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- 19 Oct 2022
- Op-Ed
Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup
optimal cofounder JDs for each role. Once each has taken a stab at this exercise on their own, share these JDs with each other (converge) and discuss where you were all coming from for each role. Not only will this better define each...
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by Julia Austin
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My academic research centers on uncovering and closing gaps between the theory and reality of tax policy. My main contribution has been to identify and address a mismatch between the goals for taxation typically assumed in theory and the goals the public and... View Details
- 28 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Racism and Digital Design: How Online Platforms Can Thwart Discrimination
up a task force to determine the extent of the problem and evaluate proposed fixes, some of which Luca had recommended and described in a Harvard Business Review article coauthored with Ray Fisman. The company has since made a series of...
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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
forthcoming brookings paper, researchers from Harvard Business School and the Behavioral Finance and Financial Stability initiative assess the merits of bank regulation since the financial crisis of 2008-2009. Through the lense of a simple model of View Details
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Globalization - Faculty & Research
Pernod Ricard. As part of the transformation, the company launched four key digital programs (KDPs) aimed at using data and artificial intelligence to automate processes and drive data-driven decision-making. The case primarily focused on two of these: D-STAR, a sales...
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- 02 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
When Goal Setting Goes Bad
governments create dysfunctional systems that can be predicted to lead to bad behaviors, I see the problem starting with the dysfunctional system. And I see the creating of optimal systems as a key leadership function. Q: Specifically,...
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by Sean Silverthorne
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Strategy for Health Care Delivery - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
rather than medical specialties Optimize costs through accurate measurement and reporting Apply the concept of Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC) to measure health care costs and outcomes Design and implement a bundled payment...
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
computers and smartphones are not supported for programs on the course platform at this time. A broadband internet connection is highly recommended to access the rich media in the program. The course platform allows you to engage with the...
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Value Measurement for Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
with health care partners Increase operational efficiencies: Match clinical resources to clinical processes and improve resource utilization Optimize costs over the full cycle of care Manage reimbursement and payment challenges Expand...
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- 03 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
How to Thrive as a Remote Manager and Employee
Workspace Create a remote work environment for yourself that is comfortable, productive, and professional. Consider: Attire – While there is a certain appeal to wearing pajamas to work, we recommend that employees continue dressing for...
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- 25 May 2021
- Research & Ideas
White Airbnb Hosts Earn More. Can AI Shrink the Racial Gap?
fluctuations. Zhang and her coauthors were curious whether the algorithm might help reduce racial inequalities by optimizing nightly rates for both white and Black hosts, so everyone could benefit financially. Narrowing Airbnb’s racial...
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- 07 Aug 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is There Still a Role for Judgment in Decision-Making?
were a number of views regarding the role of judgment. Wayne Brewer commented that "judgment is needed for creating a vision, decision tools are for optimizing a decision." Mark Andrew said, "Judgment can work well in 'high...
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by James Heskett
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
investors and entrepreneurs need, optimize both technological sophistication and financial sophistication-approaches designed to attract capital by offering different levels of risk and return, different cash-flow priorities, and...
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Anna Secino
- 18 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive
commute: Modeling ideal commute time and relative desired commute amount” by Lothlorien S. Redmond and Patricia L. Mokhtarian. Yet, although people say they dislike commuting, when asked about the “ideal” commute length, workers don’t say “zero.” One study finds the...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I...
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by Kathryn Haviland
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Every Trick in the Book
buying for the store—with an emphasis on art, design, cookbooks, children’s books, and beach reads—but the idiosyncratic staff picks, each with a sign explaining why the staffer recommended the book, are also popular with customers, who...
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April White
- 16 Dec 2021
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on STEM
What was the most difficult part of your experience as a STEM applicant, and how did you overcome it? The admissions interview was most challenging for me because I am used to just letting my work speak for itself by creating a new product or View Details
- 13 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
Don't Turn Your Marketing Function Over to AI Just Yet
departments within the firm could query it for answers to questions ranging from optimal pricing to product design. What prevents this from materializing? After all, machine learning is delivering self-driving cars and beating human...
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by Kristen Senz
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
Corn likes people. It benefits from human contact, when it’s thinned out and hand-pollinated, explains Taylor Keen (MPA 1996/ MBA 1997). Corn thrives when sung to and spoken to—something Keen does in the language of his mother’s Omaha Tribe, where he is known as Bison...
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- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
work, and perhaps rotating people off and on the team in predetermined intervals. This could both prevent burnout and provide a pipeline of fresh perspectives. Create an agile enterprise from the top down We recommend building agile...
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