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- 25 Mar 2015
- News
The Greening of Houston
and mostly overlooked by outsiders. Gilbane is just one of several HBS alumni working with other Houstonians to expand and improve the treasured parks, which they see as key to the continued growth of Houston’s booming business economy.... View Details
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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Education Innovation
system: "By practically any measure, the quality of public K–12 education in the United States is dismal." And the stakes are high. As Childress, deputy director of education at the Gates Foundation, outlined, research continues to show a... View Details
- 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 View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
GMAT Added to Admissions Criteria
relating to the test itself, the kinds of students who are now applying to the MBA Program, and the type of applicant we're looking for. There have been significant improvements in the structure of the GMAT. One recent addition is a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Everything Old Is a New Opportunity
independence—allowing elderly people to stay at home, independent and connected, not isolated Empowered care—providing new tools to improve quality and efficiency for paid and unpaid caregivers Ageless... View Details
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Executive Education Courses - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
your organization's strategic agenda. Key Benefits Focused on improving the quality and delivery of health care, Value Measurement for Health Care provides more efficient and more cost-effective approaches... View Details
- Portrait Project
Sadiq Gillani
believe one day the airline industry will make money. It will have happy workers. It will be a pleasure to fly. I am going to devote my life to fixing existing airlines and creating new ones to improve people's lives, particularly in the... View Details
- 08 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
Thinking Twice About Supply-Chain Layoffs
one-standard-deviation increase in store labor brought about a 10 percent increase in profit margin. These findings ran contrary to the thinking of store managers that Ton interviewed. They consistently identified service quality as a top... View Details
- Portrait Project
Ferran Ayala
with my countrymen. I seek to foster and create the institutions that will allow people's hearts - rather than their class or skin color - to determine their true fate. From improving quality and access to... View Details
- 23 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Product Disasters Can Be Fertile Ground for Innovation
discovered that the error was made a year before when it had reconfigured a scanner to improve doctors’ ability to see blood flow in the brain. More than 200 patients had suffered the same fate, receiving up to eight times the normal dose... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Making a Statement
Getting Behind Health Care Andrew M. Paul (MBA 1983) sees a powerful connection between the business side of health care and the benefits of better service delivery to patients. “By investing in companies committed to innovation, you can View Details
- Profile
Sophia Virani
Sophia is especially interested in developing ways to improve health-care quality and patient outcomes. "I'll be exposed to business techniques that I can apply to health-care challenges," she... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Cure All
interactions between health care providers and payers, as well as antitrust enforcement. Here, they discuss what it would take to improve the provision of care. Say you’re settling into your seat for a short-haul flight, and your seatmate... View Details
- 19 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
How to be Extremely Productive
your goal is a great marketing plan or a brilliant idea for a software system, it doesn't matter if it took 2 hours or 20 hours. The client is paying for the quality of the solution. Q: What do you think about the issue of flexible work... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Delivering HBS-style training for teachers
teachers. “Almost all NAATE participants report improved classroom practice, more impact outside the classroom with their peers and school leaders, and a renewed commitment to classroom teaching,” says Klemmer, whose observations of a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Steve Barger (MBA 1974)
customer service. If it comes to choosing between quality and profitability, we always go for quality and trust that it will lead to profit. I spent my first six months here working alongside our employees... View Details
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
healthcare—i.e., patient-centered outcomes achieved per healthcare dollar spent—can define quality and unify performance improvement goals with health outcomes of importance to patients across the entire... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
production and exports. As a member of the entrepreneurs union and chief of its economic commission, I am quite active in the ongoing work of labor and government relations to better our economic environment. The key for us will be to create a thriving tourism... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs
- 12 Jan 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Should We Think About the Exportation of Jobs?
in markets for labor fueled by dramatic improvements in communication. Those with a global, macro economic view tended to regard these developments as long overdue. Those concerned about the psychological and social impact of job... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
Lewis W. Lehr
In his first year at the helm of 3M, Lehr presided over a major reorganization of the company’s diversified operations into 4 distinct divisions. The new and improved 3M began to focus on quality and... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods