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21 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Are We Thinking Too Little, or Too Much?

they were the fresh popcorn, strictly out of habit. Lately, Norton has been studying the brain chemistry of decision makers, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in order to determine the neural signatures of decisions based... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2009
News

An Excerpt from The Innovator’s Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care

“The current health-care system generally is modular. Specialized companies operate hospitals, process paperwork, negotiate blanket service contracts, and manage outpatient and retail clinics. Most doctors’ offices are set up as... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2017
News

Streamlining the Supermarket

order-fulfillment process at Amazon, which acquired the company for $775 million in 2012. Aguerrevere, who had founded a small-format grocery store chain in his native Venezuela, discussed the talk with Max Pedró (MBA 2002), his close... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

26 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

How Electronic Patient Records Can Slow Doctor Productivity

that you might be changing existing communication patterns among staff” One likely reason for the decline: processing electronic records can change the way staff members communicate with one another, clogging up what had been a well-oiled... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

23 Oct 2019
News

Hands-on Simulations Complement the Case Method

Cooper. “It helped me see the value of getting direct input from those on the line in order to put successful process improvements into effect.” First-year MBA students currently participate in eight... View Details

Keywords: Educational Innovation

29 Jul 2021
News

A Clean Start

photosynthesis, has figured out how to convert carbon dioxide and water into all types of things, from wood and fibers to fruits and grains,” he says. It’s a process that’s worked for 3.5 billion years. “We need to look at CO2 as a... View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

The Creativity Maze

To understand the differences between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation, imagine a business problem as a maze. One person might be motivated to make it through the maze as quickly and safely as possible in order to get a tangible reward,... View Details

Keywords: by Teresa Amabile

01 Apr 2001
News

HBS Press Books in Brief

Performance, by Brian Becker, Mark Huselid, and Dave Ulrich, is an ongoing study of nearly three thousand firms that describes a seven-step process for embedding HR systems within the firm’s overall strategy — what the authors call an HR... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Telecommunications; Information; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Oct 2000
News

Rationale for Non-Rationality: Why We Make Bad Choices

brain called the amygdala. This area processes sensory stimulation before it reaches the conscious part of the brain. If the amygdala perceives a threat, it boosts the production of adrenaline, increasing the heart rate and creating other... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA '88)

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Building Competitive Advantage Through Operations

Professor David M. Upton is the faculty chair of BCAO. He spoke with an Executive Education staff member about the course.EE: How do you define the term "operations"? Upton: "Operations" constitutes all of the activities that a firm conducts in... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

16 Jul 2021
Op-Ed

For Entrepreneurs, the Benefits of Slowing Down

historically putting off building a robust platform in order to meet short-term customer needs), process debt (taking shortcuts for the sake of expediency to get things done without stopping to make core... View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang

01 Apr 1999
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

scheduled for Berlin, Germany, June 13-16, 2000 - as well as the conference in 2001, slated for Cleveland, Ohio. In order to give subsequent conference hosts enough time to plan, the committee has begun the View Details

Profile

Chris Wilson-Byrne

the course cases and in his relationships with section mates, is how the way one presents an idea can be as important as the idea itself. "In order to make things work," he says, "you have to consciously come up with a... View Details

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1.4.1 HBS Learning Model | MBA

interaction. These values apply both in educational and extracurricular activities. The HBS MBA Program educates leaders through a process of active participation and shared learning. Its goal is to create an environment in which students... View Details

01 Dec 1996
News

New Releases

United States in order to identify key factors for successful collaboration. Three of the consortia in Corey's study - Texas-based SEMATECH and Microelectron-ics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC) and Semiconductor Research... View Details

16 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation

Land Rover, for instance, while the Universal Serial Bus (USB) helps standardize the connection of countless computer peripherals. Intellectual property owners often strive to have their patents included in these standards, such that in View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Legal Services

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Rapid Response: Inside the Retailing Revolution

advance of a selling season," write Hammond and her coauthors. "Now firms receive periodic ongoing orders based on actual consumer expenditures. Lean retailing allows department stores, mass merchandisers, and other retail outlets to... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Consumer Products; Manufacturing; Retail

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1.12 Clearance for Return | MBA

circumstances, such consultation may be initiated either by HBS or by clinicians at HUHS. Notice that a student has been hospitalized or treated in an emergency department of an area hospital may prompt HBS to begin a process of... View Details

30 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2013

litigations on firm strategy. Increased Speed Equals Increased Wait: The Impact of a Reduction in Emergency Department Ultrasound Order Processing Time This study of ultrasound test View Details