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- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
This case presents the logic and execution underlying the launch of Data.gov, an instantiation of President Obama's initiative for transparency and open government. The process used by Vivek Kundra, the...
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Martha Lagace
- 28 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants
possible decision in each individual case. But here, the ultimate objective is adding years to patients' lives, not just points to the team's winning percentage. "Because of the organ shortage, you want a system that is transparent...
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- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
good CSR performance are likely to report their CSR activities, thus increasing their overall transparency. Higher levels of transparency ease the fears of potential investors, making them more likely to invest. Driven by Social...
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by Staff
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
forthcoming Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Don't Stop Believing: Rituals Improve Performance by Decreasing Anxiety By: Brooks, Alison Wood, Julianna Schroeder, Jane Risen, Francesca Gino, Adam D. Galinsky, Michael I....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
regional law firm, Duane Morris entered a period of spectacular growth led by CEO Sheldon Bonovitz. Originally founded by Quakers, the firm had a distinct organizational culture featuring a number of unique or unusual business practices: a View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors
to 10 years and what skills they needed to compete, they decided to skip a generation” in selecting a new CEO, Groysberg says. Cisco minimized the disruption by setting up a rigorous and transparent process...
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by Michael Blanding
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
by-product produced is exactly the amount that can be produced using the entire waste stream). The operational synergy in the joint production process is manifested as one of two subsidies: the by-product is subsidized by the disposal...
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Martha Lagace
- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
innovations in transparent packaging, specifically cellophane in the mid-twentieth century United States, helped retailers create full self-service merchandising systems, including selling perishable food. While self-service stores began...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
use tools they already had, or they neglected to request new tools to meet the challenges of an evolving financial system." -David Moss Among the proposed new regulations: higher capital requirements; leverage limits; FDIC-like insurance charges; and, when all else...
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- 13 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative
Second, to the extent most proposals would offer a government plan as one option among many, the scale achieved by the government plan would result from individuals selecting it over a private plan. If such a selection process leads to a...
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- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=12819 Do you Need a New Product-Development Strategy? Authors:Alan MacCormack, W. Crandall, P. Toft, and P. Henderson Publication:Research Technology Management 55, no. 1 (January-February 2012) Abstract...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
have described as characteristic of the modern neo-liberal regime. 2013 pub Fashioning an Industry: Socio-cognitive Processes in the Construction of Worth of a New Industry By: Khaire, Mukti Abstract—This study of the high-end fashion...
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Anna Secino
- 09 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices
requires substantial resources, both in terms of computing power and human capital. Even companies that contract with third-party providers to run pricing algorithms on their websites need significant data storage capacity, processing...
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- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
mayonnaise, a container of mustard, cold cuts, processed cheese spread (I'm from Philly, and we love Whiz), and pickles. Now imagine finding sawdust in the pickles, sand in the mustard, and so on. That quite literally was the situation in...
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- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Market for Babies
process of thinking about possibly adopting a third child (we already had two through old-fashioned means). And as I was doing personal research into adoption, it struck me one day that adoption was really just the flip side of...
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- 30 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 30, 2007
studies have shown that these norms are not universally followed. Lack of openness and transparency means that scientific problem solving is constrained to a few scientists who work in secret and who typically fail to leverage the entire...
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Martha Lagace
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
much more complicated due in part to the development of mortgage brokers. The new system fueled a bevy of mortgage backed securities and derivatives that were terribly difficult for experts to comprehend, he said. Too much leverage combined with too little View Details
- 14 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 14
(Dot) Com Karthik Ramanna and Rachna TahilyaniHarvard Business School Case 112-078 Anti-corruption web platform "ipaidabribe.com" leverages the transparency and anonymity of the Internet to encourage private citizens in India...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15
creating an impression of transparency while masking their true performance. What deters selective disclosure and leads firms to instead make disclosures more representative of their environmental performance? We hypothesize that...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 5, 2008
and openness. Jobs that are designed to be meaningful and challenging meet the need to comprehend. Processes for performance management and resource allocation that are fair, trustworthy, and transparent...
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Martha Lagace