Efficiency - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Apr 2011
News

Management Matters In Health Care, Too

The key finding is that improving hospital management practices is a highly effective way to increase quality and efficiency of care. Management improvements can come as relatively small innovations, like the “checklist system”... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

21 May 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

CORe: HBS Powers Up Online Program on Business Fundamentals

theory. "The more efficient style of learning may be in the form of assigned readings, but the experimental and experiential style of learning is probably more natural. It's very interactive, very engaging, and very customized. It's... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

25 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity

listen, it wouldn't be as efficient as just solving the problem now and then discussing it later. Because there is so much variation, we need to fix first, explain later." Said another worker: "Everyone is happy: Management sees... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing

18 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 18

mid-2012 Lit Motors had created both engineering and design prototypes and conducted initial customer tests on less than $750,000 of investment. Lit Motors' founder, Daniel Kim, had started the company to design and manufacture an View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

30 Apr 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Urban Adaptation in a Changing World

addressing both adaptation risks is expanding open and green spaces. Shaded areas can reduce summer peak temperatures by 5°C and provide benefits well beyond their local scope through more efficient air flow. Such areas also reduce flood... View Details

17 Mar 2015
News

The First Five Years: Adam Enbar (MBA 2010)

that problem, and all I found were innovations in textbooks or classroom management; people were bringing radical efficiencies to a failed model. Then I met Avi, who had taught himself how to code as a kid and had an amazing career... View Details

Keywords: Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services

12 Aug 2008
Op-Ed

Google-Yahoo Ad Deal is Bad for Online Advertising

bids. The API is an automated method for efficient computer-to-computer communications—letting an advertiser use software to manage its account automatically. The AdWords API provides a function whereby an advertiser can retrieve its ads,... View Details

Keywords: by Benjamin G. Edelman; Advertising; Publishing

14 Mar 2007
Op-Ed

Government’s Misguided Probe of Private Equity

the efficiency of capital markets, the opaqueness of the groups' operations, and the abuse of inside information. It is hard not to feel that history is repeating itself. For not only is this investigation sure to fatten the profit pools... View Details

Keywords: by Josh Lerner; Financial Services

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

European Private Equity—Still a Teenager?

make companies more efficient when public markets are largely flat, they said. According to Nikos Stathopoulos (HBS MBA '95), a partner in Apax Partners, which was founded thirty years ago, "If you look at what drives the sources of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

02 Jul 2001
What Do You Think?

Built to Last or Bought to Sell?

shows a lack of perspective ... While it may be true that the cycle of change is faster today than before and companies have to adapt to it more efficiently and quickly, it would be unwise to submit ourselves to the ideal of creative... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

11 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Riding the Internet Fast Track

genuine concern, as is the efficiency of using established distribution systems designed for inter-store delivery to also package and ship thousands of small orders to individual consumers. More important, the substantial losses these... View Details

Keywords: by Peter Jacobs

01 Apr 2025
Blog Post

Alumni in Climate Networking Series: Miami

Are you interested in connecting with other alumni leveraging their careers to confront climate change? BEI invites HBS Alumni to join our Alumni in Climate Networking Series for a chance to connect with local alumni to discuss ideas, trends, opportunities, and... View Details

26 Mar 2025
Blog Post

How to Approach Your Equity Compensation

both make mistakes and have many cognitive biases around investing. Some of the most common mistakes – particularly for those at public companies – include: Holding onto Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) for too long. Some employees mistakenly think there are tax View Details

January 2011
Supplement

Matrix Capital Management (B)

By: Malcolm P. Baker and David Lane

Ben Balbale, a partner at hedge fund Matrix Capital, must decide whether to exit their investment in Rovi Corporation, a company with a diverse portfolio of patents used primarily for digital interactive guides. Rovi's shares are up over 50% from the time Balbale... View Details

Keywords: Public Ownership; Cash Flow; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Investment Funds; Financial Strategy; Valuation; Partners and Partnerships; Markets; Performance Efficiency; Patents; Stock Shares; Decisions; Financial Services Industry

Citation

Purchase

08 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 8

firms, we find that when institutional efficiency is low, family ownership and management increase value; however, family control in excess of ownership reduces value. When institutional efficiency is high,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales

productivity improvements. Over the past 15 years, production efficiencies have enabled an average S&P 500 company to reduce its cost of goods sold by about 250 basis points, Cespedes says, but selling expenses as a percentage of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

22 Apr 2015
Op-Ed

Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

10 on whether "Public finances are being efficiently managed." Indicatively, although the Greek government increased taxes across the board both collected indirect tax revenues and collected social security contributions as a... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

17 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan

to cover most of the cost of the recovery plan. Japan often shows itself at its best in times of crisis, setting aside internal differences and responding with inspiring levels of efficiency and self-sacrifice. This crisis will be no... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Genomics: Can We Start Making Money Now?

re-engineer their drug development processes. Another wild card is how the US Food and Drug Administration, which holds regulatory approval over new drugs, will change its approval procedures. Theoretically, the regulatory process could be sped up and made more View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 Dec 2015
Blog Post

5 Facts About HBS Conferences

Harvard students. Like many who come to HBS, I had never been surrounded by such high performers. This reality didn’t necessarily surprise me, but I was blown away again and again by the creativity and efficiency of the team. The... View Details

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