Processing Costs - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Feb 2021
Blog Post

Faculty Spotlight: Professor Jurgen Weiss

we have to maintain a reliable energy supply throughout. So, there is potentially a role for these current technologies just to make sure we have enough energy if the policy processes are too slow to decarbonize it over the next 30 years.... View Details

03 Jan 2008
What Do You Think?

Does Judgment Trump Experience?

process posing other more interesting propositions for consideration. Tony Wanless emphasized the importance of knowing the way leaders learn from experience, suggesting the need for "a synthesis of thinking that adds value to the... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

28 May 2019
News

What I Do: Gordon Medenica (MBA 1979)

always stuck with me. But the process is extremely cumbersome—the state budget-setting exercises get down into the weeds of our operation, but they only look at the cost side, not the revenue side. So it’s a... View Details

Keywords: Ryan Jones; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Apr 1999
News

Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong

cognitive problem. The PCs simply did not make sense to DEC, given their customer context and their cost structure/business model. “Disruptive Tech 101” When Clay Christensen speaks of disruptive and sustaining technologies, he uses the... View Details

23 May 2016
Research & Ideas

A Little Understanding Motivates Copyright Abusers to Pay Up

they approached was already trying a kinder-and-gentler tactic by waiving the fee to recoup enforcement costs ($400 per image) and just asking for the actual cost of licensing the image that averages between... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Media & Broadcasting; Publishing

01 Dec 2013
News

A Safer, Smarter Future for Tech Trash

being the cost of it. That was the inspiration." Since its founding, BlueOak has been developing plans for mini-refineries that use proven, capital-efficient refining processes to extract precious metals and... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; recycling; Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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 scale. "We produce nine or... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Service

08 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy

shop in the current low-cost location. How to organize? What are the structures, systems, and processes that need to be in place to manage a company's international strategy? Should authority be delegated to many organizational units or... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

13 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 13

radical or not. While greater market share promotes adoption of all types of business process innovations, this effect is outweighed by additional co-invention and coordination costs whenever a technological... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2010
News

How to Spur Prosperity

LERNER: The federal government lacks a clear, rational process for spending $40 billion to boost the nation’s clean-tech industry. Across the decades and around the globe, governments have tried various approaches to kick-starting... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down

employees will actually listen to tough messages, question old assumptions, and consider new ways of working. This means taking a series of deliberate but subtle steps to recast employees' prevailing views and create a new context for action. Such a shaping View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto

06 Mar 2018
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

associated with billing and insurance activities at a large academic health care center that had a certified EHR system. The center enjoyed economies of scale by concentrating its bill paying functions within a single, dedicated unit. The study found that View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2015
Blog Post

Building a Startup at HBS

first few days or weeks of life. Nurses in those units told us repeatedly how difficult it is to find veins in these small children, about the unpleasantness from having to needle-stick babies multiple times, and the resulting costs in... View Details

09 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

Overcoming the Challenges of Selling Brand New Technology (Hey, Need a 3-D Printer?)

ago. Or the first Newton, Tang, or Roomba. Everyone knows and understands a better mousetrap when they see one—no selling skills really required. But a 3-D printer? Why would I want that? How much does it cost to maintain? What’s wrong... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology; Consumer Products; Electronics; Industrial Products; Information Technology; Manufacturing; Medical Devices & Supplies; Retail

27 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities

development decisions to a new level of sophistication.— Michael E. Porter A final hidden cost of outsourcing is slower innovation. Changing products and processes is more complex and time consuming across... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2003
News

In the Running?

businesspeople say is their biggest, single problem: the soaring cost of workers’ compensation insurance.” Democrat Garamendi has twice been elected insurance commissioner — he’s also served sixteen years in the state legislature, and in... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

21 Oct 2014
First Look

First Look: October 21

available. Publisher's link: http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/bookentry_main.lasso?currency=US&id=14987 October 2014 Leading Sustainable Change: An Organizational Perspective From Periphery to Core: A Process Model for Embracing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Sep 2012
What Do You Think?

Will Business Management Save US Health Care?

for-profit health care organization led to better patient outcomes at the same time that "provider engagement and feeling of satisfaction have increased, our costs have fallen and our net profit has increased." One of the basic... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health

01 May 2000
What Do You Think?

Can You Hard-Wire Performance?

Can you design processes to reflect the promises implicit in hard-wiring?; (4) Do you have the people, incentives, and technology to deliver on the promise?; (5) Are you big enough?; (6) Do you have the financial capability to protect... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Driving Positive Impact on Community and Climate with Ben Schutzman (MBA 2016)

to supporting municipalities through the life of their assets and relationship with Highland. It’s a complex job, but immensely rewarding job to balance the cost control at the backend, while still delivering an exceptional service to our... View Details

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