Routine - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Jun 2017
Blog Post

MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences – A Q&A with Professor Robert Howe

faculty are instinctively outward facing. Engineers and applied scientists at SEAS routinely collaborate with researchers from other parts of Harvard across myriad disciplines. HBS also has a distinctive position, compared to other... View Details

05 Aug 2015
News

Mobilizing the Public to Fight Bribery

government operates. These insights led Motte-Munoz and his co-founder, Happy Feraren, to focus initially on the little, routine corruption that comes along with accessing basic government services, since that has the most direct impact... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Jun 2000
News

Debbie Cohen Scales Her Mountain

distant, how to maintain a routine and avoid depression, and how to involve others in the recovery process. The easy-to-read advice Cohen presents comes from her own experience with the disease and from conversations with other patients,... View Details

Keywords: Morgan Baker

01 Dec 2002
News

Hong Kong Club Thrives, Plans Next Global Alumni Conference

of 1997, we are racing ahead,” says Teo. As a leader of HBSA-HK, Teo runs one of the most popular events on the club's calendar: the Distinguished Speakers' Forum (DSF). The DSF hosts prominent leaders who are so sought-after that Teo and his colleagues are View Details

11 Jun 2014
News

The First Five Years: Brittani Rettig (MBA 2010)

insane amount of energy. To ensure that I can handle everything on my plate, I have developed a routine of prioritizing what really needs to get done. Another similarity between these jobs is that they both are in the spirit of... View Details

Keywords: fitness; wellness; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

Readers Ask: I Need Tips for Working at Home

and find a routine that works for you, so that you can get stuff done even when you have kids around and life is not normal. Do you think companies will stick with remote work post-pandemic? Choudhury: Companies might be tempted to go... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

12 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

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

Black patients and their doctors may be more open to new medications if drug trials included more Black people, new research shows. Currently, Black Americans represent just 5 percent of drug trial participants. Nearly three-quarters of doctors surveyed in a new study... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis; Pharmaceutical; Health

05 Jan 2017
Blog Post

Crossing the River: The HBS/HKS Joint Degree Program

I often felt like my routine crossing the river symbolized efforts to bridge the gap between the distinct social, cultural, and intellectual communities. While I initially sought to resolve these contrasting worldviews, I now appreciate... View Details

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Responsibilities and Acceptable Use - Research Computing Services

Ensure that you routinely monitor your interactive and batch jobs , so that you can terminate them if they stall or become idle. Remember that resources 'in use' are not available to anyone else. Please do scaling tests if planning large... View Details

06 Aug 2018
Research & Ideas

Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels

something into mechanisms within that machine that allow the process to become routine and repeatable. Let’s use an example. Many of us have seen glassblowers who manipulate a glowing hot lump of molten glass and shape it into a bottle or... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing; Electronics

25 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

An Organization Your Customers Understand

constituents, managers must choose their primary customer—and organize accordingly. A constituent is a person or group that receives utility from the value creation process of the organization and transacts routinely with the organization... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

01 Jun 2024
News

Decoding the Promise and Perils of Generative AI

ChatGPT burst into the public consciousness on November 30, 2022. Within two months, the generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) software, which leverages a large language model (LLM) to produce human-like, text-based conversations, had reached an estimated 100... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2015
News

Ink

experiences, situations, and learning will keep us more mentally sharp and physically fit than a routine without these. Wendy and I wanted to work hard for a cause, but we also wanted to take advantage of our situation and take in all... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Apple; Microsoft; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

03 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The State of Customer Service Leadership

and desires of customers, employees, and investors sets them apart from the bulk of competitors that routinely emphasize one constituency to the detriment of others. Aisner: What are some of the skills that great service leaders must... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Retail

09 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Excerpt: ’Fortune Tellers’

effort they enjoyed wide institutional backing. Courts of law routinely supported those who made predictions based on dispassionate scientific rules rather than those who, say, enlisted the help of the stars. Many U.S. jurisdictions... View Details

Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman

11 Jun 2020
In Practice

Are Digital Organizations Better at Overcoming COVID?

strain. They had a robust configuration that enabled new purposes, new software deployments, and new coordinated routines across teams. The best can use this as an opportunity to experiment and learn where technology can deliver service... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

19 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web

business together and so are willing to invest resources in building a highly functional link, especially one that allows their information systems to interact on routine tasks without human intervention. This intervention is costly and... View Details

Keywords: by Andrew McAfee

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1.16 Student Educational Records | MBA

not offer a FERPA waiver form or parental release form for access to student information. Education Records Harvard Business School routinely maintains records for its students that describe and document their work and progress. These... View Details

27 Oct 2020
News

HBS Votes

important or patriotic act than voting,” said Palandjian, Chairman and CEO of Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation, in a press release announcing the initiative. “I’ve always been troubled by routine low turnout in U.S. elections and... View Details

01 Mar 2011
News

Alumni Books

goods across borders but in ways that maximize economic benefits for all. Sexy Women Eat: Secrets to Eating What You Want and Still Looking Fabulous by Divya Gugnani (MBA '04) (Harper) Forget about dieting; just eat! Gugnani shows how making small changes in one's... View Details

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