Improving Productivity - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Apr 2015
Blog Post

2+2: Challenging Conceptions of Business

seven semesters and pursue my core passion to improve cosmetic safety. Where did you work before coming to HBS?I spent the two years before HBS working for S.W. Basics, a truly all-natural skincare company based in Brooklyn that... View Details

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Strategies for Cross-National Regions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

the pressure of a global economic slowdown, it is critical for nations to work together to develop regional strategies that improve competitiveness across borders. Strategies that coordinate economic policy among neighboring countries... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

2017 in Energy: A Future of Lower Energy Prices

States will continue to play the role of swing supplier for years to come. And because improving technology will allow the North American oil and natural gas production sector to respond ever more quickly to... View Details

Keywords: Sarah Wright (MBA 1997), founder, Hull Street Energy

11 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

E-Commerce Unplugged

revenues over a five-year period. Building m-commerce applications will present huge challenges. Instead of improving a product or refining a distribution channel, companies will need to leverage superior... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria & Marty Leestma

01 Mar 2019
News

@Soldiers Field

WHAT’S THE BUZZ? EARLY TASTE In early December, the School’s Doctoral Programs hosted an interactive poster session in the Baker Library|Bloomberg Center that showcased several students’ early-stage research. One finding? In a sample of View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment

21 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 21

domestic firms. We investigate the roles of the two different mechanisms in determining the aggregate productivity gains by exploring their distinct predictions on the distributions of domestic firms: within-firm View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne

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Wartime Innovation - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

one of Doriot's former students, chose Doriot to serve as lieutenant colonel in the Quartermaster Corps. The Corps was responsible for research and development of new materials and products for combat troops. Doriot became a naturalized... View Details

Portrait Project

Danielle Slutzky

what food to buy and more about with whom to share it. I want to be proud of my efforts to make healthy products mainstream. I will nourish my family, friends, and strangers. I will listen to the stories their food tells. And when they... View Details

08 May 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018

Abstract—Many production processes are subject to inspection to ensure they meet quality, safety, and environmental standards imposed by companies and regulators. Inspection accuracy is critical to inspections being a useful input to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2011
News

Students Start-Ups Tap New HBS Fund

Nine HBS student-led teams received grants in March averaging $5,000 to $7,000 to launch and test their start-up business ideas. A total of $50,000 was made available through the pilot Minimum Viable Product Fund program run by HBS’s... View Details

Keywords: awards

01 Dec 2015
First Look

December 1, 2015

salesperson heterogeneity by using a hierarchical Bayesian framework to estimate our model. We find conditional compensation in the form of quota-bonus incentives to improve performance. We find little evidence that effectiveness differs... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

Desktop Search and Revenue Streams

to want more than one indexer on their hard drive." Rahul Lahiri, vice president of search and product management at Ask Jeeves, said improving the specificity of search results is the key to View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

29 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Leni Peterson R. (MS/MBA 2023): Solving Big Problems Through Entrepreneurship

simple products like the Hippo Roller (a device used to carry drinking water) and insecticidal nets, realizing their potential to significantly improve communities. This revelation shaped my guiding... View Details

01 Apr 1997
News

Manager's Notebook

technologically advanced product money can buy, right? Not necessarily, says Associate Professor Clayton M. Christensen. Sometimes a cutting-edge item is more than people need or want. "When does the customer view something as 'new and... View Details

Keywords: Judith Ross

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Generative AI for Business Leaders - Course Catalog

Gen AI has the potential to disrupt business models. How can businesses improve productivity and efficiency using Gen AI? How can businesses innovate using gen AI? How are business functions changing because... View Details

01 Feb 1997
News

Merton Discusses Risk Management at Dean's Seminar

areas of capital markets, financial services, and corporate finance. "New financial product and market designs, improved computer and telecommunications technology, and advances in finance theory during the... View Details

Keywords: Elizabeth McNair

Elizabeth E. Boit

specialized in the production of women’s undergarments that were eventually sold by Lord & Taylor department stores. Boit was considered a maverick in improving the working conditions for her mostly... View Details

Keywords: Fabric & Apparel

09 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

How Business Leaders Can Strengthen American Schools

Business has long recognized the connection between an effective school system and a qualified workforce—by some estimates, the private sector invests $4 billion annually in efforts intended to improve public education. So why isn't that... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

Profile

Brendan Mosher

Defense (DOD) fellowship to Stanford. There, he concentrated on engineering design and worked on energy reduction optimization for a Nissan factory in Tennessee, as well as an innovative consumer technology that helps improve automobile... View Details

14 Mar 2018
Blog Post

The 2+2 Program: Finding the Freedom to Take Risks

what challenges I wanted to confront in my life and career. As an immigrant from a war-torn country and a student of business, I wanted to find ways to use my business skills to improve the lives of others, just as mine was View Details

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