Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

A network-based service can, in aggregate, take on administrative tasks like medical claim submission and posting and get continuously smarter and more efficient with feedback from the network. Networked knowledge. Resource orchestration. By all accounts, healthcare in the U.S.

Healthcare 113

Healthcare Hotels Transportation System 113

Consultant Ninja

OCTOBER 3, 2008

There are really 2 market plays given this dynamic: Potential Market Play 1 : Take on the risk, but only if its commesurately balanced with the long-term reward, behaves on the efficient frontier of return, is completely understood, can be insured against external risks, and is aligned with the asset class allocation for your particular needs.

Oliver Wyman 113

Oliver Wyman Consulting Airlines Bain 113

Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2018

Siri has been around since iPhone 3 (2009) but it’s never quite cut it as a credible time saver or productivity enhancer. Well, here’s a way to think about it: IAs help us use our favorite hardware (smartphones, laptops, smart speakers) more efficiently by launching apps at the point and in the way that you need them.

Productivity 125

Productivity Software Data Efficiency 125

MishTalk

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Lower fuel expenditures are attributable to a combination of falling retail gasoline prices and more fuel-efficient cars and trucks that reduce the number of gallons used to travel a given distance. per gallon from its 2014 peak in late April and the lowest price since October 2009. The average U.S. The price for U.S.

Energy 64

Energy Travel Survey Report 64

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

In 2009, Congress charged the Federal Communications Commission with the development of a National Broadband Plan (NBP). But in 2009, no leading carrier was planning a major upgrade of its existing physical plant. By 2009, however, Verizon had scaled back plans for more fiber and DSL technology was falling behind improvements in cable.

Construction 70

Construction Government Wireless Industry 70

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 10, 2020

These included DigiCash (1989 – 1998), e-gold (1996 – 2009), and Liberty Reserve (2006 – 2013). Each nation will have a CBDC, and each nation’s central bank will provide a reliable, fast, and efficient centralized ledger for settling transactions. A digital currency can be regulated or unregulated.

Banking 120

Banking Financial Government Retail 120

Management Consulted

AUGUST 1, 2013

NERA, focused on microeconomic and macroeconomic analysis, ranked as the #1 economic consulting firm every year between 2009 and 2013 (stay tuned for an upcoming NERA profile). This focus on efficiency is a major defining characteristic of the high-performance culture at Oliver Wyman.

Oliver Wyman 201

Oliver Wyman Interviews Mercer NERA Economic Consulting 201

Epicflow

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Such flexibility not only allows for real-time optimization but also leads to more efficient resource management. This system serves as a single source of truth for decision-making and is informed by real-time buffer consumption, guiding efficient resource allocation. 2] The TOC contribution to Healthcare , Eli Schragenheim (2016). [3]

Resources 130

Resources System Tools Management 130

SkillQuo

AUGUST 16, 2017

billion in revenue in 2009. Leaving these kinds of holes in an SMB can be disastrous, though, as an on demand CIO assists you in identifying and implementing more efficient, future-proof and streamlined IT processes whilst reducing risk with better security strategies. An example: Marketing.

SMB 60

SMB Enterprise Talent Efficiency 60

Harvard Business

JANUARY 5, 2018

For example, in 2009 professors Brian Becker, Mark Huselid, and Richard Beatty estimated that in most companies less than 15% of jobs are what they call strategic positions and said management should focus “disproportionate investments” on finding A players for those jobs. These overlooked roles are: Essential experts.

Talent 73

Talent McKinsey Apparel Company 73

Tom Spencer

JULY 4, 2020

Mastercard took this same concept and applied it to their customer base in 2009 with their mobile P2P system MoneySend. These P2P systems further developed PayPal’s idea of sending money between consumers, but it did not have the same ease and efficiency that modern online transfers have today.

Banking 88

Banking System Financial Development 88

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The Great Recession of 2007 to 2009 was under way. Investment banks will automate manual tasks and processes to increase efficiency, move services to the cloud, and improve the quality of data analysis, in part by using artificial intelligence to better anticipate evolving customer needs. Investment bank Bear Stearns collapsed.

