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Daniela Villafuerte | MBA

specifically interested in the area of biological sensors and the power they have to convert a biological response into an electrical signal. Through this conversion, analysis and research can be performed for View Details

04 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

From Lone Star to Team Player

collaboration and cooperation over decentralized individualism. How can large firms like BP collaborate among units and divisions and still remain financially profitable? A: The approach at BP was developed precisely to improve the... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

24 Apr 2014
News

A game-changer for migrant students

that Curiel performed during his second year at HBS and now incorporates The RFDF Stock Exchange, an online platform that offers migrant students scholarships for college, online courses in business and finance, and fellowships for... View Details

14 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Are You Managing To a ‘T’? Time To Break With Tradition

intellectual resources—using existing knowledge to improve performance or combining strands of knowledge to create something altogether new—can help companies respond to a surprising array of challenges,... View Details

Keywords: by Morten T. Hansen & Bolko Von Oetinger

04 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009

Goals Gone Wild: The Systematic Side Effects of Over-Prescribing Goal Setting (Working Paper) A working paper made the Top 10! For decades, goal setting has been promoted as a halcyon pill for improving employee motivation and View Details

Keywords: by Staff

20 Apr 2020
Book

Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings

things like “strategy,” “focused activity level,” and “crisis response,” performance was dramatically improved when study subjects worked in the optimal conditions (with high rates of ventilation and low... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Real Estate; Health

27 Oct 2016
News

Pathfinder

adapt to a lower growth environment and still perform well, to improve productivity, to take on the digital challenges in their specific business and industry, and to build and strengthen their... View Details

Profile

Aline Camargo

MBA. With that deeper knowledge about my personality, I could plan more precisely a career path to leverage my strengths and I started working on improving some of my weaknesses that could affect my effectiveness as a professional going... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Retail; Entertainment / Media

08 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]

market. Efficient companies should be the ones that maintain their capacity, and the inefficient ones should shrink or be sold. The same principle is involved in new industries. Instead of subsidizing new companies, government should View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

10 Nov 2020
News

In Harmony

finance director of the New York City Opera. For the next 35 years, Weinstein made his way through arts organizations in roles as general director of the Pittsburgh Opera, executive director of the Washington Opera at the Kennedy Center, and CEO of the AT&T View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

Research Brief: Where Top-Down Tops Out

facility’s performance. “There is a lot of pressure to deliver and deliver quickly,” Sadun says. “The rational response of an appointed NHS CEO is not necessarily to improve the long-term performance of the... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Mar 2012
News

Social Investing Pioneers

high-quality transactions to the United States to demonstrate the promise of this instrument,” Palandjian adds. “Social impact bonds have the potential to improve social outcomes at reduced taxpayer expense; shift View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Apr 1998
News

New Releases

service, and knowledge management in examining the implications of this paradigm shift for managers, entrepreneurs, and policymakers. Cost & Effect by Robert S. Kaplan and Robin Cooper (Harvard Business School Press) Cost & Effect: Using Integrated Cost Systems to... View Details

11 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11

show that it improves short-term productivity. However, although it improves performance in the short-term, we find that an overreliance on this task selection strategy hurts... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2017
News

Ink: Miami’s Dark Neon Era, the Language of Success, and Getting Psyched Up

Believin’”—shows that people who channel their nervous energy into excitement are more successful at tasks than those who remain anxious or try to calm themselves. Something as simple as saying “I’m so excited” before singing Journey can measurably View Details

Keywords: April White; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Astghik Poladyan

I believe harmony improves lives. Classical piano performance was my life's first passion. Growing up in Armenia, I spent countless hours practicing masterpieces by Bach, Mozart, Chopin Pursuing a music... View Details

13 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

From Turf Wars to Learning Curves: How Hospitals Adopt New Technology

their portfolio of cardiac services. At the time, this decision did not create much conflict between surgeons and cardiologists, as the two technologies were not great substitutes for each other. As angioplasty's performance View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Health

02 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Stories 2007

Think Team Stars don't shine alone. As Harvard Business School's Boris Groysberg and Linda-Eling Lee reveal in new research, it is imperative that top performers as well as their managers take into account the quality of colleagues.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

16 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

Read Our Most Popular Stories of the Quarter

What stories were readers like you diving into this summer on HBS Working Knowledge? Your interests varied dramatically, everything from how researchers use machine learning technology to predict CEO performance to the power of rituals in... View Details