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- 26 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?
Silicon Valley startups have adopted the “fail fast” approach of releasing innovative products quickly rather than waiting for perfection. Badaracco disagrees: “It’s a potentially catastrophic mistake, with technology like this, to have... View Details
- 05 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Don't More People Get Flu Shots at Work?
With a yearly price tag of roughly $87 billion in lost productivity and adverse health consequences, the flu is nothing to sneeze at. It’s no surprise that workplace flu vaccination clinics have gained popularity as employers try to keep... View Details
- 31 May 2016
- First Look
May 31, 2016
functional proximity over base proximity when locating preventive health services. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51094 forthcoming Production and Operations Management Multi-Echelon Inventory Management... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 14, 2015
Beer et al., we examine how the subject has developed. We offer a normative review, based on that model, and we critique the assumption that the business of HRM is solely to improve returns to owners and shareholders. We identify the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Sidetracked: Why Can’t We Stick to the Plan?
had described the souk — a marketplace where you can buy products ranging from fresh food and spices to handicrafts and even gold — as a "must-see." Our plan for the afternoon was clear: Greg and I wanted to have an enjoyable... View Details
Keywords: Re: Francesca Gino
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
hit-or-miss at most firms. Tackling the problem systematically, of course, will improve the odds of success. Traditional ways of framing this search examine competencies, customer needs, and shifts in the landscape. This article proposes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
the boundaries of organizations. Though experience and productivity improvement may be seen as key benefits of this trend, little is known about how this shift toward outsourcing influences learning. When... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 1
experience yields improved performance. Experience, however, can take many forms. Building on recent studies on learning in operations, we distinguish between repetition of task (i.e., prior experience with the task) and repetition of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
strategies. Consider Nestlé, a food company that reformulates its products in response to regional tastes for spices and sweets. In this "local value creation" configuration, the span of control for regional business managers is... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 18 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
New Hires Lose Psychological Safety After Year One. How to Fix It.
Boosting psychological safety could be a game-changer, improving health care workers’ emotional wellbeing and reducing burnout, which could boost an organization’s retention rates and lower recruitment costs, Edmondson says. Edmondson and... View Details
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
and senior officers of firms, we test the hypothesis that analysts' school ties to senior officers impart comparative information advantages in the production of analyst research. We find evidence that analysts outperform on their stock... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
GM’s IPO: Back to the Future
auto makers have made advances, and Korean manufacturers are focusing on improving their quality and innovating on warranties and assurance programs to remove consumer uncertainty. Much further down the road, competition will come from... View Details
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
have documented the existence of user innovation back to the monks" —Carliss Baldwin After all, who knows better how to improve a product or fulfill a need than the person who will ultimately benefit?... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
improve the care of patients with diabetes by contracting an app. They go through a rigorous evaluation of the FDA regulations, the existing market, and potential commercial competitors to try and identify a market opportunity. Since... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2017
- Research Event
Who is Responsible for the Future of Cities?
Design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Panelist Efosa Ojomo clearly believed that the path to urban growth and improvement has long been spearheaded by innovations in the private sector, rather than by municipal governments.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 10 Mar 2011
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does the Job Make the Person?
"shaped" by many things—colleagues and friends, homes, climate, culture, and even our machines and gadgets—as well as our jobs. As he put it, "We are the product of a set of genes and their interaction with a myriad of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Mar 2010
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?
investors-problems that may otherwise persist for many years." The questions this raises are: Just what solutions address Shiller's concerns? How can they be achieved? Can businesses, for example, be provided with incentives to retain their employees and generally... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 15 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
We Have Better Ways to Break Habits Than Willpower. Why Don't We Use Them?
way through that critical project. But first, just one more cat video Research has shown that people are more likely to follow through on their goals, whether it’s boosting productivity at work, improving... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 13 May 2014
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First Look: May 13
how management and corporate boards of directors can best manage investor relations with activist stockholders such as hedge funds who are demanding major changes within a corporation to improve stockholder return. Beverage industry firm... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 8
income taxation. I show analytically how age dependence improves policy on both the intratemporal and intertemporal margins. I use detailed numerical simulations, calibrated with data from the U.S. PSID, to generate robust policy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne