Missing At Random - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

David Grabowski, and David Cutler Abstract— Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) has been credited with lowering risk-adjusted readmission rates for targeted conditions at general acute care hospitals. However, these... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

21 Nov 2024
Blog Post

Thoughts on the JD/MBA From a Recent Grad

Anne Deng graduated from Harvard’s JD/MBA program in 2023. Before starting the program, Anne worked at Morgan Stanley as an Investment Banking Analyst. During her studies, Anne spent her first summer at... View Details

06 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea

"confounding questions, inane comments, and verbal bullets." This excerpt looks at attack strategies used by naysayers: fear mongering, delay, confusion, ridicule. For more information, read Kotter's HBR.org blog post, Know Your... View Details

Keywords: by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead

09 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent

Last year, it took a teenager's 10-minute video of a Black man's murder to shine a light on the raw hostility that Black people face daily in America. George Floyd's death at the hands of a white police officer forced many to acknowledge... View Details

Keywords: by Rawi E. Abdelal, Katherine Connolly Baden, and Boris Groysberg

23 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Overcoming Nervous Nelly

small things—for instance, 'Did I leave the coffeemaker on this morning?'—by bigger things like meeting with a colleague or a manager, or by very important things like job security or health." At its core, anxiety is about... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

17 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are Caregivers

their careers. Even though the majority of employers and employees said they considered their organizations inclusive and fair, employees said that employers penalized caregivers, especially when their duties caused them to miss work,... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

14 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

A Strategy For Steady Leadership in an Unsteady World

Listening only to information sources and opinions that reinforce their own views carries great risk of missing alternate points of view. Instead, leaders need to tap into myriad sources covering the full spectrum of viewpoints by... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

12 Jan 2023
News

‘Debiasing’ Debt with Data

weren’t evaluating merely what was written on paper. “They were looking at him and applying subjective character tests. Do you look trustworthy? Do you fit the image in my mind of a successful businessperson?” The solution, Ballard... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

29 Mar 2010
Research & Ideas

Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial

was operating, with no bagger to help shorten the checkout wait. Advertised sales features were often missing from the shelves, dairy, produce, and meat cases. Most times, and particularly at night, no... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Retail; Technology

14 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

The Business Case for Becoming a Jack-of-All-Trades

A few hundred years ago, it was considered a virtue to know a little bit about everything. They even had a word for it: “Renaissance man.” Now, with vast amounts of knowledge literally at our fingertips, generalists tend to be tarred with... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

04 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

The Real Cost of Bribery

that launch anticorruption efforts grow their businesses more slowly than firms that don't, especially in regions where bribery is the expected norm. “If you think of the cost [of bribery] as just fines and regulatory actions, you're View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

11 Oct 2016
First Look

October 11, 2016

restaurants for a three-month period, with randomization done at the restaurant level to assess the overall impact of advertisements. We find that advertising increases a restaurant’s Yelp page views by 25%... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2024
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

about it? Why is telling your son or daughter to “just say no” a hopelessly ineffective strategy? How do imaginary peers influence your adolescent’s decisions? Why does the focus on reforming bullies and supporting victims miss the point... View Details

08 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching

analogy for vicarious learning is the photocopier,” says Christopher G. Myers, assistant professor of Organizational Behavior at Harvard Business School. The idea: Watch what other people do, make copies of the good things and dispose of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

29 Jan 2021
Op-Ed

How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics

is uncertain about what vaccine supplies, if any, are available or when they will be. The World Health Organization estimates that at least 60 to 70 percent of the population would need to be vaccinated to reach herd immunity. While... View Details

Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim

03 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2010

a new book, Rethinking the MBA: Business Education at a Crossroads, Harvard Business School's Srikant M. Datar, David A. Garvin, and Patrick G. Cullen suggest opportunities for innovation. Understanding Users of Social Networks Many... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

13 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

Managers, Here’s How to Bond with New Hires Remotely

For senior managers at many firms, the shift to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic came with a huge concern: Would the loss of in-person conversations keep them from mentoring or simply establishing rapport with employees,... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

Web

Judges - Alumni

investment opportunity. Make investors feel that if they don't invest now, they are missing out on something big. Shereen Shermak COO of Dannce.ai, Founding Angel at TBD Angels Shereen Shermak COO of... View Details

13 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

Don't Turn Your Marketing Function Over to AI Just Yet

how new products or services would perform at various prices or with different characteristics. The machine learning algorithms that might power such a device are, at least for now, incapable of producing... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

08 Oct 2021
Blog Post

8 Stories from PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

celebrate those around you and celebrate yourself. Here, students share their personal stories through the National Coming Out Day student storyboard series organized by the PRIDE club. Visit @prideathbs on Instagram for more information and features about the LGBTQ+... View Details

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