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01 Dec 2014
News

These Walls Can Talk

(Javier Larrea/Getty Images) Today: Most smart homes connect basic electronic devices such as lights, locks, smoke detectors, security cameras, and thermostats. Tomorrow: Homes will be fully outfitted with smart appliances, which can make View Details

Keywords: April White

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Arjun Goyal

and business responsibilities, including the review of scientific literature and therapeutic guidelines, the analysis of compound licensing opportunities, the structuring of efficient clinical trials, and the creation of viable financial... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Health Care

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Hakeem Belo-Osagie | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

paper, treasury bills, and bankers acceptances. Together with Nigerian shareholders and international shareholders including the World Bank, Hakeem set up a niche firm. Later, he realized a smaller group like his was vulnerable to being forced out of the market by a... View Details

July 2001 (Revised March 2002)
Case

Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., The

By: Andre F. Perold and Austin K Scee

NASDAQ's mission "to facilitate capital formation" is threatened by the emergence of Electronic Communication Networks, which are not as heavily regulated by the SEC. This case reviews the development of NASDAQ and its evolution from a loose network of broker-dealers... View Details

Keywords: Capital Markets; Stocks; Financial Markets; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Innovation Strategy; Performance Efficiency; Perspective

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Educators

Purchase

02 Oct 2009
News

Making Time Off Required and Predictable

Keywords: Professor Leslie Perlow; Management

29 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

How Economics May Lead to Better Football Games

measurement of the inefficiency due to early transaction times in a naturally occurring market." Lessons about the value of better matching go far beyond the football field, however. As Roth describes in this e-mail Q&A with HBS Working Knowledge, View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Sports

01 Dec 2012
News

Alvin Roth Wins Nobel Prize in Economics

were much more efficient if they were designed well rather than allowed to evolve naturally," explained Roth's colleague, Albert H. Gordon Professor of Business Administration Brian Hall, head of the NOM Unit. "Among his many... View Details

14 May 2012
Research & Ideas

Breaking the Smartphone Addiction

collaborative 65 percent (versus 42 percent) rated their team as doing everything it could to be efficient 74 percent (versus 51 percent) rated their team as doing everything it could to be effective The happy result for BCG was that... View Details

Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow

11 Jun 2018
Blog Post

Meet the 2018-2019 Blavatnik Fellows in Life Science Entrepreneurship

making providers more efficient by increasing the quality of care while decreasing costs. In addition, David is a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he conducts research with Matt Nock on how technology can help better... View Details

01 Mar 2012
News

Robots to the Rescue

approach to order fulfillment is based on the disarming efficiency of small, battery-powered, orange mobile robots. When orders are received, the robots are directed by a complex software application to find and retrieve the desired... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; e-commerce; order fulfillment; robotics; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

15 Oct 2014
Blog Post

HBS Class of 2016

our office to talk about your recruiting goals and needs and how best to reach our students. Our goal is to help connect with you candidates that would be a great fit within your organization while maximizing the efficiency of your... View Details

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Florence Evina-Ze

feelings.” While Florence had worked on teams before, this team experience proved different – and a lasting lesson for group leadership. “There was no official leader,” she says. “Instead, each of us stepped up to the plate when we knew we had something to contribute.... View Details

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Tim Day Fitness Room | About

to provide users with an enhanced fitness experience. The open floor plan includes a centrally located staff desk and social area, allowing staff to service the entire area more efficiently and provide increased safety oversight. The... View Details

2017
Working Paper

Discretionary Task Ordering: Queue Management in Radiological Services

By: Maria Ibanez, Jonathan R. Clark, Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats

Work scheduling research typically prescribes task sequences implemented by managers. Yet employees often have discretion to deviate from their prescribed sequence. Using data from 2.4 million radiological diagnoses, we find that doctors prioritize similar tasks... View Details

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30 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018

trade-offs between effectiveness and efficiency associated with the use of bots versus humans to create, nurture, and manage customer relationships. Second, they had to decide to what extent to anthropomorphize the chatbots. How... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

03 Oct 2019
News

Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns

the entire earth with solar cells, which is not practical and won’t happen. You could say, “Well, more energy efficiency is the answer.” But every energy efficiency solution that has existed has always led... View Details

Keywords: Space Research and Technology; Government

23 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It’s Effective

sample of 42 others that didn't. The researchers focused on several measures that capture socially responsible management practices including the social responsibility of business leaders, sustainable development, employee training, View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Israel - Global Activities 2021

Reinhardt has brought the issue into the classroom with a case discussion on Israel-based Netafim, the global leader in drip irrigation systems—the most efficient way to deliver water to crops. While Israel is a small country, it is a... View Details

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Israel - Global Activities 2020

her.” The case also chronicles complex challenges the bank faced around becoming more efficient and innovative simultaneously and all that it entailed, from implementing innovative products, leading change, and attracting top talent, to... View Details

01 Dec 2001
News

Corporate Governance Conference Addresses Global Challenges

privatize certain state concerns while maintaining efficiency in management. Another session brought together leaders of state-owned enterprises. Several Asian countries offer varied models of state ownership of businesses. Although their... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

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