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- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Capturing Human Capital
corporations rely on information planning and control systems and processes that are designed to help management make sound strategic choices and ensure efficient implementation of those decisions. "They do this by allocating scarce... View Details
- February 2010
- Teaching Note
Sealed Air China (TN)
By: Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby and F. Warren McFarlan
Teaching Note for [308051]. View Details
- 11 Jun 2018
- Blog Post
Meet the 2018-2019 Blavatnik Fellows in Life Science Entrepreneurship
making providers more efficient by increasing the quality of care while decreasing costs. In addition, David is a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he conducts research with Matt Nock on how technology can help better... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Robots to the Rescue
approach to order fulfillment is based on the disarming efficiency of small, battery-powered, orange mobile robots. When orders are received, the robots are directed by a complex software application to find and retrieve the desired... View Details
- 06 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?
according to the research. One reason might be that costs are lower for companies that moved production offshore, and the resulting, more efficient firms developed higher-skilled service work, like computer science, to fill the employment... View Details
- 14 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Ethics Bots and Other Ways to Move Your Code of Business Conduct Beyond Puffery
information within the code of conduct efficiently and quickly. The code has served another, perhaps even more important purpose by allowing firm leaders to anonymously capture data across its workforce in order to better identify where... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Aug 2008
- What Do You Think?
Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?
achieve organizational efficiency ... (by) highly motivated and committed staff with the passion to overachieve." Further, it is thought to work best in cultures where people have the latitude on occasion to fail (or as Mariana van... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 30 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
3 Growing Pains from my First Year at HBS: Academic, Social, and Career
things in a way that I can be proud of instead of trying to climb up the ladder in the most efficient manner possible. The goal is to accept and learn from whatever the outcome is. Social: from desperately looking for "best... View Details
- 10 Apr 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: SELCO - Decentralized Renewable Energy to Develop While Decarbonizing
craftsman demonstrated the efficiency of his solar-powered pottery wheel, while community cooks showcased machines for roti making, chakli (snack) processing, sugarcane juice pressing, and vegetable chopping. These tools for higher... View Details
- 27 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: HBS Visits Jindal Steel Works (JSW) Steel Dolvi Plant
efficiency and quality were at a scale and sophistication we hadn’t quite expected. On top of that, everyone we met at the Dolvi plant was deeply knowledgeable and passionate. Although happy with our visit, we left concerned about the... View Details
- 21 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Renewable Energy - CleanMax
Shah, realized corporations were seeking cost efficient ways to reduce their environmental footprint while simultaneously the cost of solar energy was decreasing. There are several key accomplishments under CleanMax’s belt, including 1.6... View Details
- 07 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India
lead to sustainable operational improvements. By analyzing fleet data, they've developed strategies to optimize battery usage, unlock sustainable fast charging, and prolong life. Thereby, encouraging drivers to adopt behaviors that contribute to the longevity and View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Truth Be Told
things, they can resolve it internally more quickly and in a more efficient way than if it goes to regulators. Although we don’t study this I think it could also empower employees to feel ownership of the company because they’re helping... View Details
- 28 Mar 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
they’d ask, ‘Who are you?’ I’d reply, ‘I’m your Schlumberger engineer.’ They’d say, ‘No, you’re not. Send a guy out.’” This was in 1994, and after explaining a replacement would not be coming, Kovatch would get to work. By the end of the job, seeing the quality and... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
Internet more efficient at what those stores sell, what they sell may no longer needed by the customer! Those are the easier ones to see in decline. But there are some businesses that at first glance look to be OK but on close inspection... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?
economy running at near peak efficiency because of the factors you mention? ... A new economy would have new governing rules, but I don’t see new rules taking hold today. Now, having a factory full of AI machines that learn and robot... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Oct 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech
MBA students often fall into one of two categories—those hungry to rush into careers as venture capitalists, and those eager to found a venture-funded start-up. For all of them, Harvard Business School professor Joseph Lassiter has some intriguing advice: Spend a few... View Details
- 02 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2006
a fundamental rethinking of how entrepreneurship works. The Strategic Way to Go to Market Too often channel strategies develop at the last minute—when a product is ready to go to market. But this haphazard approach leaves a lot of View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018
trade-offs between effectiveness and efficiency associated with the use of bots versus humans to create, nurture, and manage customer relationships. Second, they had to decide to what extent to anthropomorphize the chatbots. How... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Oct 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns
the entire earth with solar cells, which is not practical and won’t happen. You could say, “Well, more energy efficiency is the answer.” But every energy efficiency solution that has existed has always led... View Details