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- 01 Apr 1996
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Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
increasing economic efficiency and improving government finances. Yet, privatization does not imply the disappearance of government from the affected sector. In many cases," says Emmons, "the reduction in state ownership is accompanied by... 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
- 26 Aug 2020
- News
What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
the reduction in emissions as we might expect. And even residential building energy use, food and drink, a shift away from dining and restaurants, which are generally less efficient in their energy use than homes. And some reduction in... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
"green" and competitive. In the September-October 1995 Harvard Business Review, Porter (with coauthor Claas van der Linde) argues that by creatively and proactively attending to environmental exigencies, companies are likely not only to eliminate waste and use... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
For the Records
opportunities as they come, then I could have a long career in it.” On Queue “My favorite case in school was about queue configurations, and how to make lines more efficient,” Kelleher admits. Operational efficiency is key at Gold Rush,... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2019
fastest crew is the most efficient at moving through the water—but not necessarily the strongest.” Dream denied: “Due to a mixture of bad luck and politics, our crew didn’t get to go to the Olympics. That was a very tough moment. What... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Five Bright Ideas
learn (or review) and then points to what the student should next master to proceed most efficiently to his or her knowledge goal. FAST FACT: Knewton was named a 2011 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. DATA POINT: In a... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Labs Enable Large-scale Research
opportunities to use new technologies for enhancing financial inclusion. By working with communities of crypto business practitioners, the researchers aim to help shape the way this industry evolves, inform regulators, and improve the View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
Centralizing operations in an expanded version of its Reeseville plant (located in the town’s old high-school building) will allow efficiencies that will fuel further growth and local job creation. In conjunction with the project, local... View Details
- 16 Nov 2017
- News
The Business of Social Justice
communication, networking, and policy advocacy. As COO, Brooks is the steadying force who keeps the ship on course, by overseeing strategic planning, operations, and finances, as well as evaluating programs to determine what is working well and ways in which operations... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
efficiency and economy in the military. Primary objectives included, would you believe, the initiation of double-entry accounting! This project obviously led to his later assignment in 1965 as assistant secretary of defense (comptroller).... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
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A Healthy Profit
continuous efficacy and efficiency improvements that poverty-reduction initiatives must have to succeed," says Antares cofounder and HBS senior lecturer Michael Chu. Chu speaks from personal experience. After leaving a lucrative Wall... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Homeschooled
question will be, “Will this kind of change in our approach stick around for a while?” I certainly hope that online learning is not viewed as a temporary solution, but that it really gets integrated into a blended approach so we can leverage the personalization... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
technology to promote land registration and security, improving access to capital, and creating a more efficient judicial system. Tanzania, 2008–2013. Investments of $698 million (the largest MCC commitment to date) will improve roads,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
a kitten dangling from a tree limb. One visit to Google kills that idea; there are already dozens of companies catering to premenstrual women. What about a service that can make a visit to an urgent care clinic more efficient and draw... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
efficiency engineers — how would we spend our leisure? The problem has bothered social scientists/statesmen, ministers, newspaper editors, and reformers, even though we are not yet even in sight of Utopia. It is supposed, at least by... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
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Making Their Way
accomplishes its illumination requirements first and foremost. But it should also be pleasing to the eye and soothing to the spirit. It should render colors accurately, burn efficiently and for a long time, harmonize with interior design,... View Details
- 12 May 2022
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Onboarding
board of directors for Business Executives for National Security (BENS), a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that uses volunteer talent from the private sector to increase efficiency and effectiveness in the armed forces and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Inside Intel
indistinguishable from one another. Fabs 4 and 5 both came online in 1979, each more efficient and more expensive than their predecessors. From humble beginnings, manufacturing was well on its way to becoming one of Intel’s competitive... View Details