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- 20 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
Having No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle
decades of social history, where enjoyment of nonproductive leisure time was seen as a mark of a successful life. The ability to fritter away your hours was considered the apex of success as evidenced in... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 16 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Simple Economics of Open Source
Incentive But the real advantage of open source, Lerner and Tirole discovered, is in the delayed or signaling incentives, where the visibility of the programmer's contribution counts most. Open source projects measure individual... View Details
- 16 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
Taking on the Taboos That Keep Women Out of India's Workforce
wages scored 0.16 standard deviation units higher on an index of labor market engagement. Rates were even higher at 0.21 units for socially constrained women with husbands who subscribed to social norms against women working. After three years, empowerment scores (a... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
and civil aviation authorities might undertake over time horizons of months to years as well as tactical measures that may be adopted on a daily basis in response to dynamic, "real time" developments like poor weather or... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers
when they have not succeeded, they have the right to expect that they will be involved in creating a solution that makes success more likely on the next try. People who cannot subscribe to these ideas—neither in their words nor in their... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
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retire but also felt a commitment to the communities that their outlets served and hoped to preserve these assets. Like so many owner-publishers around the country, the Healeys found few options: “It’s just very difficult to assemble the financing, and that need for... View Details
- 07 Nov 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson--Managing Manchester United
case and how did it come together? Anita Elberse: I am particularly fascinated by companies and people in entertainment, media, and sports that have very strong track records over a long period of time. Sir Alex Ferguson is a manager who has been extraordinarily View Details
- 06 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
The Business of Medicine: MD/MBA Students Having an Impact
school in Mission Hill, a neighboring community. That idea became the Mission Crimson program, now heading into its fourth year. Although some measure success in terms of accolades, program tutors View Details
- 23 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Overcoming Nervous Nelly
others said, "I am anxious" or "I am calm." That simple reframing device dramatically changed the outcome of their performances. Measured by voice recognition software that rated pitch, volume, and rhythm, the "I... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- Web
Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Inference Tasks: A Random Forest Approach to the Measurement Error Problem" with Mochen Yang, Gordon Burtch, and Gediminas Adomavicius. Antonio Moreno : Finalist for the 2018 Ralph Gomory Best Industry Studies Paper Award from the... View Details
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
healthcare—i.e., patient-centered outcomes achieved per healthcare dollar spent—can define quality and unify performance improvement goals with health outcomes of importance to patients across the entire cycle of care. We describe the process through which value-based... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Most Accountants Aren’t Crooks—Why Good Audits Go Bad
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, signed into law last July, is the government's response to a series of financial reporting scandals that rocked investors. Among other measures the law offers up stiff criminal penalties for accounting... View Details
- 03 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2010
Skills: Successful Negotiation Can you out-negotiate Wal-Mart? Can women overcome gender stereotypes to win equitable pay? Recent research from Harvard Business School looks at important factors to consider before sitting down at the... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Advisory Boards Help HBS Assess and Attain Its Goals
an important set of eyes and ears to our external constituency." Their ideas and perspectives "help us think about the direction the School should take in a very complex and ever-changing social and economic environment." Through these insights, HBS gains a better... View Details
- 24 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach
on the boards that approved these strategies. For example, about two-thirds of acquisitions fail to break even. Because acquisitions require board approval, they are a clear measure of board decision-making. The fact that so many... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu
- 24 Feb 2022
- Op-Ed
Want to Prevent the Next Hospital Bed Crisis? Enlist the SEC
responsibilities—engender the required transparency? In contrast to approaches that rely on HHS, our recommendation for building hospital capacity uses the power of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which for nearly a century has been widely emulated for... View Details
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Attract additional Black talent to all parts of the HBS community. - Advancing Racial Equity
mentoring young scholars, hiring and promoting junior faculty, influencing HBS’s academic and strategic choices, and shaping and fostering our culture. To diversify our tenured ranks, we commit to investing deeply in the success of our... View Details
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
and how are grades assigned? For information on learning requirements and grading for HBS Online courses, visit our Policies Page . What do I receive upon completion of the course? Upon successful completion of an HBS Online program,... View Details
- 12 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
In a Landscape of 'Me Too' Drug Development, What Spurs Radical Innovation?
was invented as a treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia, and by the study’s measures was quite a novel drug. Novartis shares jumped almost 7 percent the day Gleevec was approved by the FDA. The drug proved effective and became a... View Details
- 04 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 4
consumers to reduce their energy usage. OPOWER was co-founded in 2008 by two young Harvard graduates, Dan Yates and Alex Laskey, who were inspired by Robert Cialdini's behavioral science research showing that people's normative beliefs-and messaging tailored to those... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne