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- 04 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Smart Cities are Complicated and Costly: Here's How to Build Them
Chombosan Much promotion of smart cities assumes that municipalities will take a proactive, top-down, technology-first approach to urban progress. Thus far, these initiatives look for some forward-thinking city official (or immensely deep-pocketed private investor) to...
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- March 2014
- Teaching Note
Roll Back Malaria and BCG: The Change Initiative
By: Nava Ashraf and Natalie Kindred
- September–October 2017
- Article
Why Do We Undervalue Competent Management?: Neither Great Leadership Nor Brilliant Strategy Matters Without Operational Excellence
By: Raffaella Sadun, Nicholas Bloom and John Van Reenen
A recurring message in business education is that you can’t compete on the basis of management processes because they’re easily copied. Operational effectiveness is table stakes in the competitive universe, it is often assumed, and thus cannot serve as a sustainable...
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Management;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Management Practices and Processes;
Performance Effectiveness
Sadun, Raffaella, Nicholas Bloom, and John Van Reenen. "Why Do We Undervalue Competent Management? Neither Great Leadership Nor Brilliant Strategy Matters Without Operational Excellence." Harvard Business Review 95, no. 5 (September–October 2017): 120–127. (Winner of 59th Annual HBR McKinsey Award.)
- 16 May 2018
- News
ALUMNI NVC Finals and Regional Roundup
WeMaintain, an elevator maintenance services platform that pairs elevator mechanics with property managers and parts suppliers, “revolutionizing customer experience and...
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Margie Kelley
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
Solve Our Most Urgent Problems By Mitchell Weiss, Professor of Management Practice and Richard L. Menschel Faculty Fellow Harvard Business Review Press The huge challenges we...
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- 11 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Cheap, Fast, and In Control: How Tech Aids Innovation
assessing which management practices and processes in an organization could benefit from experimentation? It is important to understand that...
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by Wendy Guild
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change
interests, which shape business education and practice worldwide, follow below, as do their key takeaways for business leaders to consider. REBECCA HENDERSON, John and Natty...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 13 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
How 'Small C' Change Can Beat Large-Scale Rebuilding
Even as COVID vaccines begin early deployment, pressure on leaders continues to mount to engage in “Big C” change: rapid course corrections through job cuts, recruiting a fresh management team, and...
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- 15 Mar 2023
2+2 Program and Admissions Virtual Information Session
Do you know where an MBA can take you? Open your mind to the breadth of career opportunities available in business and learn how an MBA in general management can open new doors for your professional View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
2+2 Program and Admissions Virtual Information Session
Do you know where an MBA can take you? Open your mind to the breadth of career opportunities available in business and learn how an MBA in general management can open new doors for your professional View Details
- 15 Feb 2023
2+2 Program and Admissions Virtual Information Session
Do you know where an MBA can take you? Open your mind to the breadth of career opportunities available in business and learn how an MBA in general management can open new doors for your professional View Details
- 17 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper
that attract consumers to retailers’ websites. Companies typically have to balance the popularity of these policies in a competitive market with the high costs of managing returns, including shipping and...
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Adding a Social Dimension to Strategy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
service via knowledgeable, flexible, and highly motivated personnel Flat compensation structure Own seafood procurement and processing facilities to control quality,...
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- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
prior art that invalidates the patent being examined, and productivity in the machine learning process technology requires computer science and engineering (CS&E) skills....
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Dina Gerdeman
- August 23, 2018
- Article
Using a New EHR System to Increase Patient Engagement, Improve Efficiency, and Decrease Cost
By: Katy French, Barbra Bryce Speer, Alexis B. Guzman, Tayab Andrabi, Iris Recinos, Keith A. Shook, James R. Incalcaterra, John C. Frenzel and Thomas W. Feeley
Patients and providers are frustrated with seemingly endless data entry. We used our patients’ vested interest in their own health care by actively engaging them in the entry of their own medical information into the EHR. Prior to the implementation of the new EHR we...
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Health Care and Treatment;
Analytics and Data Science;
Performance Efficiency;
Cost Management
French, Katy, Barbra Bryce Speer, Alexis B. Guzman, Tayab Andrabi, Iris Recinos, Keith A. Shook, James R. Incalcaterra, John C. Frenzel, and Thomas W. Feeley. "Using a New EHR System to Increase Patient Engagement, Improve Efficiency, and Decrease Cost." NEJM Catalyst (August 23, 2018).
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
They often functioned, as a result, as part of the problem, rather than part of the solution. In the more recent globalization era, the strategies of Western corporations have moved beyond the practices of the colonial past, but linkages...
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Dina Gerdeman
- December 2010
- Article
Changing Landscapes: The Construction of Meaning and Value in a New Market Category Modern Indian Art
By: Mukti Khaire and R. Daniel Wadhwani
Stable category meanings act as institutions that facilitate market exchange by providing bases for comparison and valuation. Yet little is known about meaning construction in new categories or how meaning translates into valuation criteria. We address this gap in a...
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Change;
Valuation;
Auctions;
Market Transactions;
Arts;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
India
Khaire, Mukti, and R. Daniel Wadhwani. "Changing Landscapes: The Construction of Meaning and Value in a New Market Category Modern Indian Art." Academy of Management Journal 53, no. 6 (December 2010). (Special Issue on Organizations and Their Institutional Environments: Bringing Meaning, Culture, and Values Back In.)
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Money and Markets Dominate New Course Offerings
full courses Acting in Time: Leadership and Management in the Face of Large-Scale Risks is a leadership capstone course designed for students who, over the course of their careers, will lead an organization...
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curriculum
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Action Plan: Net Proceeds
“I’m a root-cause kind of guy,” says Robert Goodwin (GMP 3, 2007), reflecting on a military, government, and civilian career that has taken him from counterdrug operations in Colombia to assisting with the peace View Details