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- October 2017 (Revised April 2018)
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Improving Worker Safety in the Era of Machine Learning (A)
By: Michael W. Toffel, Dan Levy, Jose Ramon Morales Arilla and Matthew S. Johnson
Managers make predictions all the time: How fast will my markets grow? How much inventory do I need? How intensively should I monitor my suppliers? Which potential customers will be most responsive to a particular marketing campaign? Which job candidates should I... View Details
Keywords: Machine Learning; Policy Implementation; Empirical Research; Inspection; Occupational Safety; Occupational Health; Regulation; Analysis; Forecasting and Prediction; Policy; Operations; Supply Chain Management; Safety; Manufacturing Industry; Construction Industry; United States
Toffel, Michael W., Dan Levy, Jose Ramon Morales Arilla, and Matthew S. Johnson. "Improving Worker Safety in the Era of Machine Learning (A)." Harvard Business School Case 618-019, October 2017. (Revised April 2018.)
- 20 Nov 2019
- News
From the Ground Up
that essentially means proud to be from Fiji. We founded Ka-Viti Water in 2011, built our facility and got all the proper approvals, and then started bringing it into the US a few years after that. Fiji is... View Details
- 25 May 2011
- News
Race to the Finish?
Caldwell (MBA ’42) at Ford, to Rick Wagoner (MBA ’77) at GM, to Anand Mahindra’s (MBA ’81) Mahindra Automotive and Ratan Tata’s (AMP 71, 1975) Tata Motors in India, HBS alumni, in top and middle management, have made their mark in View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
start-ups, made an impassioned plea for the environment. “We can bail out the economy,” he said, “but we can’t bail out the environment,” eliciting sustained applause. Citing... View Details
- 13 May 2013
- News
The Power of Three
Reunion. Demonstrating the leadership skills they honed at HBS, the three women initiated innovations—such as pre-reunion receptions and fundraising “captains” organized by city, rather than by section—that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
Made in America: Lessons from the Front Lines of Global Commerce,” piqued my interest, so I ended up reading the entire magazine, not just the View Details
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Understanding the Process of Innovation
have been struggling for years to develop new products that don't rely on movie tie-ins. How can this be? "Inside the large manufacturers you've got middle managers who want to put forward only those... View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gray
- 19 Mar 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’
to workers, who were expected to pay for their own English classes and learn during off-hours. Neeley, who drafted some best practices that the company began to implement, says Rakuten has quickly moved to... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
up with a look at the many HBS alums who have played similar roles in business schools around the country. For example, after selling my first venture, I launched UC Irvine's program in 1984 and then... View Details
- 07 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
7 Coming Out Stories from the HBS PRIDE Club
features about the LGBTQ+ community here at HBS. Ryan Flamerich, (he/him/his), Class of 2021 “Being gay is the best thing that has ever happened to me. It just took me a long... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Letters to the Editor
unfortunately fail. The Harvard Business School MBA is outstanding and is an excellent foundation for further training by executive mentors in the business world. Let other business schools change their... View Details
- 17 Dec 2024
- News
Solving the Underemployment Crisis
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, it’s Dan. Today, we are sharing a brief excerpt from Managing the Future of Work, the critically-acclaimed podcast from my colleagues at Harvard Business School. Each episode, HBS professors Bill Kerr... View Details
- 2013
- Book
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals: Global Business and the Making of the Modern World
By: Geoffrey Jones
This book examines the history of entrepreneurship and multinationals in the making of the modern world. In recent years economists, historians, and political scientists have written extensively on the history of globalization and patterns of global wealth and poverty,... View Details
Keywords: FDI; Economic History; Business History; Industrial Organization; Chinitz; Agglomeration; Clusters; Cities; Mines; Globalization; Entrepreneurship; Government and Politics; Banking Industry; Chemical Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Electronics Industry; Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America; South America
Jones, Geoffrey. Entrepreneurship and Multinationals: Global Business and the Making of the Modern World. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013.
- 07 Jun 2023
- News
Changing the Skills Narrative
- 25 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done
for policy choices.” Kerr, the Dimitri V. D’Arbeloff–MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration, has researched the economic effects of global migration of workers... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
a single class of his in his absence. Although it was a marvelous experience (and, I think, a reasonably good class) and I was very proud to have done it, I was also very relieved when he returned. I am sure that this experience was... View Details
- 19 Dec 2024
- News
The Musts of 2024
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. I love these end-of-the-year lists where you can get recommendations from smart people about things that are worth your time and money. It always sets me up really... View Details
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
learning process. Garvin: Faculty could be expanded in creative ways. Think of Harvard Medical School. It has incoming classes of 165 students and 10,000 faculty! It's an astonishing number that makes sense only after you realize Harvard... View Details
- 04 Oct 2022
- What Do You Think?
Have Managers Underestimated the Need for Face-to-Face Contact?
to a rubber band that snaps back toward a somewhat constant middle ground even after pandemic-level disruptions. Here’s the argument as it applies to remote work or “work from anywhere”: Remote work, already... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
impeccably turned out in a suit and tie, he required all of his students in his class at HBS to dress accordingly. “Sport coats are for newspaper boys and college boys,” he would chide his pupils. The more I... View Details