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- 13 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?
country primarily using the fee-for-service model while struggling to control costs, there is also a risk of embedding questionable practices into AI algorithms. For instance, upcoding—when providers inflate the severity of a patient's... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Baker’s back
itself had become outdated. Two aspects of Baker that needed immediate attention were its lack of climate controls (uncomfortable for patrons, devastating for collections) and the inaccessibility of its stacks. Conversations took off from... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Case Study: Confidence Builder
the Greek system: National sororities and fraternities have a vested interest in preventing sexual assault on campuses. Confi should also approach the student affairs offices on college campuses. —Lisa Bleich (MBA 1992) The bureaucrats View Details
- 04 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/318143-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 715-455 The Heat Is On: Emerging Ecosystems in the Thermostat Industry Beth Wozniak, President of Honeywell Environmental and Combustion Controls (ECC) at... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
commodity boom that had asymmetric effects among states. These two effects generated variation in revenues per capita at the state level thanks to the extreme form of fiscal decentralization that the Brazilian government adopted in the Constitution of 1891, which gave... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
WE RISE
retain those currently in it.”—Madeline Keulen (MBA 2019), vice president, Victress Capital Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, general trends on gender diversity were moving, slowly, in the right direction: In 2018, venture investment in... View Details
- Web
Transforming Health Care Delivery - Course Catalog
fundamental challenge of improving clinical outcomes while controlling costs. Addressing this challenge will require dramatic improvements in the processes by which care is delivered to patients. This, in turn, will involve novel... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Frank Blethen (PMD 35, 1978)
because we're doing the right things, but newspapers in larger markets that should be bigger than us have had a massive disinvestment in journalism and content. WE'VE WON NINE Pulitzers. We're pretty proud of that. ONE THAT really stands... View Details
- 01 Jul 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?
grabs them in the gut. It is tangible, energizing, highly focused. People ‘get it’ right away; it takes little or no explanation.” Now when we read of stretch goals they often involve objectives so rigorous—often a ten times increase in... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success
or just difficulty. It is the responsibility of senior managers to evaluate the e-commerce initiatives and decide on the right measures for their organization and ensure that the measures are captured and responded to properly. To obtain... View Details
Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
Abstract—Several CEOs are receiving significant media attention for taking public positions on controversial social and environmental issues largely unrelated to their core business, ranging from LGBT rights to race relations to gender... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) - Course Catalog
leadership to the often-messy reality of rolling up one's sleeves and getting things done. It takes the point of view of a leader who: (1) is new to a situation, (2) must take action, and (3) is asked to operate within a system that she or he may not fully View Details
- 02 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 2, 2007
consumer collaboration, in which consumers use digital media that lie beyond the control of marketers to communicate among one another, responding to marketing's intrusions by disseminating counterargument, information sharing, rebuttal,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 25
cross-group network effects are neither necessary nor sufficient for an organization to be a MSP. Second, our definition emphasizes the difference between MSPs and alternative forms of intermediation such as "re-sellers," which take View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
risks—including spending hours reading or watching the news. "This is such an impermanent state of affairs that we just have to do as best we can." Rather than ruminating on the virus and replaying possible future outcomes in our minds, it’s best to let go of the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Toolkit for Customer Innovation
Thomke and Eric von Hippel Tapping into customer innovation can certainly generate tremendous value, but capturing that value is hardly a simple or straightforward process. Not only must companies develop the right tool kit, they must... View Details
Keywords: by Stefan Thomke & Eric Von Hippel
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
product for the conversion of crop residues from corn into fermentable sugars for the production of motor fuels. But the problem was that the company only controlled one piece of the value chain. To succeed in this nascent sector, should... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 9
experiment and their interactions can make it difficult to determine cause-and-effect relationships. Choosing the right sample size is important. How can we ensure reliable results? Randomized field trials, "blind" tests, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Syngenta Tomato Vision
when creating a new type of tomato with the right product-market fit. Syngenta also works closely with retailers and growers to develop new products to ensure it is not only meeting the needs of consumers, but also for the growers (for... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Case Study: Building the Base
the better version. Yes, you will hit a bigger number, but you are still capped by an inherently limited product-market fit that you have yet to solve. Patel needs to focus on growing the newsletter. Only when he has found the right mix... View Details