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- 12 Apr 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Productivity Suffers When Employees Are Allowed to Schedule Their Own Tasks
recommended schedule tends to erode productivity, even among the most experienced workers. “We wanted to find out what happens when people deviate from the sequencing structure that their organization has set for them, and how do they... View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
integrated reporting, and establishing collaborations with other asset owners to drive systems level change. He was convinced that the only way to meet his responsibilities to his beneficiaries was to improve the performance of the entire... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron
companies can adapt key aspects of the private-equity governance model to ensure that they fulfill their oversight responsibilities. With respect to avoiding the perverse financial incentives that corrupted Enron, my book makes specific View Details
- 19 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
What Makes Employees Trust (vs. Second-Guess) AI?
Social-proofing the algorithm The allocators “knew that people like them—people with their knowledge base and experience—had had input into how and why these recommendations were being made and had tested the View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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Online Leadership and Management Courses | HBS Online
year, 5-9 hrs/week Apply by March 12th $15,000 (four installments of $3,750) Credential RECOMMENDED LEARNING PATHWAYS Do you want to dive deeper into leadership and management to advance your career? By taking three courses in this... View Details
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Online Finance & Accounting Courses | HBS Online
We recommend beginning this pathway with Leading with Finance. Leading with Finance Alternative Investments Sustainable Investing Why Should You Learn Finance and Accounting? Today’s managers depend on View Details
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What You Can Do to Create an Anti-Racist Organization - Recruiting
artist. Her art and educational workshops challenge and encourage people to have meaningful conversations about social justice. She has partnered with many offices throughout Harvard Business School and here offers her expertise, insights, and View Details
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Loan Reduction - Entrepreneurship
). Filed a financial aid application for HBS Need-Based Scholarships and Loans while at HBS. For this program, the financial aid assessment considers HBS need-based scholarship, the recommended loan amount per your initial decision... View Details
- 07 Mar 2023
- HBS Case
ChatGPT: Did Big Tech Set Up the World for an AI Bias Disaster?
Her Gender Shades project with Joy Buolamwini found that facial recognition services offered by IBM, Microsoft, and other companies misidentified Black women as much as 35 percent of the time while performing nearly perfectly with white... View Details
- 30 Sep 2019
- Book
6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees
workers and offers advice to black employees who seek to advance in their careers. It also provides these recommendations for companies that are intent on building diverse workplaces: 1. Encourage employees to talk about race After two... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Publications - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
MHS, FACS, FRCSC, Mary Witkowski, MD, MBA This article describes the challenges and solutions in determining whether a patient’s treatment has been successful. Such an assessment depends on multiple factors, including the patient’s pretreatment status; the... View Details
- 09 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization
sources and gather new perspectives." Bennett and Lemoine recommend reaching out “to partners, customers, researchers, trade groups, and perhaps even competitors” in times of uncertainty, in order to understand the impact of this... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Organizing the Family-Run Business
functioning of an effective board of directors, which is legally elected by the owners and has legal responsibilities and powers. My recommendations about a board of directors also apply to a board or council of advisors, one that is... View Details
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Three Components of Family Governance
size certainly, families generally benefit from having a family council. The family council can perform all of the following duties: Plan family assembly meetings, which otherwise the CEO usually has to arrange. Discusses current... View Details
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RGE Report - Race, Gender & Equity
Pederson (MBA 1991), who shared insights and recommendations for BDN members navigating their board journey. Read on for advice from Kumar, Pederson, and other alumni experts on what to consider in order to land your first board seat.... View Details
- 26 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55749 forthcoming Review of Economics and Statistics Healthy Business? Managerial Education and Management in Healthcare By: Bloom, Nicholas, Raffaella Sadun, Renata Lemos, and John Van Reenen Abstract— We investigate the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Research Summary
Supply Chain Inventory Planning
My work studies management decision-making in demand and supply planning contexts with a focus on forecasting and inventory planning decisions. I examine these decision-making processes from both a supply chain (i.e. across firm) and an... View Details
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
in the past and now influence clinical trials and participate in regulatory decision-making. Yet these developments are far from universal and are taking very different forms around the world. Building on data showing that pharmaceutical firms headquartered in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities
recommend approaching early-days hiring: First 20-30 employees. If you have inexperienced managers, review candidate resumes together with them and establish selection guidelines for what qualifies a candidate for a round of interviews.... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 19 Oct 2022
- Op-Ed
Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup
you are each coming from. Most importantly, these types of conversations don’t stop once you agree to be cofounders; they should be ongoing throughout the life of your venture as each cofounder and the relationship matures. Finally, I View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin