Human Factors - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Delivering Solutions During a Crisis: an Interview with Hans Kristian Furuseth

learn more about leadership, managing human capital, and strategy to complement my analytical background,” Furuseth notes. “While at HBS I took as many courses as I could on leadership and organizational behavior.” Another key View Details

16 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?

finding homes for dogs and vice versa. The Wagaroo website describes the company as “a team of fun humans with years of dog experience and a desire to create a healthier, happier marketplace for matching dogs and people.” “We can help... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

08 Jan 2007
What Do You Think?

Neuro Economics: Science or Science Fiction?

made on the right side or the left side of the brain. But this will never lead to deciding by a mechanical means, nor in predicting a decision outcome." There was even concern expressed about the efficacy of MRI-based research on View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Feb 2001
News

Books

world. Kanter believes that attaining this higher level requires "deep systemic change ...and a deeper emphasis on human skills that build meaningful community out of mere connections." Based on a landmark project with rare on-site... View Details

Keywords: books; research; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

09 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices

schedules, and other factors in an era when computers were helpful but not critical to pricing strategy. The result: A price change was more an annual or semiannual event. But these days, when companies can analyze consumer data and use... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail

29 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Leni Peterson R. (MS/MBA 2023): Solving Big Problems Through Entrepreneurship

Who are you & what are you building? I am Leni Peterson R. (MS/MBA 2023), CEO and cofounder of Celeste. My background is in Mechanical Engineering and Human Centered Design, product leadership, and innovation consulting. I am... View Details

25 Feb 2020
News

Q&A: William Kerr and Joseph Fuller

American employees, firms, and the broader economy. Related to this, the big factor in work that’s going to be a management and policy challenge other than technology is the changing demographics of the workforce in almost all of the... View Details

11 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Shrinking the Racial Wealth Gap, One Mortgage at a Time

Hiring more minority loan officers could help people of color secure significantly more home loans and address one of the biggest factors driving the racial wealth gap, new research finds. In the white-dominated US banking industry,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

09 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off

Corporations have responded to society's plea to provide innovative solutions to deep-seated problems of human misery. Organization and management scholarship can play an important role in understanding and guiding this corporate action.... View Details

Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh

08 Dec 2008
Research & Ideas

Thinking Twice About Supply-Chain Layoffs

availability, having the right product in the right place at the right time with the right label and of course with the right price may be what really drives customer satisfaction." Another significant factor was an emphasis on minimizing... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

30 Apr 2021
News

Revealing the Rules

Consulting Group, Ng wrote The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career off Right as a guide for early career professionals—and particularly to help level the playing field for the outsiders. But it’s equally important, he says, for leaders to better understand... View Details

20 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 20

either system can lead to the subversion of expected relationships in the other. This book rejects the simple equation of capitalism with markets or with trade, in favor of a three-level system that embraces factor markets as well those... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2012
News

Bringing ‘Global’ Back Home

and accurate commercial data (to facilitate business forecasting, for example), and a skilled workforce with seasoned supervisors. “That mix of factors does not come standard with every country,” Fields notes. As for government’s role in... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

04 Sep 2019
News

Deep Dive

LF. Depth 1-0-9er-2-8 meters,” Vescovo reported, about three-and-a-half hours after he slipped beneath the waves on the morning of April 28. Through the small windows of the submersible, he could see a cloud of tawny silt erupt as the Limiting View Details

Keywords: April White; photo by Jeff Wilson; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Apr 2002
News

Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms

of the factors that drive success in an industry that attracts 65 percent of MBA graduates from leading business schools — many of whom eventually leave to run organizations of their own. With revenues approaching a trillion dollars,... View Details

Keywords: professional service firms; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

28 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Harness Auction Fever

Internet Auctions" currently in press in the journal Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. Malhotra says the research carries lessons for business people who bid on everything from services to new employees.... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Web Services; Technology

14 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

New Agenda for Corporate Accountability Reporting

to its control. 3. A sound system of accountability has to compare benefits with costs over time. This is especially true when corporate activities concern factors where the output of actions is not felt until well into the future.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting; Energy; Utilities

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Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Job (MDD) - Course Catalog

context broadly. The principal focus is on the context surrounding the human group involved. We examine cognitive, interpersonal, and organizational factors that thwart effective decision making and... View Details

06 May 2015
What Do You Think?

Are You Ready for Personalized Predictive Analytics?

factors will be mitigated (by) leaders who are short on ethics and morality ." Others, most of whom assumed that the technologies would successfully be applied, were less sanguine about the results, expanding on Levine's concerns.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

10 Mar 2011
What Do You Think?

To What Degree Does the Job Make the Person?

the job incumbent." As Phil Clark put it, "This is similar to the 'chicken or the egg' type of discussion." Don Robertson reminded us that "it is clear that many factors come into play when you start to analyze View Details