Translational Research - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money

the next seven years, which translates into significantly higher accumulated earnings and lower unemployment benefits,” according to the study. By 2015, the researchers found, workers from beneficiary firms... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

10 Apr 2019
HBS Case

How Entrepreneurs Can Turn Lead Into Gold

resources; and transferring resources through informal transactions. Searching for resources outside one’s immediate connections. When it comes to hunting down resources, most startups naturally start with the people they know. “A lot of the existing View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

23 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains

and to be a living, updated database of curated research insights, translated into plain language, focusing on the managerial takeaways. The site also lists NGOs [non-governmental organizations] and... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Apparel & Accessories

13 Jul 2022
Book

Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?

Ferreras, professor of sociology at the Université catholique de Louvain and a Senior Research Fellow at Harvard Law School’s Worklife Program, and Dominique Méda, a professor of sociology and the director of the Institute for... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

10 Jan 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Operations Management

and improvements, the service industries in general are a long way behind manufacturing. Not all lean manufacturing ideas translate from factory floor to office cubicle. A lean operating system alters the way a company learns through... View Details

18 May 2015
Research & Ideas

Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands

the researchers recently wrote in a GfK Marketing Intelligence Review article called "Beyond Bedlam: How Consumers and Brands Alike Are Playing the Web." In the last decade, marketers have used digital media in different ways. First, many... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising

09 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

Who Sways the USDA on GMO Approvals?

asking that question through research on the controversial issue of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), agricultural products that are genetically altered to increase yield, incorporate pesticide properties, or exhibit other beneficial... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage; Biotechnology; Agriculture & Agribusiness

14 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Creating a Global Business Code

investigate corporate conduct standards around the world. But what started as a seemingly straightforward search soon grew into a major undertaking that required a dedicated server to process multilingual data from thousands of employees at four large global firms. The... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

16 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Surveying the VC Landscape

this is a real worry without a clear solution. There are, however, a few possible ways to address concern. First, publicly traded corporations could be clearer in describing and reporting on their long-run research projects, which may... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

21 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

Racial Diversity Pays Off

the benefit of racial diversity alone, done right, pays off not just in a better company, but a more productive one. In new research that focuses specifically on racial diversity, Ely said they found measurable performance benefits when... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

07 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”

this period, Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) delivered some important technologies for the corporation. One of the most critical inventions was laser printing for Xerox's printers and copiers, an effort that led to new Xerox... View Details

Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough

07 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Immigrant Workers Cluster in Particular Industries

example, might be as likely to marry a natural-born citizen as a fellow expat. Other ethnic groups, such as Yemenis, Punjabis, and Bangladeshis, however, have more than an 80 percent chance of marrying within their own groups. For Eritreans, the rate is basically 100... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Transportation; Beauty & Cosmetics; Retail

06 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

Money and Quotas Motivate the Sales Force Best

percentage in B2B firms. The problem for researchers in this area, according to Chung, is that companies are reluctant to tinker with their compensation plan, so it's difficult to come up with subjects to study. So previous View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Retail

21 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Bio-Piracy: When Western Firms Usurp Eastern Medicine

In May 1995, two scientists at the University of Mississippi were granted an American patent for the use of turmeric to treat flesh wounds. Soon thereafter, an Indian research organization won a lawsuit challenging the novelty of the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Legal Services; Biotechnology

18 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool

Science at Harvard (LISH) has a long history of working together with Harvard Catalyst at Harvard Medical School to identify interesting innovation and process problems in translational biomedical areas. We have conducted many View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

07 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship

You devote a chapter to sovereign wealth funds, which I know are a research interest of yours. Are these a promising source of public support for entrepreneurial efforts? A: In the book I consider a special, but highly visible,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

31 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: Jan. 31

vague, unrealistically grandiose goals. The research also revealed ways in which top managers can avoid these traps. Read the paper: http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Governance/Leadership/How_leaders_kill_meaning_at_work_2910 Fiduciary... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel

04 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Don’t Lose Money With Customers

at the market level, then translate these into strategies at the market segment level. A paper mill's marketing strategy, for instance, might call for selling newsprint to the publishing industry segment and paperboard to the packaging... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs

02 Aug 2010
Research & Ideas

Modern Indian Art: The Birth of a Market

Market categories—SUVs, smartphones, hip replacement surgeons—help facilitate commerce and other "market exchanges" by providing a basis for comparison and valuation. If I am hunting for a new SUV, for example, I can quickly View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

11 Mar 2014
First Look

First Look: March 11

Publications August 2013 MIT Sloan Management Review The Surprising Benefits of Nonconformity By: Bellezza, Silvia, Francesca Gino, and Anat Keinan Abstract—This research demonstrates that, under certain circumstances, people wearing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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