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- 10 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
What You Can Do to Create an Anti-Racist Organization
In the summer of 2020, there was national momentum towards the goal of creating an anti-racist society in the United States. Anti-Racism books flew off the shelves, long overdue conversations were had at work, at home, and in our...
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- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs
individual and team success would have to be thrown out, O'Reilly and Tushman write. If unit executives were to be tracked on the success of their respective businesses, they would lack motivation to share resources, which Curley knew was necessary. So Curley replaced...
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by Paul Michelman
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
a period of two and a half years, we examine the conditions under which discretion is exercised to deviate from the assigned First-In-First-Out scheduling policy, and the performance effects of those choices. Exploiting random assignment...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Hold ourselves accountable to meaningful, measurable progress. - Advancing Racial Equity
Action Plan Hold ourselves accountable to meaningful, measurable progress. Like many of the organizations we study, Harvard Business School is at risk of declaring a lot of good intentions and goals and then failing to follow through on...
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- 06 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
Unexpected Exercise Advice for the Super Busy: Ditch the Rigid Routine
else first. And for anyone prone to setting overly ambitious exercise goals in 2021, Beshears’ findings lend support for some familiar advice: Squeeze in exercise when it fits. Busy people can’t assume that every day will follow a...
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by Danielle Kost
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
AI Enhances Diagnostic Care
performing pattern recognition, and planning and executing a course of action. At Misr Radiology Center (MRC) in Cairo, Egypt, where Doha Tantawy (MBA 2019) serves as chief operating officer (COO), AI has been fully integrated into all of...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 11 Jun 2014
- Blog Post
Alumni: Where are they now? Featuring Joe…
technologies, performing due diligence on prospective investments, conducting deep dives into new spaces and developing investment theses, helping our existing portfolio companies as a board observer, and supporting the firm’s fundraising...
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Technology
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Looking for CEOs in All the Wrong Places
him and one of its board members? Understanding the dynamics of the CEO search process, as well as the ways in which chief executive turnover influences corporate performance, has been the goal of recent research by HBS assistant...
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Brooke Boyarsky
give me the platform I needed to pursue my career goals, and I have found that to absolutely be the case. I can say confidently that I am a significantly different person, in both skills and leadership ability, than I was coming into HBS. How has your overall HBS...
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Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise - Course Catalog
goal is to increase your personal impact as a leader, as well as your odds of achieving successful outcomes. Educational Objectives The focus of the course is to learn to use well-researched causal theories about strategy, innovation, and...
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- 31 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 31, 2007
Working PapersCoupled Search Processes: Why Is It So Difficult to Find that Organizational Design Matters? Authors:Nicolaj Siggelkow and Jan W. Rivkin Abstract Organizational design affects performance via coupled search processes. At...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
New Releases
vision has resulted in many financially driven companies becoming more mission-oriented. In this changing climate, HBS professor Robert Kaplan and David Norton (DBA '73), president of Renaissance Solutions, offer a performance measurement...
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- 26 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Electronic Patient Records Can Slow Doctor Productivity
use of electronic health records and greater delegation were independently associated with higher levels of production. That is, practices that increased the number of tasks performed using EHR saw an increase in clinician productivity,...
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- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
unexplored dimension. Deliberate Learning to Improve Performance in Dynamic Service Settings: Evidence from Hospital Intensive Care Units Authors:I. M. Nembhard and A. L. Tucker. Publication:Organization Science (forthcoming) Abstract...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 24
George Serafeim, and David Wood Abstract—A new generation of corporate reporting-integrated reporting-is emerging that will help investors and other key stakeholders such as employees, customers, suppliers, and NGOs develop a deeper and more comprehensive appreciation...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 30
note describes the Congruence Model, a method by which an organization can assess whether its building blocks (critical tasks, formal organizational arrangements, people, and culture) are aligned (congruent) with its strategy. The model postulates that misalignments...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
infighting, and allegations of corruption. The district was by far the lowest performing in the state, and nearly half of its 125 schools failed to meet their adequate yearly progress goals in 2004 as...
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- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
years, we've produced sixteen teaching cases, two conceptual notes, and a working paper. Q: The performance problems of U.S. public education are receiving growing attention. How are urban schools performing...
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- 28 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Making a Comeback
quickly and easily at a low price. But consumers buy for many other reasons. They might have social goals or they might want to have an experience that’s delightful. Retailers have to build these functional, ego-expressive, experiential,...
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- 19 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Company Loyalty
"employees can give their employers 100 percent and provide great performance while furthering their own careers," says Joyce Gioia of The Herman Group, a consultancy based in Greensboro, North Carolina "The two aren't...
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by Lauren Keller Johnson