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- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Richard B. Fisher (MBA '62)
of his first assignments—an analysis of the economic feasibility of a Canadian hydroelectric plant—required him to master the FORTRAN and COBOL programming languages. "Building a computer model was no mean feat in 1962," Fisher recalls.... View Details
- 20 Oct 2010
- Op-Ed
Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic
three different levels: How can export competitiveness be improved, is export competitiveness (still) a feasible policy approach, and is export competitiveness an appropriate policy objective? How can the effectiveness of export... View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
- 28 Apr 2015
- Blog Post
3 Reasons Engineers Thrive at Business School
data analysis, to have a logical and structured thought process, and to analyze the feasibility of some of your classmates’ ideas and comments. Miranda: While at HBS, I have consistently used my engineering training. Many skills and... View Details
- 07 May 2024
- Blog Post
Opportunity to Offset Travel Emissions with Carbon Credits that Meet HBS Criteria
dishes when feasible or compostable single-use to-go items; and select menu items with lower greenhouse gas emissions in mind. HBS has also reduced waste, implemented more sustainable landscaping practices, and installed bee hives that... View Details
- 30 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Repugnant Markets and How They Get That Way
we're not involved with, so it's an idea that is catching on. Actually, the idea is pretty old, but the first kidney exchanges were in this century. The point is, we started off observing that kidney exchange wasn't repugnant because people had written about it. It was... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Feb 2022
- Op-Ed
Want to Prevent the Next Hospital Bed Crisis? Enlist the SEC
hospitals that have credible plans. Nonprofit hospitals with excellent plans may also experience a boost in donations, which strongly correlate with good performance. The “new normal” requires a variety of initiatives, including realistic plans for surge capacity. Our... View Details
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why IT Does Matter
management should understand about IT is its associated economics. Driven by Moore's Law, those evolving economics have enabled every industry's transaction costs to decrease continually, resulting in new economics for the firm and creating the View Details
Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan
- Web
Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
“Privately-Owned Battery Storage—Reshaping The Way We Do Electricity.” Karim R. Lakhani : Winner of the 2023 Best Paper Award from the Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) Division of the Academy of Management for “When Does View Details
- 13 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
Don't Turn Your Marketing Function Over to AI Just Yet
feasible nor economical. Machine learning technology today excels at self-contained tasks like image recognition and content-sorting. “The kind of tasks that we want to do in marketing tend to be more challenging, because we’re trying to... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 24 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Much Will Remote Work Continue After the Pandemic?
professionals and have added other stressors. [div class=infogram-embed data-id=_/VtWZQANR832VXBHD5uwk][/div] The view across industries To better understand variations across industries, the researchers compared the survey results with a remote-work View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 02 Apr 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Making the Move to General Manager
arrive on their desk flagged as marketing or finance issues; part of the challenge is problem identification. Then the challenge is to design a feasible and integrated solution that works for the entire business unit. You're A Case Study... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping
becomes technologically feasible for ocean shipping, Maersk believes that legal, safety, and public perception challenges make it highly impractical as a primary energy source. Similarly, with biomethane, Maersk sees emissions slippage... View Details
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It
insurance is no longer as feasible as it once was. Insurance carriers, which made huge payouts to cover losses related to the 9/11 attacks, have reexamined the risks implicit in today's leaner supply chains. As a result, "what was... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- 23 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings
have much money to begin with can make savings more feasible or more fun, or both. Given the diversity of financial conditions, social settings, and personal circumstances of families, and against the backdrop of consumerism in the United... View Details
- 27 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing
coordination around customer needs and information, or near the research and development people with benefit of coordination around technology and new product launch? The appropriate tradeoff will depend upon the current strategy, challenges, and opportunities as well... View Details
Keywords: by Benson Shapiro
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
behavior that make this redeployment feasible and sustainable over time. "A vast majority of the initiatives that companies are implementing do not require large capital investments or radical innovation." How companies are... View Details
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
ad platforms such as Google AdWords exacerbate typosquatting. However, our investigations also confirm the feasibility of significantly reducing typosquatting. We find that typosquatting is highly concentrated: of typo domains showing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Stevenson’s Own
desired future state Do I fully comprehend what human, financial, material, and other assets I will need? Is it feasible for me to launch, and succeed with, that product or service? A skill in negotiating for access to the required... View Details
Keywords: Management
- 12 Jan 2021
- News
Keeping the Coast Clear
Save the Bay to identify a problem, engage the [municipality] and share how the project will benefit the community,” says Stone. “Then comes the work of cobbling together the funding for everything from feasibility studies and permitting... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Allston Options Up for Discussion
in June a forty-page report outlining design options for the new Allston campus. Of all the issues considered, “effective transportation is the most critical to the overall feasibility of the project,” concluded the report, prepared by... View Details