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- 15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15
Provider Order Entry at Emory Healthcare Richard G. Hamermesh, F. Warren McFarlan, Mark Keil, Michael Morgan, Andrew Katz, and David LaBordeHarvard Business School Case 311-061 This case presents one hospital system's efforts to implement... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Data Tips & Toolkits - Research Computing Services
extraction with a nice Python wrapper Camelot : a Python package that extracts tables from PDFs Fuzzy Matching Python Python’s dedupe package supports fuzzy matching using machine learning: https://github.com/dedupeio/dedupe . R R’s fastLink package supports fuzzy... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Classroom Lessons Put Into Practice Abroad
and implement our idea for a kids’ menu,” says Jiang. “But we discovered that the consumer preferences and concepts of a bakery were completely different in Brazil. It challenged us to understand the customers’ mind-sets,” explains... View Details
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Examining Global Workforce Management
they implement their approaches in all the countries in which they operate. The research was sparked by a discussion of layoffs in the required MBA course Leadership and Corporate Accountability. Sucher was initially surprised to discover... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Studying Japan from the Inside
in its performance. The case illustrates the power of a great leader. All of the reforms Ghosn implemented were originally proposed by middle managers who had been working for Nissan for twenty years; they were instrumental in the... View Details
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Freeing Patient Data to Enable Innovation
impediments in the future. In mapping those bottlenecks, Hsiang cited difficulty in moving data around because of legal constraints and high costs with low rewards. Petro added the issue of timeliness--even if data was flowing, it would often be difficult to View Details
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Database Best Practices - Research Computing Services
will be large, and they may uncover any unforeseen data problems. Analysis of your data using SQL Implement index key columns to maximize efficiency during joins and sorts. It is suggested that you query your data and build analysis... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
international clubs continue to face the challenges of producing viable levels of membership, activities, and finances. This committee hopes to recommend and implement several initiatives that will provide club officers with the systems... View Details
- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Responsibility and the Environment: What is the Right Thing To Do?
compete. It takes the perspective that I've taught in the Advanced Management Program for the past ten years to examine how governments use development strategies to grow and be competitive. These governments range from China and India to Saudi Arabia, Japan, and... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 05 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change
Green initiatives are ubiquitous these days, implemented with zeal at companies like Dupont, IBM, Walmart, and Walt Disney. The programs being rolled out—lighting retrofits, zero-waste factories, and carpool incentives—save money and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler
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IFC: Saudi Arabia; Economic Diversification - Course Catalog
is implementing ambitious measures aimed at diversifying its economy away from oil dependency as part of its Vision 2030 initiative. This transition marks a significant shift for the country. The society has been seen through a set of... View Details
- 20 Apr 2016
- News
Steps to Success
money and take loans out of a common fund and pay it back with interest. For these women who have nothing, this was the first time it was implemented successfully,” she says. Ruhr returned to her native Oregon for family reasons in 2010.... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 24 Feb 2014
- News
A Capital Idea for Small Business
crowd-funding and the end of the prohibition of solicitation for private placements." What the iCrowd founders have learned, however, is that laws may be passed quickly, but their implementation can take time. In the case of the JOBS Act,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
A Market-Based Prescription
something that will be tailored to their needs. They will not tolerate the fragmentation and hassles inherent in the present system. How long will it take to implement a consumer-driven system in this country? It took only about five... View Details
- 27 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 27
survey data from India and Indonesia, we first show that financial literacy is a powerful predictor of demand for financial services. To test the relative importance of literacy and price, we implement a field experiment, offering... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 5
sales force on track to achieve their annual sales quotas. The paper also introduces two main methodological innovations to the marketing literature: first, we implement empirically the method proposed by Arcidiacono and Miller (2011) to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009
not only experience project-level success with the implementation of new work practices, but also organizational-level success as indicated by overall measures of performance. We tested our hypothesis in a longitudinal study of 23... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 14
biotechnology deals. Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=309112 Goldman Sachs: The 10,000 Women Initiative Harvard Business School Case 509-042 Describes the conception, development, and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Lose Money With Customers
managing customer relationships in the business-to-business environment into four distinct phases: defining and building a portfolio of customers the firm wants to serve, crafting and implementing relationship-management strategies,... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Operations and the Competitive Edge
business, but we see too many companies adopting "cookie cutter" software packages, and seeking the assistance of facilitators that adopt one-size-fits-all approaches. One has to approach the development and implementation of an... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace