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  • August 28, 2018
  • Article

How Intermittent Breaks in Interaction Improve Collective Intelligence

By: Ethan Bernstein, Jesse Shore and David Lazer
People influence each other when they interact to solve problems. Such social influence introduces both benefits (higher average solution quality due to exploitation of existing answers through social learning) and costs (lower maximum solution quality due to a... View Details
Keywords: Transparency; Social Influence; Collective Intelligence; Interaction; Problem Solving; Collaboration; Intermittant; Breaks; Always On; Communication Technologies; Communication; Design; Information; Management; Leadership; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Performance; Social and Collaborative Networks; Information Technology
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  • 25 Jan 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 25

historically important and increasingly popular mechanism for encouraging innovation. A central concern in designing innovation contests is how many competitors to admit. Using a unique data set of 9,661 software contests, we provide... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • May 2020 (Revised July 2020)
  • Case

Justice-as-a-Service at RightNow

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Amir Reza Rezvani
The case examines the focus of an early stage company, and how an unexpected external incidence can threaten or void the business model. It encompasses issues such as minimal viable product, defining and pivoting a business model, organizational requirements for a... View Details
Keywords: Legacy Business; Teams; Startup; Business Models; Pivot; Entrepreneurship; Law; Venture Capital; Business Startups; Business Model; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategy; Legal Services Industry; Germany
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  • 21 Apr 2021
  • Research & Ideas

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

change has driven: The rise of knowledge work Trends toward flatter, less hierarchical organizations and recognition of the value-creation of frontline workers Increasing diversity and globalization, creating an awareness of different... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden
  • 24 Feb 2022
  • Op-Ed

Want to Prevent the Next Hospital Bed Crisis? Enlist the SEC

During the initial phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, many US hospitals could not provide enough beds to meet demand. Solving the problem of inadequate capacity is of utmost importance in the “new normal,” which requires recognizing the... View Details
Keywords: by Regina Herzlinger and Richard Boxer; Health
  • 13 Jun 2011
  • HBS Case

Mobile Banking for the Unbanked

we need.” The Harvard Business School case study Mobile Banking for the Unbanked explores two very different examples of mobile financial service models: WIZZIT, a third-party startup that teamed with a major bank to provide standard... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Communications; Telecommunications
  • 16 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 16

privately owned health care provider in Sweden serving both public and private paying patients. In contrast to most providers in the country, GHP organized around specific... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Jul 2005
  • What Do You Think?

How Can Business Schools Be Made More Relevant?

research], according to Kent Byus, might be "to require academic research to pass through a practitioner review process prior to publication." If we see the challenge and provide suggestions, Paula Thornton asks, ". . .... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • July 2008 (Revised January 2009)
  • Case

Londolozi: Towards a Sustainable Business Model and Ecological Integrity in Southern Africa

By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Thomas Koelble
The Londolozi game viewing reserve in South Africa became a defining icon of ecotourism during the 1990s and early 2000s-that is, a tourist business promoting ecological land management and, at the same time, local economic development. The reserve was in a region in... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Tourism Industry; South Africa
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  • 11 Aug 2021
  • Blog Post

The Equity Network: How HBS Helped Me Launch a Tech-Enabled Social Enterprise

open doors and set me up for success. Networks are critical in providing exposure and access to opportunities — and without them, I would never have broken into or thrived in Wall Street or Silicon Valley as a woman of color. I came to... View Details
  • September 2020
  • Case

Disrupting Justice at RightNow: Persevere, Pivot or Perish

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Amir Reza Rezvani
The case examines the focus of an early stage company, and how an unexpected external incidence can threaten or void the business model. It encompasses issues such as defining and pivoting a business model, organizational requirements for a pivot, investor relations,... View Details
Keywords: Legal Aspects Of Business; Startup; Teams; Pivot; Financing; Entrepreneurship; Law; Venture Capital; Business Startups; Financing and Loans; Business Model; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Legal Services Industry; Germany
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  • 09 Nov 2010
  • First Look

First Look: November 9, 2010

access to greater capital be the best strategy or would this cause the organization to lose its social mission? Salud Digna provided diagnostic medical tests to the poor, had experienced rapid growth, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Oct 1996
  • News

Mastering the Competition — Michael E. Porter (MBA 1971)

father's travels provided me with a broadening experience," says Porter, at ease between sips from a can of diet soda, "and athletics offered an outlet for competing while exposing me to the importance of self-discipline and thorough... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
  • 23 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 23, 2016

of longer-term shareholders. Myth Number 4: ESG data for fundamental analysis is scarce and unreliable. Reality: Thanks to the efforts of reporting and investor organizations such as SASB and Ceres, as well as CDP data View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2024
  • Working Paper

Corporate Culture Homogeneity and Top Executive Incentive Design: Evidence from CEO Compensation Contracts

By: Dennis Campbell, Ruidi Shang and Zhifang Zhang
We examine how corporate cultures characterized by high degrees of homogeneity in the underlying values and beliefs of organizational members are related to the design of CEO incentive compensation contracts. We argue that culture homogeneity within firms lowers... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Culture; Compensation Design; Accounting; Management Control; Incentive Systems; Organizational Culture; Job Design and Levels; Governance; Executive Compensation; Motivation and Incentives
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  • 26 Apr 2016
  • First Look

April 26

opened to cover the secondary health-care needs of the health department's inhabitants. In 2003, the model was extended to also cover primary care. The health department received a capitation fee for each registered inhabitant of the health department and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: January 4

Environmental, Social, and Governance [ESG]) information, including data produced by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), is growing. Using data from Bloomberg we analyze this interest from a variety of different perspectives, and in doing so are able to View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • Web

The de Gaspé Beaubien Reading Room | About

with the lessons of their personal experience at Telemedia, Nan-b and Philippe founded the Business Families Foundation in 1991. The mission of the nonprofit organization is to offer family businesses and the professionals who serve them... View Details
  • 20 Sep 2016
  • First Look

September 20, 2016

them. The book features diverse strategies for 21st-century leadership, critical lessons for organizational and communal success, and the questions vital to our changing and challenging times. Questions include how leaders can overcome the mediocrity of bureaucratic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

session, Professors Matthew Weinzierl and Debora Spar will share their approach on making sense of political shifts and integrating current events into their courses. They will also provide updates on evolving the curriculum through new... View Details