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- 18 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool
difficult and time-consuming even in countries with sufficient medical resources, much less in developing countries where the need is great but fewer personnel have the time and training. Harvard researchers wondered: Could programmers develop artificial intelligence... View Details
- 06 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
Unexpected Exercise Advice for the Super Busy: Ditch the Rigid Routine
co-founder of Humu and a former people analytics manager at Google. Get off the couch, even during a pandemic While routines have helped many people stay productive and support their families during the COVID-19 pandemic, flexibility might be the self-care View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
With more than 7,500 views and 180-plus tweets, I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read the original HBS Working Knowledge piece, The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking, and, in particular, for sharing your thoughts with one... View Details
- 11 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
How AI Could Ease the Refugee Crisis and Bring New Talent to Businesses
transformed several industries over the past two years—may offer solutions for overwhelmed resettlement programs run by both nongovernmental organizations and governments, according to a study by Harvard Business School Assistant... View Details
- 27 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses
to finding solutions to huge challenges? For example, should blocks of the HBS curriculum focus on big, multidisciplinary problems—such as the world's water shortage—and how to solve them? How about increasing the number of MBA students... View Details
- 15 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding the Design of Livable Cities
Compounding the challenge of supporting this population shift, governments from developing to industrialized countries are limited in their capacity and political will to devise solutions to accommodate expanding urban populations.... View Details
- 08 May 2020
- In Practice
Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On
and prepare to lead transformation. While it is still not clear how long the health crisis and resulting economic crisis will last, most agree that the world will be different in the future. Use the insights you are gaining from your... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 04 May 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Do Managers Think?
in which it is carried out. Joe Schmid observed that "both medical doctors and organizational managers work in cultures that are historically problem definition poor and solution rich. Their individual rewards systems are both driven... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 20 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20
mean compromising on your own. Often, the two complement each other and that is what makes a win-win solution for everyone. This book gives an inside look into what motivates exceptional companies and how they are a cut above the rest.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2014
- What Do You Think?
Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?
opportunities in industry and services. "It is difficult to imagine how that will continue there has to be some solution and that solution has to be governmental." Several were more philosophical... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
Market-Based Solutions to Antitrust Threats-The Rejection of the Partners Settlement By: Herzlinger, Regina E., Barak D. Richman, and Kevin A. Schulman Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 12, 2006
discouraged by existing organizations, which don't see the catalytic innovators' solutions as viable. As the authors show through examples in health care, education, and economic development, both nonprofit... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
gaining information. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51329 July–August 2016 Harvard Business Review How to Pay for Health Care By: Porter, Michael E., and Robert S. Kaplan Abstract—The United States stands... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 1
opponents. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/14-091_6caacd58-20c1-4257-9be5-204972ad4b4c.pdf Facts and Figuring: An Experimental Investigation of Network Structure and Performance in Information and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Europe Lags in Pharmaceuticals and Biotech
requires drug makers to build huge infrastructures to deal with it, said François Maisonrouge, managing director of Credit Suisse First Boston. Solutions For The Asking Herzlinger asked her panelists what could be done to rectify these... View Details
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
offered Ovia Health a multi-million-dollar contract, but Wallace wondered whether Ovia Health could create a better family benefits solution by turning down the contract and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought
in-person operations, sinking demand to near zero. Professional services businesses have fared better, but they have not been spared—just 63 percent say they could weather a four-month public health lockdown. [div class=infogram-embed... View Details
- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
appropriate and helpful ways now. There’s the mix of a long list of problems, potential solutions, potential solution providers among entrepreneurs in and outside of government that’s a call to action. What we’ve witnessed over the last... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 3
leadership development programs for residents. The authors first present a definition of clinical leadership and highlight evidence that effective frontline clinical leadership improves both clinical outcomes and satisfaction for patients and providers. The authors... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point
It's been easy to dismiss the Occupy Wall Street-and-beyond protesters. To many, they seem disorganized, lack a clear agenda, and advance simple solutions to complex problems. But in reality their concerns are not very different from the... View Details