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  • 28 Aug 2023
  • Research & Ideas

How Workplace Wellness Programs Can Give Employees the Energy Boost They Need

the benefits of increased employee well-being, it’s time to reframe employee wellness programs to help employees improve their energy levels. This means offering targeted and tailored solutions that address employees' specific needs,... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson
  • Web

Podcast - Business & Environment

imagery, AI, and systems design to enable more targeted insurance underwriting and disaster preparedness. She also explains how Bellwether is creating geospatial AI infrastructure and tools to support natural disaster response by the... View Details
  • 11 Sep 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

target behavior is socially desirable, even when it is merely framed as such. Study 3 shows the paradox is driven by respondents’ concerns over response misinterpretation. A simple modification designed to reduce concerns over response... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 28 Jan 2014
  • First Look

First Look: January 28

increased dramatically (seven- to nine-fold) in the last two decades. To counteract this trend, I propose novel approaches to lower its cost or use attention more efficiently by adopting multitasker-tailored ads, Lean Advertising, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Nov 2014
  • First Look

First Look: November 11

demonstrates that when employees can see their customers, the beneficiaries of their efforts, the quality and efficiency of the service they deliver can actually improve. Studies in food service show how revealing customers to employees... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Mar 2018
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

not receive such evidence. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=45842 Targeted Price Controls on Supermarket Products By: Cavallo, Alberto, and Diego Aparicio Abstract—We study the impact of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Apr 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Swiping Right: How Data Helped This Online Dating Site Make More Matches

objective criteria such as price or venue. But what happens when emotion fuels the process? Could it increase efficiency and engagement? Edward McFowland III, assistant professor at Harvard Business School, and his coauthors examine this... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
  • 23 Apr 2024
  • In Practice

Getting to Net Zero: The Climate Standards and Ecosystem the World Needs Now

With each month clocking record-breaking temperatures across the planet, this Earth Day reflected the renewed urgency of regulators and businesses to find climate-change solutions. The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted new rules that will mandate... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • Web

Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

quantitative implications match a range of moments not targeted in the estimation quite well. We then characterize the optimal policy path implied by the model and our estimates. Optimal policy makes heavy use of research subsidies as... View Details
  • 21 Nov 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017

reviews from Yelp.com, we construct an adjusted average rating and show that even a simple algorithm can lead to large information efficiency gains relative to the arithmetic average. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • September 2012 (Revised May 2015)
  • Case

Philips-Visicu

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Natalie Kindred and Sara M. McKinley
Would the advent of global payment models and ACOs create sufficient demand for a telemedicine offering covering the care continuum, from hospitals to the home? This was the decision facing Royal Philips Electronics (Philips), the Netherlands-based producer of... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Philips; Visicu; Telemedicine; eICU; Accountable Care Organization; ACO; Bundled Payment; Hospital To Home; Patient Monitoring Devices; Home Health Care; Health Care and Treatment; Communication Technology; Quality; Safety; Performance Productivity; Performance Capacity; Performance Efficiency; Consumer Behavior; Emerging Markets; Health Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Netherlands
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  • 26 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 26, 2010

campaign" in which a number of individual deals must be put together, often on multiple "fronts," to realize a larger result, typically an ultimate target agreement with sufficient support to make it sustainable. When the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Nov 2007
  • First Look

First Look: November 20, 2007

problem for the consortium is how much to raise its previous bid. A reasonable bid must be based upon how much value the private equity consortium can create through improvements in Hertz's global operations on the one hand, and a more View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Mar 2019
  • HBS Case

The Ferrari Way

As the head of design told Thomke: “Form follows function, but there is always a large margin for artistic freedom. The difference between an efficient shape and a beautiful and efficient shape can be quite... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Auto
  • 28 Mar 2023
  • Research & Ideas

The FDA’s Speedy Drug Approvals Are Safe: A Win-Win for Patients and Pharma Innovation

pharmaceutical products, cautions Stern. “This study focuses specifically on a program that targets a subset of important medicines. It hints at potential efficiency gains in doing so, but our analysis stops... View Details
Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Pharmaceutical
  • 02 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters

encounter substantial resistance, you can afford to ease the target company's employees into new processes. In geographic roll-ups, it's more important to hold on to key employees — and customers — than to realize View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower
  • 09 Nov 2022
  • In Practice

COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?

The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost
  • Web

Generative AI - Alumni

AI-generated materials to maintain ethical standards and authenticity. Striking a balance between leveraging technological advancements and upholding personal responsibility ensures that GenAI becomes an efficient and ethical tool in the... View Details
  • 30 May 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Can AI Predict Whether Shoppers Would Pick Crest or Colgate?

time-consuming market research in hopes of uncovering new insights about their target customers. But, even as market research tools have rapidly evolved, the results of such studies still offer only a snapshot of customer sentiment, and... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • 06 Oct 2020
  • Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

Since March, Harvard Business School Working Knowledge has posted more than 80 stories and research papers on the topic of COVID-19, most targeted at managers and the new challenges they face. That's a lot of information to digest. To... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne