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- 03 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Healthcare Conference Looks At Ailing Industry
HBS professor Clayton M. Christensen, the three industries most plagued by high cost, inconvenience, and inconsistent quality are healthcare, higher education, and legal... View Details
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
agencies and automotive manufacturers that try to improve automotive safety benefit from research using cadavers. It does not help that many users seek the same "good" type of cadavers. A good... View Details
- 23 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 23
and responding to adverse drug reactions suggests that only government regulators are in a position to integrate case report and statistical analysis. Despite the appeal of fragmented post-market drug View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: HBS Visits JindalSteelWorks (JSW) Steel Dolvi Plant
and given the green light for implementation. SEED was impressive not only for its potential to creatively reduce emissions but also for the positive effect it had on employee culture. After the session with leadership, each of us was... View Details
- 25 Aug 2015
- News
Sunset in the East?
population doubled from 500 million to 1 billion. There was and is—in terms of quality of property—still some catch-up to do. It’s said that China is in a better position than the developed world to elongate... View Details
- 13 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Is HBS Cutthroat or Collaborative?
maximizing the quality of our output. While in Cambodia we created a culture that enforced high standards, encouraged questioning and iteration, and supported creative... View Details
- 02 Jan 2013
- What Do You Think?
Should We Rethink the Promise of Teams?
importance of measuring the quality of the contribution that individuals make to a team. Tom Dolembo pointed out that "Teamwork isn't about falling backwards into a mattress, it is about a specific skill Unless teaming is approached as a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
features or discovered bugs. Feed its direct and indirect network effects. Support as much as possible the independent software vendor community so that the quantity and View Details
- 15 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Unspoken Messages of COVID-19 Restrictions
freedom ring (safely) Since the start of the pandemic, people have been making decisions with limited data about questions as basic as whether to get a haircut and as complex as whether to send children to school. View Details
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
designed to enhance safety and effectiveness created a culture that unintentionally released men from societal imperatives for "manly" behavior, prompting them to let go of masculine-image concerns... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
array of the impacts that they generate (or can influence), from environmental conditions to employee health and safety to social conditions like the quality of public... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jun 2012
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Leadership: What We Know
This is an obligation we should not and cannot take lightly. If the teaching of leadership comes with unique obligations for the instructor, it also begs similarly important questions about the nature and... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What It Takes to Restore Trust in Business
far. The American capital markets are a key element of the economic system, and "when they function well, they are a wonder of the world," he said. But the American capital markets require four View Details
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
approaches. This can explain why the Fed stopped basing monetary policy on the quality of new bank loans, why it stopped being willing to cause recessions to deal with inflation, and why it was temporarily... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 06 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 6
corporate environmental performance data and analysis to institutional investors and corporate managers but after operating for a decade had yet to achieve profitability. Trucost was struggling to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?
they sample only a few songs. One possibility is that the current patterns of file sharing reflect consumer preferences. Consumers do not know the quality of new music and sampling one or two songs is good... View Details
- 25 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Software Platforms Revolutionize Business
independent developers to build new features. The cell phone has become a lucrative platform for more than handset makers—also in on the party are makers of digital cameras, music services, and organizer software. Not only are existing... View Details
- 21 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Are We Thinking Too Little, or Too Much?
executive might get caught up in comparing the graphics capabilities and audio quality of various options, when in fact the only factors of importance to users are the size, weight, View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 22 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
Manager Visibility No Guarantee of Fixing Problems
Tucker notes that these systems have their place, as they provide the opportunity for workers to anonymously report safety violations being made by physicians and other health-care workers. But her research... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
The State of the Markets
scrutiny from various directions. "We foresee a world in which investors evaluate firms and exchanges in real time on their quality of execution. And as U.S. markets... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner