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Drone Policy | About
(military and government), or model (recreational) guidelines. UAS that are operated for compensation are deemed commercial UAS and must receive a Special Airworthiness Certificate by the FAA. Due to FAA... View Details
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
with a demonstrably successful model enhances the ability to zig. However, pursuing transformative scale requires a deep understanding of the operational model and its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jul 2012
- News
Movie Magic
Kaplan: "Automated retail" dispenses movie magic. Photo courtesy Gregg Kaplan/Redbox If you’ve seen one at your local US grocery store, you know that “vending machine” is an inadequate description for Redbox, the sleek, red (of course) kiosks that dispense new-release... View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Who is Boss in the Sharing Economy?
promoting themselves with custom-based profiles and setting their own fees, in direct contrast to the traditional consultancy model of companies like McKinsey & Co. that trade on the power of their corporate brand. A key question for... View Details
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Growth of the Social Enterprise
Social enterprise groups are traditionally organized along one of two lines: The affiliation model favors decentralized control, while the branch model concentrates control at a central headquarters. Most... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Charged Up
Image by Digital Art/Corbis Related Links Listen to a podcast of Professors Rawi Abdelal, Forest Reinhardt, and Richard Vietor discussing the future of energy The catch-all “green” category covers a range of industries, from wind and solar power to alternative fuels... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Timothy G. Brier: The Price is Right
With his thorough understanding of the airline industry's complex pricing policies, Brier was the ideal person to explain to carriers how they, as suppliers, would benefit from the new venture. With the airlines on board, more than five million customers would follow,... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Righting the Ship
engineers. Right off the bat, Stuckey identified two issues. One, there was no standard to evaluate the CIP managers at the division level. And two, the way the funds were being distributed at the headquarters level was problematic as it rewarded divisions based on the... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 29 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 29
contracts model of vertical integration choices into a standard perfectly-competitive international trade framework. Integration decisions are driven by a trade-off between the pecuniary benefits of coordinating production decisions and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Post-Office
remote-work models for years, focusing on what he calls “the geography of work” in organizations as diverse as the US Patent Office and open-source collaboration platform GitLab. In this conversation, he and Chandrasekar discuss the... View Details
- 06 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces 2024 Goldsmith Fellows
One Acre Fund, leading operations serving nearly 1 million farmers. Her most recent responsibilities included building a stronger ‘know your customer’ process and credit score model to better assess and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Case Study: Tip the Scale
as it passes. It’s probably obvious, but you could just replicate the old model and stamp it out. There are lots of regional micro-fulfillment centers that are closer to customers, all with seven employees on the line. —Casey Taylor (MBA... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back on Course
the fact that those models produced 70 percent of the firm's revenue. "They were practical, but ugly," noted Heese, who expressed distaste for the "fiberglass bathtubs" that are all too common these days. Chris- Craft plans to launch a... View Details
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
of hospitals, and to contrast these concerns with national patient safety initiatives. Data Sources. Primary data include semi-structured interviews with frontline staff and 1732 staff identified operational failures at 20 U.S. hospitals... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Taking Tailoring High Tech
width and lining options. But instead of measuring tapes, there’s Molly, a 3D scanner that creates a mathematical model of the shopper’s body. The more than 200,000 measurements collected in just seven seconds are translated into patterns... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Inbox: From Das’s Desk
living/learning-group model and facilities of our Executive Education campus for a deep dive into case discussions and reflection tailored to alumni at your career stage. Then, as your five-year anniversary approaches, you receive a new... View Details
- 11 Jan 2000
- Research & Ideas
Calling All Managers: How to Build a Better Call Center
institution meets and exceeds a customer's expectations in every interaction." In research focused on 11 major financial institutions, Frei, Evenson and Harker created a model demonstrating precise links among three main elements (or... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Case Study: Golden Ticket
other gate-related event services. The company—which formed in late 2014 in a merger of a ticket-selling operation and a youth sports–focused custom commemoratives business—currently works with about two dozen schools in California, has... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Reality to News Biz: Drop Dead
media analyst with Bernstein Research. “A high-cost business model like journalism can’t compete with ‘free.’ ” Blogospheric musing might well thrive in the interim, but only as long as it can crib from a shrinking pool of professional... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
part of the problem, is increasingly being called on to be part of the solution. How business can do this most effectively is the focus of the GPP’s research and scholarly activity. While GPP faculty note that it is too early to declare any View Details