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      • January 2021
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      Leading Culture Change at SEB

      By: Amy C. Edmondson and Elena Corsi
      SEB Chief Risk Officer department had gone through a culture change program of four months based on boosting three skills: psychological safety, empathic listening and strategic frame. The program had allowed the CRO teams to make progress on strategic challenges and...  View Details
      Keywords: Leadership; Risk And Uncertainty; Leading Change; Banking Industry; Sweden
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      Edmondson, Amy C., and Elena Corsi. "Leading Culture Change at SEB." Harvard Business School Case 621-074, February 2021.
      • February 2021
      • Article

      Health Care Measurements That Improve Patient Outcomes

      By: Robert S. Kaplan, Lara Jehi, Clifford Y. Ko, Andrea Pusic and Mary Witkowski
      This article describes the challenges and solutions in determining whether a patient’s treatment has been successful. Such an assessment depends on multiple factors, including the patient’s pretreatment status; the qualifications of personnel performing the treatment;...  View Details
      Keywords: Outcomes Measurement; Health Care And Treatment; Outcome Or Result; Measurement And Metrics
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      Kaplan, Robert S., Lara Jehi, Clifford Y. Ko, Andrea Pusic, and Mary Witkowski. "Health Care Measurements That Improve Patient Outcomes." NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery 2, no. 2 (February 2021).
      • January 2021
      • Case

      Anodot: Autonomous Business Monitoring

      By: Antonio Moreno and Danielle Golan
      Autonomous business monitoring platform Anodot leveraged machine learning to providing real-time alerts regarding business anomalies. Anodot’s solution was used in various industries in order to primarily monitor business health, such as revenue and payments, product...  View Details
      Keywords: Technology Platform; Online Technology; Knowledge Sharing; Information Management; Sales; Value Creation; Product Positioning; Israel
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      Moreno, Antonio, and Danielle Golan. "Anodot: Autonomous Business Monitoring." Harvard Business School Case 621-084, January 2021.
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      Resilience vs. Vulnerability: Psychological Safety and Reporting of Near Misses with Varying Proximity to Harm in Radiation Oncology

      By: Olivia Jung, Palak Kundu, Amy C. Edmondson, John Hegde, Nzhde Agazaryan, Michael Steinberg and Ann Raldow
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      Psychological safety, a shared belief that interpersonal risk taking is safe, is an important determinant of incident reporting. However, how psychological safety affects near-miss reporting is unclear, as near misses contain contrasting cues that...  View Details
      Keywords: Psychological Safety; Near-miss Reporting; Health Care And Treatment; Safety
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      Jung, Olivia, Palak Kundu, Amy C. Edmondson, John Hegde, Nzhde Agazaryan, Michael Steinberg, and Ann Raldow. "Resilience vs. Vulnerability: Psychological Safety and Reporting of Near Misses with Varying Proximity to Harm in Radiation Oncology." Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety 47, no. 1 (January 2021): 15–22.
      • December 2020
      • Case

      Komatsu and Smart Construction

      By: Rajiv Lal, David J. Collis and Akiko Saito
      Komatsu, Japan's leading construction equipment manufacturer, is considering investing in a digital platform "Smart Construction" that will digitise the entire work process on a construction site, allowing for substantial reductions in cost and time while improving...  View Details
      Keywords: Platform; Digital Business; Construction; Business Model; Strategy; Technology Adoption; Construction Industry; Japan
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      Lal, Rajiv, David J. Collis, and Akiko Saito. "Komatsu and Smart Construction." Harvard Business School Case 521-042, December 2020.
      • 2020
      • Working Paper

      The Role of Constraints in Creative Problem-Solving: Field Experimental Evidence from a Community Crowdsourcing Program in a Consumer Electronics Company

      By: Daniel Ehls, Karim R. Lakhani and Jacqueline N. Lane
      The role of constraints in the problem solving process has been a central line of inquiry in the creativity and innovation literature with ongoing debates of whether constraints imposed on creative problem solvers diminish or enhance their efforts and outputs. We...  View Details
      Keywords: Problem Solving; Constraints; Crowdsourcing; Field Experiment; Problems And Challenges; Creativity; Collaborative Innovation And Invention
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      Ehls, Daniel, Karim R. Lakhani, and Jacqueline N. Lane. "The Role of Constraints in Creative Problem-Solving: Field Experimental Evidence from a Community Crowdsourcing Program in a Consumer Electronics Company." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-068, December 2020.
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      Value of New Performance Information in Healthcare: Evidence from Japan