Banking 71

Banking Balance Sheet Financial Finance 71

Management Consulted

MAY 22, 2016

Archstone Consulting was founded and built on a different premise than more traditional players in the industry; namely, that being smaller allows the firm to deliver quality services more efficiently than the competition.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

India launched Aadhaar in 2009 with the then-improbable goal of giving every Indian a single digital identity in the form of a biometric authenticated 12-digit number.

Government 134

Government Banking System Policies 134

Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

Fitz–Enz (2009) , who coined the term ‘ROI of Human Capital’, also included costs such as: Reduced productivity – the learning curve effect posits that average production costs fall in a predictable manner with total accumulated production. Care enough to recognize employee achievements, offering gratitude and celebrating successes.

Productivity 76

Productivity Recruitment Recruiting Training 76

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Our research has found that embedded sustainability drives financial performance through mediating factors such as innovation, operational efficiency, risk reduction, employee recruitment, engagement and retention, customer and supplier loyalty, competitive advantage, reduced cost of capital, and improved marketing and sales. .

Methodologies 73

Methodologies How To Case Study Case Studies 73

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

The tragic crash of Air France 447 (AF447) in 2009 sent shock waves around the world. This idea – that the same technology that allows systems to be efficient and largely error-free also creates systemic vulnerabilities that result in occasional catastrophes – is termed “ the paradox of almost totally safe systems.”

Airlines 72

Airlines System Data Examples 72

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The first concerns the challenge of creating the meaningful use program for the HITECH Act when I served as national coordinator of health information technology from 2009 to 2011, at the beginning of the Obama administration. Two personal stories illustrate these points.

System 79

System Change Management Healthcare Government 79

Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 20, 2020

From about 2003-2009, Scrum worked for many of my clients. The team: Works in flow efficiency. Certifications Changed How We Think of Agile Approaches. If you claim to practice Scrum and you have not yet read the Scrum Guide , please take some time and read it. Agile Approaches Change the Culture.

Agile 66

Agile Software Productivity Culture 66

Organizational Talent Consulting

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Examples include social media usage and engagement, organizing survey results, and operational efficiency data trends. 2009, July 22). Descriptive Data Analytics: The interpretation of historical data to better understand business changes. Beatty, K. & Dinwoodie, D. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. Knowledge@Wharton.

Company 52

Company Leadership Case Study Case Studies 52

MishTalk

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Somewhere between 10 million and 90 million acres, depending on how efficient the production is. At year-end 2009, it was 743 adults incarcerated per 100,000 population. While an acre of trees is about 60% cellulose, and acre of hemp is nearly 75%. How much hemp is necessary to meet current US energy needs? US Incarceration.

Pharmaceuticals 76

Pharmaceuticals Industry Operations Chemicals 76

MishTalk

OCTOBER 13, 2014

In 2009, we saw Ridiculous Hype Over Secret Oil Meetings. The kinds of reforms that Zhou is believed consistently to have championed are pretty much the liberalizing reforms that will open the Chinese economy up to a far more efficient and productive use of domestic resources. See Oil Priced in Euros. Would it matter? )

Banking 69

Banking Financial Government System 69

1 to 1

MAY 3, 2013

While each company ultimately provides the foundation necessary for successful and efficient customer service, both have stressed the important role customers play in their underlying strategies. Extreme Trust. Gartner & 1to1 Media CRM Excellence Awards. Mobile Marketing. Sales Effectiveness. Social Media. Voice of the Customer. PGreenblog.

Media 37

Media Metrics Advertising Trends 37

MishTalk

OCTOBER 29, 2015

In 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, Global Finance magazine’s Central Banker Report Card gave Fischer an “A” rating. Bank of Israel was ranked the world’s most efficiently functioning central bank under Fischer’s leadership in 2010.

Banking 28

Banking Policies Financial Fashion 28

Harvard Business

APRIL 13, 2017

In a paper published in 2009 , Alex Haynes and colleagues examined the use and effectiveness of checklists in eight hospitals in eight cities in the Unites States. Another example I often give concerns the use of fuel- and carbon-efficient flight practices in the airline industry. following the introduction of checklists. The result?

