Social Assistance - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 8

Epstein, and Kristi Yuthas Publication:In Scaling Social Impact: New Thinking, edited by Paul Bloom and Edward Skloot. Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming An abstract is unavailable at this time. Order this Book:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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reunions.hbs.edu . Generally, the On-Campus Program takes place Friday and Saturday from approximately 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. and includes breakfast, refreshments, lunch, faculty presentations, class-specific programming, and community gatherings. Evening View Details

22 Sep 2010
Working Paper Summaries

The Task and Temporal Microstructure of Productivity: Evidence from Japanese Financial Services

Keywords: by Bradley R. Staats & Francesca Gino; Banking

11 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Employers Favor Men

men perform better on average at certain tasks, according to the research paper When Gender Discrimination Is Not About Gender. The paper was written by Katherine B. Coffman and Christine L. Exley, both assistant professors at Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

14 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

When a Vacation Isn’t Enough, a Sabbatical Can Recharge Your Life—and Your Career

experiences were.” Recover, explore, practice To analyze the data, DiDonna’s fellow researchers, University of Notre Dame Professor Matt Bloom and Kira Schabram, assistant professor at the University of Washington, employed techniques... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

17 Jan 2024
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Are Companies Getting Away with 'Cheap Talk' on Climate Goals?

Companies regularly set ambitious climate goals, but these plans often end up like many people’s New Year’s resolutions: unmet aspirations that quietly fizzle out. While companies often gain positive media attention by trumpeting plans for reducing greenhouse gas... View Details

Keywords: by Tim Gray

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Help - Alumni

from hbs@edusupportcenter.com. Is this a legitimate email address? Yes. The hbs@edusupportcenter.com email is from an HBS partner engaged to assist Alumni Records in ensuring that that your HBS account is safe and secure. You might... View Details

22 Feb 2024
Research & Ideas

How to Make AI 'Forget' All the Private Data It Shouldn't Have

underpin this technology typically subsume the information that users enter, helping the software provide better answers over time. Working Knowledge spoke with Seth Neel, an expert on machine “unlearning” who is an assistant professor at... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology

2013
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Work Design Drivers of Organizational Learning about Operational Failures: A Laboratory Experiment on Medication Administration

By: Anita L. Tucker

Operational failures persist in hospitals, in part because employees work around them rather than attempt to prevent recurrence. Drawing on a process improvement tool—the Andon cord—we examine three work design components that may foster improvement-oriented behaviors:... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Process Improvement; Organizational Learning; Behavioral Operations; Prosocial Behavior; Experiments; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Behavior; Performance Improvement; Health Care and Treatment; Business Processes; Health Industry

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23 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Face Value: Do Certain Physical Features Help People Get Ahead?

empirically predicted with a machine learning model, suggests work by Shunyuan Zhang, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School, and collaborators. “Our research represents the first empirical attempt to characterize the... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

01 Mar 2024
News

Vital Signs

greatest benefit is the tool’s ability to give clinicians confidence over a wider range of expertise, Gresser says. Health systems in the UK and elsewhere have been responding to the staffing shortages by recruiting more nurse practitioners, paramedics, and physician... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

George C. Lodge

Professor Lodge had been a member of the Harvard Business School faculty since 1963. Before his retirement in 1997, he taught a number of courses in the MBA Master's Program and in various HBS executive programs. in the MBA program these included: Business,... View Details

15 May 2024
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A Major Roadblock for Autonomous Cars: Motorists Believe They Drive Better

may be bridling widespread acceptance of automation, says Julian De Freitas, an assistant professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, and one of the authors of the piece forthcoming in the Journal of the Association... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Transportation; Auto

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Program Requirements - Doctoral

Introductory Data Analysis Course Intermediate Data Analysis Course Advanced Data Analysis or Research Design Course One course in one of the following areas: Decision Sciences; Ethics; Health Equity and Social Determinants; History;... View Details

28 May 2024
In Practice

Job Search Advice for a Tough Market: Think Broadly and Stay Flexible

shifted. Instead of expecting managers to supervise and command, employers increasingly expect managers to play the role of collaborator. This is consistent with other findings that social and collaborative skills are becoming... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

05 Dec 2023
Research & Ideas

Are Virtual Tours Still Worth It in Real Estate? Evidence from 75,000 Home Sales

virtual tours benefit sellers less than previous studies indicate, suggests research by Isamar Troncoso, an assistant professor of business administration at Harvard Business School. She studied more than 75,000 home sales to evaluate the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Real Estate

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Middle East & North Africa - Global

provides a unique research and teaching resource on business leadership in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East over recent decades. At its core are over 180 interviews by Harvard faculty with high impact leaders in business and View Details

21 Nov 2024
Blog Post

Thoughts on the JD/MBA From a Recent Grad

Criminal Division, Fraud Section; and her third summer at Covington & Burling LLP, a law firm. After graduating, Anne clerked for Judge Harry T. Edwards of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She is now an View Details

28 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees

motivators that will entice greater effort and loyalty out of workers. Turns out, using cash as a carrot isn’t always the best answer, according to new research by Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Ashley V. Whillans. More than... View Details