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- 29 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play
and the needs of his or her new employer.Not all managers are equally suited to all business situations. The strategic skills required to control costs in the face of fierce price competition are not the same as those required to improve... View Details
- 29 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: JSW Steel and Cement and the Quest to Capture Carbon in Hard to Abate Sectors
alternative to advance the decarbonization journey in steel and cement. However, seeing the combination of different projects JSW is deploying and the sustainability culture permeating all levels of the organization was very heartwarming, as well as encouraging, and... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Faculty Books Published in 2020
analytics, and AI-driven processes are transforming the nature of work. While we often still treat AI as the domain of a specific skill, business function, or sector, we have entered a new era in which AI is challenging the very concept... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
Periodical:Organization Science (forthcoming) Abstract Research has long shown that organizations shape members' identities. However, the possibility that these identities might also be desired and that members might benefit from this View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Electronic Patient Records Can Slow Doctor Productivity
productivity implications from increased information technology. "We often look at systems on the basis of their technical capability, the fact that they can store this many records or process that many requests in this period of time.... View Details
- 05 Mar 2001
- What Do You Think?
Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?
Productivity will improve as the alternation of job assignments eliminates the 'indispensable' worker." Connie Luthy says, "I have practiced 'Just-In-Time' hiring ... in the pharmaceutical industry.... I have advised my client... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
article they describe how to properly design and execute A/B and other controlled tests, ensure their integrity, interpret results, and avoid pitfalls. They argue that if a company sets up the right infrastructure and software, it will be able to evaluate ideas not... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Everything Must Go: A Strategy for Store Liquidation
working paper, doctoral student Nathan Craig and professor Ananth Raman introduce a dynamic approach for optimizing the profitability of store liquidation that increases net recovery on cost by 2 to 7 percent of assets on hand, an View Details
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
cause movement out of urban areas. This process is associated with improvements in the spatial allocation of plants across urban and rural locations. Spatial location of plants has implications for policy on... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Jun 2011
- News
Serious Fun
unexpected) expenses and making investment decisions along the way about upgrades (such as lights and equipment) that will improve Angel’s performances (and pay). The impact of the games to date is encouraging. In surveys of participants... View Details
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Technological Disruption Changes Everything
HBS Professor Clayton Christensen sees disruptive innovation as a threat to everything from Microsoft to Japan—and even to a certain prominent business school. But through that disruption comes improved quality of life—and major... View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Raymond Hwang (MBA 2010)
people will experience significant spine-related symptoms at some point. The ability to improve the quality of many lives makes spine surgery relevant. Contemporary spine surgery is also heavily technology dependent, which makes for... View Details
- 09 Jan 2014
- News
Tapping into Opportunity
of some nebulous wish to do good, however. She's doing it because being smart about water will save these organizations a lot of money. "Providing dramatic improvements in how much water we use, and the natural resources for using water,... View Details
- 10 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
HBS Summer Fellows Focus on Racial Equity and Justice
summer and going forward. WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON THIS SUMMER? Allie O'Shea (MBA 2021), Hack.Diversity: Hack.Diversity is focused on improving Black and Latinx representation in Boston's innovation economy. This summer, I am working on... View Details
- 09 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 9
about the future as a source of fluctuations but differs by tying these beliefs to fundamentals of the evolution of the technology frontier. An important feature of the model is that the process of moving to the frontier involves costly... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?
important buying episodes. JCR has had a significant effect on the teaching and research directions of marketing departments and on the marketing strategies of major consumer product firms. My vision of consumer research is that it should be equally influential in... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
- Profile
Drew Richard
search has been a real process – I underestimated how difficult it would be. But it’s been a huge learning experience: cold calling, reaching out to alumni, expanding contacts. My ability to communicate has View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Facing Ambiguity
of hindsight because the fact that the foam strike was to blame isn’t general knowledge.” A four-person production team led by HBS multimedia producer Melissa Dailey played a vital role in the yearlong collaborative process of creating... View Details
- 08 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?
world-beating performances out of some good-but-not-great players and even to motivate others to take pay cuts in order to play for him, an anomaly? Can unusually gifted managers improve employees’ performance to such an extent that it is... View Details
- 20 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 20, 2007
disproportionately affected by international financial integration, suggesting that foreign capital may improve access to capital either directly or through improved domestic financial intermediation. Second... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace