Improving Productivity - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2008
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Mara Aspinall

Personalized Medicine,” a Harvard Business Review article that outlines an agenda that could hasten the transition from “trial-and-error” therapies for life-threatening illnesses to a more targeted line of attack. Aspinall began her career at Bain & Company, working... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2007
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The Wise Men

long careers, these legendary faculty members not only helped shape the School and personify it to generations of students and alumni, they were also eyewitnesses to its evolution. When they began their careers, after World War II and at about the midpoint of the 20th... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

improvement processes of one kind or another, innovation, and so on. With a few notable exceptions—including Jim Collins's work on "Level Five" leaders, and the treatment of leadership both in my previous book, High Commitment, High... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

08 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 8

PublicationsThe New Science of Retailing: How Analytics Are Transforming the Supply Chain and Improving Performance Authors:Marshall Fisher and Ananth Raman Publication:Harvard Business School Press, 2010 Abstract Retailers today are... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018

research to understand when and for whom cash and non-cash rewards increase intrinsic motivation, organizational commitment, and optimal functioning in order to improve the design and implementation of existing reward programs.... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Dana Hoffmann

She thrived at Apple, working on new product introduction finances for such smash hit offerings as the new iPad, and from the outside Hoffmann seemingly had it made. But after three years, a twinge of dissatisfaction turned into an... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age

It wasn’t necessary to understand the technology that powered the company’s washing machines, turbines, or jet engines. “But executives now need to understand the technologies behind their products and think about their implications on... View Details

Keywords: April White

14 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets

practices that it became a necessary dowry item. "You couldn't get married in northern India, in a middle class or lower middle class family, unless the girl's family was ready to give a Bajaj scooter." Yet, things did not improve until... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Manufacturing; Auto

02 Nov 2020
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The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)

means my team is involved in a wide variety of tasks, ranging from purchasing, engaging with food donors, delivery scheduling, product inspection, and assortment optimization.” How do you use what you learned at HBS in your work? “There... View Details

03 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa

exception. What they have in common are good reasons for foreign businesses and Western governments to cheer the changes. In Bahrain, the Khalifa family, members of Islam's Sunni sect, rules over a majority Shia population. This kingdom in the Persian Gulf earns $5... View Details

Keywords: Re: Deepak Malhotra; Energy; Utilities

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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer

School’s faculty the autonomy to pursue answers to the business research questions that interest them most. Faculty members stay close to practice, interacting with business leaders and managers in the field to research the world’s most significant opportunities and... View Details

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HBS - Financials | From the CFO

unable to keep up with demand, and product shortages loom. Inflation is rising. Racial injustice and economic inequality persist. Businesses are adapting to the new dynamic of a remote workforce. HBS faculty members researched these and... View Details

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Credential of Digital Innovation and Strategy | HBS Online

launch, and scale digital products that give your venture a competitive advantage. “The course masterfully interwove design thinking theory as a process with helpful tools and outstanding examples from practitioners and companies.” Sandra... View Details

09 Aug 2016
First Look

August 9, 2016

reframing distress as passion can improve observers' impressions of the expresser. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51433 Credit-Induced Boom and Bust By: Di Maggio, Marco, and Amir Kermani Abstract—Can a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021

look beyond just relocating supply toward harnessing process innovations and revisiting some of the trade-offs between product variety and flexibility. Harvard Business Review Webinar Student Perspective on Entrepreneurial Journey Having... View Details

01 Jun 2020
News

Effective Communication in the Age of Zoom

think we're showing empathy first before getting to the productivity of business. And this is the same in the dating world. You know, the first question that people used to ask when they met for a date was something around,”So, what do... View Details

Keywords: Zoom

01 Jun 2020
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Inside Out

Spaces Drive Performance and Creativity, coauthored with Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Assistant Professor Joe Allen. “Public health is obviously directly connected to society’s success in answering this call." In real terms, Macomber and Allen note, this... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

06 Sep 2016
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September 6, 2016

Then judgment—a fusion of thinking, feelings, experience, imagination, and character—becomes critical. The author offers five practical questions to improve your odds of making sound judgments: What are the net, net consequences of all my... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

13 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 13

behavior and preferences into service cost and productivity standard metrics. Optimal Value and Growth Tilts in Long-Horizon Portfolios Authors:W. Jakub Jurkek and Luis M. Viceira Publication:Review of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract We... View Details