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- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees
consumers opt in, their anonymized genetic data can be used in scientific research. But most users are focused on the genealogical results, which Ancestry plots with ever-increasing specificity on an interactive online world map. Users... View Details
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Organize Care Around Medical Conditions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
IPU leadership team. Patient and clinician scheduling is critical to success. The processes of care need to be well defined and mapped accurately. Whenever possible standard care processes need to be followed. It is especially important to have standardized handoffs... View Details
- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
agglomerating (e.g., universities, government). Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-003.pdf Communication (and Coordination?) in a Modern, Complex Organization Authors:Adam M. Kleinbaum, Toby E. Stuart, and Michael L.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Nov 2021
- In Practice
What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?
The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman
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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research
Technology & Innovation Technology & Innovation December 2014 Article The Distinct Effects of Information Technology and Communication Technology on Firm Organization By: Nicholas Bloom, Luis Garicano, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen... View Details
- 14 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Feeling Stressed? Try Sniffing Your Romantic Partner's Shirt
might be as simple as tucking a loved one’s t-shirt into your suitcase. The study provides scientific validation for anyone who has taken comfort in a partner’s clothing. Case in point: Whillans, a native of Canada who is currently in a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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Adding a Social Dimension to Strategy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
supporting community development Purpose-Based Strategic Positioning A clear social purpose opens up new opportunities for growth and profitability, while motivating and attracting employees, consumers, business partners, shareholders,... View Details
- 09 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization
insights and practices as pandemic recovery plans are developed. Consider these five elements of organizational decision-making: information gathering; strategy; combining long-term thinking with short-term actions; clear communication... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
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Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab | About
provides access to the resources, programming, and community necessary to help startups succeed. Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab The Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab is contributing to a thriving start-up community in... View Details
- 16 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Are You a Strategist?
the first researchers who began to study strategy through a rigorous, scientific process, using large empirical samples to look at regularities across industries and firms. "We were proud of it!" Montgomery says. "And rightly so: the work... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 31 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 31
a national sample of 6,000 life scientists whose careers span more than 20 years. We find sharp gender differences in participation in for-profit ventures, which we measure as the likelihood of joining the scientific advisory board (SAB)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
John H. Patterson and the Sales Strategy of the National Cash Register Company, 1884 to 1922
create a method of sales management that encompassed all aspects of selling, from the calculation of quotas and commission rates to the motivation of discouraged salesmen. This excerpt looks at one aspect of the Patterson method: the N.C.R. Primer. J.H.Patterson To... View Details
Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman
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Health Care - Faculty & Research
community hospital to establish Hoag Orthopedic Institute, a for-profit hospital and two ambulatory service centers. By controlling and integrating all aspects of the patients' medical treatment, the physicians deliver superior outcomes,... View Details
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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online
interviews as you prepare for your next opportunity. You can also earn undergraduate academic credit for CORe in select course starts. By learning these essential business skills, I now feel more prepared to advance scientific... View Details
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
deployed to handle uncertain tasks. How can they effectively use their knowledge resources to assure quality communications and high performance when confronting uncertainty? Drawing on the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm, we... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building Effective R&D Capabilities Abroad
present an instructive contrast. Xerox established a home-base-augmenting laboratory in Grenoble, France. Its objective: to tap new knowledge from the local scientific community and to transfer it back to... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
Winter 2017 MIT Sloan Management Review Why Big Data Isn't Enough By: Chai, Sen, and Willy C. Shih Abstract—There is a growing belief that sophisticated algorithms can explore huge databases and find relationships independent of any preconceived hypotheses. But in... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni
Building Batteries to Fight Climate Change Faculty Presenters: Debora L. Spar (PMD 62, 1991) , Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration; Senior Associate Dean for Business and Global Society; Board Director, Thermo Fisher View Details
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
Silknet (NASDAQ: SILK), edocs, Idiom Technologies , Incipient , Silicon Dimensions, and Virtusa . Andy has also led investments in Aptis Communications (acquired by Nortel Networks), Argon (acquired by Siemens), Cerulean Technology... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 1
sought to bring under its banner key intellectual property (IP) from the nascent field of stem cell technology. As such, iZumi would need to acquire the rights to several groundbreaking scientific developments that had recently occurred... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace