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- 14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
and (3) evaluate outputs from models to (4) develop a plan for action. In this case students explore the challenges of using sentiment analysis to monitor and understand public perception around brands. Technical topics include building a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
that the ventures are a growing presence in the U.S. commerce for cadavers. There is no federal monitoring of whole body donations in the United States, but estimates suggest that the total number of whole-body donations might be about... View Details
- 20 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 20
reward firms for practices that go above and beyond the requirements of the law. "Self-policing" programs adopted by several agencies shift the burden of monitoring regulatory compliance and reporting noncompliance from the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?
small-business owners can purchase their own low-cost indoor air quality monitors to measure these factors in real time, independent of what the landlord or plant manager may be saying, giving them a measure of confidence that what they... View Details
- 16 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 16, 2015
unifying framework for obtaining reliable proxies of expected returns worldwide. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49238 Monitoring Global Supply Chains By: Short, Jodi L., Michael W. Toffel, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Grocery Bags Manipulate Your Mind
could choose either an organic or a nonorganic option—a carton of milk, for example. In monitoring what they called "indulgent" purchases, the researchers looked at sugary items like ice cream and candy bars, as well as salty... View Details
- 01 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
How IT Shapes Top-Down and Bottom-Up Decision Making
the decisions and constantly sending mandates down the corporate ladder. "Whenever there is a reduction in the cost of transmitting information, it's easier for the person down in the hierarchy to communicate with the CEO," Sadun says. "And the CEO can... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Business Case for Diabetes Disease Management
the number of hospitalizations and severe complications among diabetic patients," they wrote. Disease management, then, can take several approaches. The simplest is probably for the healthcare provider to offer a monitoring system... View Details
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing
useful to predict sales and replenish its inventory for PCs. Buyers monitor the sales of a certain product line soon after it is launched and update their forecasts based on those observations. They expedite orders for PCs that are... View Details
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
transforming an entrepreneurial company into an institutionalized firm, Çavuşoğlu established adjacent businesses such as movie advertising and ticket sales. The most recent step in transforming Mars was to establish a movie distribution arm, which would help the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
performance. We measure close ties using the education network between fund managers and managers of the investee firms. We find that having close ties to an investee leads to more timely investments only when the funds are closely monitored. For poorly View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2013
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First Look: May 21
managers who implemented formal performance management systems and invested in sophisticated data analytics. From 1998 to 2007 (phase two), these investments allowed Cross Country to quantify service providers' impact on motorist satisfaction, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
investments. This result is consistent with the information environment helping MNCs monitor the subsidiary's investment decision. Cross-sectional tests show that the effect is larger when there is greater "distance" between the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation
two steps to the side, and jumps over a large pothole. Congress took a giant step forward by establishing a framework for monitoring and addressing systemically risky institutions (SRI). The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 11 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 11, 2009
contemporary regulatory designs, which rely heavily on regulated entities to monitor and assure their own regulatory compliance. We investigate whether self-reporting, or the voluntary disclosure of legal violations, can serve as a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Business and the Global Poor
role of social capital is also key to overcoming obstacles related to weak economic institutions. In the absence of formal credit bureaus, many micro-credit organizations, for example, rely on the self-selection and mutual monitoring of a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
vulnerable to natural disasters, such as flood plains. This would represent a form of moral hazard. Some critics argue, moreover, that unemployment insurance has rendered workers less careful about keeping their jobs, that deposit insurance has made depositors less... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
more slowly over a long period of time (such as the gradual crescendo of concern about carbon emissions over the past few decades). Through constant monitoring of trends, social attitudes, and the media, the company can improve its... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 Oct 2016
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October 25, 2016
set in May 2016, discusses sales strategy and managing sales and service at Oversight Systems, an Atlanta, Georgia–based software firm that developed analytics for organizations to monitor their data for errors, fraud, and operational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy
institutions,” says Moss. Ultimately when the scrum was over, the list was created, along with a new regulatory agency to monitor them. Rather than flocking to be on the list, firms have sought to get as far away from it as possible, as... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding