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microadjustments in prescription -- this experience was pivotal in nurturing my interest in technology/business, especially in the health sector. I am currently working on a platform, ling.ai, to detect developmental language disorders... View Details

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Active postmarketing drug surveillance. There is substantial interest within the U.S. health community and among health policymakers in developing a surveillance system that scans public health databases in order to proactively detect potential drug safety... View Details

November 9, 2019
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Effect of Revealing Authors' Conflicts of Interests in Peer Review: Randomized Controlled Trial

By: Leslie K. John, George Loewenstein, Andrew Marder and Michael Callaham

Objective: To assess the impact of disclosing authors’ conflict of interest declarations to peer reviewers at a medical journal.
Design: Randomised controlled trial.

Setting: The study was conducted within the manuscript review process at the... View Details

Keywords: Conflicts Of Interest; Peer Review; Randomized Controlled Trial; Scientific Publication; Conflict of Interests; Journals and Magazines; Science

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22 May 2013
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Hidden Structure: Using Network Methods to Map System Architecture

Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin, Alan MacCormack & John Rusnak

18 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking the Right Questions

algorithm generates fair outcomes. As the algorithm sorts through information to optimize its objective, BEAT detects and eliminates bias at key points in the training process. For instance, BEAT could help a car service charge surge... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

01 Mar 2024
News

On the Radar

Illustration by Brian Stauffer Illustration by Brian Stauffer Our planet is teeming with trillions of viruses and bacteria, most of which are innocuous or even helpful, but some pose a significant risk to public health, animals, and crops. In recent decades,... View Details

Keywords: Janine White; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

2025 | Case | Faculty Research Founded in 2017, Niramai developed Thermalytix, a breast cancer screening tool. Thermalytix used a high-resolution thermal sensing device and machine learning algorithms to analyze thermal images and detect... View Details

13 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

When Good Incentives Lead to Bad Decisions

incentives increased the detection of bad applications by 11 percent, thus boosting the profits per originated loans by 3 percent. "We found that when the stakes were higher, [participants] exerted more effort and made better... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking

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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online

decisions Recognize trends, detect outliers, and summarize data sets Analyze relationships between variables Develop and test hypotheses Craft sound survey questions and draw conclusions from population samples Implement regression... View Details

15 Nov 2022
Op-Ed

Why TikTok Is Beating YouTube for Eyeball Time (It’s Not Just the Dance Videos)

third solution, based not on social media but on entertainment media. Entertainment algorithms loop back and forth from content that’s offered to a response detected until they identify something that appeals to you. Then they send more... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld

01 Jun 2023
News

Curb Appeal

York’s Finest from paper logs to digital apps and implemented tools like ShotSpotter, an audio gunshot-detection system, and the Domain Awareness System, a video surveillance platform that uses machine learning to detect potential... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

Runner-Up Vertically integrated tomato processing company. Business Track, 2013 Tauros Engineering Adrian Ross Alison Flatau David Flatau Tyler Flatau Business Track Winner Tauros Engineering is commercializing a revolutionary technology for the View Details

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Online Management Course | HBS Online

decision-making simulation 1-on-1 decision-making simulation Peer feedback exercise 10-12 hrs Module 3 Implementing for the Present and Learning for the Future Detect and diagnose common causes of poor implementation, and recognize the... View Details

17 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Blue Skies, Distractions Arise: How Weather Affects Productivity

which you can capture whether people are cognitively distracted is to actually look at the errors they make when they are entering data," says Gino, who, as a native of Italy, was in a good position to detect transcription errors. “People... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

30 Oct 2017
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Asking Questions Can Get You a Better Job or a Second Date

learning algorithm, natural-language-processing software to analyze the speed dating conversations. For the third study, armed with their algorithm, they examined data from a 2013 Stanford speed dating study called Detecting friendly,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

04 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

The Real Cost of Bribery

analyze the negative effects of bribery on corporate performance. The results of his study, detailed in the paper Firm Competitiveness and Detection of Bribery, surprised him. As it turns out, the biggest problem with corporate corruption... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

30 Aug 2018
Blog Post

My Difficult Decision to Leave Google for HBS

apply came from talking to HBS alumni. While each individual had unique experiences and found varying degrees of career success, not one regretted the decision to attend. I never detected a single trace of regret. That might not be the... View Details

03 Feb 2012
HBS Seminar

Dr. Regina Dugan, Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

13 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Company Reviews on Glassdoor: Petty Complaints or Signs of Potential Misconduct?

malfeasance but can cause problems nonetheless. “They are not even designed to detect misconduct, which is part of what makes this work—employees feel much more comfortable talking than they might in a narrower platform,” says Campbell.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

17 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

How Managers Stifle Creativity

our own limited intelligence, it can be very positive. Each one of us has great brain power, but it's limited in certain ways. It's very hard for us to look at massive amounts of data and detect patterns, for example, but machines can, if... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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