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- 21 Aug 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Under the Magnifying Glass: The Benefits of Being a Case Study
necessary and important. The cases even serve as valuable educational tools for training within the companies. As one panelist, Pablo Bosch of the Chilean energy concern B. Bosch, pointed out, "We thought [at first] that it was just... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni Take Action to Improve US Competitiveness
Jan Rivkin conceived of a data-based, research-driven effort to influence the national dialogue and shed light on the crucial issue of the ability of US companies to compete in a global economy while supporting rising living standards for... View Details
- 10 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt--‘Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World’
manager-has no real appreciation of what a marvel it is. But management is not leadership. Leadership is about setting a direction. It's about creating a vision, empowering and inspiring people to want to achieve the vision, and enabling them to do so with View Details
Keywords: Re: John P. Kotter
- 06 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 6
efficiencies and lower costs. Publisher's link: http://people.hbs.edu/asheen/consumer%20mergers%206-28-13.pdf Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 413-013 Women MBAs at Harvard Business School: 1962-2012 Eight women... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Michael Porter’s Prescription For the High Cost of Health Care
stifle competition, which in turn slows quality and efficiency improvements that would otherwise benefit all patients. Without service-by-service competition, costs spiral ever higher while quality lags. The cost of dysfunctional... View Details
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
for which content will be exclusive despite foreclosing itself from selling to a portion of the market. In addition, we show that contrary to standard results on double marginalization and pricing of complementary goods, a platform that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 25
channel); and (iii) individuals who were out of the market when they were excessively angry in the unregulated market, decide to purchase once the firm is regulated, reducing the standard distortions described in the first channel (mixed... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
space startups, one giant leap for space exploration. Video Embed Blue Origin’s historic November launch. Arianne Cornell is visible at ~1:08, midscreen with binoculars in hand. This promise of cost savings and efficiency has long been... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 13 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 13, 2008
procedures of Pratt (2007), including the Nash bargaining procedure, satisfy this. Other prominent efficient procedures do not. In two-agent problems, reducing the feasible set between the solution and one agent's maximum point increases... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
FAQs - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
efficiencies and thereby produce the same or better outcomes at the same or lower costs. Q: How is TDABC used to drive process improvement? A: TDABC can aid process improvement in several ways. Among these, developing process maps often... View Details
- Web
Articles - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
information, managers and clinicians can standardize clinical and administrative processes, eliminate non-value added and redundant steps, improve resource utilization, and redesign care so that appropriate medical resources perform each... View Details
- 27 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 27
products. Specifically, we measure the impact of municipal policies requiring governments to construct green buildings on private-sector adoption of the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Feb 2023
- News
Grand Ambitions in the Great Plains
Inc's model—designed to be replaced as scientific advances produce materials that can capture carbon more efficiently and more cheaply. MK: We as an organization fully believe that the best sorbent or the best technology has not yet been... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Building a Strong and Prosperous Society
race because they are so efficient and, as a result, generate enormous prosperity. Moreover, real competition is a powerful driver of innovation. It’s not surprising that nearly every developing country is trying hard to get the free... View Details
- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
growing body of research yields ample evidence that individuals’ behavior often reflects an apparent concern for moral considerations. Using a broad definition of morality—to include varied non-egoistic motivations such as fairness, honesty, and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: HBS Visits Jindal Steel Works (JSW) Steel Dolvi Plant
and their decarbonization targets, along with their strategic decisions to balance growth with sustainability. This included exploring pathways such as renewable energy integration, hydrogen-based DRI pilot projects, and carbon capture... View Details
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
effect of efficiency wages on employee behavior and social norms. Working PapersSpatial Organization of Firms: Internal and External Agglomeration Economies and Location Choices Through the Value Chain Authors:Juan Alcácer and Mercedes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 23, 2007
balance between the efficiency of a global entity and the speed of local businesses. What would be the best strategy for Bunge to respond to the external changes imposed by high energy prices and increasing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
Argentina report government corruption in their front page during the period 1998-2007 and correlate them with government advertising. The correlation is negative. The size is considerable: a one standard deviation increase in monthly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation
percentage of Democrats working at utility companies, but a lower percentage of Democrats employed at energy companies. “It's quite striking to see these large differences in the political composition of certain industries and certain... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald