Protocol - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 May 2009
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First Look: May 19, 2009

structured approach to managing the quality of clinical care. This case describes Intermountain's system for improving clinical performance that makes use of the organization's extensive set of standardized clinical protocols and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009

system is nearing exhaustion. Existing protocols allow only a finite set of computer numbers ("IP addresses"), and central authorities will soon deplete their supply. I evaluate a series of possible responses to this shortage:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2009
News

E Ink’s Wild Ride

necessary rigor and protocol to E Ink’s manufacturing efforts. And a new commitment to employee training resulted in E Ink University, an effort subsidized by a Massachusetts state grant that offered courses in Six Sigma, lean... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; e-books; e-reading; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

16 Sep 2015
News

Built for Speed

doors, the meeting was a bit looser than standard protocol dictated. “So, Rogers, what are you going to do after this deployment?” asked the general. “You know, sir, I think I’m going to take a different job.” Rogers’s route to the... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

10 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017

effective therapies more quickly. By mid-2017, Alexander and his colleagues had completed a master protocol for the trial. But now the research team faced several design and operational challenges as they prepared for the trial’s launch.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Mar 2020
News

Green Light

shipping containers—necessitates a white cap and a lab coat. The units feature a double-door protocol that requires the exterior door to be closed before a second internal door can be opened. In the far corner of the building, a... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Scott Nobles

March 2022 (Revised November 2022)
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When Should CEOs Speak Out Publicly? The 2021 Georgia Voting Law

By: William W. George, Hubert Joly and Amram Migdal

This case describes the March 2021 passage of a voting and elections law in the U.S. state of Georgia and reactions by corporations and corporate leaders to the law. Included are a brief history of voting rights in the United States and Georgia and an overview of the... View Details

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Educators

September 2021 (Revised November 2022)
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Community Solutions

By: Brian Trelstad and Tom Quinn

Community Solutions was an anti-homelessness nonprofit founded in 2011 after protagonist Rosanne Haggerty grew frustrated with the limited impact of traditional housing and outreach strategies. It set an ambitious goal, reached in some partner communities, of ending... View Details

Keywords: Change; Change Management; Disruption; Transformation; Communication; Communication Strategy; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Social Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Capital Budgeting; Capital Markets; Country; Government Administration; Government Legislation; Housing; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Knowledge Sharing; Leading Change; Resource Allocation; Mission and Purpose; Performance Evaluation; Performance Improvement; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Opportunities; Social Enterprise; Nonprofit Organizations; Human Needs; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Societal Protocols; Poverty; Welfare; Well-being; System; Equality and Inequality; Consulting Industry; Real Estate Industry; United States; New York (city, NY); Florida; Texas

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Educators

Purchase

04 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 4

suggest that highlighting the impact of prosocial spending can increase the emotional rewards of giving. Publisher's link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167268113000176 2006 ABA Business Law Today Guidance from ARIN on Legal Aspects of the Transfer... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009

Addresses and What to Do About It Author:Benjamin Edelman Abstract The Internet's current numbering system is nearing exhaustion. Existing protocols allow only a finite set of computer numbers ("IP addresses"), and central... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019

enrolled at centers with biometric monitoring are 25% less likely to interrupt their treatment than those at regular centers—an improvement driven by increased attendance and efforts by health workers and greater protocol adherence by... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1

he can advance a plan to earn revenue from carbon credits allocated under the Kyoto Protocol to China for use of Arcadia's rice, since reduced nitrogen fertilizer use will lower greenhouse gas emissions. The case provides context on the... View Details

09 Sep 2016
News

MaiTai Global and Kiteboarding

those words with ones and zeros. Drop them in a phone line. And it knew to go from one phone number to another phone number. That got replaced by words on a digital page, that went through the internet protocol and it would go from one... View Details

30 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Market Makers Bid for Success

understand all the communications protocols and the way everything fit together. There was a time when that became less important in the whole server era, but now it's happening with the Web. In order to get performance out of the Web,... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Web Services; Technology

08 May 2007
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First Look: May 8, 2007

and business problem. Design of market-based systems to reduce carbon emissions has proven difficult. More broadly, national attempts to comply with the provisions of the Kyoto Protocol present both governments and firms with significant... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Apr 2000
News

Getting the Message

believes it won't be long before new technologies delivered over Internet Protocol (IP) networks will provide the ability "to have the full integration of rich broadband advertising content, communication services, and entertainment all... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

11 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 11

individuals from low employment districts to regions with better employment opportunities. We exploit a natural experiment within an Indian technology firm where the pre-existence of a computer generated talent allocation protocol allows... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2016
News

How Do We Win the Cyberwar?

by fast-moving defenders, they fly down the hall, laptops in hand, breathlessly announcing breaches. Settle down, Thomas tells them. We have protocols for these things. Breaches happen. “That’s been the biggest change in security over the... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai

12 Jul 2021
News

Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

test protocol (who gets tested, how often, etc.), to physician ordering/sample taking, to executing the COVID test, to support for contact tracing. They also have teams of scientists working on technologies that could reduce testing costs... View Details

September 2019 (Revised September 2019)
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Facebook Fake News in the Post-Truth World

By: John R. Wells, Carole A. Winkler and Benjamin Weinstock

In August 2019, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, was surrounded by controversy. The first major storm of protest followed the surprise election of Donald Trump as President of the United States on November 8, 2016; many put the blame at the door of fake... View Details