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- 09 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety
new research about how scheduling affects worker behavior. The potential result: Americans could avoid 19 million foodborne illnesses, nearly 51,000 hospitalizations, and billions of dollars of related medical costs. Government health officers routinely drop in to... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Classic Lines
Contemplating old furniture and oddities from the attic sounds about as exciting as watching paint dry — hardly the stuff of prime-time entertainment. Yet Antiques Roadshow, in which people present their household treasures for inspection... View Details
O. Wayne Rollins
In 1964, Rollins completed what is believed to be the first leveraged buy-out in business history through the acquisition of Orkin Exterminating Company. Through a number of acquisitions, he parlayed this initial company into one of the world’s largest and most... View Details
Keywords: Services
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
High Yields
from inspecting bridges to tracking energy usage. But the biggest vertical of all—one expected to account for 80 percent of the commercial market—is in agriculture. Using a Hawk Aerial drone and some high-tech spectral analysis, farmers... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
are subject to inspection to ensure they meet quality, safety, and environmental standards imposed by companies and regulators. This paper explores how the scheduling of inspections risks introducing bias... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Be Our Guest
think housekeeping is anybody’s first pick. But I wanted to learn the business from the ground up.” Smith says that early experience taught him lessons in leadership, management, and execution. After conducting numerous room inspections... View Details
- 07 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 7
Results from a Natural Field Experiment in California By: Levine, David I., and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—For companies with strong internal occupational safety and health auditing programs, OSHA inspections might seem a formality that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Photograph Albums - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
photographs Photographs and accompanying captions portray detailed views of the production of raw silk in Japan during the 1930s. Images include the raising and feeding of silkworms, the harvesting of cocoons, the reeling of the silk fiber strand, skeining and baling... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Five-Star Research
were more likely to be fraudulent, and restaurants that recently received bad reviews or faced increased competition were more likely to commit review fraud. Next up: Luca is conducting experiments to see if posting health department View Details
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
Restaurant Hygiene Inspections and Online Reviews By: Kang, Jun Seok, Polina Kuznetsova, Yejin Choi, and Michael Luca Abstract—Restaurant hygiene inspections are often cited as a success story of public... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
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FERPA Information | HBS Online
would like to inspect. Access will be given within 45 days on receipt of the request. When a record contains information about more than one student, you may only inspect and review the portion of the record relating to you. You should... View Details
- 29 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 29
abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9889.html Randomized Government Safety Inspections Reduce Worker Injuries with No Detectable Job Loss Authors:David I. Levine, Michael W. Toffel,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Business Competition Harms Society
Agency to institute such a program. The researchers examined the prevailing inspection system called On-Board Diagnostics II (OBD-II), which tests for excessive carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and nitrogen oxides, and also checks the... View Details
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
Government Inspections: Evidence from Restaurant Hygiene Inspections and Online Reviews By: Kang, Jun Seok, Polina Kuznetsova, Yejin Choi, and Michael Luca Abstract—Restaurant hygiene inspections are often... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=45468 August 2013 Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing Where Not to Eat? Improving Public Policy by Predicting Hygiene Inspections Using Online Reviews By: Kang, Jun Seok, Polina... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2022
- News
How Sumner Feldberg Helped Transform Retail
Sequoia Fund,” according to the article. Feldberg’s roommate was Marvin Traub, who later ran Bloomingdale’s, the high-end department store chain. After HBS, Feldberg worked for his father at Bell Shops, where he unpacked and inspected... View Details
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2.14 Policies and Procedures for Access to Student Educational Records | MBA
identifies the specific record or records they wish to inspect. Access will be given within 45 days from the receipt of the request. Guidelines for Viewing Student Records When a record contains information about more than one student, the student requesting access may... View Details
- 10 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
“Blank” Inside: Branding Ingredients
Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge.Why do we pay more for an orange with a Sunkist sticker? Because View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Case Study: Sweat the Technique
Above: Meridith Unger (left) and Nix’s business development director Sara Weber (MBA 2016) inspect a prototype (photo by Susan Young) Boston-based Nix is developing a disposable biosensor that gives users a real-time gauge of hydration... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Richard J. Stillman (MBA 1940)
high-pitched speaking voice, he made a powerful impression. I next encountered him in March 1944. I was chief of the Third Army’s Test and Inspection Section, and our unit had been ordered overseas. At his headquarters in an elegant... View Details