United Airlines: More Out-and-Back Flying?

By: Ryan W. Buell, Willy Shih and Mike Toffel
This case looks at United Airlines when it is facing a decision on whether to shift its aircraft routing to more "out-and-back" routing in order to try to improve its on-time performance. As one of the world's largest airlines, United had a very large fleet and... View Details
Keywords: Service Excellence; Service Management; Service Quality; Service Quality Competition; Services; Airline Industry; Airlines; Operational Complexity; Operational Disruptions; Operational Effectiveness; Operations Improvement; Operations Management; Operations Strategy; Air Transportation; Operations; Service Operations; Service Delivery; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Improvement; Complexity; Air Transportation Industry; United States
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Buell, Ryan W., Willy Shih, and Mike Toffel. "United Airlines: More Out-and-Back Flying?" Harvard Business School Case 617-010, September 2016. (Revised July 2018.)
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Transforming Customer Experiences - Executive Education

By: Ryan W. Buell
In today's fast-growing service sector, a new set of frameworks are required to build a robust and competitive service business. Transforming Customer Experiences draws upon the latest research and insights to equip senior managers with a new toolkit for leading... View Details
Keywords: Service Delivery; Customer Satisfaction; Customer Loyalty; Quality; Employees; Service Models; Service Industry
  • March 2002 (Revised October 2002)
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Service on the Internet: The Effect of Physical Service on Scalability

Develops a framework for exploring the idea of, how service affects the economics of Internet organizations. Development of the framework requires an understanding of the different forms service takes in organizations that conduct business through the Internet. These... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Service Delivery; Service Industry
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Hallowell, Roger H. "Service on the Internet: The Effect of Physical Service on Scalability." Harvard Business School Background Note 802-146, March 2002. (Revised October 2002.)
  • July 2023
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Impacts of Electricity Quality Improvements: Experimental Evidence on Infrastructure Investments

By: Robyn C. Meeks, Arstan Omuraliev, Ruslan Isaev and Zhenxuan Wang
Hundreds of millions of households depend on electricity grid connections providing low quality and unreliable services. Understanding the impacts of and consumer response to electricity quality improvements is important for development and the environment. We... View Details
Keywords: Infrastructure; Energy; Quality; Kyrgyzstan
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Meeks, Robyn C., Arstan Omuraliev, Ruslan Isaev, and Zhenxuan Wang. "Impacts of Electricity Quality Improvements: Experimental Evidence on Infrastructure Investments." Art. 102838. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 120 (July 2023).
  • 13 Nov 2008
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Effect of Labor on Profitability: The Role of Quality

Keywords: by Zeynep Ton
  • October 1987 (Revised March 1992)
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United Parcel Service (A)

United Parcel Service (UPS) in 1987 faced serious challenges to its long-standing policies of on-the-job training and promotion from within. Increased competition in its traditional business of ground transport found UPS lagging in computerization and in need of... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Organizational Culture; Human Resources; Service Industry; United States
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Sonnenfeld, Jeffrey A. "United Parcel Service (A)." Harvard Business School Case 488-016, October 1987. (Revised March 1992.)
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