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- 28 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Racism and Digital Design: How Online Platforms Can Thwart Discrimination
up a task force to determine the extent of the problem and evaluate proposed fixes, some of which Luca had recommended and described in a Harvard Business Review article coauthored with Ray Fisman. The company has since made a series of... View Details
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Strategy for Health Care Delivery - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
rather than medical specialties Optimize costs through accurate measurement and reporting Apply the concept of Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC) to measure health care costs and outcomes Design and implement a bundled payment... View Details
- 02 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
When Goal Setting Goes Bad
governments create dysfunctional systems that can be predicted to lead to bad behaviors, I see the problem starting with the dysfunctional system. And I see the creating of optimal systems as a key leadership function. Q: Specifically,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Value Measurement for Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
with health care partners Increase operational efficiencies: Match clinical resources to clinical processes and improve resource utilization Optimize costs over the full cycle of care Manage reimbursement and payment challenges Expand... View Details
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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online
and Improving Job Design Featured Exercises Analyze a job using the Job Design Optimization Tool (JDOT) Recommend a set of job design improvements 5-6 hrs Module 3 Energizing Employees to Execute Strategy... View Details
- 03 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
How to Thrive as a Remote Manager and Employee
Workspace Create a remote work environment for yourself that is comfortable, productive, and professional. Consider: Attire – While there is a certain appeal to wearing pajamas to work, we recommend that employees continue dressing for... View Details
- 07 Aug 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is There Still a Role for Judgment in Decision-Making?
were a number of views regarding the role of judgment. Wayne Brewer commented that "judgment is needed for creating a vision, decision tools are for optimizing a decision." Mark Andrew said, "Judgment can work well in 'high... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 May 2021
- Research & Ideas
White Airbnb Hosts Earn More. Can AI Shrink the Racial Gap?
fluctuations. Zhang and her coauthors were curious whether the algorithm might help reduce racial inequalities by optimizing nightly rates for both white and Black hosts, so everyone could benefit financially. Narrowing Airbnb’s racial... View Details
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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online
to learn more. I would recommend this to any leader wanting to further their skill set or leadership skills. Suzanne Linton CLIMB Participant Experienced Leaders have four or more years of managerial experience and seven-plus years of... View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
investors and entrepreneurs need, optimize both technological sophistication and financial sophistication-approaches designed to attract capital by offering different levels of risk and return, different cash-flow priorities, and... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
schedule and adjust it as necessary, but you’ll need to complete modules within a pre-set timeframe as there are critical elements that require the cohort to progress at a similar rate. Some courses feature required weekly deadlines while others feature View Details
- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
- 18 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive
commute: Modeling ideal commute time and relative desired commute amount” by Lothlorien S. Redmond and Patricia L. Mokhtarian. Yet, although people say they dislike commuting, when asked about the “ideal” commute length, workers don’t say “zero.” One study finds the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Dec 2021
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on STEM
What was the most difficult part of your experience as a STEM applicant, and how did you overcome it? The admissions interview was most challenging for me because I am used to just letting my work speak for itself by creating a new product or View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Every Trick in the Book
buying for the store—with an emphasis on art, design, cookbooks, children’s books, and beach reads—but the idiosyncratic staff picks, each with a sign explaining why the staffer recommended the book, are also popular with customers, who... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 13 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
Don't Turn Your Marketing Function Over to AI Just Yet
departments within the firm could query it for answers to questions ranging from optimal pricing to product design. What prevents this from materializing? After all, machine learning is delivering self-driving cars and beating human... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
growing things could play in educating others about indigenous cultures. Now he talks about the intelligence of corn—how it changes color to optimize filtration of ultraviolet light: Soon, he explains, the corn leaves will be tinted a... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
work, and perhaps rotating people off and on the team in predetermined intervals. This could both prevent burnout and provide a pipeline of fresh perspectives. Create an agile enterprise from the top down We recommend building agile... View Details
- 09 Dec 2015
- Research Event
How Do You Predict Demand and Set Prices For Products Never Sold Before?
the researchers then developed an efficient multi-product price optimization algorithm to concurrently recommend prices for all products on Rue La La’s site in a given day. Determining View Details
- 28 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews
Each week, millions of consumers visit crowd-sourced review websites in search of recommendations for everything from taco stands to car dealers. Among the influential leaders in the field is Yelp.com, which in the third quarter of 2012... View Details