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- 17 Feb 2011
- News
Field Report: Rwanda
company’s offices in downtown Kigali,” Barry says. “So you might think, great, we’ll figure out how to get people to pay by check. But you start to understand the system better once you go to a Rwandan bank and see that it takes three... View Details
- 19 Dec 2024
- News
The Musts of 2024
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. I love these end-of-the-year lists where you can get recommendations from smart people about things that are worth your time and money. It always sets me up really... View Details
- 17 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 17
for systemically risky firms that would take a holistic look at the five systems to identify weaknesses, make recommendations to managers and boards, and set regulatory... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Profile
Ed Rogers
wine recommendations that take special occasions into account. Once we realized our core differentiating factor, all of our other activities pivoted to communicate our distinction. How do your HBS ambitions fit into the big picture of the... View Details
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Byungyeon Kim
Byungyeon Kim’s (he/him) first job was with POSCO, a steel-making company in his native South Korea. While the role promised security and advancement, he couldn’t shake the sense that there were bigger questions he’d like to investigate. Why had certain View Details
- 06 Sep 2018
- Blog Post
How to Thrive in an Unstructured Environment
execution mode and test the options to learn. For example, when I was researching the sales prospecting process, there were many software systems to choose from. Rather than spend weeks, even days, researching between them, we tested two... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 28 May 2019
- News
Ask the Expert: In Security
YOUNG: Always start by focusing on areas where you have the most risk. Good protection starts with good IT hygiene. The basics—patching and updating systems and basic protections (and controls)—should be in place across the entire... View Details
- Web
Responsibilities and Acceptable Use - Research Computing Services
much as possible by the LSF scheduler, OS sandboxing (CGROUPS), and identity management permissions. However, there are a number of things to keep in mind while using this shared resource so that the system can work as well as possible... View Details
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’
Is a host's physical appearance really the information Airbnb most wants to emphasize?" More generally, the researchers recommend that sharing-economy companies take website design seriously and to question early on whether their View Details
- 03 Nov 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency?
Legislation is therefore a problematic way to achieve the golden mean in normative behavior." Edward Hare agrees, pointing out that "Corporate governance is a system that continues to fail us ... and joins the ranks of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 30 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Retirement Planning
trust was no doubt engendered in an earlier day when defined benefit (DB) pension plans were offered by lifelong employers like IBM and General Motors. Today, that system is all but extinct. Merton explains that employers underestimated... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
How DC is Taxing the Country
in three years, with firms less able to compete in the global marketplace, pay employees higher wages and benefits, or both. A turnaround would require a national economic strategy—and that would require a functional political system, the authors note. Calling the... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Vision: Into the Breach
likelihood that policyholders will suffer a breach, and that At-Bay will pay a large claim. The company even offers discounts to clients who adopt recommended security measures, just as car-insurance providers offer discounts for having... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
organized systems for improvement. Traditional structures and cultures within AHCs, although well suited to the tripartite missions of teaching, research, and clinical care, are not easily adaptable to the tasks of measuring, reporting,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Silent Killers: Overcoming Barriers to Organizational Learning
employees are concerned, the problem in their organization had to do with the fundamentals of management and leadership, not the quality or commitment of the people nor the quality of management systems and processes," write Beer and... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
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THE VALUE OF THE PHYSICIAN SHADOW PROGRAM: Witnessing The Front Lines of Care Delivery - Blog: Health Supplement
recommend signing up for this opportunity!” You Might Want to Read 07 Feb 2025 Student Spotlight: From Nigeria to HBS: Reigniting My Passion for Healthcare Innovation Kasite Ugo-beke 24 May 2023 Student Spotlight: 2023 HCC Co-Presidents... View Details
- 01 Dec 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?
communicating both the business benefits (including the risk of not changing) (and for employees) ‘what’s in it for me.’” The predominant message of respondents was that culture change is a complex process often requiring years to accomplish. Several did, however,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 1
Evolution as a System of Governance, due for publication November 2009. The purpose of this monograph is to put forth an original concept of capitalism as a system of governance, including a theory of how it... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed?
little progress has been made in reducing cost overruns even though more than 20 reform proposals were launched during this time. "Despite the focus and effort dedicated towards reform in the past fifty years, important systemic... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Sam Hayes
committee, established by then SEC chair Arthur Levitt, to formulate best practices with regard to stockbrokers' activities and compensation. These were not legislative remedies, they were recommendations for voluntary standards of... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons