Persistence Of Performance Improvements - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Nov 2012
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HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson--Managing Manchester United

the world of soccer nowadays looks nothing like the one he started in as a coach at United 26 years ago. Sir Alex has embraced new technologies and new approaches, hiring sports scientists on his staff, and adopting new ways View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation

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RGE Report - Race, Gender & Equity

Diversity and Organizational Performance Lex Schroeder Author tag Board Diversity The Board Diversity Network, a program of the HBS Race, Gender & Equity Initiative, shares the latest research, insights, and... View Details

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Is AI Coming for Your Job?

possibilities and chart a path for the future using data, algorithms, AI, and machine learning. AI serves to augment or improve human performance. When computational and machine-learning algorithms perform... View Details

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News - Research Computing Services

to ensure that the login nodes remain stable and are always responsive and accessible for users to submit and monitor their jobs. Read more We are pleased to announce that we are deploying a new capability on the HBSGrid cluster that will View Details

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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

any potential investment that produced a proprietary expected impact. With this tool in place, Root Capital had an integrated picture of impact and financial performance for a loan and across its portfolio.... View Details

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Negotiating - Alumni

than money! Evaluate all aspects of an offer and prioritize those that are most important to you. These include: Organizational culture and values Paid vacation time Maternity/paternity leave Growth opportunities Career progression... View Details

04 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How Schmoozing with the Boss Helps Men Get Promoted

female, women make up only 38 percent of middle management jobs, 22 percent of C-suite seats, and a grim 5 percent of CEO positions, according to 2019 data from the consulting... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations

in this primary group have interlocking tasks, their bonds of trust will facilitate their joint task performance and they can be officially recognized as a work group or team. The more extended bonding drive... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria

23 May 2024
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HBS After October 7

development to address knowledge gaps. They also outlined future areas of focus such as strengthening the ability of faculty, staff, and students to engage in difficult conversations, and View Details

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Doing Business in a Divided World - Alumni

performance – or maybe even improving it? Moderated by Professor Robert Kaplan, Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus Session Rapporteurs: Dr. Christopher... View Details

07 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

The Better Way to Forecast the Future

too narrow, or underconfident. When combining probability forecasts, users need to adjust for those individual tendencies. Measuring accuracy and tracking performance are crucial to improving forecasts. Just... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Air Transportation; Transportation

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V.G. Narayanan | About

research focuses on management accounting with an interest in performance evaluation and incentives. He uses field experiments to understand how firms can use incentives and performance feedback to View Details

09 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Cultural Disharmony Undermines Workplace Creativity

harassment or racial discrimination—in which coworkers' morale or performance suffers even when they are not the direct targets of abuse. He coined a term for the phenomenon, "ambient cultural disharmony,"... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Jan 2013
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Thai Lee, MBA 1985

hospice care, but Lee refused to give up. Researching treatment options, she found doctors at Johns Hopkins who performed complicated surgeries. Today, Margaret is cancer-free, and much of Lee's philanthropy... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Cluster Studies - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Clusters, Convergence, & Economic Performance by Mercedes Delgado, Michael E. Porter, Scott Stern This paper evaluates the role of regional cluster composition in the economic View Details

21 Aug 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively

managers, HR specialists, and data scientists work together to use data to improve employee-related decisions and practices. New analytic approaches and new sources of digital data are starting to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

13 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

Managers, Here’s How to Bond with New Hires Remotely

significantly improve the performance and satisfaction of workers and boost the chances of hiring them permanently, according to the results... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

02 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity

Kakani and Columbia University professor Adam Sacarny, focuses on another explanation: differences in hospital quality. Hospital care improves, but gaps persist The researchers analyzed about 20 years of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

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Research - Health Care

The CommunityConnect case management program for Medicaid beneficiaries is run by Contra Costa Health, a county safety net health system in California. Case management infrastructure modestly improved Covid-19 vaccine uptake in a... View Details

08 Nov 2011
First Look

First Look: Nov. 8

income and a continuum of customer types. A discussion of the multi-product case is included in the appendix. The paper concludes with a discussion of implications for... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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