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  • 16 May 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

mathematics. Yet they often struggle to fit the profiles sought by employers. A growing number of companies, including SAP, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Microsoft, have reformed their HR processes in order to access neurodiverse... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
  • 03 Apr 2009
  • What Do You Think?

How Much Obsolescence Can Business and Society Absorb?

questions that we might consider. In Harwood's words, "How do we measure the quality of the information we receive? What makes information worth acting upon? When is information certain enough?" View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Publishing; Journalism & News
  • 01 Sep 2015
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015

qualities that define a leader? Where does one find a mentor? What are the ingredients in the recipe for success? Getting beyond Better: How Social Entrepreneurship Works by Roger L. Martin (MBA 1981) and... View Details
  • Web

Value Measurement for Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

organization's strategic agenda. Key Benefits Focused on improving the quality and delivery of health care, Value Measurement for Health Care provides more efficient and more... View Details
  • 2010
  • Working Paper

A New Model of Integrity: The Missing Factor Of Production (PDF file of Keynote and PowerPoint Slides)

By: Michael C. Jensen, Kari L. Granger and Werner Erhard

An Actionable Pathway To Dramatic Increases In Individual And Organizational Performance.

Full Day Executive Program Seminar taught at Olin Business School, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.

Workshop Objectives:

To provide you and your... View Details

Keywords: Performance Improvement; Programs; Trust; Competitive Advantage; Value Creation; Washington (state, US)
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  • Web

IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation - Course Catalog

detailed information about what the course program fee includes and excludes, as well as information about student accommodations, please visit the GEO website or email geo@hbs.edu . GEO continuously evaluates the View Details
  • Web

Fostering Candor in Teams and Organizations - Recruiting

significant impact on the company’s bottom line, is psychological safety. WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY? In her book The Fearless Organization , Harvard Business School Professor Amy Edmondson describes psychological safety as “a climate... View Details
  • 02 Mar 2020
  • What Do You Think?

Are Candor, Humility, and Trust Making a Comeback?

safety in popular media increased nearly three-fold in a five-year period beginning in 2013. The presence of psychological safety, according to a number of research projects, favorably affects things such as employee engagement, employee... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 14 Oct 2021
  • In Practice

Reunited and It Feels (Not) So Good: Tips for Managing a Rocky Return

employees, while maintaining the safety and flexibility to weather an uncertain path ahead. Jeffrey Polzer (@jeffpolzer) is the UPS Foundation Professor of Human Resource Management in the Organizational... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • 31 Mar 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Can a ‘Basic Bundle’ of Health Insurance Cure Coverage Gaps and Spur Innovation?

would make payments to health care providers on a risk-adjusted per-enrolled basis instead of a fee-for-service basis—as a tool to mitigate risks involved with centralized pricing and rate-setting. Evidence suggests that capitation can... View Details
Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Insurance; Health
  • January–February 2011
  • Article

Adverse Selection in Online 'Trust' Certifications and Search Results

By: Benjamin Edelman
Widely used online "trust" authorities issue certifications without substantial verification of recipients' actual trustworthiness. This lax approach gives rise to adverse selection: the sites that seek and obtain trust certifications are actually less trustworthy than... View Details
Keywords: Online Advertising; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Safety; Trust; Internet; Search Technology; Web Sites
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  • 01 Jun 1997
  • News

Blockbuster Deals

included in the postmerger integration plan based on the respective firm's quality of IT assets and management." Two Heads Aren't Better Than One All these potential problems become moot if there's... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
  • September 2012 (Revised September 2015)
  • Case

Doing Business in China

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Michael Shih-ta Chen, Nancy Dai and G.A. Donovan
This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in China. It highlights China's remarkable economic transformation in the decades leading up to 2012 in the context of its history, culture, and politics. The case summarizes the main obstacles faced... View Details
Keywords: Emerging Market Finance; Emergent Countries; Business History; Economic History; Emerging Markets; Business Ventures; Strategy; China
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Ansel Adams and Polaroid R&D | Baker Library

Adams, who was known for the technical and artistic quality of his images and for his masterful printing. Beaumont and Nancy Newhall, test... View Details
  • 2010
  • Chapter

Crime Distribution and Victim Behavior during a Crime Wave

By: Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Galiani and Ernesto Schargrodsky
The study of how crime affects different income groups faces the difficulty that crime-avoiding activities vary across these groups. Thus, a lower victimization rate in one group may not reflect a lower burden of crime, but rather a higher investment in crime... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Wealth and Poverty; Selection and Staffing; Crime and Corruption; Income; Leading Change; Information Management; Argentina
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  • April 2025
  • Article

Serving with a Smile on Airbnb: Analyzing the Economic Returns and Behavioral Underpinnings of the Host’s Smile

By: Shunyuan Zhang, Elizabeth Friedman, Kannan Srinivasan, Ravi Dhar and Xupin Zhang
Non-informational cues, such as facial expressions, can significantly influence judgments and interpersonal impressions. While past research has explored how smiling affects business outcomes in offline or in-store contexts, relatively less is known about how smiling... View Details
Keywords: Sharing Economy; Airbnb; Image Feature Extraction; Machine Learning; Facial Expressions; Prejudice and Bias; Nonverbal Communication; E-commerce; Consumer Behavior; Perception
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  • 11 Apr 2023
  • Cold Call Podcast

A Rose by Any Other Name: Supply Chains and Carbon Emissions in the Flower Industry

Keywords: Re: Willy C. Shih & Michael W. Toffel; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • 19 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

increased by 0.75 percentage points, increasing sales dispersion. Calibrating conventional inventory-ordering models, we show that to respond optimally to the observed increase in dispersion, the retailer would need to increase its cycle View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

across a variety of countries and sectors. The results of this exploration show that managers are trying to ensure safety and maintain profitability with tremendous energy... View Details
Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa
  • 24 Oct 2023
  • HBS Case

From P.T. Barnum to Mary Kay: Lessons From 5 Leaders Who Changed the World

What makes a leader great? A dose of luck, for sure. But specific leadership traits mark extraordinary individuals time and time again and help elevate the standouts from the vast middle. That’s the... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman