Testing - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Choose the Best Deal

he'd think about it and headed to a nearby Dodge dealership. He took a Durango for a test drive—right back to the Ford lot, parking next to the Explorer he'd been looking at moments earlier. The salesman dashed out of the showroom.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

09 Nov 2016
News

The Seeds of Learning

“I think that kids these days are spending way too much time taking tests and doing rote memorization when they need to be outside and learning from experience. It reduces stress and improves behavior; it improves View Details

08 Aug 2006
First Look

First Look: August 8, 2006

between and among experimenters and theorists, and psychologists and economists, about how to evaluate a theory that can be rejected by sufficient data, but may nevertheless be a useful approximation. A standard experimental design reports whether a general theory can... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

AIDS in Africa—What’s the Solution?

Diagnostics Division's operations in East Africa, noted, "We don't even have set policies on testing for HIV." We can donate drugs. But if there is no infrastructure to distribute those drugs, we can't do any good.— Ngozi... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

Web

Responsibilities and Acceptable Use - Research Computing Services

Ensure that you routinely monitor your interactive and batch jobs , so that you can terminate them if they stall or become idle. Remember that resources 'in use' are not available to anyone else. Please do scaling tests if planning large... View Details

Web

Asia Pacific - Global Activities 2021

Japan trip involved a realistic assessment of both the logistical challenges and educational opportunities of the experience. But taking students to a disaster area entailed unprecedented planning. “It was an amazing chance for students to View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

The Realities of the Refugee Crisis

seen this scale of refugee crisis since the aftermath of World War II. Second, from the late 1990s, the EU has been putting in place common border policies and a common asylum system, but this new institutional infrastructure has not been View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2016
News

Carving a Niche

Above: Faction athlete Candide Thovex racks up millions of YouTube views while inspiring others to face their fears and try new things. (photo by Christoffer Sjöström) Faction athletes test gear in extreme locations for day-to-day use.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

25 Aug 2014
News

The First Five Years: Raymond Hwang (MBA 2010)

unfiltered data: history, symptoms, test results, examination findings, and patient preferences. The surgeon’s job is essentially to distill this diverse information into a diagnosis and treatment plan. In the operating room, the process... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

September 2017 (Revised February 2018)
Case

Becton Dickinson: Global Health Strategy

By: Mark R. Kramer and Sarah Mehta

Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) was a medical technology firm headquartered in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, with 43,000 employees and 2016 revenues of $12.5 billion. For several years, the company had pursued developing products that created shared value, defined as... View Details

Keywords: Shared Value; Creating Shared Value; Odon Device; Medical Technology; Value Creation; Values and Beliefs; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Emerging Markets; Social Issues; Competitive Strategy; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Africa; Asia; Middle East

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Educators

Purchase

August 2005 (Revised December 2006)
Case

Procter & Gamble: Electronic Data Capture and Clinical Trial Management

By: Robert S. Huckman and Mark J. Cotteleer

Considers whether the management of Procter & Gamble (P&G) Pharmaceuticals should adopt Web-based electronic data capture (EDC) as the default standard for the management of its clinical drug trials. Provides a detailed description of the existing paper-based process... View Details

Keywords: Health Testing and Trials; Internet and the Web; Information Technology; Adoption; Business Processes; Industry Structures; Technological Innovation; Service Operations; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States

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Educators

Purchase

19 May 2016
Blog Post

5 Lessons from Business School

will be forced out of your comfort zone daily Each day in class, you will take a position on a variety of choices presented in case studies. HBS requires you to defend that position while being open to critically listening to opposing views. This is the best View Details

01 Sep 2024
News

From the Classroom to Casablanca

To put what they have learned in the classroom to the test in the field, more than 900 HBS first-year students embarked in May on the FIELD Global Immersion (FGI), a cornerstone of the MBA Program since 2012. This experiential learning opportunity dispatches students... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Feb 1999
News

Newman's Own Brand of Charity

profits would have to go to charity. "To make money off that would be so tacky," he noted. From the outset, Newman eschewed costly market research and ignored industry wisdom that new product launches initially lose substantial sums of money. Relying on informal taste... View Details

25 Aug 2014
News

Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987

moment launched Weeks’s career, and it also had a deep impact on Corning’s future as a successful innovator in materials science. The first in his family to go to college, Weeks thrived at HBS. The case method—“pretend doing,” as he calls it—gave him a way to View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Ace Your Phone or Video Interview

a window when possible, use a ring light if available, and avoid backlighting so that your face is not shadowed. If you do not have a neutral background available, download a professional looking background. Also, always check your technology (audio and camera) and... View Details

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Rocio Parra

interest, luxury goods ("I would love to consume them!"), has been tested by this variety of view points. "I can look at luxury from a demographical perspective and wonder how the current economy has affected the buying... View Details

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Pranav Kothari

materials used for industrial applications, like car fabrics." For Pranav, an MBA would give him a chance to develop necessary management skills and test his ideas. HBS topped his list of possibilities. "While working, I... View Details

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Chris Wilson-Byrne

amazing opportunity for reflecting on my first semester. And I was surrounded with people who had been through the same things – they were a great sounding board for testing ideas." Contributing to the process "On a scale of one... View Details

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Arjun Goyal

Trust Centre for Human Genetics, a new door opened for Arjun. “It was my first exposure to research,” he says. “It fascinated me that the test tube in my hand could hold a new cure or the next new therapy for controlling a disease.”... View Details

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