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  • 01 Apr 2001
  • News

William Fung: E-Commerce and Efficiency

Internet to improve efficiency and cater to new customers is a clear winner. Group managing director William K.L. Fung (MBA ’72) understands that e-commerce is revolutionary. “But it won’t change what our business is,” he insists. “We’re... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade
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Energy data sources: consumption and efficiency

by US Department of Commerce, US Census Bureau. You may search this site for more surveys on the topic. Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency®  -- A source of information on incentives and policies that support renewables and energy... View Details
  • July 2021
  • Article

Energy Efficiency and Electricity Reliability

By: Eliana Carranza and Robyn C. Meeks
Overloaded electrical systems are a major source of unreliable power. Using a randomized saturation design, we estimate the impact of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) on electricity reliability and household electricity consumption in the Kyrgyz Republic. Greater... View Details
Keywords: Energy; Technology Adoption; Green Technology; Consumer Behavior; Utilities Industry; Kyrgyzstan
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Carranza, Eliana, and Robyn C. Meeks. "Energy Efficiency and Electricity Reliability." Review of Economics and Statistics 103, no. 3 (July 2021): 461–475.
  • January 2014
  • Article

Pareto Efficiency in Robust Optimization

By: Dan Iancu and Nikolaos Trichakis
This paper formalizes and adapts the well-known concept of Pareto efficiency in the context of the popular robust optimization (RO) methodology for linear optimization problems. We argue that the classical RO paradigm need not produce solutions that possess the... View Details
Keywords: Robust Optimization; Pareto Optimality; Resource Allocation; Game Theory
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Iancu, Dan, and Nikolaos Trichakis. "Pareto Efficiency in Robust Optimization." Management Science 60, no. 1 (January 2014): 130–147.
  • December 2000
  • Article

Efficient Risk Sharing: The Last Frontier

By: John W. Pratt
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty
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Pratt, John W. "Efficient Risk Sharing: The Last Frontier." Management Science 46, no. 12 (December 2000): 1545–1553. (Japanese version, translated by Fumiko Seo, in Modeling and Decision Making in Ambiguous Environments, Fumiko Seo and Takao Fukuchi, eds., 2002 (Kyoto U. Press).)
  • 2024
  • Working Paper

The Innovation Consequences of Judicial Efficiency

By: Jinhwan Kim, Tianshuo Shi and Rodrigo S. Verdi
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Kim, Jinhwan, Tianshuo Shi, and Rodrigo S. Verdi. "The Innovation Consequences of Judicial Efficiency." Working Paper, April 2024.
  • November–December 2014
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Fairness and Efficiency in Multiportfolio Optimization

By: Dan A. Iancu and Nikolaos Trichakis
We deal with the problem faced by a portfolio manager in charge of multiple accounts. We argue that because of market impact costs, this setting differs in several subtle ways from the classical (single account) case, with the key distinction being that the performance... View Details
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Iancu, Dan A., and Nikolaos Trichakis. "Fairness and Efficiency in Multiportfolio Optimization." Operations Research 62, no. 6 (November–December 2014): 1283–1301.
  • 29 Jan 2018
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B-School Bulletin: Fighting Cancer More Efficiently

  • May 2011 (Revised January 2012)
  • Supplement

OPOWER: Increasing Energy Efficiency through Normative Influence (B)

By: Maarten W. Bos, Amy J.C. Cuddy and Kyle Todd Doherty
The case profiles OPOWER, an energy efficiency software company that applies Cialdini's principles of social influence to successfully encourage consumers to reduce their energy usage. OPOWER was co-founded in 2008 by two young Harvard graduates, Dan Yates and Alex... View Details
Keywords: Energy Conservation
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Bos, Maarten W., Amy J.C. Cuddy, and Kyle Todd Doherty. "OPOWER: Increasing Energy Efficiency through Normative Influence (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 911-061, May 2011. (Revised January 2012.)
  • September 2010 (Revised January 2012)
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OPOWER: Increasing Energy Efficiency through Normative Influence (A)

By: Amy J.C. Cuddy, Kyle Todd Doherty and Maarten W. Bos
The case profiles OPOWER, an energy efficiency software company that applies Cialdini's principles of social influence to successfully encourage consumers to reduce their energy usage. OPOWER was co-founded in 2008 by two young Harvard graduates, Dan Yates and Alex... View Details
Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Applications and Software; Attitudes; Entrepreneurship; Energy Conservation; Power and Influence; Growth and Development Strategy; Energy Industry; United States
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Cuddy, Amy J.C., Kyle Todd Doherty, and Maarten W. Bos. "OPOWER: Increasing Energy Efficiency through Normative Influence (A)." Harvard Business School Case 911-016, September 2010. (Revised January 2012.)
  • November 2012 (Revised August 2014)
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Cisco in 2012: Reorganizing for Efficiency and Flexibility

By: Ranjay Gulati, Alison Berkley Wagonfeld and Luciana Silvestri
In 2012, Cisco was under intense pressure to show results: growth in its core business was decelerating and a number of exploratory ventures and acquisitions had not proven as profitable as expected. CEO John Chambers vowed to restore the company's health in a way that... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Restructuring; Adaptation; Performance Efficiency; Emerging Markets; Information Technology Industry
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Gulati, Ranjay, Alison Berkley Wagonfeld, and Luciana Silvestri. "Cisco in 2012: Reorganizing for Efficiency and Flexibility." Harvard Business School Case 413-069, November 2012. (Revised August 2014.)
  • 2017
  • Conference Presentation

The Efficiency Principle in Moral Judgment

By: J. De Freitas and S. G. B. Johnson
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De Freitas, J., and S. G. B. Johnson. "The Efficiency Principle in Moral Judgment." Paper presented at the Society for Philosophy and Psychology Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2017.
  • March 1985
  • Journal Article

The Efficiency of Equilibrium Traffic Flows

By: J. J. Rotemberg
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Rotemberg, J. J. "The Efficiency of Equilibrium Traffic Flows." Journal of Public Economics 26 (March 1985): 191–201.
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Operational Efficiency and Effective Management in the Catheterization Laboratory

By: Grant W. Reed, Michael L. Tushman and Samir R. Kapadia
Operational efficiency is a core business principle in which organizations strive to deliver high-quality goods or services in a cost-effective manner. This concept has become increasingly relevant to cardiac catheterization laboratories, as insurers move away from... View Details
Keywords: Cath Lab; Catheterization Laboratory; Health Care and Treatment; Performance Efficiency; Management; Performance Productivity; Cost Management; Health Industry
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Reed, Grant W., Michael L. Tushman, and Samir R. Kapadia. "Operational Efficiency and Effective Management in the Catheterization Laboratory." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 72, no. 20 (November 20, 2018): 2507–2517.
  • December 2023
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Advances in Power-to-Gas Technologies: Cost and Conversion Efficiency

By: Gunther Glenk, Philip Holler and Stefan Reichelstein
Widespread adoption of hydrogen as an energy carrier is widely believed to require continued advances in Power-to-Gas (PtG) technologies. Here we provide a comprehensive assessment of the dynamics of system prices and conversion efficiency for three currently prevalent... View Details
Keywords: Clean Technology; Green Hydrogen; Carbon Emissions; Decarbonization; Learning By Doing; Environment; Energy; Environmental Accounting; Environmental Management; Sustainable Cities; Cost Accounting; Innovation and Management; Technology Adoption; Energy Policy; Engineering; Green Technology; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Transportation Industry; North America; South America; Africa; Europe; Asia
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Glenk, Gunther, Philip Holler, and Stefan Reichelstein. "Advances in Power-to-Gas Technologies: Cost and Conversion Efficiency." Energy & Environmental Science 16, no. 12 (December 2023): 6058–6070.
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Promoting greater organizational adoption of energy efficiency projects

This research examines why firms fail to capitalize on apparently cost-effective investments in energy efficiency, with particular attention to waste heat recovery projects, in which heat from industrial processes are recovered in the form of thermal or electrical... View Details
  • 08 Mar 2017
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Energy Efficiency as a Common Purpose

Duane Highley (AMP 177, 2009) is president and CEO for the Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. In this interview, he explains how the organization is united behind a common purpose—the concept of energy efficiency as a benefit to... View Details
  • 12 Feb 2009
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Platform Competition, Compatibility, and Social Efficiency

Keywords: by Ramon Casadesus-Masanell & Francisco Ruiz-Aliseda; Computer
  • April 2000
  • Background Note

Aligning Incentives for Supply Chain Efficiency

By: V.G. Narayanan and Ananth Raman
Introduces students to the basics of principal-agency theory as it applies to supply chains. Operational problems in supply chains can often be traced to incentive issues. Students and managers lack frameworks to analyze incentive problems in supply chains. This note... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Motivation and Incentives; Framework; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Agency Theory
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Narayanan, V.G., and Ananth Raman. "Aligning Incentives for Supply Chain Efficiency." Harvard Business School Background Note 600-110, April 2000.
  • April 2017
  • Article

The Effectiveness of U.S. Energy Efficiency Building Labels

By: Omar Isaac Asensio and Magali A Delmas
Information programs are promising strategies to encourage investments in energy efficiency in commercial buildings. However, the realized effectiveness of these programs has not yet been estimated on a large scale. Here we take advantage of a large sample of monthly... View Details
Keywords: Energy Conservation; Green Building; Energy Policy
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Asensio, Omar Isaac, and Magali A Delmas. "The Effectiveness of U.S. Energy Efficiency Building Labels." Art. 17033. Nature Energy 2, no. 4 (April 2017).
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