Costs And Consequences - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2020
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A New Approach to Contact Tracing

people don't want Big Brother. We’re just saying, there’s a cost to that,’” notes Weiss. The downside Bay points to is that if users don’t give the government access to their data, public health officials aren’t as able to help those who... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; Government

03 Jun 2016
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Again in a Great City

Tower” lingers, though it has been covered in green terra-cotta since the end of World War II. The cost to construct the building in 1928 was $10 million, $135 million in today’s dollars. Last June Cummings View Details

Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly

01 Mar 2008
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Where Have All the Leaders Gone?

broadcasting, flip the channel to FOX. If you want even more reinforcement, there’s talk radio and the blogs. Nor is there any willingness to talk about real costs. We are now fighting wars in Iraq and... View Details

Keywords: Government

20 Nov 2015
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Room to Grow

culling its inventory from the excess food other supermarkets and suppliers typically throw away. The Kendall Foundation also supports CommonWealth Kitchen, which offers food entrepreneurs a place to incubate new businesses without the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Oct 2002
News

The Class of 1977

then methodically proceeded to rationalize P&G's cost structure, sold some businesses, acquired Clairol, and delivered upside revenues and earnings surprises within months.... View Details

Keywords: Desmond Wong

01 Feb 2018
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HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86

restructured John’s Island’s management company, Community Condominium Services, Inc., by reducing costs while improving services and its hurricane protection practices. At the John’s Island Club, he was a... View Details

01 Jun 2000
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The Business of Biotech

$1 and $2 billion drugs will give way to $200 to $300 million drugs. That will be a very different world for big drug companies, with different cost structures and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

22 Nov 2017
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How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team

had a long career in sports management, including an earlier stint running the business side of the Knicks, the WNBA's Liberty and the NHL's Rangers as the president of Madison Square Garden sports. But as inherent as competition is to... View Details

01 Jun 2015
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Screen Grab

that many never sign up for pay TV at all. “I suspect that what is happening is much more profound, and that revolution will come from individuals and companies creating content at a fraction of the View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment

01 Sep 2020
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We Rise

business: Venture Kits, an educational game that taught kids how to be entrepreneurs. A would-be bakery owner, for instance, could work through the necessary steps of calculating costs and doing market... View Details

Keywords: April White; Finance

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