Standard Setting - Publications - Faculty & Research

September 2011 (Revised July 2012)
Case

Building Watson: Not So Elementary, My Dear!

This case is set inside IBM Research's efforts to build a computer that can successfully take on human challengers playing the game show Jeopardy! It opens with the machine named Watson offering the incorrect answer "Toronto" to a seemingly simple question during the... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Standards; Product Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Mathematical Methods; Research and Development; Information Technology

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11 Jul 2016
HBS Case

Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities

things. The prevalence of this kind of condition is actually quite high in our society, so it’s a real shame if we are not engaging those people.” NEURODIVERSITY IN PRACTICE Sonne and Specialisterne have helped several companies set up... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Technology

20 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: September 20

associated with risky lending in the corporate loan market by examining the performance of individual loans held by CLOs. We employ two different datasets that identify loan holdings for a large set of CLOs and find that adverse selection... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Apr 2023
News

Leading the Way

community," says Trujillo. "My parents never finished high school." Trujillo's mentor, Pete Garcia, a community leader who worked to empower poor families, set him on the path to success, and it was Garcia's reminders to "be a leader"... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

10 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The Little Understood Problem Confronting Diverse Workplaces

organizational leaders rely on their own experiences and established success standards to form expectations for these workers, resulting in them feeling discouraged and unable to fit in. The paper, Relational Reconciliation: Socializing... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

29 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism

process, in which diverse views are able to provide input with no one party able to receive a special voice. "As the chairman of Goldman Sachs or Citigroup or IBM, you have a substantial capacity to structure the rules of the game when it comes to accounting View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

activate the developer, and a standard fixing agent (hypo). Another set of rollers squeezed the negative-positive sandwich out of the camera, and a dry positive print was peeled away from the negative.... View Details

18 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

After the 'Crypto Crash,' What's Next for Digital Currencies?

Professor Scott Duke Kominers spoke to the Harvard Gazette about why the crypto market has plunged in value recent months and how a tide of upcoming international regulation could affect the market. The interview has been edited for clarity and length. Gazette: What... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Financial Services; Technology

31 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator

download count numbers, but we were able to see exactly who was doing this, and in what circumstances." In their research, Larkin and Edelman teamed up with the SSRN and set out to determine the factors that would make academics inflate... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

backlash from sectors exposed to increasing foreign competition. Here, too, pressure has been rising but so far there is "no significant intensification of trade or investment restrictions" (WTO/OECD/ UNCTAD, 2010). Another set... View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

27 Oct 2015
News

Sweet Success

to being good stewards of the land, they wanted to produce syrup that would set a new industry standard in quality and flavor. Turner began researching everything he could find about sugaring and found a... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

24 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti

Medical records at a healthcare clinic in Lascahobas, Haiti. Ryan McBain A few years ago, the Boston-based nonprofit health care organization Partners in Health (PIH) set out to quantify the cost of primary care for its... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

06 Jun 2005
What Do You Think?

Is a “Level Playing Field” a Good Thing?

a level playing field with big business that can spend millions, perhaps billions, to launch a new product or service." Others set forth reasons for inequities in international competition and how they might be rectified. Andy Forbis... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

work programs launched: CCC, PWA, WPA CIO union created NLRB created Fair Labor Standards Act sets minimum wage Influence: Low 40 1940 s 19 Rosie the Riveter Postwar strikes Productivity surge Government... View Details

12 Feb 2021
News

How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World

donut chain wars, details near-death takeover moments, and expounds on why a donut and a cup of coffee represent much more than a simple morning pick-me-up. READ MORE Hanna: Your book opens by setting the scene almost like an HBS case.... View Details

Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

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Rclone - Research Computing Services

Software Tools Rclone 4ms About rclone Many people use a web browser to transfer files between local and cloud storage. In comparison, Rclone is a robust command-line utility for synchronizing and transferring files to and from cloud storage. The command-line... View Details

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Globalization: The Strategy of Differences

extent. For a start, it's possible to apply different strategies to different elements of a business. CEMEX pursued a financial strategy of arbitraging capital cost differences even as it implemented a standardized operational strategy.... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

04 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping

rather than just those in countries like Denmark where it is already a priority. In fact, Maersk’s government affairs director expressed disappointment in the fact that shipping was not included in the Paris Climate Agreement, which he believed could have View Details

05 May 2011
What Do You Think?

How Ethical Can We Be?

happen," noting also that " it is a heck of a job to keep staying aware " Vasudev Das suggests that words of Krishna are appropriate here, to wit: "whatever action a great man performs, common men follow; and whatever View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

16 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow

organization and, even more importantly, a stronger ability to deliver on the mission. What Networks Are And How They Work Trust forms the core of a network, she said. Among academic researchers, the word network refers to a set of actors... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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