Control Systems - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Apr 2020
Book

Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings

Regular Checkup if you want to be sure your mechanical system is operating in a way that protects your health, the single best recommendation we can give you is to commission your mechanical system. Our commissioning recommendation is... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Real Estate; Health

23 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 23, 2015

Sciences Modularity and Organizations By: Baldwin, Carliss Y Abstract—Modularity describes the degree to which a complex system can be broken apart into subunits (modules) that can be recombined in various ways. Modularity is important... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Jul 2016
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July 26, 2016

June 2016 PLoS ONE Social and Spatial Clustering of People at Humanity's Largest Gathering By: Barnett, Ian, Tarun Khanna, and Jukka-Pekka Onnela Abstract—Macroscopic behavior of scientific and societal systems results from the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 15

refinement to use is critical because it can lead to dramatically different predicted outcomes. To better understand which refinement is more predictive of actual behavior, we conduct a controlled experiment in a setting central to... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

13 Aug 2024
Op-Ed

Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?

procedure performed or patient seen, without explicit rewards for the quality of the services rendered. This model translates internally into an incentive system that prioritizes patient volume over patient value. That is, physicians are... View Details

Keywords: by Susanna Gallani, Lidia Moura, and Katie Sonnefeldt; Health

07 Jan 2015
What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?

problems." Nevertheless, there was enthusiasm for disclosure, perhaps using a system of disclosing "pay bands" within which holders of specific jobs are compensated. Pete described a specific example this way. "Back in... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008

codes in the treatment and control regions; these procedures have been developed by scholars in other fields to approximate datasets that would have resulted from random experimentation. Download the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Nov 2003
What Do You Think?

Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency?

not only a company's numbers but also the systems that produce the numbers. Finally, public accountants will have to evaluate the work of the boards' audit committees that hired them. The bill for the additional external auditors and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009

intermediary to charge consumers fixed fees, to offer them screening contracts, and to subsidize search allowing stores' strategic decisions to be contractible or controlled by the intermediary. Download the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore

clients' campaigns. This practice was institutionalized by an arrangement known as the "recognition system" between agencies and publishers, and administered by a set of trade associations. Among other things, the system supported... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising

15 May 2019
Research Event

The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History

policies, and identity politics. In San Jose, many women were elected to political positions. As state governments cut funding for schools, they turned to Silicon Valley firms for philanthropy, unintentionally handing control of public... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones; Education

08 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 8

use a new dataset on industry-level targeting to analyze quality FDI based on the subjective preferences expressed by the receiving countries themselves. Finally, we use a two-stage least squares methodology to control for measurement... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

500 are incorporated) have made it clear that maximizing shareholder return is required only when the breakup of the corporation has become inevitable or there is a change of control. For this purpose, a merger of two publicly held firms will not result in a change in... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

08 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Europe Lags in Pharmaceuticals and Biotech

pharma," said HBS professor Regina Herzlinger, moderating a panel discussion titled "Pharma and Biotech—Where does Europe Stand in the World?" The discussion was held at the conference on November 22. At the start of the 1990s, the U.S. and European drug... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Biotechnology; Health; Pharmaceutical; Technology

12 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 12

notably higher entry rates and increases in plant productivity. These results are not present for districts located on another major highway system, the North-South East-West corridor (NS-EW). Improvements for portions of the NS-EW system... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

from under Mao’s control before it could make the moves that ultimately enabled it to catch up. Under Deng Xiaoping and then Jiang Zemin, government support for economic expansion really took off. Q: What are your thoughts on China’s... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

25 May 2016
Research & Ideas

How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health

to help themselves. Any public health system must respect the reality of these consumer differences and not withhold care from people simply because they do not engage and do not speak up. As Atul Gwande has stated elegantly, “Patients... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health

14 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing

cubicles—is often treated as an afterthought at immature IT organizations, says HBS professor Robert Austin. Yet this attitude is unwise, because the sooner bugs are caught, the easier and cheaper they are to correct. But who is best suited to View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Video Game; Web Services; Computer

22 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”

an "invisible hand" that was largely beyond the control of individual firms. Competitive theory has been advanced at Harvard Business School, shown here under construction. The scope for strategy as a way to View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat