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- 25 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Economic Cost of Physician Burnout
sign up for the job to stare at a screen. They are doing this to provide care for people,” says one of the study’s co-authors, Joel Goh, a visiting scholar in the Technology & Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. “It...
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- 20 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Riddle of How Companies Grow Over Time
year after year in a very predictable way, until they suddenly fell off a cliff” in the 1990s, Pisano says. On the other hand, persistence doesn’t necessarily mean fast growth either. Some companies grew very steadily but slowly over a long period of time. How do...
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- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Karen Gordon Mills, MBA 1977
of Mexico shrimp fisherman who stayed in business with low-interest economic injury loans after the BP oil spill, to a Pennsylvania drill bit manufacturer whose SBA-financed technology was instrumental in...
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- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
of organizational capabilities, technological innovation through R&D, problem solving, knowledge, and continuous learning—investment in human capital and technology that only firms could generate....
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes (MBA 2017)
paired student teams with technologies developed at the University, alongside an experienced industry mentor. The student teams were responsible for developing a commercialization strategy for the inventor and advancing the business plan....
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Finding Pride - MBA
Government Health Care / BioTech Manufacturing Private Equity Real Estate Retail Social Enterprise Technology Venture Capital Audiences Audiences FirstGen+ College Diverse Perspectives International LGBTQ+ Military Socioeconomic Inclusion...
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- 28 May 2019
- News
Ask the Expert: In Security
advanced capabilities, such as detection and response tools, in areas with the most sensitive data or the most risk to the organization’s mission. Once you’ve identified risk and placed controls in line with your prioritized assets, then you need to relentlessly test...
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Naeill Leigh
yourself? I’ve always been most comfortable with technology and engineering. Just by having great interactions with my finance professor has pushed me toward going into finance, which I wouldn’t have considered before coming to HBS. In my...
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- 09 Mar 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
In This Classroom, Beer Can Improve Your Grade
other numbers. They turned to HBS’s Information Technology group to implement the model, with versions going back and forth as they calibrated and set hundreds of parameters for the game. About 20 people worked on the project, and...
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- 04 Sep 2019
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Dhivya Suryadevara (MBA 2003)
Above: Dhivya Suryadevara (MBA 2003) at GM World in Detroit’s Renaissance Center (photo by Brian Kelly) Who you are is the sum total of your experiences. Growing up in Chennai, India, the importance of education and working incredibly hard were View Details
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Julia Hanna
- 21 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Get Buried in Customer DataUse It
With the advent of customer relationship management (CRM) in the late 1990s, companies came to believe that by using technology to tailor their offerings to individual consumers' needs, customer loyalty—and company profits—would...
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by Jean Ayers
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
In the Blood
million into sixty shares, thirty of which were kept by his owners. “We sold the rest and bought ten for ourselves. We decide on a case-by-case basis how much equity we’ll take of the horse we’re syndicating. The investment side is where you hit it big or you don’t....
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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
David B. Price, Jr.: Aiming High
—it's the challenge of leading a major company in the turbulent global economy. A longtime executive at Monsanto and BFGoodrich, Price believes that the turmoil caused by forces such as consolidation, overcapacity, and technological...
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- 23 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Oil Price Fallout: What Happens Next?
horizontal drilling and uses highly-pressurized water jets to force fossil fuels like oil and natural gas up from otherwise-unreachable rock beds. This new technology has enabled U.S. companies to access...
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- 01 Jun 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Challenges of Investing in Science-Based Innovation
"Bank of America is interested in accessing innovative digital technologies that will help it redefine how banking is done," Sato says. "The bank sees this as an opportunity to fuel its continued competitive presence in a...
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- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Prognosis
patients than any other hospital in the state—to bend without breaking under the pressure of the pandemic. Professor Robert Huckman is an economist and health care researcher who serves as unit head for Technology and Operations...
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- 17 Jul 2020
- News
Support System
filter into their retirement. “One thing that my family drilled into me at a super-young age was the importance of education,” says Akuete. She was lucky, she notes, having won the “geographic lottery” simply by being born in the States...
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Maureen Harmon
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
course of history—and their own lives. The Captain, Linda and the Tiger Shark: Their Love Was His Armor by Carlos M. Lago (MBA 1977) Mill City Press A novel about love almost lost to the sea—and what lurks within. Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream: How View Details
- 07 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Online Retailers Should Hide Their Best Discounts
tweaked the website, the overall sales conversion rate for buyers actually went up by as much as 23 percent, meaning that customers weren’t just buying higher-priced items, rather, they were buying more items overall. When Teixeira and Ngwe View Details
- 30 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers
paper, Toffel says. Other questions to answer include: What types of responses to incidents are most effective? When should behavioral corrections be implemented? When should technological corrections be made? "I'm excited to look at this...
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