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- May 2017
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Stepwise Distributed Open Innovation Contests for Software Development: Acceleration of Genome-Wide Association Analysis
By: Andrew Hill, Po-Ru Loh, Ragu B. Bharadwaj, Pascal Pons, Jingbo Shang, Eva C. Guinan, Karim R. Lakhani, Iain Kilty and Scott Jelinsky
BACKGROUND:
The association of differing genotypes with disease-related phenotypic traits offers great potential to both help identify new therapeutic targets and support stratification of patients who would gain the greatest benefit from specific drug classes....
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Crowdsourcing;
Genome-wide Association Study;
Logistic Regression;
Open Innovation;
PLINK;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention
Hill, Andrew, Po-Ru Loh, Ragu B. Bharadwaj, Pascal Pons, Jingbo Shang, Eva C. Guinan, Karim R. Lakhani, Iain Kilty, and Scott Jelinsky. "Stepwise Distributed Open Innovation Contests for Software Development: Acceleration of Genome-Wide Association Analysis." GigaScience 6, no. 5 (May 2017).
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Tedlow on Tires and the Meaning of Life
not want to confront, because these tires greatly diminished the need for replacements. And since the replacement market was the only place they could make money, this meant the end of profitability unless...
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- 01 Dec 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
communication lines open! A list of new Board members appears below. Don't hesitate to let us know how we can help to meet your needs as HBS alumni. Best wishes, and let's make a date to assemble in...
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Improving the lives of underprivileged children in rural India
children. “We need to ensure that India’s children have access to quality education to help them realize their true potential,” says Mittal. The foundation has also set up specialized centers for higher education and research, such as the...
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- 2016
- Working Paper
The State of Small Business Lending: Innovation and Technology and the Implications for Regulation
By: Karen Gordon Mills and Brayden McCarthy
Small businesses were among the hardest hit in the Great Recession, accounting for more than 60% of the total jobs lost. The economic crisis was one focused on the banking sector, which is one reason for the disproportionately high impact on America’s small businesses,...
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Mills, Karen Gordon, and Brayden McCarthy. "The State of Small Business Lending: Innovation and Technology and the Implications for Regulation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-042, November 2016.
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
garbage and too much traffic (McKinsey). Continued urbanization only exacerbates these shortages. Society needs collectively to address the basics of water, energy, waste, and transit so that we can all do...
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- 01 Oct 2009
- What Do You Think?
Can the “Masks of Command” Coexist with Authentic Leadership?
Summing Up Do authentic leaders need "masks of command"? Instructors seek case studies posing issues that provoke discussion on both sides of an issue and raise many...
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by Jim Heskett
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News
and reports the station and approximate time she heard a song, she receives information about the song and how to purchase the CD on which it appears. With the troubled Salt Lake City Winter Olympics Organizing Committee sorely in need...
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Nancy O. Perry
- 14 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The High Cost of the Slow COVID Vaccine Rollout
officials took steps to speed vaccine development last year, the United States and other countries could have paid to build manufacturing infrastructure and shore up the supply chain needed to produce vaccines at higher capacity. That...
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- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Rethinking Call Centers: Effective Delivery of Service is Key
call centers, with their attendant voice response units, need not be frustrating. When a company manages its call center well, effectively linking a triad of service, information technology, and internal...
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- 01 Dec 2000
- News
In War-Torn Liberia, Student Gains a Wealth of Experience
field, there is a critical need in project management for people with strong business skills." Ballou's work in Liberia also gave her a clearer sense of the role of business in...
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- 26 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
What’s the Value of a Win in College Athletics?
tradition of amateur college sports in this country. “As a scholar and an enthusiastic fan, I’m providing content that policymakers would need to proceed in talking about this issue,” says Chung. If college...
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- 18 Nov 2013
- Op-Ed
Twitter IPO: Overvalued or the Start of Something Big?
committing to an approach that may need to fundamentally change—something that is harder to accomplish at scale. That said, the pursuit of coveted "network effects," with winner-take-all rewards to the...
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- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Expanded Elective Curriculum Offers Students A Wealth of Choices
MBA students to connect with HBS alumni are all part of the latest EC enhancements designed to address the changing needs and interests of MBA students. Course Development...
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- January–February 2024
- Article
The Challenge of Maintaining Passion for Work over Time: A Daily Perspective on Passion and Emotional Exhaustion
By: Joy Bredehorst, Kai Krautter, Jirs Meuris and Jon M. Jachimowicz
Passion for work is highly coveted, but many employees report struggling to maintain their passion over time. In the current research, we explain the challenge of pursuing passion by conceptualizing passion as an attribute with temporal variation. Viewed through a...
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Bredehorst, Joy, Kai Krautter, Jirs Meuris, and Jon M. Jachimowicz. "The Challenge of Maintaining Passion for Work over Time: A Daily Perspective on Passion and Emotional Exhaustion." Organization Science 35, no. 1 (January–February 2024): 364–386.
- 08 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp
internal data with government to gain understanding into their employees—providing insight, for example, into health behavior of workers in different neighborhoods. “There is so much data now, it’s exhilarating—and frightening,” says...
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Electronic Trace Data and Legal Outcomes: The Effect of Electronic Medical Records on Malpractice Claim Resolution Time
Information systems generate copious trace data about what individuals do and when they do it. Trace data may affect the resolution of lawsuits by, for... View Details
- April 2014
- Article
The Limits of Scale: Companies That Get Big Fast Are Often Left Behind. Here's Why.
By: Hanna Halaburda and Felix Oberholzer-Gee
The value of many products and services rises or falls with the number of customers using them; the fewer fax machines in use, the less important it is to have one. These network effects influence consumer decisions and affect companies' ability to compete. Strategists...
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Halaburda, Hanna, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. "The Limits of Scale: Companies That Get Big Fast Are Often Left Behind. Here's Why." Harvard Business Review 92, no. 4 (April 2014): 95–99.
- 21 May 2019
- News
Confronting the Future of Climate Change in the Midwest
disease are likely to multiply. If the Midwest is able to maintain its high standards for agriculture, it has an opportunity to supply the needs of growing populations in other parts View Details
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Agriculture
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News
Lawrence S. Kramer (MBA '74), who spent twenty years as a newspaper reporter and editor for publications such as the Washington Post and the San Francisco Examiner, was himself in the news last January. Kramer's financial information company, CBS MarketWatch.com,...
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