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- 24 May 2017
- News
David G. Bradley, MBA 1977
“The irony was that the thing ruining journalism—the Internet— came to our rescue,” says Bradley, who built an online presence that was profitable and complemented the print version, without sacrificing the quality and relevance that... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 18 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Learning in Action
was charged with learning from these experiences as well. Today, CALL observation teams are among the first troops on the ground in any Army operation. They collect on-the-spot information about new practices and techniques, identify... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
- 15 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 15, 2016
presidential and parliamentary elections shows that voter registration requirements have significant effects on turnout, disproportionately discouraging marginalized citizens. We assigned 20,500 apartments to one control or six treatment groups that received canvassing... View Details
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Strategy for Health Care Delivery - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
delivery, and patient value: Access a network of health care institutions and facilities to enhance quality and coordination of care Leverage partnerships and implement outcome measurement strategies to improve care for complicated... View Details
- 29 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Delving Deeper into Development with the MBA/MPA-ID Program – a Q+A with Zainab Raji (MBA/MPA-ID 2022)
attend college at Emory University in Atlanta, GA, and I enjoyed the mix of the liberal arts, inquiry-based learning, and specialized accounting & information systems instruction. What were you doing before grad school and what led... View Details
- 25 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
What CEOs Do, and How They Can Do it Better
do," says Harvard Business School professor Raffaella Sadun. "Most of the time it's difficult to codify the qualities of a good manager." “We went in with the curiosity of trying to understand the life of a CEO” Despite... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 10 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
COVID-19 Lessons: Social Media Can Nudge More People to Get Vaccinated
broader social impact of their products and platforms,” says Luca. In his years at HBS, Luca has focused his research on, among other things, ways to tackle discrimination in online platforms, coming up with a series of recommendations for Airbnb; helping to improve... View Details
- 23 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Learning Curve: The Brother-and-Sister Team Behind a New Edtech Nonprofit
Indian nonprofit devoted to supporting the millions of low-income women who toil in the country’s informal economy. Serving young people and working mothers, brother and sister each came to believe that intervening at the preschool and... View Details
- 31 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
Can a ‘Basic Bundle’ of Health Insurance Cure Coverage Gaps and Spur Innovation?
and Active Labor Act of 1986 requires all emergency departments to address critical health needs regardless of the patient’s ability to pay. This informal coverage, the researchers write, is “disorganized, stressful, low quality, and... View Details
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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Outstanding Service to the HBS Community. 2020 Rebecca A. Karp : “Gaining Organizational Adoption: Discovering New Uses for Existing Innovations” was selected for publication in the 2020 Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. Rebecca A. Karp : Finalist for the... View Details
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Hedge Funds
developing problem. Yet years later the quality of the information available to the government to avoid even larger crises has not improved at all, although the number of hedge funds and their significance... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
head to this day,” he says. “As an entrepreneur, leadership is the most important quality to have—you need it to attract the right people and get the optimum performance beyond any employee numbers or resources you control. And the case... View Details
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Benchmarks Don’t Work
counterproductive. Companies should save the benchmarking surveys for commoditized processes or services. Benchmarking became popular several decades ago as part of the total quality management movement. An IBM executive defined it as... View Details
- 11 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #17: Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023), Founder & CEO of Celeste
aggregate information or map out where and how water is impacting a company’s supply chain.” Leni and Taryn see multiple entrepreneurial opportunities in the water space, among them: “assessing water risks and water quality, nature-based... View Details
- 27 May 2015
- Blog Post
What is an HBS Section?
The stakes are much higher when you have class with the same people 2 to 3 times a day, 5 days a week. Section really makes you invested in the learning of your classmates. Coming unprepared doesn’t only rob you of a valuable classroom experience; it lessens the View Details
- 19 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 19, 2008
penalties for failing to meet the analyst consensus estimate are higher for firms that give quarterly earnings guidance and in the post-SOX period. Our evidence suggests that (i) boards appear to react directly to managers' ability to meet earnings targets or to the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
Francesca Gino, Lisa L. Shu, and Chia-Jung Tsay Publication:Emotion Review (forthcoming) Abstract Moral problems often prompt emotional responses that invoke intuitive judgments of right and wrong. While emotions inform judgment across... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
Tracking Performance Indicators By: Beveridge, Christiana, Sofia Warner, Greg Leya, and Thomas W. Feeley Abstract—Given that accountable care organizations (ACOs) have not achieved the degree of cost reductions and quality improvements... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 28 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets
We asked Srinivasan, the Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Business Administration, to explain. Martha Lagace: What is the context for the research you are doing? Suraj Srinivasan: Auditors play a key role in capital markets because investors rely on View Details