Occupational Health - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 May 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018

Understanding these biases can help managers develop alternative scheduling regimes that reduce bias in quality assessments in domains such as food safety, process quality, occupational safety, working conditions, and regulatory... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

June 2020
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How Scheduling Can Bias Quality Assessment: Evidence from Food Safety Inspections

By: Maria Ibanez and Michael W. Toffel

Accuracy and consistency are critical for inspections to be an effective, fair, and useful tool for assessing risks, quality, and suppliers—and for making decisions based on those assessments. We examine how inspector schedules could introduce bias that erodes... View Details

Keywords: Assessment; Bias; Inspection; Scheduling; Econometric Analysis; Empirical Research; Regulation; Health; Food; Safety; Quality; Performance Consistency; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms

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ability to adapt to these evolving occupational demands varies widely among firms and countries, exerting substantial influence on productivity growth at both micro and macro levels. As we navigate these technological waves, the... View Details

26 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 26

http://www.ajmc.com/publications/issue/2013/2013-1-vol19-n9/Testimonials-Do-Not-Convert-Patients-From-Brand-to-Generic-Medication August 2013 Health Affairs Lessons from England's Health Care Workforce... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Technology & Operations Management - Faculty & Research

with multinational enterprises’ (MNEs’) labor standards. Analyzing audit data from thousands of Chinese suppliers, we find that suppliers in cities with more wage-related activism increased compliance with MNEs’ wage-related standards but tempered improvement in View Details

01 Mar 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Hurry Up and Wait: Differential Impacts of Congestion, Bottleneck Pressure, and Predictability on Patient Length of Stay

Keywords: by Jaeker Berry Jillian & Anita L. Tucker; Health

01 Dec 2023
News

Wide Horizon

There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven about four hours with his wife... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

16 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

percentage rent above a specified revenue threshold. Normatively, the industry seeks to spend no more than 10 percent of revenue on occupancy costs, but when entering leases, restaurateurs may well be optimistic about their projected... View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

14 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

Feeling Stressed? Try Sniffing Your Romantic Partner's Shirt

Practical implications From an occupational perspective, the findings may prove valuable to business travelers—more than a third of whom believe work-related trips make them feel more stressed out than usual, according to the travel risk... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

improvement in occupational health and safety. This tradeoff is more pronounced in factories with unions and high-powered productivity incentives, suggesting internal governance structures shape how... View Details

17 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

What's Behind the Unexpected Trump Support from Women

working-class women about diminished possibilities for their husbands and sons to provide for their families. Many supporters’ families work in blue-collar occupations such as construction, transportation, and infrastructure; live in low... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Morgan Roberts and Robin Ely

21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009

of American occupation (1898-1918), we find that the implementation of these reforms was very slow. As a consequence, tenure insecurity increased over this period, and the distribution of farm sizes remained extremely unequal. We identify... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

executives is to imply that business management itself is a profession—but is it? Sociologists who study the professions have employed a wide range of perspectives and criteria for determining what makes an occupation a profession. For... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

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Wyss House | About

Wyss House Hansjörg Wyss accepts the HBS Health Industry Alumni Association's Beatrice D. Ellerin Alumni Achievement Award, 2007. Wyss House is named in honor of Hansjörg Wyss (MBA 1965) in recognition of his distinguished accomplishments... View Details

15 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

This Workplace Certification Made Already Safe Companies Even Safer

according to the working paper Do Management System Standards Indicate Superior Performance? Evidence from the OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Standard. To earn the voluntary certification,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

owners (and their investors and lenders) in all sectors will have to both outfit their buildings to measure components of public health and also respond to their occupants doing their own assessments. This... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

19 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

presented their research on occupational safety to managers at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, “both they and we learned a lot.” And let’s not forget small... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

health justice, and social justice. Ultimately, we need to create a new decision-making paradigm, where our business strategies and choices fully consider the short- and long-term impacts we have on the environment, on communities, and on... View Details

13 Feb 2023
News

Alumnus Gift Will Nurture Basic, Therapeutic Science

of Building C into an expansive, skylighted atrium that will serve as convening and collaboration space for occupants of the building as well as the broader HMS community. In recognition of this generous commitment from the Bertarelli... View Details

01 Sep 2012
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Faculty Research Online

OSHA Inspections: Protecting Employees or Killing Jobs? As the federal agency responsible for enforcing workplace safety, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is often at the center of... View Details

Keywords: Professor Kash Rangan; Professor Michael W. Toffel; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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