Natural Language Processing - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Mar 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’

hidden nature of language struggles. These problems created an "us and them" class of native and nonnative English speakers, which sometimes led to resentment and distrust among nonnative speakers... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

06 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

The Innovator’s Battle Plan

something that its competitor is uniquely unable to do. How can you tell if combatants have asymmetric skills? Make a list of the tasks the company has repeatedly addressed, for which formal and informal processes have likely coalesced.... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony & Erik A. Roth

17 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Blue Skies, Distractions Arise: How Weather Affects Productivity

true in the corporate world, the researchers looked at preexisting field data at a midsize bank in Tokyo. The bank had tracked employee productivity for two-and-a-half years following the launch of a new mortgage-processing system in June 2007, during which time the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

04 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

individuals have the choice to enact a variety of communication styles. We test the differential impact of being “warm and friendly” versus “tough and firm” in a distributive negotiation, when first offers are held constant and concession patterns are tracked. We train... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections MORE EXHIBITS HOME RESEARCH LINKS POLAROID FILMS SITE CREDITS “The transfer from the field of polarized light to the field of photography was for us all a miraculous experience, as if we had entered a new country... View Details

09 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Where to Find Remote Work Now: 250 Million Job Postings Paint a Complex Picture

they named WHAM, short for “Work from Home Algorithmic Measure.” Three people labeled 10,000 chunks of text to help WHAM analyze whether job posting text included language indicating the role would involve remote work. They then “trained”... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

12 Oct 2022
Blog Post

11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

gay, bisexual, transgender, gender nonconforming, and queer communities. Here, current HBS students share their personal stories through the National Coming Out Day storyboard series organized by the HBS PRIDE Club. We accept everyone in any stage of their coming out... View Details

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Climate Impact - Business & Environment

farmland. We see our land’s ability to serve as a sink for anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions as a key element of the climate solution. As a farmland asset manager, we can direct restorative and regenerative soil and water management practices that aid in this... View Details

April 2012
Case

Renesas Electronics and the Automotive Microcontroller Supply Chain (A)

By: Willy Shih and Margaret Pierson

The magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Japan in March 2011 caused extensive damage to Renesas Electronics wafer fabrication facility, a critical link in the global automotive supply chain. Many OEMs sole-sourced customized microprocessors from the fab, so its... View Details

Keywords: Natural Disasters; Crisis Management; Supply Chain Management; Production; Strategy; Semiconductor Industry; Auto Industry; Japan

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05 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat

processes driving bad behavior. "In the general area of ethics, we seem to have learned a lot over the last few decades about when and why good people do bad things," Francesca Gino says. "But we wondered if there were biological or... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2024
News

Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

China and the rapid growth of yoga studios and health clubs? How does the behavior of all living things in nature dictate the laws of economics? What can we learn about economics from the building of the Egyptian pyramids? This lively and... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015) - Recruiting

studying French at the Université Paris-Sorbonne, Nneka moved to the United States to begin her career as a Process Engineer at Shell. Coming from an oil-rich economy, Nneka was interested in the oil and gas industry, and was drawn to... View Details

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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

investors as well as trustees of leading nonprofits had expressed uncertainty about whether MRIs were compatible with a board’s fiduciary duties. Darren wondered if his board held the same view. This case will explore the process and... View Details

20 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

It's No Joke: AI Beats Humans at Making You Laugh

of tests to make its own estimations. The computer had no way of parsing the language in the jokes, nor did it follow a model indicating what features made a joke funny. Instead, it relied on “collaborative filtering” algorithms to learn... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

03 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 3

Specifically, we examine the impact of the annual July turnover of residents in American teaching hospitals on levels of resource utilization and quality relative to a control group of non-teaching hospitals. We find that, despite the anticipated View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2019
News

Remix

in their own way. “The MBA experience is such an incredible space to dwell in this future possibility of your life, a chance to process everything that you’re bringing with you,” says Morriss. “It was clear that Drew was very proud of the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Chris Sorensen; #MeToo; DefJam; Arts, Entertainment

11 Jul 2016
HBS Case

Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities

valuable lessons for MBAs. Pisano focuses on organizational issues, given the complex and multi-layered process required. He wants students to think beyond the feel-good nature of the program and dig into... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Technology

Blog

Is AI Coming for Your Job?

irrelevant construct when considering how to harness generative AI capabilities. Processes ranging from negotiating contracts with vendors to developing marketing messages will be redesigned from the ground up in order to exploit the full... View Details

20 Jan 2023
Blog Post

The Importance of Mentorship: A Conversation With Professor Ting Zhang

my radar until I ventured onto HBS campus one day to attend an info session for what I thought was for getting an MBA, and instead turned out to be about doctoral programs in business schools. Becoming a faculty member is a long and winding View Details

05 Sep 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Making the Right Technical Hire

hiring process is what could be the difference between a great product in the market versus something basic that is slow to ship. Below are some tips on how to be more strategic about hiring: 1. Product prioritization leads to hiring... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin; Technology

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