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- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
and mobilizing employees to embrace them, and practicing dual-minded leadership. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55837 March–April 2019 Harvard Business Review Operational Transparency: Make Your... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
uniquely individual model? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810098-PDF-ENG Systems Infrastructure at Google (A) Linda A. Hill and Emily A. SteckerHarvard Business School Case 410-110 This case describes how a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?
matching system for New England, correcting public school choice programs in New York and Boston, and tackling markets for new medical residents, economists, and lawyers. That same year, Christine L. Exley and Elena Battles launched a... View Details
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
were longer when physicians were assigned patients under a pooled queuing system, compared to when each physician operated under a dedicated queuing system. The dedicated queuing system resulted in a 10%... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 1
Evolution as a System of Governance, due for publication November 2009. The purpose of this monograph is to put forth an original concept of capitalism as a system of governance, including a theory of how it... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Planning for Surprises
independently operating silos and the filtering of information as it passes up through the hierarchies. Political vulnerabilities contribute to predictable surprises when a small number of individuals and organizations are able to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
piped to the population centers. Syngas fuel-based power systems have much higher end-to-end CO2 emissions than either natural gas or LNG based systems. In my mind, it is better to learn how to manage fracking risks than to encourage even... View Details
- September 2020 (Revised September 2021)
- Supplement
Student Success at Georgia State University (B)
By: Michael W. Toffel, Robin Mendelson and Julia Kelley
This is a supplement to the Student Success at Georgia State University (A) case. The (B) case includes the results of a randomized control trial that Georgia State conducted to test education technology start-up AdmitHub’s chatbot solution as a strategy for improving... View Details
Keywords: Education; Higher Education; Learning; Curriculum and Courses; Demographics; Diversity; Ethnicity; Income; Race; Values and Beliefs; Leadership; Goals and Objectives; Measurement and Metrics; Operations; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Outcome or Result; Performance; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Evaluation; Performance Improvement; Planning; Strategic Planning; Social Enterprise; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Issues; Wealth and Poverty; Equality and Inequality; Information Technology; Digital Platforms; Education Industry; Atlanta
Toffel, Michael W., Robin Mendelson, and Julia Kelley. "Student Success at Georgia State University (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 621-039, September 2020. (Revised September 2021.)
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
hand, kept putting its knowledge and profits from every new product back into the company. From manufacturing punched-card data processors, it progressed along what I call the learning path to make the System 360 in 1964 and the View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Technological Disruption Changes Everything
serve. Why are more and more beds in hospitals vacant? With improving technology, complex work done only at hospitals can now be accomplished at stand-alone sub-system centers, out-patient and in-office care, and through in-home care. The ability to improve the... View Details
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
investors and fiduciaries. A wide range of contributors offer new perspectives on dynamics that drive the current emphasis on short-term investment returns. Moreover, they analyze the forces at work in markets around the world, which are bringing into sharper focus the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
LEED-ing by Example
accreditation. Also, the use of the LEED standard increased among private builders in the same local markets. "Our paper describes several different ways in which these policies might stimulate private markets for greener building," says Toffel, an associate professor... View Details
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why the Internet Doesn’t Change Everything
entrepreneurs eventually found themselves caught by a system that bit back—by markets that reasserted their old ways or governments that outraced the technological frontier and claimed it for themselves. The new world in these cases fell... View Details
Keywords: by Debora L. Spar
- 13 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative
As health insurance reform is hotly debated in Washington, DC, what strategies should be central for the benefit of patients' health? HBS faculty with expertise in business administration, economic development, and operations strategy... View Details
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
PublicationsBroadening Focus: Spillovers, Complementarities and Specialization in the Hospital Industry Authors:Jonathan R. Clark and Robert S. Huckman Publication:Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract The long-standing argument that focused View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
Information Systems Research Open Content, Linus' Law, and Neutral Point of View By: Greenstein, Shane, and Feng Zhu Abstract—The diffusion of the Internet and digital technologies has enabled many organizations to use the open-content... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy
all have to be in alignment." Along with Russell A. Eisenstat, an independent consultant and former HBS faculty member, Beer has developed a process called Organizational Fitness Profiling, which helps a CEO or business unit general manager and their top team... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Prosper with Multi-Channel Retailing
of store finance and operations for youth retailer Abercrombie & Fitch, Inc., said his company uses all its channels to magnify its brand message. "For us, it's all about building brands, and branding is just about building an... View Details
- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
technology was used illegally on 70-80 percent of the soybean area in southern Brazil. Under pressure from U.S. soybean growers, who were paying to license the technology, the firm implemented an innovative delivery-based collection View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=409017 Linux vs. Windows Harvard Business School Case 707-465 As of 2006, Microsoft is finding that its dominant position in client and server operating... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace