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- 26 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Market Research in a Recession
supplier aggressively explore synergies across its various component agencies as well as eliminate research redundancies. Value experience and judgment. CMOs should tap the knowledge and intuitions of managers and researchers who've lived... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 26 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?
day.” Testing the unique benefits of work By all accounts, overcrowding, extreme poverty, and the experience of forced displacement inside the camps has taken a profound toll. Doctors Without Borders has provided almost 1.4 million... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 19 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior
running lab experiments is that we can simulate many different types of inequality and look at many different types of decisions.” "You'd think that with such a large change in our society, you'd see a definitive impact... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 25 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health
their conditions and possible treatments, often sharing their experiences with others in online communities. They are more inclined to question authority, and to raise issues with their doctors, care providers, and pharmacists. Some... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Popular Stock Metric That Can Lead Investors Astray
stock market is overvalued and may experience some volatility as the economy continues to recover, Wang’s research suggests that investors may be relying too heavily on a formerly tried-and-true tool that... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 09 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018
that reduce administrative burden and allow for the introduction of novel cancer therapies. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53706 Credit Supply Shocks, Network Effects, and the Real Economy By: Alfaro,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
size of the LGBT population are misestimated, likely substantially. In a series of online experiments using a large and diverse but non-representative sample, we compare estimates from the standard methodology of asking sensitive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
September–October 2017 Harvard Business Review GE's Global Growth Experiment: The Company Pushed Cross-Business Collaboration By: Gulati, Ranjay Abstract—Like many other companies, GE under Immelt had to figure out how to balance serving local needs with the View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
emphasize users over producers. Large parts of the knowledge economy now routinely rely on users, communities, and open innovation approaches to solve important technological and organizational problems. This view of innovation, pioneered... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2015
- What Do You Think?
What is the Best Immigration Model for the US?
overwhelming amount of people. And Germany does not know who these people are.” Tinashe Madakadze was, in general, enthusiastic about the idea of increased immigration for the US. In fact, the immigration experience in the US could even... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
individuals, subgroups, and teams perform. Paper: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/books.htm?issn=1534-0856&volume=15 The Political Economy of Bilateral Foreign Aid Author:Werker, Eric D. Publication:In Handbook of Safeguarding Global... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 3
Publications August 2013 University of Chicago Press Innovation Policy and the Economy By: Lerner, Josh, and Scott Stern Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- April 2007
- Article
Knowledge-based Innovation: Emergence and Embedding of New Practice Areas in Management Consulting Firms
By: N. Anand, H. K. Gardner and T. Morris
How do innovative knowledge-based structures emerge and become embedded in organizations? We drew on theories of knowledge-intensive firms, communities of practice, and professional service firms to analyze multiple cases of new practice area creation in management... View Details
Keywords: Knowledge; Innovation and Invention; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Structure; Economy; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Experience and Expertise; Service Operations; Consulting Industry
Anand, N., H. K. Gardner, and T. Morris. "Knowledge-based Innovation: Emergence and Embedding of New Practice Areas in Management Consulting Firms." Academy of Management Journal 50, no. 2 (April 2007).
- 10 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy
matter where and at what price the money to fund an entrepreneurial venture comes from? The answer, it turns out, is that it does matter—a fact that policymakers may benefit from understanding as they look at ways to generate more entrepreneurial activity that boosts... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 08 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Return of the Salesman
Traveling Salesman in American Culture (1995) and my book, Birth of a Salesman (2004). In the past few years, scholars have done a lot of work on 20th-century salespeople in Europe, comparing these experiences with those in the United... View Details
- 09 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018
2018 Redwood City, Stanford Business Books The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society By: Kerr, William R. Abstract—The global race for talent is on, with countries and businesses competing for the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Financial Meltdowns Are More Predictable Than We Thought
Red-zone or “R-zone” for short. Countries fall into the “business R-zone” when: Credit extended to firms rises for three years at a rate that reaches the top 20 percent of past experience. Stock market returns reach the top third of past View Details
- 13 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Productivity of Multi-Ethnic Teams
Kenyan Organization.” For years, Pons had been researching electoral politics in France. “We found that if you provide information to voters one-on-one it increased participation,” says Pons, an assistant professor of business administration in the Business,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 02 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Curse of Double-Digit Growth
Double-digit long-term growth might justify bragging rights for any country. But a turbocharged GDP comes at a price, says Eric D. Werker, an associate professor in the Business, Government and International Economy unit at Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 05 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
exploit a quasi-natural experiment that holds constant the information event across firms, but varies the availability of a major news outlet in local markets. We find that firms subject to the threat of slanted coverage suppress the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne