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Artistic Methods and Business Disorganization
The idea that artists' work can usefully inform business practice has gained support in recent years. Managers have long described some business activities as "more art than science," but usually they've meant by this that they don't understand the activity and can't...
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Austin, Robert D., and Lee Devin. "Artistic Methods and Business Disorganization." In 21st Century Management: A Reference Handbook, edited by Charles Wankel, 490–499. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2008.
- 18 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Learning in Action
they were interviewed in-depth about how they went about their work and, specifically, what they did to be more productive. Using these insights, the Bell Labs team designed an innovative hands-on training program, which the star...
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by David A. Garvin
- 28 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
The FDA’s Speedy Drug Approvals Are Safe: A Win-Win for Patients and Pharma Innovation
as well as manufacturers.” To study the safety of a wide variety of medications, the researchers collected FDA data between 2006 and 2018, focusing on 396 new drugs. Among this pool were therapies that had...
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- 2009
- Working Paper
Specific Knowledge and Divisional Performance Measurement
By: Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling
This paper discusses five common divisional performance measurement methods—cost centers, revenue centers, profit centers, investment centers, and expense centers—providing a theory that explains when each of these methods is likely to be the most efficient. The...
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Keywords:
Business Units;
Business Headquarters;
Decisions;
Cost;
Investment;
Investment Return;
Profit;
Revenue;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Managerial Roles;
Performance Efficiency;
Strategy
Jensen, Michael C., and William H. Meckling. "Specific Knowledge and Divisional Performance Measurement." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-025, September 2009.
- 04 Mar 2020
- News
Harvard Business School Professor Reflects On Jack Welch
- June 2024
- Case
Wemade: (Re)Establishing Trust in Blockchain Games (A)
By: Jung Koo Kang, Charles CY Wang, David Allen and Kwangmoon So
This case explores the fundamental challenges and accounting issues arising from the integration of blockchain technology into traditional business models. It features Wemade, a South Korean online gaming company that has staked its future on blockchain-based games....
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- 07 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together
textiles that could bypass the toxic chemical dying and unsustainable materials sourcing of todays textiles industry. SpaceSense: A platform designed to help geospatial data scientists and developers build...
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- April 1988 (Revised April 1991)
- Case
Boeing 767: From Concept to Production (A)
By: David A. Garvin
Describes the evolution of the Boeing 767 from the conception of the project to the start of manufacturing. Shows how the company manages an enormously complex and risky project and introduces students to a variety of estimating and management tools. The decision issue...
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Production;
Product Design;
Product Development;
Decisions;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Risk Management;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Air Transportation Industry;
Manufacturing Industry
Garvin, David A. "Boeing 767: From Concept to Production (A)." Harvard Business School Case 688-040, April 1988. (Revised April 1991.)
- 22 Apr 2016
- HBS Seminar
Dr. Milt McColl, MD, Gauss Surgical, CEO
- 30 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Are You Supporting Your B Players?
By day, managers run themselves ragged worrying about their A players: their stars, their rainmakers, their top 15 percent. By night, the same managers fret over their C players—their bottom 15 percent of staff. The C players are those...
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by Martha Lagace
- 17 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Our Brain Determines if the Product is Worth the Price
increase the likelihood of buying products, but only if the decision was related more to the product's usefulness than to pure emotional desire. Water Filtration Pitchers And Batteries To that end, the researchers View Details
- 08 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated
come forth with questions, and with observations and suggestions that might not seem important enough for a full meeting. Job design may have to take a back seat to immediate needs at this moment because some companies may not be able to...
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by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- October–December 2022
- Article
Achieving Reliable Causal Inference with Data-Mined Variables: A Random Forest Approach to the Measurement Error Problem
By: Mochen Yang, Edward McFowland III, Gordon Burtch and Gediminas Adomavicius
Combining machine learning with econometric analysis is becoming increasingly prevalent in both research and practice. A common empirical strategy involves the application of predictive modeling techniques to "mine" variables of interest from available data, followed...
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Keywords:
Machine Learning;
Econometric Analysis;
Instrumental Variable;
Random Forest;
Causal Inference;
AI and Machine Learning;
Forecasting and Prediction
Yang, Mochen, Edward McFowland III, Gordon Burtch, and Gediminas Adomavicius. "Achieving Reliable Causal Inference with Data-Mined Variables: A Random Forest Approach to the Measurement Error Problem." INFORMS Journal on Data Science 1, no. 2 (October–December 2022): 138–155.
Building Sustainable Cities
By 2050 the number of people living in cities will have nearly doubled, to 6 billion, and the problems created by this rampant urbanization are among the most important challenges of our time. Of all resource-management issues, the author argues, water, electricity,... View Details
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Jean Luo
After two years with Goldman Sachs, Jean Luo landed the kind of job millions dream of: developing games as a product manager at Zynga. “I really enjoyed being a PM; it's like being a mini-general manager with your own P&L. I loved the...
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Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship | About
Business Review. The modern, three-story 27,782-square-foot concrete and glass structure was designed by Kubitz & Pepi and dedicated in 1974 as Teele Hall, in honor of the late Stanley F. Teele (MBA 1930,...
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- 24 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?
other industries, and how can we better design these sites?" says Luca. "It really comes down to what types of truths we want to find in each site and what we can do to ensure reviews are View Details
- Web
Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
MOC Student Projects on Country & Cluster Competitiveness The competitive assessments listed on this page have been prepared by teams of graduate students mostly from Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School View Details
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Financial Regulation for the Twenty-First Century
By: Leonard J. Kennedy, Patricia A. McCoy and Ethan S. Bernstein
After existing regulatory systems failed to prevent the recent financial crisis, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, a sweeping reform designed to alleviate the crisis and prevent its recurrence. Out of this Act, the Consumer...
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Keywords:
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau;
Dodd-Frank;
CFPB;
Financial Crisis;
Reform;
New Agency;
Market-based Approach;
Evidence-based Analysis;
Innovative Technologies And Transparency Policies;
BEST Practices;
Government and Politics;
Government Administration;
Finance;
Financial History;
Law;
Markets;
Organizations;
Organizational Design;
Business and Government Relations;
Balance and Stability;
Strategy;
Financial Services Industry;
Banking Industry;
United States
Kennedy, Leonard J., Patricia A. McCoy, and Ethan S. Bernstein. "The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Financial Regulation for the Twenty-First Century." Cornell Law Review 97, no. 5 (July 2012): 1141–1176.
- March 2024 (Revised May 2024)
- Case
Amperity: First-Party Data at a Crossroads
By: Elie Ofek, Hema Yoganarasimhan and Alexis Lefort
In the summer of 2023, Amperity management was facing a critical decision on its future direction. Given the dramatic changes occurring within the digital advertising ecosystem, as concerns over consumer privacy placed limits on the ability to engage in third-party...
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AI and Machine Learning;
Technology Adoption;
Business Strategy;
Digital Marketing;
Price;
Product;
Business or Company Management;
Advertising Industry
Ofek, Elie, Hema Yoganarasimhan, and Alexis Lefort. "Amperity: First-Party Data at a Crossroads." Harvard Business School Case 524-017, March 2024. (Revised May 2024.)