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24 Mar 2023
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Answering Your Questions About the 2+2 Program

either test. We hope that all applicants will recognize the following: the full range of GMAT/GRE scores is very broad, that there is no minimum score requirement, and that the GMAT/GRE is just one piece of View Details

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learning algorithms to analyze thermal images and detect tumors. Its patented solution leveraged big data analytics, AI, and ML for reliable, early, View Details

17 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Blue Skies, Distractions Arise: How Weather Affects Productivity

applications—a process comprising about 600,000 individual data-entry tasks. The research team matched that data to meteorological data in Tokyo during that period. (Tokyo is a city that sees its share of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Effect of Different Financial Incentive Structures on Promoting Physical Activity Among Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial

By: Chethan Bachireddy, Andrew Joung, Leslie K. John, Francesca Gino, Bradford Tuckfield, Luca Foschini and Katherine L. Milkman

Importance: Few adults engage in recommended levels of physical activity. Financial incentives can promote physical activity, but little is known about how their structure influences their effectiveness; for example, whether incentives are more effective if they are... View Details

Keywords: Physical Activity; Financial Incentives; Motivation and Incentives; Money

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01 Dec 2023
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Thinking Ahead

As we wind down 2023, there’s talk everywhere of generative AI and how it will fundamentally alter the world as we know it; but how does that translate for your corner of the business world? Is TikTok something you need to take seriously? (Is it time to dance?) We... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustrations by Chris Gash; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

Research Summary

Automotive Product Development

At present, my primary research focus is studying product development in the auto industry. I am working with Stefan Thomke (HBS) and Takahiro Fujimoto (University of Tokyo) on the 4th Round of the Global Automotive Development Study. The first round of this... View Details

23 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

8 Strategies to Sustain Business Innovation

much information. Netflix is one of his favorite examples of selective data use. The company’s data suggested that the science fiction series Stranger Things, a drama set in... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

18 Apr 2023
Research & Ideas

The Best Person to Lead Your Company Doesn't Work There—Yet

details, including a top executive’s stake in the firm. So, the researchers turned to Pitchbook, a company that tracks buyout data for private companies. They added specific CEO data from Capital IQ,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

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management. Services include fact checking, literature reviews, data source consultation and purchasing as well as data manipulation and... View Details

15 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Five Imperatives for Improving Health Care

to be reimbursed very well by insurance companies, and they've set themselves up to do a lot of those particular procedures? "Those are two different scenarios, and we'd... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

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Stock prices: current & historical

desired frequency and time period. You can download this data into Excel. Another option is to choose Chart under Price & Charts. Expand the filter to the left of where it says ‘Templates’ to... View Details

13 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

The Color of Private Equity: Quantifying the Bias Black Investors Face

groups by combining information from data analytic firms like Burgiss and PitchBook with SEC filings and research from public sources like LinkedIn, news articles, commercial... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds; Financial Services

02 Jan 2024
What Do You Think?

Do Boomerang CEOs Get a Bad Rap?

who opposed Iger’s reappointment, along with the most-often cited research investigators on the topic, say no. Those who support the notion of bringing back a formerly successful CEO cite the need for someone who understands the business, the problem, View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

23 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

The Strategy-Focused Organization

weather that depressed sales of natural gas and home heating oil. As you know, this is also the first quarter we are operating with the Balanced Scorecard, so I can see performance across a broader set of... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

29 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

Is There a Method to Musk’s Madness on Twitter?

lost critical people in the background who make this whole thing work. Gazette: Twitter has been under a consent decree for over a decade over data privacy and security violations. Back in May, the company... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Technology

18 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

It’s Not Nagging: Why Persistent, Redundant Communication Works

industries (computing, telecommunications, and health care) by shadowing them at their jobs. The team recorded every activity in the managers' workday, collecting a total of 256 hours' worth of observations. "As we analyzed View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

14 Jan 2014
First Look

First Look: January 14

students' self-assessment and to the instructor's assessment of class participation performance, based on five years of data (n=7,025) across ten sections. The article demonstrates that crowdsourced... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Business Press). He has authored more than 30 cases on topics ranging from Data Science at Target to Nippon Steel. Datar has taught MBA and executive education classes in design thinking, innovation, big... View Details

20 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Blind Spots: We’re Not as Ethical as We Think

interest to remain, the leaders are responsible for the boundedly unethical actions that follow. Q: How do you become aware of your blind spots? A: By looking at the data. If you firmly believe that you want to give women and minorities... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

02 Aug 2012
Working Paper Summaries

The Rich Get Richer: Enabling Conditions for Knowledge Use in Organizational Work Teams

Keywords: by Melissa A. Valentine, Bradley R. Staats & Amy C. Edmondson

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