Airlines 191

Airlines Efficiency Study Operations 191

MishTalk

JULY 27, 2013

Machinery and machine technology has made farming easier and more efficient for centuries. 2009-12-09 Tech Ticker. 2009-10-30 King World News. 2009-05-15: My Speech at Google. December 2009 (93). November 2009 (87). October 2009 (81). September 2009 (72). August 2009 (80). May 2009 (71).

Analysis 78

Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial 78

MishTalk

JULY 19, 2013

Okumas clients "are not investing, not even to raise efficiency, so we are not investing either," he says. 2009-12-09 Tech Ticker. 2009-10-30 King World News. 2009-05-15: My Speech at Google. December 2009 (93). November 2009 (87). October 2009 (81). September 2009 (72). August 2009 (80).

Real Estate 72

Real Estate Financial Case Interview Advertising 72

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The report’s beginnings trace back to 2009, when the annual UN global climate conference resulted in an agreement that the world should hold warming to 2.0°C The current administration gave the auto companies way more than they wanted and froze the fuel efficiency levels. °C (3.8°F)

Energy 132

Energy Government Efficiency Transportation 132

MishTalk

JULY 14, 2013

It should have been obvious, at least back in 2009, when analysts were all falling over themselves to applaud China’s fiscal and credit response to the global crisis, that we were making a bad situation immeasurably worse, and that the reforms, urgent then, would become all the more urgent under the new administration. August 2009 (80).

Real Estate 67

Real Estate Financial Analysis Case Interview 67

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 6, 2016

When Google first began testing its almost comical-looking prototype vehicles on California roads in 2009, lawmakers didn’t even have a vocabulary to talk about the new technology, let alone any understanding of whether driving rules and accident liability laws dating back 100 years or more would need to be adapted or completely rewritten.

Transportation 70

Transportation Software System Efficiency 70

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 11, 2017

pneumonia, heart failure, shortness of breath) between 2009 and 2014. However, our analysis did find that patients treated by locum tenens physicians have slightly higher costs of care and longer lengths of stay, which raises the possibility that they deliver modestly less efficient care. Our study was recently published in JAMA.

Survey 71

Survey Efficiency Study System 71

Consulting and Organizational Management

MAY 14, 2012

Many see him as the first well-known hard-hearted efficiency expert-with-a-stopwatch, whose goal was to increase the efficiency of a factory by re-making every employee into the exact image of the perfect worker who could do a specific task the fastest and the best. How he structured his work and rest periods during a typical day.

Development 54

Development Efficiency Organizational Development Nonprofit 54

Epicflow

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The Drag Efficient: The Missing Quantification of Time on the Critical Path”, Defense AT& L Magazine, Feb 2012 Duncan, William & Devaux, Stephen, “Scheduling Is a Drag”, ProjectManagement.com, Jan 15, 2009. Devaux, Stephen A., “The

Resources 130

Resources Metrics Data Cash Flow 130

The Crazy Lives of Consultants

MARCH 4, 2009

Wednesday, March 4, 2009. In the interest of organizational efficiency, nothing may be done here without "opening a ticket." They take time.and theyre about as efficient as the DMV. March 4, 2009 at 8:13 PM. March 5, 2009 at 8:06 AM. March 7, 2009 at 12:08 PM. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thats right.

Consulting 40

Consulting Hotels Efficiency Airlines 40

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 11, 2018

If the Affordable Care Act unravels in the near term, the number of insured could creep back up to 50 million, the level in 2009. Under the leadership of Anthony Tersigni, Ascension’s president and CEO, the organization has sought to become much more efficient at delivering health care.

Nonprofit 70

Nonprofit Insurance Insurance Operations 70

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2017

But in 2009, federal regulations applied financial incentives and penalties to drive broad implementation of EMRs. This same mistake-proofing process and technology embedded in the electronic medical record (EMR) can move us a great distance toward safer, higher quality, and more affordable health care.

Guidelines 71

Guidelines Information Technology Information Technology Healthcare 71

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

During the debate in 2009, before the Affordable Care Act (aka “Obamacare”) was passed, I argued that health care would continue to be unaffordable unless America addressed the root cause of its high costs. Payment systems must reward the efficient delivery of care. Insight Center. Innovating for Value in Health Care.

Insurance 70

Insurance Insurance System Government 70