Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

In response, the management team made a counterintuitive move: It outsourced network installation, maintenance, and service to Ericsson, Nokia, and Siemens, and chose IBM to build and manage its IT systems. The vendors for telecom network management were paid only for the capacity utilized by Bharti Airtel, not for the equipment.

Balance Sheet 14

Balance Sheet Variable Costs Telecommunications Fixed Costs 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

Putting data “in the cloud” essentially means paying someone else to manage it, and then connecting to their servers via the internet to access your data when you need it. Relying on the cloud, KenSci has been able to quickly scale up and offer its services worldwide, without building a sizeable IT-infrastructure beforehand.

Scaling 14

Scaling Fixed Costs Software Education 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2013

We didn't want to burden the organization with fixed costs. Almost everything had to be free, and the few things we paid for had to be scalable so that the unit costs would eventually approach zero. Second, we standardized all management coordination on a low-cost but elegantly simple project management software called Basecamp.

Software 12

Software Fixed Costs Scaling Implementation 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Historically, larger scale has offered hospital systems a number of advantages, including increased referral volumes, better access to capital, stronger pricing power, and classic cost economies. For instance, larger scale has enabled many hospital systems to lower their per-patient operating costs significantly.

Hospitality 9

Hospitality Scaling Revenue Fixed Costs 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2013

In every part of the industry, the open innovation model is changing the economics of advertising by switching significant fixed costs to variable costs and sourcing creative from more relevant and, many times, lower cost sources.

Advertising 14

Advertising Variable Costs Media Fixed Costs 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

In many industries, the capital required to build an asset of minimum efficient scale is growing. For instance, the cost of building and equipping a leading-edge semiconductor fab has climbed to $7 billion, as the technology required to make more advanced chips is getting more complex. Model 3: Joint venture of similar assets.

Assets 12

Assets Operations Insurance Telecommunications 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2017

It could be because “software development typically requires large upfront fixed costs,” meaning that firms that are already pretty large are the ones who can afford to invest in it. First, they argue, intangibles often involve considerable upfront investment, then are cheaper to scale.

Software 9

Software Fixed Costs Scaling Revenue 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

Congestion, rather than raw usage, is the key driver of this phenomenon; given that the Internet Service Provider network is largely a fixed-cost asset. Like any fixed-cost asset, such as the Interstate highway system in the U.S., Do we need a new set of incentives that can help manage the internet's growth?

Fixed Costs 10

Fixed Costs Revenue Assets Scaling 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

They’ve organized, scaled, and automated the myriad administrative details involved in such a way as to minimize the barrier to entry and limit the potential for error, miscommunication, or unwarranted variation. On any given day in America, 40% of hospital beds lie empty, their enormous fixed costs weighing heavily on the system.

Hospitality 13

Hospitality Administration Transportation Fixed Costs 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

During an economic crisis, the exaggerated decline in orders can be especially damaging to upstream suppliers that have high fixed costs tied to production assets. Macroeconomic data during the 2008 financial crisis show the bullwhip effect operating on a much broader scale. Senate Banking Committee to save his competitors.

Sales 15

Sales Sales Operations Fixed Costs 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

To fill the void and build such a new BMW startup unit, Gimmy partnered with an experienced innovation manager from BMW, Matthias Meyer. And the fixed cost from “touchpoint-to-pilot” are immense. Could these experiences be replicated and scaled up at BMW?

Fixed Costs 8

Fixed Costs Variable Costs Administration Media 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

A fascinating business dynamic will unfold as health care providers in the United States shift from a reimbursement system that has historically paid for procedures performed to one that rewards population health — providing the total care of a community at a fixed cost and improving its members overall health.

Revenue 9

Revenue Nonprofit Operations Hospitality 9

Zenefits

JULY 31, 2022

Managing inflating costs can be difficult for companies, particularly with high fixed costs like infrastructure or manufacturing. Survival in an inflating economy requires businesses to find ways to keep costs down while still meeting customer demands. Automate repetitive and time-consuming tasks. Any of the above.

Manager 52

Manager Onboarding Banking Process Improvement 52

Chief Executive

JULY 25, 2022

If you basically say, we’re going to set out and commit ourselves to achieving this march for 25 consecutive years, you manage yourself differently than if it’s just reacting to the environment. They always assume everything will go bad and manage accordingly. And if we do that, we can’t help but grow revenues per fixed cost.

Balance Sheet 98

Balance Sheet Assets Engineering Operations 98

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2011

The best way to manage a fledgling business is for managers to be impatient for profit but patient for growth. First, when a business is impatient for profit, managers are forced to validate their assumptions and demonstrate that customers are fundamentally willing to pay an acceptable price for the company's offering.

Fixed Costs 22

Fixed Costs Metrics Scaling Marketing 22

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2015

The costly and complex operations of transporting energy have made utilities natural monopolies, while regulatory barriers and the high fixed costs of building and maintaining regional electrical grid infrastructure have also kept much competition at bay. And SunPower, the second largest U.S. Meanwhile, utilities are not standing idle.

Energy 15

Energy Transportation Real Estate Software 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2016

It has InsideNGO, which works to improve the operational and management capacity of organizations in the global NGO community. Imagine eliminating all of the redundancies in fixed costs. The budget for any run-of-the-mill Hollywood action movie is three times the scale of what would be required. ” people will say.

Nonprofit 14

Nonprofit Diversity Fixed Costs Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2015

The success of an activist strategy is contingent upon placing a management team in an extremely reactive, frenzied and compromising position. Because by the time the activist has engaged senior management, they have already performed extensive due diligence on the company and have a detailed strategy they intend to pursue.

Balance Sheet 12

Balance Sheet Cash Flow Revenue Reorganization 12

AIHR

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Examples include an external management consultant who advises companies on improving efficiency or a cybersecurity consultant who helps organizations protect their digital assets. Taxes and deductions: Fixed-term employees are subject to the same taxes and deductions as permanent/full-time employees. GET STARTED 10.

Insurance 98

Insurance Staffing Compensation Benefits 98