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- 19 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy
to fill little gaps in the literature, and I continue to think that was excellent advice.” Just as researchers in the life sciences often target their work to tackle the most dangerous diseases, so argues Moss, social scientists can make...
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by Michael Blanding
- 11 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 11, 2008
between customized and standardized approaches to care and challenges students to examine their preconceived notions of the social role of a health care delivery organization. Dr. Heidi Behforouz, PACT's director, must decide whether a...
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Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
countries between 1985 and 2000, we find that the growth effects of FDI increase when we account for the quality of FDI. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-072.pdf How Well Do Social Ratings Actually Measure Corporate...
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Martha Lagace
- 12 May 2022
- News
Onboarding
board of directors for Business Executives for National Security (BENS), a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that uses volunteer talent from the private sector to increase efficiency and effectiveness in the armed forces and...
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- 27 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 27, 2009
work). The case examines the beginnings of the band among four school friends and follows the development of the enterprise as a business and as a powerful social and cultural force in its own right. It also investigates the individual...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
Winning with Digital Platforms Online Course | HBS Online
video above: Bar graph transitions into prices associated with sweaters and songs on iTunes Get social by collaborating with a global community of peers before, during, and after your course. Learners who successfully complete an HBS...
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- 03 Dec 2008
- What Do You Think?
Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?
thieves ...." Cole Woodson added, "The hope of nudging the economy in any direction is hoping for a miracle.... No securities of any type should even be allowed to be sold in the marketplace without government approval and some...
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by Jim Heskett
- 11 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service
additional funding support from the Social Enterprise Fellows program . Both ECs also mentioned that the program both found and paid for intern housing, which was an incredible benefit. I decided to apply, while still looking around at...
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- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Rediscovering America
not to mention our own self-esteem — are on the line.” Kanter’s recommendations, which span economic, social, and government concerns, include securing the country’s future by nurturing innovation; getting the work-family balance right;...
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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Making a World of Difference
comes from ticket and concession sales, compared with the standard 50 percent of most performing arts organizations. With numerous public outreach programs, the Big Apple, adds Slifka, "is both an incredibly successful performing arts endeavor and a very successful...
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- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
identity-holders away from options they would have preferred in the absence of that appeal. Mitigating the Negative Effects of Customer Anxiety Through Access to Human Contact By: Shell, Michelle A., and Ryan W. Buell Abstract— It is a well-established result in View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
she says. For a company the size of McDonald’s, it posed a massive operational challenge. Hurdles included everything from structure—McDonald’s kitchens were designed to operate in two separate “day parts,” breakfast and everything else—to View Details
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
different development strategies. The states had to decide whether to focus their investment efforts on physical capital or improving social indicators. Both states faced constraints in the form of budget deficits, competition from other...
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Martha Lagace
- 26 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 26, 2006
received extraordinary support from its oversized Scientific Advisory Board; it had developed and secured a strong intellectual property portfolio that creates high barriers to entry for any new market entrants; and, it had $13 million of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Invisible Trillions: How Financial Secrecy Is Imperiling Capitalism and Democracy—and the Way to Renew Our Broken System By Raymond W. Baker (MBA 1960) Berrett-Koehler Publishers Over the last half century, capitalism has created...
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- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-093.pdf Componential Theory of Creativity Author:Teresa M. Amabile Abstract The componential theory of creativity is a comprehensive model of the social and psychological components necessary...
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Carmen Nobel
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”
marveled at humankind's resourcefulness and success: The chorus notes that without gills, man has devised ways to travel on the sea. He has invented speech, and plows for the earth. With these accomplishments he secures good things such...
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by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
Bhide's Entrepreneurial Management course gives his students a feel for the skills they will need as entrepreneurs. The course, first offered in 1983 and currently taught by Bhide and Assistant Professor Myra Maloney Hart, focuses on three main concepts: evaluating...
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- 25 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Climate Leaders Program
whether it’s national security or immigration or healthcare, all had climate implications and required climate considerations. So, for my next role, I joined the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and worked on a climate...
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- 16 May 2017
- News
Facing the Board
real-world perspective.” Leo Corbett (MBA 1975), whose career both in the private and public sectors includes stints in the Social Security Administration and on Wall Street, has served on many boards of...
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