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- 01 Jun 1997
- News
A Better Way to Go on Strike
normal operations but to put some or all of their revenues and salaries into an escrow account controlled by a trusted outside party. In the American Airlines case, planes would continue flying, but a large fraction of the company's View Details
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Health Plans - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
measuring and rewarding providers based on outcomes, maximizing patient value over the full cycle of care, minimizing paperwork, and competing for subscribers based on the ability to achieve positive health outcomes. Implications for... View Details
- 02 Aug 2011
- News
A Fearless Force for Change
Jennifer Goodman Linn (MBA '99) left a legacy of hope to patients who battle rare cancers. Jennifer Goodman Linn (MBA '99) left a legacy of hope, love, and laughter to those who knew her and to the thousands who have been and will continue to be touched by View Details
- 04 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success
is not much historical data and experience for managers to draw upon when developing or applying metrics, and many economic benefits of e-commerce projects are seen as difficult to measure. Further, the pace of change in e-business and... View Details
Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
One Degree of Difference
Competitiveness and Hurting America’s Middle Class,” by Professor Joseph Fuller and Manjari Raman, a program director and senior researcher at HBS’s Managing the Future of Work project. The impact of the practice cuts most deeply for the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
The HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation
A Resource for the Next Big Idea, and More The HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation is instrumental in bringing innovative projects to life at the School. Recent successful HBS initiatives that are advancing management... View Details
- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Toolkit for Customer Innovation
Thomke and Eric von Hippel Tapping into customer innovation can certainly generate tremendous value, but capturing that value is hardly a simple or straightforward process. Not only must companies develop the right tool kit, they must also revamp their business models... View Details
Keywords: by Stefan Thomke & Eric Von Hippel
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Nathalie du Preez
management role. I chose Colgate for its global focus (less than 20% of its revenues come from the U.S.), its strong presence in emerging markets, its fundamental brand View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
battling it out over the issues of the day.” The Atlantic has been profitable for five years now, with advertising revenue up 40 percent over last year. For now, at least, all online content is free, including full articles from the print... View Details
- 13 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?
patients during visits, plus more accurate visit notes. However, clinicians’ well-being is unfortunately not always the top priority for hospital executives. Currently, most US hospitals generate revenue based on “fee-for-service" payment... View Details
- 04 Dec 2020
- News
Hour by Hour
Courtesy Rahkeem Morris Courtesy Rahkeem Morris Rahkeem Morris (MBA 2018) spent the first 10 years of his work life as an hourly wage earner, moving from one minimum wage job to the next, often unable to transfer learned skills or training to his new roles. The View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Making Finance Personal
continue as Intuit went public (in 1993), grew enormously (today, it has nearly 8,000 employees, and annual revenues are around $3.9 billion), and routinely won accolades as one of America’s most innovative companies. As chairman of the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
He recalls when the specter of “Japan, Inc.,” was one of manufacturing’s looming concerns. “We’ve been through a cycle of lost competitiveness followed by renewal,” observes Jasinowski, who once worked on the Studebaker assembly line in... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Short Takes
Managing Development Flexibility in Uncertain Environments," the authors assert that increasing flexibility during the product development cycle can enable a firm to adjust to unanticipated circumstances so... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
John Weber In his new book, The Lords of Strategy: The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World (Harvard Business Press), Walter Kiechel III (MBA ’76) traces the rise of modern management consulting from the 1960s to the... View Details
- 14 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Breaking the Smartphone Addiction
business services team effectiveness, and overall case experience. It is becoming part of the culture—the future of BCG." The Cycle Of Responsiveness: The Root Of The 24/7 Habit The reason PTO can be so effective for both... View Details
Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The $4 Billion Question
It’s no secret that private equity firms have enjoyed massive profits in recent years. In Private Equity Finance, a course in the second-year MBA elective curriculum, students follow the life cycle of a deal in order to learn more about... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
HBS Centennial Event Confronts Present and Future Challenges Rising to the challenge: Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust and Dean Jay Light shared a vision of closer collaboration between HBS and Harvard on 21st-century issues. Faust embraced the importance of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Cardiac Kid
has more than 1,000 workers and expects revenues of about $280 million this year. “The company was founded basically to prevent heart attacks,” Huennekens told the San Diego Union-Tribune (January 25, 2010). To that end, Volcano makes... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
An American Odyssey
He’s got a superhero’s name, and he’s shining a light on enduring wrongs here at home while confronting challenges in the Third World as well. Meet Richard America, who sees policy analysis and quality management as keys to development... View Details