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- 25 Mar 2018
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Modernizing Infrastructure Management
assess taxes for all the properties within their county. “An interactive digital mapping brought that capability to them. And that really benefited the communities because everyone knew they were being treated fairly. And we have grown... View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- News
Reconsidering Retirement
computer system to allow the company to reduce the costs paid to other firms—software expert Tuchman’s area—the men had to build trust with consumers used to relying on big-name financial services firms. That meant getting the right... View Details
- 11 Dec 2017
- News
Growing from Within
there’s an obvious cost to that arrangement. But what are the benefits that company ownership offers McDonald’s? In the US, the McDonald’s Operating Company, McOpCo as we call it, plays an important role for... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Green House
the pandemic curtailed some of Harper’s plans, dozens of architecture professors and students, engineers, other developers, and government policy-makers toured the house during the building phase. Harper hopes more people will recognize the View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Reinventing Marketing
Rounding out Marketing's agenda are multifaceted research projects. Professor Walter J. Salmon is looking at the costs and benefits of product variety for retailers and manufacturers as part of a joint... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
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Hard Choices
that the system is today less popular than it once was. There are other reasons, as well, that could be covered in a different, longer speech. But we should all keep in mind that the benefits of capitalism are not so obviously and... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 01 Jan 2005
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Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
professionals to implement them, companies were eager to embrace an end-to-end service delivery partner providing open, nonproprietary solutions that simultaneously cut costs and increased efficiency. "We found that customers were more... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
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Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office
information and financial and other intermediaries. How will the Asia-Pacific region benefit from the presence of the HBS research office? The intellectual capital created by the exchange of ideas and the study of Asian business practices... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Up on the Green Roof
BEFORE AND AFTER: Step one involved removing the stones (top) that covered the old, leaky roof. Areas not suitable for a green roof were covered with sheets of white PVC (above) that reflect the sun’s rays. A living roof can cost more... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
was typical for an HBS Leadership Fellow. The program catapults new grads into high-level positions at nonprofit and public-sector organizations, offering access to CEO-level management and decision-making. Meanwhile, organizations View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Insight: Yenball
grounds, so getting people to the park is key.) And for tourists looking to make the trek from Japan to catch a game, cities like New York and LA have the added benefit of offering an attractive destination. "It's obviously a long... View Details
- 24 Aug 2017
- News
Unlocking Potential
Northern California, to help Reset create employer partnerships and engage corporate support. Elaine MacDonald (MBA 1998), executive director of HBS Community Partners for Northern California, says the project benefitted both the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
the benefits of lower-cost, pollution-free energy today over the uncertain costs of carbon dioxide–driven climate change tomorrow for quite some time to come.” Lassiter is the Senator John Heinz Professor of... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
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Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964
analysis at HBS. Since then, I have been a big advocate of this objective method of examining the potential benefits and costs of any decision." ADVICE TO CURRENT STUDENTS "Seize the opportunity to live,... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
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William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958
both saw an opportunity for a new kind of research geared toward the professional investors who were on the rise at mutual and pension funds. At the time, institutions accounted for less than 25 percent of equity ownership, but the way Donaldson and Lufkin saw it,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
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Q&A: Andrew Kendall
as in Costa Rica, we were able to build a strong connection with the constituents who stood to benefit the most. When the people in Mattapan saw what we wanted to do and believed that we could do it, their support helped break political... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
professional athletes, the top performers in any industry — make all the money. That includes the executive market as well. The irony about pay-for-performance is that pay packages had no built-in control for the general rise in all stock prices. Executives View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
she began to realize how wasteful, unsafe, and unreliable it really was. Conventional agriculture was facing substantive infrastructure problems while the cost of the tech solutions to address these issues was declining rapidly. It was a... View Details
- 26 Feb 2021
- News
Latinx on Boards; High-Tech Reforestation
that bring diversity, equity, and inclusion to systemically significant institutions at the highest levels. “As an institutionally young club, one of our main goals is to connect with and tap the talent and experience of earlier Latinx alumni, for the View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
A New Approach to Contact Tracing
explores privacy issues in the case and writes of alternatives to TraceTogether that don’t provide governments access to any individualized contact information. “What the TraceTogether team says in the case is, ‘Look, we understand the privacy View Details