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  • 26 Jun 2000
  • Research & Ideas

What’s an Internet Business Model? Ask a Health Care Professional

"pretty limp," quality can only improve thanks to dramatic interest within the medical community in what the Internet can do. Panelist John D. Halamka, MD, of CareGroup Healthcare System, quipped that health care and the Internet are... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health
  • 18 Apr 2017
  • Blog Post

Why We Recruit: CRC Companies LLC

for the long-term. Our people see purpose beyond the built environment, creating value—and improving lives—through superior execution, innovative operations, and a passion for... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate
  • 25 Jan 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Why a Harvard Finance Instructor Went to the Kumbh Mela

I'm in a winter coat and hat in the January pre-dawn cold and dark, standing on sandbags on a riverbank in the middle of Uttar Pradesh, India. Pilgrims and the faithful and the respectful come to the river this morning by the hundreds,... View Details
Keywords: by John D. Macomber; Construction; Real Estate
  • 14 Aug 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018

would reduce Shift’s labor per transaction and thereby improve the venture’s unit economics and its scalability, Shift might risk undermining users’ trust by handing off responsibility for critical tasks.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Jul 2020
  • Blog Post

HBS Summer Fellows Respond to COVID-19

The HBS Summer Fellowship Program provides an opportunity for students to develop skills and knowledge while having significant responsibility and high impact. This summer, HBS is supporting a record 162 Social Enterprise Summer Fellows,... View Details
  • 16 Jul 2024
  • Blog Post

Driving Positive Impact on Community and Climate with Ben Schutzman (MBA 2016)

thinking about what I wanted from a career standpoint, I realized that I didn't want to be consulting for other businesses in the long run. I had a small business in college, and I knew that pursuing an MBA would help me develop stronger... View Details
  • 24 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 24, 2006

improving forecasts in corporate settings. We examine the implementation of a supply chain planning process at a consumer electronics company, concentrating on the consensus forecasting approach around which the process revolves. Our... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Dec 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Buy-In from Black Patients Suffers When Drug Trials Don’t Include Them

ask them whether a drug will “work in people like me.” Beyond the health and financial ramifications of overlooking large population segments, the research offers a call to action for drugmakers at a time when companies face pressure to... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis; Pharmaceutical; Health
  • 20 May 2008
  • First Look

First Look: May 20, 2008

manager who had invested in Friendly, entered into negotiations with Friendly for him to join the board of directors to help improve the management of the business. When these negotiations failed, Biglari... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • April 2017
  • Case

The Future of Patent Examination at the USPTO

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Tarun Khanna and Sarah Mehta
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is the federal government agency responsible for evaluating and granting patents and trademarks. In 2015, the USPTO employed approximately 8,000 patent examiners who granted nearly 300,000 patents to inventors. As of April... View Details
Keywords: Machine Learning; Telework; Collaborating With Unions; Human Resources; Recruitment; Retention; Intellectual Property; Copyright; Patents; Trademarks; Knowledge Sharing; Technology Adoption; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Productivity; Performance Improvement; District of Columbia
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  • 22 Nov 2022
  • Blog Post

Leading in Tough Times: HBS Faculty member Amy C. Edmondson on Psychological Safety

diversity and inclusion, but inclusion itself is more elusive. To be genuinely inclusive, the work environment must be psychologically safe for everyone—including people in historically marginalized or underrepresented groups.... View Details
  • 15 Aug 2024
  • Blog Post

Learning from Mistakes and Leveraging Personal Experiences: Tiffany Kent (MBA 2001)

As a portfolio advisor in Houston, I learned people value advice more than just stocks; they’re also looking for informed opinions on trusts and estates, financial planning, insurance, and more, each unique to their own situation. I... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 28 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 28

while more equal ones dislike competitive groups and do not necessarily respect them as competent. Unequal societies may need ambivalence for system stability: income inequality compensates groups with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • July 2024 (Revised October 2024)
  • Case

Knowledge Transfer: Toyota, NUMMI, and GM

By: Willy Shih
New United Motors Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) was a joint venture between Toyota and General Motors. It was an opportunity for GM to learn about the Toyota Production System, which was quite different from the mass production processes American automakers used at the... View Details
Keywords: Culture Change; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Joint Ventures; Transformation; Selection and Staffing; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Sharing; Labor Unions; Management Systems; Performance Improvement; Production; Labor and Management Relations; Auto Industry; Japan; United States
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  • 05 Feb 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 5

'institutions'. This feedback loop can be positive (with economic growth leading to improved institutions for inclusive growth) or negative (with economic growth leading to worse conditions View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Aug 2018
  • Blog Post

A Day in the Life as a ‘Spreadsheet Ranger’

Our project looks at how five nearby parks can better share resources (labor, equipment, training programs, etc.) to improve efficiency. During the last couple of weeks, we have been interviewing key staff members at the parks. It is time... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
  • 05 Sep 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Building Bridges Between Education and Business

study process to companies. Since most businesses in Latin America are unfamiliar with the concept and haven't been approached for study before, he said, they don't know what the process entails nor how it might benefit them. It is... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 29 Apr 2015
  • Blog Post

2+2: Challenging Conceptions of Business

seven semesters and pursue my core passion to improve cosmetic safety. Where did you work before coming to HBS?I spent the two years before HBS working for S.W. Basics, a truly all-natural skincare company... View Details
  • 27 Mar 2007
  • First Look

First Look: March 27, 2007

Japanese competition. In the second research stream, conducted with Wheelwright, Bruce Chew, Takahiro Fujimoto, Kent Bowen and Marco Iansiti, Clark made the case that product development could be managed in new ways that would lead to significant competitive advantage... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Oct 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

Sanginga had founded a youth “agripreneurs” program, which would train young university graduates on improved agricultural practices, food processing, and strategies for starting an agribusiness. Since its... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman