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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
must be prepared to do whatever it takes. Exceed Expectations Bill Bogardus (MBA 1972) DURING THE FIRST OR SECOND WEEK of his first-year managerial economics course, Professor John Pratt gave us a pop quiz. Data were presented and three... View Details
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
perverse effect of perpetuating the problem. Drawing on a case study of a professional service firm, we develop a multilevel theory to explain why organizations are caught in this conundrum. We present data suggesting that the work-family... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 3
architecture, including business- and technology-related aspects. We apply our methodology to data gathered in a large pharmaceutical firm. We show that this methodology helps to identify layers in the firm's architecture associated with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
Erik Peterson at Biometra (B) John J. Gabarro, Thomas J. DeLong, and Jevan SooHarvard Business School Supplement 411-032 This one-paragraph case adds to the data presented in the (A) case. A redisguised and updated version of earlier case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
Internet-based companies like Google record every click and keystroke of every customer, analyzing the data to continuously improve their products and marketing. Customers are courted and supply chains are managed via websites, social... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2022
- News
Clean Slate
then used their findings to make some concrete changes. One key finding: Usage of the public toilet was heavily skewed with respect to gender. PSA: We've been collecting gender segregated data in all the public toilets and we realized... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
providers should support equal access to all content and applications (such as data-heavy files of online video) regardless of the source or how much bandwidth it requires. Instead, industry executives contend, consumers should pay depending on how much View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
most people had the best market data. But not anymore, says Dubrowski. Today, his 22-person firm pays upward of $400,000 a year for subscription data services, the same services that are available to large and small industry participants... View Details
- 30 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music
albums—and because it is among the sectors most strongly affected by digital technology. So I reached out to Nielsen SoundScan, the company that tracks recorded-music sales in North America, to obtain data for a random sample of over 200... View Details
- 23 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 23
patterns before and after team scaffolds were implemented. Our results show that the team scaffolds improved performance, in part by reducing the number of partners with whom each role occupant coordinated. We then analyze qualitative interview View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
simulations that allowed for longer chain segments and used actual patient data from the Alliance for Paired Donation. When chain segments of 4-6 are allowed in the simulations, NEAD chains produce more transplants than DPD. Our... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
housed its two data centers twenty miles apart—in different power grids—outside Phoenix. "A software failure could easily put the whole enterprise at risk," explains McFarlan. Disruptive Technologies One question facing the established... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- Web
Dean Srikant Datar’s 2023 Commencement Remarks | About
a vocal advocate for data protection and privacy rights. He thinks of the benefits of technology and its consequences on people. And even while leading a company filled with highly educated scientists and engineers, he has created a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Meal Plan
supply, which means there could be new consumers up for grabs. MK: As of April 24, data I have seen show that Starbucks’ weekly revenue was down by about 74 percent versus last year, and at Dunkin’s by close to 28 percent. But Keurig is... View Details
- 11 Sep 2018
- News
Bringing Government Up to Code
means is by showing what's possible, that's all the work that we're actually building ourselves, so we're running digital services that are user-centered, they're simple, they're easy to use, they're data driven, and we're scaling those.... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
research, drawing parallels with their own work or experience. A case in point was HBS professor Rohit Deshpandé's presentation, the first on the agenda. He reported on the initial results of a multination study of factors driving business performance in Asia. His... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
infrastructure, San Francisco-based Schwab was determined to locate its information headquarters in a "nongeologically active" area. The company has housed its two data centers twenty miles apart - in different power grids - outside... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 12 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis
publicly funded treatment and support; poor data infrastructure; and inequalities related to social determinants of health,” Anderson says. “It has made mental health a concern for everyone and also has highlighted the important link... View Details
- 09 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety
fix those problems. The researchers studied a sampling of data from Hazel Analytics, which gathers food safety inspections from local governments across the United States. The sample included information on 12,017 inspections by 86... View Details
- 01 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
CEOs and Coaches: How Important is Organizational 'Fit?'
team. And these findings hold value in the world of corporate hiring, as well. In 1996, Jeff Borland and Jeanette Ngaire Lye studied data on Australian football coaches to investigate whether a good match plays a role in a coach’s... View Details