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  • March 2017
  • Case

Cantel Medical

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Cantel Medical Corporation provided infection prevention and control products and services for patients, caregivers, and other healthcare providers. In 2016, Cantel generated sales of $665 million and net profits of $60 million, double the levels of five years earlier.... View Details
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    U.S. Digital Service

    Mikey Dickerson and Haley Van Dyck found themselves far from home and far from certain about where to take the U.S. Digital Service (USDS) next. In the summer of 2015, they had landed in London to meet with Mike Bracken, director of the United Kingdom’s... View Details
    • May 2019
    • Supplement

    Kjell and Company: Motivating Salespeople with Incentive Compensation (D)

    By: Doug J. Chung
    Kjell & Company was a Swedish retail electronics chain. The company’s products consisted of home electronics and accessories. The company was noted for its excellent customer service and a fair “one-for-all” HR policy. Historically, the salespeople had been compensated... View Details
    Keywords: Salesforce Management; Compensation and Benefits; Motivation and Incentives; Change Management; Behavior; Electronics Industry; Sweden
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    • 18 Dec 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: December 18

    directions of change on processing times. Using data from 283 hospitals, we find (1) high congestion increases a patient's hospital stay up to 28%, indicating inefficiencies from overloaded resources; (2) a... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 01 Feb 2021
    • Blog Post

    Choosing the Right Student Loan

    be a good idea to consider these types of loans. Both domestic and international students may benefit from having a U.S. co-signer on private loans. When exploring private loan options, you may want to start... View Details
    • 23 Sep 2015
    • HBS Seminar

    Ohad Barzilay, Tel Aviv University

    • 19 Dec 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023

    to innovate in the climate space, and shares his advice for those interested in careers in business and climate. Beyond Net Zero: How Seventh Generation Plans to Achieve Real Zero Carbon Ashley Orgain, chief... View Details
    Keywords: by Danielle Kost
    • Web

    South Asia - Global

    business issues, helping to build intellectual capital on this important region. Further, the IRC is home to an HBS style classroom, allowing for regional business leaders... View Details
    • January 2025
    • Case

    GE Appliances 2025: Energizing Change

    By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small
    At the turn of 2025, Kevin Nolan, CEO of GE Appliances following its acquisition by Chinese appliance giant Haier in 2016, is reviewing progress toward his net zero carbon vision for homes, which would otherwise exacerbate the global warming climate crisis. An... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Transformation; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Technological Innovation; Leading Change; Product Development; Organizational Culture
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    Consumer's Relationships with Technologies

     

    Susan M. Fournier is involved with two lines of research investigating consumers' relationships with technological products. The first project (with Professor David Mick of the University of Wisconsin) concerns 'everyday technologies' such as... View Details

    • 29 Aug 2022
    • Op-Ed

    Income Inequality Is Rising. Are We Even Measuring It Correctly?

    County, Wyoming—which is home to Jackson Hole, a popular resort town, and where the Federal Reserve held its annual Economic Policy Symposium last week—and Monroe County, Alabama—which is View Details
    Keywords: by Jon M. Jachimowicz, Kristin Blesch, and Oliver P. Hauser
    • Web

    Connect with Clubs - Recruiting

    Hire Talent Connect with Clubs Hire Talent Connect with Clubs Partner with a HBS Student Club Reach targeted groups of students by connecting with over 50 career-related student clubs. Work with club leaders to sponsor events, advertise... View Details
    • 09 Jan 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    Location, Location, Location: The Strategy of Place

    When companies thrive in their home base, temptation can be great to expand to new locations, either across town or around the world. The problem: Many companies think of... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • 01 Feb 2013
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Dollar Funding and the Lending Behavior of Global Banks

    Keywords: by Victoria Ivashina, David S. Scharfstein & Jeremy C. Stein; Financial Services
    • 04 Apr 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research, April 4

    relative merits for Unigrains of expanding its reach globally versus maintaining its specialized position in French agribusiness. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/516051-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 316-154 Hello Alfred: Come View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Web

    The Hawthorne Plant – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

    HBS Home HBS Index Contact Us A New Vision An Essay by Professors Michel Anteby and Rakesh Khurana Introduction Next The Hawthorne Plant The Hawthorne Plant Any company controlling many thousand workers tends View Details
    • 22 Aug 2012
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Key Drivers of Successful Implementation of an Employee Suggestion-Driven Improvement Program

    Keywords: by Anita L. Tucker & Sara J. Singer.; Health
    • 2018
    • Working Paper

    Forecasting Airport Transfer Passenger Flow Using Real-Time Data and Machine Learning

    By: Xiaojia Guo, Yael Grushka-Cockayne and Bert De Reyck
    Problem definition: In collaboration with Heathrow Airport, we develop a predictive system that generates quantile forecasts of transfer passengers’ connection times. Sampling from the distribution of individual passengers’ connection times, the system also produces... View Details
    Keywords: Quantile Forecasts; Regression Tree; Copula; Passenger Flow Management; Data-driven Operations; Forecasting and Prediction; Data and Data Sets
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    Global Impact of the Collapse | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

    default swap contracts. As confidence in the banks eroded, borrowing rates rose and home foreclosures continued to spike. Lawrence McDonald, author and a former vice-president at Lehman Brothers, reflects... View Details
    • Web

    A New Vision – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

    HBS Home HBS Index Contact Us Next A New Vision An Essay by Professors Michel Anteby and Rakesh Khurana A New Vision Fritz J. Roethlisberger, ca. 1958. Yousuf Karsh, photographer. © YOUSUF KARSH The Hawthorne Studies began in 1924 as an... View Details