Revenue Cycle Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

February 2002 (Revised May 2002)
Background Note

That's a Wrap: The Dynamics of the Video Rental Industry

The history, current dynamics, and future trends of the $10 billion home video rental industry provides a platform to discuss revenue-sharing contracts between suppliers of home videocassettes and retailers. View Details

Keywords: Contracts; Motivation and Incentives; Supply Chain Management; Revenue; Financial Strategy; Motion Pictures and Video Industry

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Educators

Purchase

11 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change

analyze data as it comes in so that you can confirm or reorient your strategy, if necessary. That way, you can align your tactical decisions with your larger objectives. The more efficiently you manage this process, the more up to date... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler; Sports

17 Dec 2013
First Look

First Look: December 17

stylized facts: (i) shocks to N have a large effect on S, (ii) business cycles in N lead over medium-term fluctuations in S, (iii) the outputs in S and N co-move more than their consumption, and (iv) interest rates in S are... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Lawrence Fouraker; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

01 Jun 2003
News

HBS Releases First-Ever Financial Report

How does HBS manage its business? For alumni interested in the financial operations of the School, HBS has published its first-ever financial report. The 42-page document provides an overview of how the School View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

12 Feb 2016
News

Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict

helped create tens of thousands of products representing more than 150 countries. The designers share in the revenues and the company offers literacy programming to its manufacturers. “For me, what I wanted to do the most is question how... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Jun 2002
News

In VMI Partnerships, the Devil is in the Data

decade, however, influential manufacturers such as Procter & Gamble and Campbell Soup initiated such partnerships to help smooth production cycles and improve profits. Retailers were wooed by the potential efficiencies of better inventory... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA 1988)

25 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Lean Strategy Not Just for Start-Ups

garnering revenues of $4.15 billion in 2012 with products like Quicken, TurboTax, and QuickBooks. But there lies the potential rub. "Success is a powerful thing," said Cook, who now serves as chairman of Intuit's Executive... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

01 Mar 2018
News

Can a Digital Platform Open Up the Opaque Metals Industry?

them to downsize and slash jobs. “It was a commodity price down cycle across almost all metals. We were obviously expecting a large negative impact,” recalls Chernilovskiy, then an asset manager at... View Details

Keywords: Nicole Torres

05 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 5

significantly reduces dishonesty. When Power Makes Others Speechless: The Negative Impact of Leader Power on Team Performance Authors:L.P. Tost, F. Gino, and R. Larrick Publication:Academy of Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract We... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Keeping Credit Flowing to Consumers in Need

issues, the Joint Center held a symposium in February 2010 on Moving Forward: The Future of Consumer Credit and Mortgage Finance." A new book, co-edited by Retsinas and Eric S. Belsky, managing director of the Center, collects papers... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

John W. Brown

Brown took the helm of Stryker upon the death of its CEO (the founder’s son). In a short period of time, Stryker built the small company into a medical products powerhouse. Taking the company public in 1977, Brown oversaw phenomenal growth. View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

30 Jan 2021
News

Finding a Fresh Approach to Dry Cleaning

management skills and new technologies to double its revenue and expand the business beyond the basics of shirts and suits, according to a Washington Post story by Thomas Heath. About three-quarters of... View Details

Keywords: Personal and Laundry Services; Personal Services

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Impact Stories | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Dickey A native of San Francisco, Landon Dickey (MBA 2013) has come home. Cur... Ripple Effect Timothy Nicolette Tim Nicolette (MBA 2008) had always known he wanted to make a differen... Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management... View Details

01 Sep 2006
News

Redefining Health Care

that described why competition in health care had failed. Some health-care experts, he feared, would take offense at any critique written by mere management professors. To the surprise of Porter and coauthor Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg, an... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

01 Dec 2011
News

A Modest Tax Proposal

in the United States. Those profits are now subject to a 35 percent corporate tax rate, but the tax can be totally avoided as long as American corporations hold the profits in their accounts at foreign banks. The current system needs reform: it generates minimal tax... View Details

Keywords: Robert C. Pozen; tax holidays

25 Jul 2013
News

An Engine of Education Innovation

and the students, the course, Entrepreneurship in Education Reform, has become part of the fabric of the School. "Other business schools may say 'That's not our jurisdiction'—but that's not true. There are a lot of management issues in... View Details

Keywords: Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

Rob Gierkink

billion and is now the backbone of the Oracle Data Cloud. Prior to founding Datalogix Rob co-founded and was CEO of Loyalty Management Group, the company that established and runs the Nectar program, the United Kingdom's largest loyalty... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital;#1;#Advertising;#16;#Consumer Products & Packaged Goods

01 Dec 2004
News

HBS to Release 2004 Annual Report

Thanks to diligent fiscal management and growth from income-producing activities, Harvard Business School finished fiscal year 2004 last June in a strong financial position. Total revenues of $309 million... View Details