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- 23 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
COVID Was Supposed to Increase Bankruptcies. Instead, They've Gone Down.
another piece of the social safety net, Kluender says. “Large corporations are not afraid to take advantage of the benefits of the generous debt forgiveness or reorganization that we have available through...
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by Rachel Layne
- 24 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Want People to Save More? Send a Text
that if she lost her job, she couldn't pay her children's school fees or pay for a doctor," says Pomeranz, an assistant professor in entrepreneurial management at Harvard Business School. “How can we understand what projects work to...
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by Kim Girard
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
Exercise will improve sleep and increase your desire for nutritious food. In addition, with the exception of sleep, all of these activities can be done in short bursts of 10 to 15 minutes. Flight attendants’...
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by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
this moment for introspection, an opportunity for intense personal growth. To learn more, read Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research Arthur C. Brooks, Arthur C. Patterson Faculty Fellow. Tip: Attend View Details
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
Council on Mining and Metals has developed transparency principles for mining firms, and the Responsible Care program of the chemical industry has focused on outcomes ranging from employee safety to...
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- 13 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)
only player, but it should try to become the first player that comes to mind when customers, analysts, or the media think about the new market category. McDonald points to...
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- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
If there were ever any doubts that HBS graduates would travel to the ends of the earth to reestablish their ties to the School, those doubts can now be put View Details
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Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Alumni Board Goes Global to Pick New President
he has perfected a technique for shaking off the lethargy of 22-hour flights to Boston — a six-mile run shortly after touching down at Logan Airport. He’ll be clocking a lot more after-flight miles over the...
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- 20 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Markets or Communities? The Best Ways to Manage Outside Innovation
Thanks to technology and instant global communication, it has never been easier for companies to seek solutions to problems or find new ideas from sources outside their own...
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- 11 Jan 2000
- Research & Ideas
Calling All Managers: How to Build a Better Call Center
Almost everyone has dialed a simple phone number—be it to order a pair of socks or reserve a flight to New York—only to end up navigating a...
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The Inpatient Discharge Lounge as a Potential Mechanism to Mitigate Emergency Department Boarding and Crowding
By: Brian Franklin, Sharif Vakili, Robert S. Huckman, Sarah Hosein, Nicholas Falk, Katherine Cheng, Maria Murray, Sheila Harris, Charles A. Morris and Eric Goralnick
Delayed access to inpatient beds for admitted patients contributes significantly to emergency department (ED) boarding and crowding, which have been associated with deleterious patient safety effects. To expedite inpatient bed availability, some hospitals have...
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Health Care Delivery;
Emergency Room;
Operations Improvement;
Operations Management;
Health Care and Treatment;
Service Delivery;
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Franklin, Brian, Sharif Vakili, Robert S. Huckman, Sarah Hosein, Nicholas Falk, Katherine Cheng, Maria Murray, Sheila Harris, Charles A. Morris, and Eric Goralnick. "The Inpatient Discharge Lounge as a Potential Mechanism to Mitigate Emergency Department Boarding and Crowding." Annals of Emergency Medicine 75, no. 6 (June 2020): 704–714.
- 07 May 2024
- Blog Post
Opportunity to Offset Travel Emissions with Carbon Credits that Meet HBS Criteria
high standards and criteria on climate, health, and equity. As an example, offsetting the emissions of an economy flight from San Francisco, CA to Boston, MA would cost $13.50 View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Research Brief: Better to Be Safe with a Sorry
Brooks, an assistant professor in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit. In a recent paper, Brooks offers a counter to that prevailing wisdom, detailing four study situations where an apology for things out of anyone's...
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- 01 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?
and loved reading, often devouring two books a week. He was a responsible child who eagerly volunteered for the school’s safety patrol to guide young students across the street. But Miller’s surroundings...
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Up Close: A Return to In-Person Executive Education Programs
wouldn't have expected any less and we haven't gotten anything less." This article originally appeared in the Harvard Business School Newsroom Are you planning to join us on campus for an upcoming program or thinking about applying? You...
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- May 16, 2019
- Article
To Improve Food Inspections, Change the Way They're Scheduled
By: Maria Ibanez and Michael W. Toffel
Health inspections are an important tool to increase food safety, but there are still 48 million cases of food-borne illnesses and 128,000 hospitalizations every year in the United States. Our research finds that inspectors reported fewer health code violations as they...
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Scheduling;
Food;
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Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
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Ibanez, Maria, and Michael W. Toffel. "To Improve Food Inspections, Change the Way They're Scheduled." Harvard Business Review (website) (May 16, 2019).
- September 19, 2017
- Article
After Equifax Breach, Companies Advised to Review Open-Source Software Code
By: Ben DiPietro and Lou Shipley
It doesn’t make much sense: At a time when high-powered automated trading systems can execute stock sales in real time, some companies that rely on open-source software to help to run their businesses track their open-source use on spread sheets on paper.
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Software;
Open-source;
Security Vulnerabilities;
Data Privacy;
Hack;
Applications and Software;
Safety;
Cybersecurity
DiPietro, Ben, and Lou Shipley. "After Equifax Breach, Companies Advised to Review Open-Source Software Code." Wall Street Journal (September 19, 2017).
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Robots Are Coming to Save Your Job
force-sensing technology—which allows a bot to “feel” its way through tasks (and around objects)—ensure that the robots operate with both safety and accuracy. But the robots also possess that most important...
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Dan Morrell
- 15 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 1/5
for predominantly white spaces is still not enough to keep Black people safe – and there isn’t a job title or degree in the world that can protect Black communities from institutionalized and systemic racism. Members of the HBS African...
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