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- 18 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool
Radiation therapy can be lifesaving for lung cancer patients. The first step, though, is having a trained, skilled oncologist who knows how to best segment or mark off the tumor for radiation. This expertise is vital for targeting the tumor and View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
compelled to focus on protective legal processes and box-checking exercises rather than on formulating company strategy, identifying risks, and evaluating executive performance. The increasing time commitment required of board members,... View Details
- 03 Sep 2018
- News
Moving Pictures
produce—to tell a story while maintaining creative control over the project itself—is something Singer aspires to in the future. “You’re paid well as a screenwriter if you’re successful, but you don’t have equity in the company, so to... View Details
- 14 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society
processes of production and distribution. This was a massive innovation over the older model of a single owner who tried to oversee everything. Under managerial capitalism, ownership became dispersed, but View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
investment have increased vastly over the last decade, making many people richer. But the problem is that the process has not really been global enough. In fact, some two billion people today live in countries that are actually becoming... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
- 23 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 23
(e.g., with "compensation provisions"), one side can help the other, and vice versa, via a number of devices, alone or in combination. These include a) shaping the form of the agreement (e.g., tacit v. explicit, process v.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
1,000 companies in California. ISO 9001 adopters subsequently had far lower organizational death rates than a matched control group of non-adopters. Among surviving employers, ISO adopters had higher growth rates for sales, employment,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 30, 2007
process so that creators produce tangible artifacts regularly; (6) realize that there will always be some conflict between an organization's creators and its stewards; (7) avoid overly prescriptive control... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
Feedback Shapes Social Networks By: Green, Paul, Jr., Francesca Gino, and Bradley Staats Abstract—Many organizations employ interpersonal feedback processes as a structured means of informing and motivating employee improvement. Ample... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
also show that the internal control provisions of section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley make royalty arrangements based on self-reporting more attractive. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-100.pdf Toward a Theory of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?
succession planning processes are very important in leveraging great executives and managers. It pays for firms to invest in hiring and developing great managers. Second, a given year’s winning percentage is not affected by the previous... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 1
of capital within an economy. The theory predicts that GAAP's principal focus, as shaped by the demand for and supply of financial information, is on the use of the income statement and balance sheet for performance measurement and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details
- 22 Jan 2018
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
several times since then, including at CMS: which processes in health care should we try to standardize, versus which ones should be allowed to vary?” Who was your favorite HBS professor? Dhar:“Shikhar Ghosh. Professor Ghosh had an... View Details
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
W. Dunn, Dana R. Carney, and Dan Ariely Publication:Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (forthcoming) Abstract We predicted that able-bodied individuals and white Americans would have a difficult time saying no to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
in our data set by non-negotiation organizational research reveals that more open systems assumptions increase the likelihood that a negotiation article will be cited in organizational studies, after controlling for other, previously... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 12
been abandoned by its owners and had come under the control of CW Capital, the special servicer for the vast amount of debt that was in default. Any investment in a distressed property could be very risky and might require the company to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change
success of the American F-86 to two factors. First, the F-86 had hydraulic controls that allowed it to transition between activities—climbing, banking, and accelerating—more rapidly than the MiG-15. Second, the F-86 had a bubble canopy... View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
WE RISE
monopoly on the ability to set that direction. No one gender or one race should control the flow of capital.” Solution #1: Make the Business Case “Women entrepreneurs are an untapped market.” That’s the pitch Kerry Rupp (MBA 1999) and her... View Details
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
behavioral self-control (i.e., prosocial decision-making; Experiments 4 and 5). Furthermore, Experiments 3a, 3b, 4, and 5 provided evidence for the psychological process underlying the effectiveness of rituals: heightened feelings of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne