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- 23 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money
likely to stay employed and in professions where they want to develop a career. For the government, Vallée recommends, “Go big, as the efficiency of this tool is proven, while staying attentive to crafting the most appropriate design to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Finding The Right Patient-Provider Match
to ‘Dr. Famous,’ who was booked for 17 weeks out, while brand-new doctors only had 30 percent of their schedules filled.” Inspired by the efficiency that companies like Travelocity brought to the airline industry, Gardner created Kyruus... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Case Study: Moment in the Sun
a large hotel chain reached out to express interest, Hoskins began to see the promise of B2B sales in the hospitality market. “They got the value right away,” says Hoskins. “It’s automatic: Your customers are healthier and getting better sleep, and there’s cost savings... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 2009
- Working Paper
Specific Knowledge and Divisional Performance Measurement
By: Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling
This paper discusses five common divisional performance measurement methods—cost centers, revenue centers, profit centers, investment centers, and expense centers—providing a theory that explains when each of these methods is likely to be the most efficient. The... View Details
Keywords: Business Units; Business Headquarters; Decisions; Cost; Investment; Investment Return; Profit; Revenue; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Managerial Roles; Performance Efficiency; Strategy
Jensen, Michael C., and William H. Meckling. "Specific Knowledge and Divisional Performance Measurement." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-025, September 2009.
- September 2018
- Teaching Note
City Year at 30: Toward Long-Term Impact
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen
This teaching note assists in the classroom instruction of the HBS No. 318-089, “City Year at 30: Toward Long-Term Impact.” It offers to instructors a case summary and analysis, along with student preparation questions and a guide for classroom discussion of the case.... View Details
Keywords: Scaling; Education Entrepreneurship; Education; Service Operations; Nonprofit Organizations; Growth and Development Strategy; Performance Efficiency; Resource Allocation; Change Management; Social Entrepreneurship; Middle School Education; Secondary Education; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Human Capital; Growth Management; Service Delivery; Organizational Design; Social Enterprise; Poverty; United States
- March 2018 (Revised June 2018)
- Case
City Year at 30: Toward Long-Term Impact
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and James Weber
In 2018, City Year was a 30-year-old nonprofit that recruited and organized teams of young-adult “volunteers” (corps teams) to provide a year of citizen service. It had 3,100 corps members serving in 327 schools located in 28 U.S. cities. In its early decades, City... View Details
Keywords: Education; Service Operations; Nonprofit Organizations; Growth and Development Strategy; Performance Efficiency; Resource Allocation; Change Management; Social Entrepreneurship; Middle School Education; Secondary Education; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Human Capital; Growth Management; Service Delivery; Organizational Design; Social Enterprise; Poverty; United States
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and James Weber. "City Year at 30: Toward Long-Term Impact." Harvard Business School Case 318-089, March 2018. (Revised June 2018.)
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
How can we profit from the structural reality of emerging markets by identifying opportunities to fill voids, serving as market intermediaries? For Khanna and Palepu, an emerging market is anyplace where buyers and sellers cannot easily and View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 26 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Winners and Losers in the Internet Economy
physical world is performed more efficiently in the virtual world. "Jobs are going away from many traditional sectors, and they aren't coming back," Deighton notes. "It's certainly a whole new world." View Details
- Blog
How the Pandemic Changed Case Development in Latin America
follow-up interviews remotely. Zoom also enables us to work more efficiently within a team. For example, two members of a research team are usually not in the same office—one might be in Mexico and the other in Argentina. This new... View Details
- 09 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Port Esbjerg: Deploying Offshore Wind
and efficiency of offshore wind. Collaboration. Key players along the supply chain–from equipment manufacturers to operation and maintenance companies–must collaborate to maximize operational efficiencies. Public and private sector... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Decoding the Promise and Perils of Generative AI
ChatGPT burst into the public consciousness on November 30, 2022. Within two months, the generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) software, which leverages a large language model (LLM) to produce human-like, text-based conversations, had reached an estimated 100... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Naina Lal Kidwai
foreign direct investment. Today, with more than nine thousand listed companies and a market capitalization of $125 billion, India has efficient back-office and settlement systems, and the ability to attract international capital. With... View Details
- 03 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 3
performance. Download the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1437027 Leniency in Private Regulatory Enforcement: The Role of Organizational Scope and Governance Authors:Lamar Pierce and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Profit-seeking firms can present... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 26
Public School Districts Author:Stacey Childress Abstract This working paper offers concrete examples of improved productivity and efficiencies at the district level, drawing from the author's experience working with districts and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels
investment costs. The demand for rooms is always fluctuating, but it's not efficient for hotels to build enough capacity to satisfy the peaks, so they are challenged with finding the right middle ground. "When the pope comes to... View Details
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Understanding the Benefits of Our Virtual Programs
engage in a constructive debate about the topics and issues being discussed. The interaction allowed for each person to raise their perspectives and question others’ opinions efficiently and actively. WHAT DID YOU LIKE THE MOST ABOUT THE... View Details
- 06 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Cheers to the American Consumer
more than most. What they own, how they dress, what they do. In other words, their consumption behavior becomes an important signaling device to attract efficiently the right set of new friends and acquaintances. It's not so much a matter... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Peter C. Wendell
that, how to share information efficiently within a company, new ways to share information with suppliers and customers — those elements of the new economy are unstoppable. How job has changed in last five years Dramatic growth. Five... View Details
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Advancing Social Enterprise | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
and—literally—a common language. To me, social enterprise has always been about finding the places where there is a market failure, where neither governments nor the private sector were operating efficiently to solve a great social... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
1997 Placement Data Reflect January Cohort's Success
campus this year and enhances access to MBA students for firms that have not traditionally recruited at HBS; A new Web site for recruiters, with online tools, event listings, and other features to provide more efficient access to MBA... View Details