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June 2021
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From Predictions to Prescriptions: A Data-driven Response to COVID-19

By: Dimitris Bertsimas, Léonard Boussioux, Ryan Cory-Wright, Arthur Delarue, Vassilis Digalakis Jr, Alexander Jacquillat, Driss Lahlou Kitane, Galit Lukin, Michael Lingzhi Li, Luca Mingardi, Omid Nohadani, Agni Orfanoudaki, Theodore Papalexopoulos, Ivan Paskov, Jean Pauphilet, Omar Skali Lami, Bartolomeo Stellato, Hamza Tazi Bouardi, Kimberly Villalobos Carballo, Holly Wiberg and Cynthia Zeng

The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges worldwide. Strained healthcare providers make difficult decisions on patient triage, treatment and care management on a daily basis. Policy makers have imposed social distancing measures to slow the disease, at... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; Health Pandemics; AI and Machine Learning; Forecasting and Prediction; Analytics and Data Science

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05 Jul 2012
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Why Is Trust So Hard to Achieve in Management?

Article Revered management thought-leaders such as Chris Argyris and the late W. Edwards Deming argued years ago that trust is an essential condition for good performance. Trust is an issue on the minds of many people these days. A good portion of the daily news View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Systems Integration - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

a component of the whole organization. For instance, high-cost and highly resourced downtown medical campuses may be better suited for complex medical conditions, while regional care centers may be better suited for lower acuity, more... View Details

15 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Five Imperatives for Improving Health Care

that it's critical to encourage consumers to pursue healthier lifestyles. But just as importantly, patients also need better access to data on both the cost and potential outcome of specific medical procedures. Moreover, they need a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

30 May 2024
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Racial Bias Might Be Infecting Patient Portals. Can AI Help?

to an inquiry? Researchers analyzed more than 57,000 message threads between patients and physician teams at Boston Medical Center and found that white patients were more likely to receive answers from their attending physicians, while... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Health

26 Nov 2013
First Look

First Look: November 26

and, ultimately, the long-term performance of firms. We examine the history of the Brazilian bioethanol industry, focusing on the industrial policy program implemented by the Brazilian government in the 1970s to develop the industry. We put together a novel View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2023
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Startup Success Beyond Silicon Valley

Professor Paul Gompers visited Endeavor Saudi Arabia, a nonprofit that promotes startups in emerging markets. Pictured are Alpana Thapar and Fares Khrais (both of the Middle East and North Africa Research Center), Gompers, Lateefa Alwaalan (Endeavor Saudi Arabia), and... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Mele

02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2

examples of successful and failed leaders, with stories to illustrate their experiences and the author's advice to readers who may face similar crises. Purchase this book: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/PressRelease/pressReleaseId-55338.html Reorganize for Resilience:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2024
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Quantum Leap

that support the current generation of small experimental quantum computers could never be scaled up to support commercially useful ones, much less data centers that contain thousands of them. SEEQC is... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen; quantum computing; innovation; leadership; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

04 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

Scrap the Big New Year's Resolutions. Make 6 Simple Changes Instead.

ability to collect and analyze more data more quickly, decision-making and problem-solving have become increasingly complex. Many people look to technology to solve modern problems, but the more technology advances, the more human... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

20 Oct 2023
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Highlights from the Fall 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

On the evening of Wednesday, October 11, Alumni Board members joined with current HBS students in the Spangler Center for "A Conversation about Life Lessons", which was led by Leslie Perlow, the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership. This October, more than 75... View Details

16 May 2023
In Practice

After Silicon Valley Bank's Flameout, What's Next for Entrepreneurs?

process. Today, it’s SVB, tomorrow it may be something else. While they can’t prepare for every possible scenario, founders should at least know what general processes are in place. Don’t wait for the inevitable. Julia Austin is a senior lecturer of business... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Technology; Financial Services

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MOC Network reaches 20 year milestone - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Resources Resources Video Courses Data Events & Presentations Frameworks News Publications Courses MOC Network reaches 20 y... MOC Network 20 th Anniversary Workshop The December 2022 workshop was the 20th annual gathering of... View Details

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

case, 2020. With Terri L. Griffith, Ann Majchrzak, and Ankita Panda. Chesapeake Conservacy: Democratizing Data to Protect 30% of the Planet by 2030 , Harvard Business School case, 2020. With Ankita Panda. Andonix: Launching New Ventures... View Details

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

Government and the International Economy Pakistan at 75: When Will the "Nazuk Mor" End? Singapore: "From Third World to First" Thailand: Red Shirts, Yellow Shirts, and a Green Revolution Data Science for Managers Arla Foods: Decarbonizing... View Details

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

About Rock Advisory Board The Rock Center’s Advisory Board is responsible for providing strategic direction for the Rock Center and its staff. The Advisory Board includes HBS entrepreneurial alumni, HBS faculty, and HBS staff. Paul Baier... View Details

17 Mar 2008
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The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook

generated rich empirical data that in some cases confirms and in other cases contradicts many of today's fashionable theories and assumptions by other disciplines, says Harvard Business School professor Geoffrey Jones, who edited the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 Nov 2021
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The Simple Secret of Effective Mentoring Programs

Old-fashioned mentoring may be one of the most effective ways to improve job performance, but many mentorship programs don’t reach new hires who need guidance most, new research suggests. Newly hired employees at a United States call View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

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Publications - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

care for specific events.... June 2021 The CMS New Rule on Ambulatory Surgical Centers Earns Only Partial Credit by Junaid Nabi and Robert S. Kaplan The Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)... View Details

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