      By: Susanna Gallani, Takehisa Kajiwara and Ranjani Krishnan
      Mandatory measurement and disclosure of outcome measures are commonly used policy tools in healthcare. The effectiveness of such disclosures relies on the extent to which the new information produced by the mandatory system is internalized by the healthcare...  View Details
      Keywords: Value Of Information; Feedback; Patient Satisfaction; Healthcare; Health Care And Treatment; Satisfaction; Information; Measurement And Metrics; Performance improvement
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      Gallani, Susanna, Takehisa Kajiwara, and Ranjani Krishnan. "Value of New Performance Information in Healthcare: Evidence from Japan." International Journal of Health Economics and Management 20, no. 4 (December 2020): 319–357.
      • November 2020 (Revised February 2021)
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      CommonSpirit Health: Integrating a Merger of Equals

      By: Robert S. Huckman, Hise Gibson and Nicole Gilmore
      Soon after closing the 2019 merger of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health to create CommonSpirit Health, Lloyd Dean and Kevin Lofton--jointly appointed to the role of CEO--must make several operational and strategic decisions related to the integration...  View Details
      Keywords: Health Care Delivery; Hospital; Merger; Merger Integration; Hospital Mergers; Health Information Technology; Ceos; Health Care And Treatment; Mergers And Acquisitions; Integration; Leadership; Health Industry; United States
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      Huckman, Robert S., Hise Gibson, and Nicole Gilmore. "CommonSpirit Health: Integrating a Merger of Equals." Harvard Business School Case 621-034, November 2020. (Revised February 2021.)
      • October 2020 (Revised November 2020)
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      Digging for Gold: Paulson & Co.'s Activism in the Gold Sector

      By: Suraj Srinivasan and Jonah S. Goldberg
      The case describes the efforts of hedge fund Paulson & Co to influence corporate governance and improve performance in the gold industry. In an innovative move, the hedge fund led the creation of the Shareholder Gold Council, a consortium of large investors in gold...  View Details
      Keywords: Board Of Directors; Hedge Funds; Shareholder Activism; Gold; Corporate Governance; Governing And Advisory Boards; Investment Funds; Investment Activism; Performance improvement; Corporate Accountability; Mining Industry; Canada; United States
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      Srinivasan, Suraj, and Jonah S. Goldberg. "Digging for Gold: Paulson & Co.'s Activism in the Gold Sector." Harvard Business School Case 121-021, October 2020. (Revised November 2020.)
      • October 2020 (Revised December 2020)
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      Investing at Pivotal Ventures

      By: Emil N. Siriwardane, Emily R. McComb and Eren Kuzucu
      Launched in 2015 by Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Pivotal Ventures is an investment and incubation company. The company aims to support and promote transformational ideas, people and organizations, and advance social progress for women...  View Details
      Keywords: Investment; Management; Mission And Purpose; Venture Capital
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      Siriwardane, Emil N., Emily R. McComb, and Eren Kuzucu. "Investing at Pivotal Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 221-033, October 2020. (Revised December 2020.)
      • October 2020
      • Article

      Task Selection and Workload: A Focus on Completing Easy Tasks Hurts Long-Term Performance

      By: Diwas S. KC, Bradley R. Staats, Maryam Kouchaki and Francesca Gino
      How individuals manage, organize, and complete their tasks is central to operations management. Recent research in operations focuses on how under conditions of increasing workload individuals can decrease their service time, up to a point, in order to complete work...  View Details
      Keywords: Healthcare; Knowledge Work; Discretion; Workload; Employees; Health Care And Treatment; Decision Making; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Productivity
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      KC, Diwas S., Bradley R. Staats, Maryam Kouchaki, and Francesca Gino. "Task Selection and Workload: A Focus on Completing Easy Tasks Hurts Long-Term Performance." Management Science 66, no. 10 (October 2020).
      • 2020
      • Book

      Time Smart: How to Reclaim Your Time and Live a Happier Life

      By: A.V. Whillans
      There's an 80 percent chance you're poor. Time poor, that is. Four out of five adults report feeling that they have too much to do and not enough time to do it. These time-poor people experience less joy each day. They laugh less. They are less healthy, less...  View Details
      Keywords: Time; Time And Wellbeing; Time-as Money; Time Management; Happiness; Well-being
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      Whillans, A.V. Time Smart: How to Reclaim Your Time and Live a Happier Life. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press, 2020.
      • September 2020 (Revised October 2020)
      • Case

      Zameer Kassam Fine Jewelry: Engaging Clients

      By: Ryan W. Buell and Amy Klopfenstein
      Zameer Kassam Fine Jewelry (ZKFJ) designs custom engagement rings that tell the story of a couple’s relationship. The case describes the company’s process for engaging clients, which has historically been a relatively offline, high-touch experience. Obliged by...  View Details
      Keywords: Customer Engagement; Service Delivery; Health Pandemics; Online Technology; Customer Satisfaction; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Growth And Development; Retail Industry
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      Buell, Ryan W., and Amy Klopfenstein. "Zameer Kassam Fine Jewelry: Engaging Clients." Harvard Business School Case 621-043, September 2020. (Revised October 2020.)
      • September–October 2020
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      Global Supply Chains in a Post-Pandemic World: Companies Need to Make Their Networks More Resilient. Here's How.

