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- 19 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy
generate important and long-lasting research” Among the issues she hopes researchers will address are whether a new requirement for companies to report workplace injuries has increased compliance with safety regulations; whether voluntary...
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by Michael Blanding
- Web
Faculty Focus Their Research on COVID-19 Issues - HBS Fund Investors Society 2020 Report
With frequently asked questions about the Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loans, as well as 10 tips for small businesses and an extensive list of additional resources, the guide is both practical and...
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- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
1,000 companies in California. ISO 9001 adopters subsequently had far lower organizational death rates than a matched control group of non-adopters. Among surviving employers, ISO adopters had higher growth rates for sales, employment, payroll, and average annual...
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Martha Lagace
- 07 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs
the research in Imperial Reckoning. “They wanted to bring forward the strongest claimants in what would be a tort claim—basically a big personal injury case that accused the British government of systematically torturing them and...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Faculty Focus Their Research on COVID-19 Issues
coronavirus relief programs. With frequently asked questions about the Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loans, as well as 10 tips for small businesses and an extensive list of additional resources, the guide is...
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- 09 Jan 2006
- What Do You Think?
Should More Transparency Extend to Education for Management?
things, students argued that even voluntary disclosure would: (1) pressure everyone to disclose their grades, (2) lead to competitive behaviors injurious to the learning process in the classroom, and (3) place too much emphasis on one...
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- 30 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers
context of the health-care industry drew instant attention. Preventable medical errors resulting in injury cost the industry somewhere between $9 billion and $15 billion a year, the report stated. Even more shockingly, by some measures...
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2.3.6 Dangerous Weapons & Threats - MBA
item capable of causing death, serious bodily injury or substantial property damage, will be used at a place or location, or is present or will be present at a place or location, whether or not the same is in fact used or present; or (2)...
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- 01 Jan 2007
- News
A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968
years and turned into the global leader in the home medical product industry. Spotting a shiny red three-wheel motorized scooter, he sits down to demonstrate its mobility. "Our products aren't just about illness," he says. "They're about mainstreaming. Most spinal...
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- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
for disabled travelers and their companions. THE BREHMS: On location in Lisbon, working to make the world accessible to individuals with physical challenges. Photo courtesy of Darren Brehm In 1993, Faith and I were seriously injured in a car accident that left me with...
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- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
ISO adopters realized higher rates of growth of sales, employment, payroll, and average annual earnings. Injury rates also declined slightly at ISO 9001 adopters, although total injury costs did not. These...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
What Should Employers Do about Health Care?
monitoring, and care for routine health issues. On-site physical therapists offer coaching to prevent injury and services to speed recovery. On-site diabetes educators work with groups of employees to engage them in lifestyle changes that...
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- 24 Apr 2020
- Op-Ed
Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19
organizational overhaul. Long-term coach Ron Rivera was fired and Matt Rhule was hired as the new head coach. Newton, having started only two games all last season, was in the last year on his contract. With his injury concerns, Carolina...
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- 27 Jul 2017
- News
Seeing a Way Forward
in a wheelchair, badly bruised from injuries sustained the day before that had been caused by falling in her home as a result of poor eyesight. “She said she couldn’t take it anymore and felt it just wasn’t worth going on like this,”...
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Jennifer Myers
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Security Chief
life insurance, and injury settlements. In January 2001, he took charge of GE Commercial Insurance, the position he held before moving to GE Security. Sand and Sax in His Future? Through all the job changes and requisite relocations,...
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- 10 Feb 2014
- HBS Case
Stressing Safety in South Africa’s Platinum Mines
he'd say. "Well, every time I told them that, I was wrong," Mukunda reflects. "This case taught me that. In the past, 50 people a year were dying working for this company." Last year was the company's best in terms of safety performance, with the...
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- 19 May 2016
- Research Event
Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium
designing soft robotic gloves that aid with upper extremity issues. A patient with a spinal cord injury may use the glove to pinch fingers together, making lifting a glass easier. Future work will focus on using sensors that respond to a...
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by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
- 07 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 7
much more welcoming attitude, given we found that inspections by Cal/OSHA, California's health and safety regulator, led to substantial reductions in injuries and workers' compensation costs. Publisher's link:
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Breakthrough Negotiation: Don’t Leave It On the Table
of conflict. They recognize the potential for escalation in zero-sum thinking, mutual perceptions of vulnerability, a history of distrust or injury that has transformed perceptions, and cultural misunderstandings. They are also equipped...
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by Michael Watkins
- 11 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Supporting Independent Workers During COVID-19: One Phone Call at a Time
programs: the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Emergency Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program. Both provided cash grants and low interest loans to qualifying small businesses and gig workers. As COVID-19 spread, the two classmates...
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