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- 12 Mar 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Why BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Not a Socialist
the future, they are headed into the well-worn trap that has engulfed General Electric, just as it did formerly great companies like Sears Roebuck, General Motors (pre-bankruptcy), Motorola, Kodak, and many more. Cost-cutting actions may...
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- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
management team, supported by an external consulting firm, introduced a series of aggressive cost-cutting measures that resulted in a downsizing of the workforce, and impacted some distinctive features of the services provided by...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues
(MBA 1992), president of Staples.com. Keynote speaker Deborah C. Hopkins, EVP and CFO of Lucent Technologies, addressed the group via satellite four days prior to her company’s official announcement of a $2 billion cost-cutting plan....
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- 21 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Fixing the Marketing-CEO Disconnect
operations where there are established techniques in inventory management and reengineering, there are no obvious and permanent cost-cutting results to be gained through marketing, short of simply slashing the advertising budget. In...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
mandatory coverages such as in vitro fertilization) — is more expensive than originally anticipated. Another drawback is that an important cost-cutting feature — comparative-pricing information for services and procedures across cities...
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- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
percent of its profit origins, 77 percent of its shareholder base, and 66 percent of its employees were based outside France. Trade unions and left-wing politicians were especially critical, as they were not used to seeing companies achieve 1 billion profit a...
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- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
often, grand declarations about innovation are followed by mediocre execution that produces anemic results, and innovation groups are quietly disbanded in cost-cutting drives. Each managerial generation embarks on the same enthusiastic...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged
what hasn’t? The four drives themselves, fundamental to human psychology, have not changed. The COVID-19 pandemic has not altered these dynamics as much as it has intensified or complicated them: Cost-cutting and remote work mean that...
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- 08 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged
what hasn’t? The four drives themselves, fundamental to human psychology, have not changed. The COVID-19 pandemic has not altered these dynamics as much as it has intensified or complicated them: Cost-cutting and remote work mean that...
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- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
to deliver patient care. In fact, GSU's patient satisfaction scores, although average, had been declining steadily over the past few years. Barbara has been asked by EMU's Director of Nursing to turn the unit around in the midst of an economic crisis and deep View Details
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Martha Lagace