      By: Willy C. Shih
      The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the vulnerabilities in the production strategies and supply chains of firms everywhere. Coupled with a rise in economic nationalism, manufacturers everywhere are going to be under pressure to rethink their sourcing and logistics...  View Details
      Keywords: Resilience; Pandemic; Operations Management; Health Pandemics; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Manufacturing Industry; United States; Asia; Europe
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      Shih, Willy C. "Global Supply Chains in a Post-Pandemic World: Companies Need to Make Their Networks More Resilient. Here's How." R2005F. Harvard Business Review 98, no. 5 (September–October 2020): 82–89.
      • July 2020
      • Supplement

      Instabeat—Crossing the Finish Line

      By: Shikhar Ghosh, Nicole Tempest Keller and Alpana Thapar
      Lebanese entrepreneur Hind Hobeika was just 21 years old when she launched her startup, Instabeat, which had developed the first real-time bio-feedback device for swimmers to monitor and improve their performance. It had been an extremely testing 10-year journey to...  View Details
      Keywords: Start-up; Wearables; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Technology; Hardware; Strategy; Operations; Management; United States; Lebanon
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      Ghosh, Shikhar, Nicole Tempest Keller, and Alpana Thapar. "Instabeat—Crossing the Finish Line." Harvard Business School Supplement 821-012, July 2020.
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      Assessing the Food and Drug Administration's Risk-Based Framework for Software Precertification with Top Health Apps in the United States: Quality Improvement Study

      By: Noy Alon, Ariel Dora Stern and John Torous
      BACKGROUND: As the development of mobile health apps continues to accelerate, the need to implement a framework that can standardize categorizing these apps to allow for efficient, yet robust regulation grows. However, regulators and researchers are faced with numerous...  View Details
      Keywords: Mobile Health; Smartphone; Food And Drug Administration; Risk-based Framework; Health Care And Treatment; Mobile Technology; Software
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      Alon, Noy, Ariel Dora Stern, and John Torous. "Assessing the Food and Drug Administration's Risk-Based Framework for Software Precertification with Top Health Apps in the United States: Quality Improvement Study." JMIR mHealth and uHealth 8, no. 10 (October 2020).
      • July 2020
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      Applying Data Science and Analytics at P&G

      By: Srikant M. Datar, Sarah Mehta and Paul Hamilton
      Set in December 2019, this case explores how P&G has applied data science and analytics to cut costs and improve outcomes across its business units. The case provides an overview of P&G’s approach to data management and governance, and reviews the challenges associated...  View Details
      Keywords: Data Science; Analytics; Analysis; Information; Information Management; Information Types; Innovation And Invention; Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; United States; Ohio
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      Datar, Srikant M., Sarah Mehta, and Paul Hamilton. "Applying Data Science and Analytics at P&G." Harvard Business School Case 121-006, July 2020.
      • July 2020
      • Case

      King's College Hospital in Crisis

      By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
      On December 11, 2017, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (King’s), one of London’s leading teaching hospital groups, was put into “special measures” by NHS Improvement (NHSI), the financial regulator of England’s National Health Service (NHS). The future of...  View Details
      Keywords: Hospitals; Financing; Health Care And Treatment; Financial Condition; Crisis Management; Organizational Structure; Transformation; Strategic Planning; United Kingdom
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      Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "King's College Hospital in Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 721-356, July 2020.
      • July–September 2020
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      Innovation Contest: Effect of Perceived Support for Learning on Participation

      By: Olivia Jung, Andrea Blasco and Karim R. Lakhani
      Background: Frontline staff are well positioned to conceive improvement opportunities based on first-hand knowledge of what works and does not work. The innovation contest may be a relevant and useful vehicle to elicit staff ideas. However, the success of the...  View Details
      Keywords: Contest; Innovation; Employee Engagement; Organizational Learning; Health Care; Health Care Delivery; Innovation And Invention; Organizations; Learning; Employees; Perception; Health Care And Treatment
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      Jung, Olivia, Andrea Blasco, and Karim R. Lakhani. "Innovation Contest: Effect of Perceived Support for Learning on Participation." Health Care Management Review 45, no. 3 (July–September 2020): 255–266.
      • July 2020
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      Healthy Business? Managerial Education and Management in Healthcare

      By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun, Renata Lemos and John Van Reenen
      We investigate the link between hospital performance and managerial education by collecting a large database of management practices and skills in hospitals across nine countries. We find that hospitals that are closer to universities offering both medical education...  View Details
      Keywords: Management; Hospitals; Mortality; Education; Health Care And Treatment; Performance improvement; Business Education; Management Practices And processes
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      Bloom, Nicholas, Raffaella Sadun, Renata Lemos, and John Van Reenen. "Healthy Business? Managerial Education and Management in Healthcare." Review of Economics and Statistics 102, no. 3 (July 2020): 506–517.
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