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- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Research Looks to Latin America
With its abundance of complex management issues in a rapidly changing environment, Latin America offers a rich landscape for in-depth academic investigation. Some of the research work currently underway by HBS faculty is already earmarked... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #1: Kameale C. Terry
relations expert, and even tackled some lobbying duties herself, to ensure that operations and maintenance for EV charging stations are not overlooked. “Today, an EV charging station can be deployed without a plan to repair it,” she said.... View Details
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Climate Symposium 2024: Confronting Reality, Celebrating Innovation - Blog - Business & Environment
"Harnessing AI for Climate Solutions" focused on how to leverage AI for climate solutions, from assessing compliance with climate regulations and building software to manage and operate the grid to better spraying pesticides in precision... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
New Releases
authors. The chapter on Technology and Operations Management (TOM) opens with a vignette that illustrates McArthur's ability to "think big." After a meeting in 1984 with Kim Clark, his future successor, McArthur asked the young professor... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
Ebrahim is delineating a framework that takes into account the inherent uncertainty and complexity of measuring results in the social sector. EBRAHIM: The hard work of measuring impact becomes easier "Performance measurement in nonprofits... View Details
- 21 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 21, 2006
operating system for dealing with elective (largely surgical) patients. By opening an emergency room, however, the institution is now called upon to care for complex and highly variable medical patients.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Improving Fairness in Flight Delays
Assistant Professor Douglas Fearing doesn't have the magic bullet to make this painful part of air travel a thing of the past. But his research on evaluating and improving the performance of complex systems such as air traffic control... View Details
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
System Architecture By: Baldwin, Carliss Y., Alan MacCormack, and John Rusnak Abstract—In this paper, we describe an operational methodology for characterizing the architecture of complex technical systems... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
Herz, he wrote the HBS working paper "Accountability in Complex Organizations: World Bank Responses to Civil Society" [PDF]. An abridged version of Ebrahim's testimony follows. (The entire testimony is available as a PDF).... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 17 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’
operational inefficiencies in recycling facilities, which can’t recycle compostable plastic. After months of research and analysis, Puri and his team resolved to package their produce in #1 PET plastic, the type most universally accepted... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 26 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 26
be more complex than previously thought. While fervent believers benefit from their involvement, those with weaker beliefs are actually less happy than those who do not ascribe to any religion—atheists and agnostics. These results may... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Energy & Environment Club’s Icelandic Adventure! - Blog - Business & Environment
geothermal power Our first stop was to see geothermal power up close. We went to one of Baseload’s active geothermal power plants, where we met other company members, asked questions, and saw the different pieces involved in operating the... View Details
- 04 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 4
tribes and U.S. states often find themselves at the bargaining table, often negotiating "compacts" to govern gaming operations on tribal lands. The operational success of the Pequot gaming View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
firm maintain a unified focus and operational consistency in new and existing points of sale around the world. One measure that Kompel and his team were considering was the Balanced Scorecard, a tool traditionally used by top management.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
working paper, published this year, titled "Promoting a Management Revolution in Public Education." Mallory Stark: How does the PELP program operate? Stacey Childress and Allen Grossman: PELP operates as a learning laboratory... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Class Notes Extra
restore a five-room operating suite, considerable feats given the complexities of business and finance in post–Soviet Russia. She is now looking to expand the group's fundraising reach and hopes “someday to... View Details
- 30 Mar 2017
- News
Negotiating Peace in Canada's Largest Rainforest
all what seems like informal stuff. If that doesn't exist, I can't imagine an agreement of this complexity could have been reached. And that also takes time. And the first stage literally took about three to four years. And although it... View Details
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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition
analyze, and understand complex information, guiding them to unexpected insights and better decisions. More than 500 leading global organizations including ABN AMRO, Boeing, Cox Newspapers, the (US) Defense Intelligence Agency, Dell, Ford... View Details
- 10 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 10
consideration given to the underlying economic activities, the unique cluster boundaries, or the appropriate benchmark of economic concentration. Our goal is to increase awareness of the complexities behind cluster identification and to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 18, 2007
a relationship between the design of a complex system and the manner in which this system evolves over time. In particular, designs which are modular in nature are argued to be more "evolvable," in that these designs facilitate... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace