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Labor Productivity and Quality Change in Singapore: Achievements in 1974-2011 and Prospects for the Next Two Decades
By: Koji Nomura and Tomomichi Amano
Labor productivity growth in Singapore that has grown at a rate of over 3.0 percent per year since 1970s considerably slowed down to 0.5 percent on average per annum in the latter half of the 2000s. The purpose of this paper is to ask, first, to what extent Singapore’s... View Details
Nomura, Koji, and Tomomichi Amano. "Labor Productivity and Quality Change in Singapore: Achievements in 1974-2011 and Prospects for the Next Two Decades." Discussion Paper, Keio Economic Observatory, 2012.
- 30 Apr 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Earnings Quality and Ownership Structure: The Role of Private Equity Sponsors
- July–August 2008
- Article
Interview with a Quality Leader: Regina E. Herzlinger on Consumer-Driven Healthcare
Regina E. Herzlinger is the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration Chair at the Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA. She received her bachelor's degree from MIT and her doctorate from the Harvard Business School The first woman to be tenured and... View Details
"Interview with a Quality Leader: Regina E. Herzlinger on Consumer-Driven Healthcare." Journal for Healthcare Quality 30, no. 4 (July–August 2008): 17–19.
- Article
The Discriminating Consumer: Product Proliferation and Willingness to Pay for Quality
By: Marco Bertini, Luc Wathieu and Sheena Iyengar
Bertini, Marco, Luc Wathieu, and Sheena Iyengar. "The Discriminating Consumer: Product Proliferation and Willingness to Pay for Quality." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 49, no. 1 (February 2012): 39–49.
- Article
Quality of Work Life and the Manager: Muddle in the Middle
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Barry Oshry
Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Barry Oshry. "Quality of Work Life and the Manager: Muddle in the Middle." Organizational Dynamics 13, no. 1 (Summer 1984): 5–19.
- October 2008
- Article
The Effect of Macro Information Environment Change on the Quality of Management Earnings Forecasts
The 1990s were characterized by substantial increases in the performance of and investor reliance on financial analysts. Because managers possess superior private information and issue forecasts to align investors' expectations with their own, we predict that... View Details
Keywords: Information; Performance Expectations; Earnings Management; Financial Reporting; Forecasting and Prediction
Baginski, Stephen P., John M. Hassell, and Michael D. Kimbrough. "The Effect of Macro Information Environment Change on the Quality of Management Earnings Forecasts." Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting 31, no. 3 (October 2008): 311–330.
- 27 Sep 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Salience in Quality Disclosure: Evidence from the U.S. News College Rankings
- June 2018
- Supplement
PCAOB Efforts to Improve Audit Quality (B): Excerpts of Public Comment Letters
By: Aiyesha Dey and Paul Healy
Dey, Aiyesha, and Paul Healy. "PCAOB Efforts to Improve Audit Quality (B): Excerpts of Public Comment Letters." Harvard Business School Supplement 118-109, June 2018.
- March 2004
- Teaching Note
Ford Motor Company: Quality of Earnings Growth Analysis (A) and (B) TN
By: David F. Hawkins
Teaching Note to (9-104-059) and (9-104-063). View Details
- 01 Jan 1999
- Conference Presentation
A Framework for Measuring the Quality of Medication Prescribing Using Administrative Data
By: R. S. Stafford, Richard Bohmer and R. Gaudette
- July 2003
- Article
Freddie Mac Restatement: New and Unexpected Financial Institution Accounting Quality Concern Raised
By: David Hawkins
Hawkins, David. "Freddie Mac Restatement: New and Unexpected Financial Institution Accounting Quality Concern Raised." Accounting Bulletin, no. 121 (July 2003).
- 2007
- Working Paper
Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal?
By: Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton
Alfaro, Laura, and Andrew Charlton. "Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-072, April 2007. (Revised May 2007.)
- 06 Nov 2008
- Conference Presentation
Quality Management & Job Quality: How ISO 9001 Affects Employees & Employers
- 2023
- Working Paper
Navigating the Jagged Technological Frontier: Field Experimental Evidence of the Effects of AI on Knowledge Worker Productivity and Quality
By: Fabrizio Dell'Acqua, Edward McFowland III, Ethan Mollick, Hila Lifshitz-Assaf, Katherine C. Kellogg, Saran Rajendran, Lisa Krayer, François Candelon and Karim R. Lakhani
The public release of Large Language Models (LLMs) has sparked tremendous interest in how humans will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to accomplish a variety of tasks. In our study conducted with Boston Consulting Group, a global management consulting firm, we examine... View Details
Keywords: Large Language Model; AI and Machine Learning; Performance Efficiency; Performance Improvement
Dell'Acqua, Fabrizio, Edward McFowland III, Ethan Mollick, Hila Lifshitz-Assaf, Katherine C. Kellogg, Saran Rajendran, Lisa Krayer, François Candelon, and Karim R. Lakhani. "Navigating the Jagged Technological Frontier: Field Experimental Evidence of the Effects of AI on Knowledge Worker Productivity and Quality." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-013, September 2023.
- November 2008
- Article
The Effects of Colleague Quality on Top Performance: The Case of Security Analysts
By: Boris Groysberg and Linda-Eling Lee
Groysberg, Boris, and Linda-Eling Lee. "The Effects of Colleague Quality on Top Performance: The Case of Security Analysts." Special Issue on Professional Service Firms: Where Organization Theory and Organizational Behavior Might Meet, edited by Roy Suddaby, Royston Greenwood, and Celeste Wilderom Journal of Organizational Behavior 29, no. 8 (November 2008): 1123–1144.
- Article
Quality Problems, Policies, and Attitudes in the U.S. and Japan: An Exploratory Study
By: David A. Garvin
Garvin, David A. "Quality Problems, Policies, and Attitudes in the U.S. and Japan: An Exploratory Study." Academy of Management Journal 29, no. 4 (December 1986).
- 2025
- Working Paper
Magnetic Resonance Imaging—High Quality and Radiation Free: Case Histories of Transformational Advances
By: Srikant M. Datar, Amar Bhidé and Katherine Stebbins
This case history describes how Magnetic Resource Imaging (MRI) came to complement – and partially replace -- computed tomography (CT) imaging of soft tissue. Specifically, we chronicle 1) the development of foundational techniques and prototypes (through the 1970s);... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Technological Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Technology Adoption; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Invention; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
Datar, Srikant M., Amar Bhidé, and Katherine Stebbins. "Magnetic Resonance Imaging—High Quality and Radiation Free: Case Histories of Transformational Advances." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-001, July 2019. (Revised January 2025.)
- 13 May 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
The Changing Landscape of Auditor Litigation and Its Implications for Audit Quality
- 1995
- Chapter
Contending Views of Quality Management in Health Care: Implications for Competition and Regulation
By: D. Blumenthal and Richard Bohmer
- July 2006
- Article
The Effects of Cardiac Specialty Hospitals on the Cost and Quality of Medical Care
By: Jason R. Barro, Robert S. Huckman and Daniel P. Kessler
Barro, Jason R., Robert S. Huckman, and Daniel P. Kessler. "The Effects of Cardiac Specialty Hospitals on the Cost and Quality of Medical Care." Journal of Health Economics 25, no. 4 (July 2006): 702–721.