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  • June 2020
  • Article

How Scheduling Can Bias Quality Assessment: Evidence from Food Safety Inspections

By: Maria Ibanez and Michael W. Toffel
Accuracy and consistency are critical for inspections to be an effective, fair, and useful tool for assessing risks, quality, and suppliers—and for making decisions based on those assessments. We examine how inspector schedules could introduce bias that erodes... View Details
Keywords: Assessment; Bias; Inspection; Scheduling; Econometric Analysis; Empirical Research; Regulation; Health; Food; Safety; Quality; Performance Consistency; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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    Suresh Krishna

    Keywords: Metal products
    • 28 Nov 2018
    • HBS Seminar

    Jon Jachimowicz, Columbia University

    • 16 Jan 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?

    it's been able to develop tractable models with strong predictive capacity; in other words, it simplifies the complex phenomena of human decision-making, interaction, and exchange into its barest form and... View Details
    Keywords: by Ann Cullen
    • Web

    Finance - Faculty & Research

    produces research addressing issues of present and future importance to managers, regulators, and policy-makers. Finance Unit Our intellectual roots are based in a long line of... View Details
    • 26 Mar 2018
    • Research & Ideas

    To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty)

    says. “Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you’re fired.” This might seem an extreme way to motivate employees (and, of course, fails spectacularly in the... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing
    • Web

    Leverage LinkedIn - Alumni

    putting your best foot forward. Importance of Social Networks Social networks have given us the ability to connect with almost anyone in the blink View Details
    • Web

    All Locations - Recruiting

    East & North Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Career Data Internship Data View: Class of 2023 Class of 2023 Class of 2022 Class of 2021 Class View Details
    • Web

    FAQs - Doctoral

    Selection will be based on applicant responses to the essay questions and comments in the recommendation letter that the applicant is strongly... View Details
    • August 2017
    • Article

    Relationship Between Labor and Delivery Unit Management Practices and Maternal Outcomes

    By: Avery C. Plough, Grace Galwin, Zhonghe Li, Stuart R. Lipsitz, Shehnaz Alidina, Natalie J. Henrich, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, William R. Berry, Atul A. Gawande, Doris Peter, Rory McDonald, Donna L. Caldwell, Janet H. Muri, Debra Bingham, Aaron B. Caughey, Eugene R. Declercq and Neel T. Shah
    OBJECTIVE: To define, measure, and characterize key competencies of managing labor and delivery units in the United States and assess the associations between unit management and maternal outcomes. METHODS: We developed and administered a management measurement... View Details
    Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Management Practices and Processes; Performance Evaluation; Outcome or Result; United States
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    • 25 Jan 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    When Negotiating a Price, Never Bid with a Round Number

    public US-based companies between 1985 and 2012, looking at the price-per-share number of each offer. Based on what they already knew about the... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

      Rosario Bazán

      Keywords: Canning, Agriculture
      • 14 Feb 2019
      • Blog Post

      LOVE At HBS

      Love at HBS is a celebration of the diverse expressions of love that exist on our campus and in the world around us. This portrait project... View Details
      • Research Summary

      The Value of Family Ownership, Control, and Management

      In collaboration with Professor Raphael Amit of Wharton, Belén Villalonga is investigating how family ownership, control, and management affect firm value. Their forthcoming Journal of Financial... View Details

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      Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

      and unfunded firms. Because randomization of the sample was not feasible, we address endogeneity around selection bias using a sample of qualitatively similar firms View Details
      • 30 Nov 2022
      • Research & Ideas

      Recruiters: Highlight Your Company’s Diversity, Not Just Perks and Pay

      received an additional piece of information: a numerical ranking of the company’s workforce diversity. Zippia calculated a company’s “diversity score,” ranging from 1 to 10,... View Details
      Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
      • 2012
      • Case

      ChemChina

      By: F. Warren McFarlan, Donghong Li, Lei Li and Hong Zhang
      ChemChina is China's largest basic chemical manufacturing firm. It was included in Fortune Global 500 in 2011 and 2012, ranked No. 475 and 402. Its sales revenue in 2011 was 179 billion yuan, and profit was 600 million yuan. The year-end total assets were 254.2 billion... View Details
      Keywords: Reorganization; Strategy; China; China
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      Loan Reduction - Entrepreneurship

      service-based for-profit venture. The program is competitive and offers one-time loan reduction awards of up to $20,000 to a limited number of graduating students who are... View Details
      • 06 Oct 2010
      • Research & Ideas

      John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea

      achieved if an audience feels uneasy with those presenting a proposal. Without even saying the words, a question is raised about whether you are smart enough to have done careful homework on a problem, or visionary enough to see better... View Details
      Keywords: by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead
      • 28 May 2019
      • Research & Ideas

      Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets

      You need checks and balances. The trust we have in our system—we shouldn’t weaken it. That actually will end up hurting us. About the Author Martha Lagace is a writer based in... View Details
      Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Accounting