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Patients - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

information from physicians and the health plan Utilize independent trustworthy medical information sources when needed. Beware of un-validated information posted on the internet. Choose excellent providers based on reported results, not... View Details

11 Jun 2020
In Practice

Are Digital Organizations Better at Overcoming COVID?

industry. That said, technology will be most powerfully utilized during the pandemic by those firms who apply it organization-wide to create more nimble, efficient organizations, more capable of managing the factors of production (e.g.,... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

03 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Web Services

ten years. That's a new model for the software industry—think about a ten-year-old PC and what utility value it has—it's a boat anchor. But there are lot of ten-year-old cars that will need service and support." "I would argue... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Service

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AI Enhanced Learning: HBS IT and Faculty Collaborate on Research Navigator Bot | Information Technology

a user guide that focuses on the right types of prompts,” says Learning Designer Jamie Thomas. “We can determine how to utilize this one bot for all these other use cases.” With training from Thomas, Fuller’s research assistant Choetsow... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Ask the Expert: Human Intelligence

(AI) technology but a recent McKinsey survey of senior executives shows that financial services, utilities and media firms are now testing the AI waters. On the R&D side, CB Insights research shows that there have been over 3000 VC deals... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Feb 1999
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

their discussion by confirming the following central assumption: in order for clubs to remain viable, they will need to streamline their "back office" procedures, utilize technology to enhance their operations, and find ways to attract... View Details

May 2010 (Revised January 2014)
Case

Water Shortage and Property Investing in Mexico City

By: John D. Macomber, Regina Garcia-Cuellar and Griffin James

A commercial property company evaluates water risks including the government's ability to remedy, the company's operating exposure and mitigation, and whether to relocate because of water risk. A real estate fund manager assesses investment prospects in Mexico City in... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Investment; Risk Management; Infrastructure; Privatization; Business and Government Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Mexico City

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Educators

Purchase

01 Mar 2009
News

Letters to the Editor

it always has. It is too expensive; it carries too much investment risk for even the largest utilities without massive transfer of risk to taxpayers and/or ratepayers; and it takes too long from conception to operation to play a... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

15 Dec 2024
News

Kelp Is on the Way

Petrochemicals are all around us—from ubiquitous plastic packaging to the inconspicuous lining of your takeaway coffee cup, and in everyday products like soaps, deodorants, and toothpaste. But that will change, according to Matthew Perkins (MBA 2009). When industries... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Illustration by Melinda Beck; Utilities; Utilities

01 Sep 2012
News

Start It Up

MOOREHEAD: A green start-up designed to reduce the human and monetary costs of war. While serving in different parts of the world as a Navy SEAL, Doug Moorehead (MBA 2007) observed firsthand the human and material cost of energy inefficiency. In Iraq, where he spent... View Details

Keywords: Utilities; Utilities

27 Sep 2010
News

Managing Water as Scarcity Looms

Keywords: Utilities; Utilities

06 Mar 2006
What Do You Think?

The China Dilemma for U.S. Firms: Comply, Resist, or Leave?

utilities that handle sometimes sensitive information on a worldwide basis. Arguments for shutting down service in China include the importance of taking a stand against an oppressive government and its policies, refusing to compromise an... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

26 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Alumni in Climate Networking Series: New York City

EnergyHub offices in Brooklyn to network with each other and discuss their career goals. While there, I met alumni working on a wide range of issues such as investing in the circular economy, starting a company focused on sustainable alternatives to palm oil, and... View Details

16 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historical Perspective: Levitt Shaped the Debate

one hand, could write a doctoral dissertation titled, "World War II Manpower Mobilization and Utilization in a Local Labor Market" and, three decades later, pen an opinion piece for The New York Times headlined, "Yes, Throw... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

03 Mar 2003
What Do You Think?

Are Conditions Right for the Next Accounting Scandal?

designed to restore choice among accounting clients facing the prospect of utilizing the services of firms continually "meeting themselves" in one situation after another? What do you think? View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Accounting; Financial Services

07 Jul 2016
Blog Post

Can You Learn Finance through the Case Method?

during bathroom breaks, and even hosted a section-wide review session before our final exams. As long as you are willing to put in the work and utilize all of these fabulous resources, I promise you that you will at the very least get... View Details

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Private Equity Finance - Course Catalog

statement analysis, and broader due diligence questions – will be examined. Module 2: Deal Execution This module highlights the critical levers utilized by private equity investors in structuring transactions, examining how funding... View Details

15 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

Funding the Design of Livable Cities

Editor's note: This article originally appeared on Harvard University's Real Estate Academic Initiative website. If Harvard Business School and the Graduate School of Design seem miles apart both literally and culturally, John Macomber is determined to bridge the... View Details

Keywords: by Lisa Chase; Utilities; Utilities; Utilities; Utilities

May 2016 (Revised April 2019)
Case

Olivia Lum: Wanting to Save the World

By: Geoffrey Jones and Essie Alamsyah

This case considers the entrepreneurial career of Olivia Lum, who founded the Singaporean water company Hyflux in 1989. An orphan born in Malaysia, Lum provides a rare case of an entrepreneurial success in a country whose economic success has primarily rested on... View Details