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Selected Digital Historical Resources – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Personnel Research Federation in New York in 1929. It includes findings from the experiments and a summary of the relay assembly test room studies. Thomas N. Whitehead. The Industrial Worker: a Statistical... 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 which sample jokes were View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 26 Mar 2018
  • Research & Ideas

To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty)

we try and find other reasons to explain it,” Gallani says. Which rewards motivate workers? In a new working paper written with doctoral student Wei Cai, Subjectivity in Tournaments: Implicit Rewards and Penalties in Subsequent Performance, she finds that those View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing
  • Research Summary

The Value of Family Ownership, Control, and Management

In collaboration with Professor Raphael Amit of Wharton, Belén Villalonga is investigating how family ownership, control, and management affect firm value. Their forthcoming Journal of Financial... View Details

  • 09 Jan 2006
  • Research & Ideas

When Benchmarks Don’t Work

indicate a range of expenses, typically measured by the cost of the support department as a percentage of total revenue or the number of full-time-equivalent (FTE) employees per billion dollars of revenue. Hackett presents summary View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan; Service
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

days after the final deadline in the program. At the end of each course module, you will be able to download a PDF summary of the module’s key takeaways. At the end of the program, you will receive a PDF compilation of all of the module... View Details
  • 26 Nov 2001
  • Op-Ed

Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed

dishonest behavior to all parts of the company's management system and even to its relationships with outside parties. Managers start to feed misleading information to customers, suppliers, and employees, and the CEO and CFO begin to "manage the numbers" to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
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Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online

perceptions and impede your or others’ ability to earn people’s trust Identify which influence styles will most benefit specific situations Complete the Influence Style Exercise to identify which influence styles and behaviors you use... View Details
  • 22 Aug 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

analysis and deep probing, individuals tend to leap prematurely to unfounded conclusions and misunderstand complicated problems. Some understanding of system dynamics, the ability to see patterns, statistical process controls, and group... View Details
Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
  • 19 Sep 2016
  • Research & Ideas

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

for the course,” she says. Edelman provides straightforward summaries of his research on his personal website. “I can’t imagine being excited about writing articles read only by other academics,” he says. “I think I could do it. But it... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education
  • Fast Answer

India - Industry specific research

style="color:#0c3273">Auto Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India Site includes View Details
  • 13 Jan 2014
  • Research & Ideas

How Government Can Restore the Faith of Citizens

government are at their lowest ever," says Buell. "There is a danger that that disgust can lead to disengagement. Showing the ways in which government materially affects people's lives through its actions has the potential to improve View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 04 Sep 2019
  • News

3-Minute Briefing: Dhivya Suryadevara (MBA 2003)

XT4; and in Michigan, I drive a red Chevrolet Camaro. The auto industry has a reputation for being stodgy and bureaucratic, but that perception is outdated. I think the professional opportunities are unmatched when it comes to working on... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 28 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

Meet Professor Elisabeth Paulson: A Conversation on Life, Research, and Teaching

mom was a statistics professor, so a career in academia was always something that I considered. During undergrad, I started doing research and was involved in high school tutoring programs. I loved diving deep into complex problems, and... View Details
  • 19 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 19, 2007

examine how well the most widely used ratings—those of Kinder, Lydenberg, Domini Research & Analytics (KLD)—provide transparency about past and likely future environmental performance. We find KLD "concern" ratings to be fairly good View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Nov 2024
  • HBS Case

What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders

the numbers are accurate Widely criticized for his by-the-numbers approach to the Vietnam War as US Secretary of Defense, Bob McNamara’s pioneering use of statistics during World War II and leadership skills at Ford Motor left a mixed... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman; Entertainment & Recreation
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Leading Race Work in Business Schools - Race, Gender & Equity

Leading Race Work in Business Schools Leading Race Work in Business Schools 07 FEB 2020 Summary Speakers Speakers Robin Ely Robin Ely is the Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. She conducts... View Details
  • 19 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 19, 2008

grants, and a greater chance of forced dismissal for both CEOs and CFOs during the period 1993-2004. These results are obtained after controlling for the magnitude of the earnings surprise, operating and stock return performance, and are significant in a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 1997
  • News

Short Takes

A summary of selected new research by HBS faculty. Diversification Best Bet in Emerging Markets In today's era of global competitiveness, companies in the industrialized world have slimmed down their operations in order to focus on doing... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
  • 01 Feb 2000
  • News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

School can serve you. Here is a brief summary of our work thus far this year. Online Services for Alumni This committee has identified the following specific goals to accomplish by its spring meeting: increase the number of e-mail... View Details
Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)
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