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- 21 Mar 2012
- Op-Ed
Finding the Right Jeremy Lin Storyline
professional sports a "legitimate" career path in Asian-American families? Or how many Asian-American families might steer their children away from basketball because they see it as a "black" thing? Or to what extent... View Details
- 26 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 26
(ToM) allows children to achieve success in the social world by understanding others' minds. A study with 3-12 year olds, however, demonstrates that gains in ToM are linked to decreases in children's desire to engage in performative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Sep 2006
- Op-Ed
Rising CEO Pay: What Directors Should Do
compensation committee wants to admit that its CEO is below the median. In fact, most want to place their CEO in the upper quartile. As a result, CEOs are like the children of Lake Wobegon—all are above average. Another upward pressure... View Details
Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/ffoley/BFSWIPO.pdf Luck or Cheating? A Field Experiment on Honesty with Children Authors:Alessandro Bucciol and Marco Piovesan Publication:Journal of Economic Psychology (forthcoming) Abstract We run an... View Details
- 22 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Mind of the Market: Extending the Frontiers of Marketing Thought
feelings about basic conceptions of the home, transitions children go through, the meaning of a certain meal, or what mothers think about the food and beverages their children consume. "By going to the most... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
education. There are still schools in America where teachers have to buy supplies for the children and where children share books. People have to be willing to see that public education is a valuable... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 31
target school children most at risk for parasitic worm infection. One week after its launch, the program seemed to be going well, but Ndanyi and Levy knew that it still needed to be administered in almost 40 districts at thousands of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Around the World of Entrepreneurial Ventures
technology—was fifty-three years old. According to Kuemmerle, it was "a path of no return." The entrepreneur was a senior manager at a prominent Germany company with three children in university. As Kuemmerle described in a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
It’s Back to Business-Basics for Nonprofits
mission is to "improve the lives of poor children in America's most devastated communities." While this mission inspired volunteers, donors, and even management, it didn't communicate a plan of action. How can an organization measure the... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 13 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 13, 2007
students lagging behind in basic literacy and numeracy skills. It increased average test scores of all children in treatment schools by 0.28 standard deviation, mostly due to large gains experienced by View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Cheers to the American Consumer
than the European eccentric. Technology. Americans understand that innovation is the key to growth and wealth in a global economy where knowledge travels at lightspeed over the Internet. America's economic strength is based on innovation. Proud parents take their View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 09 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Business Leaders Can Strengthen American Schools
programs to support children and education—but they're often not coordinated, resulting in gaps and redundancies in service. This a fertile area for collaboration. "What you see in some places are business, civic, and education... View Details
- 02 Feb 2004
- What Do You Think?
Leadership: A Matter of Sustaining or Eliminating Groupthink?
in King Lear. Andrea Jung, CEO of Avon Products, says that her children provide this kind of feedback for her. Saj-Nicole Joni, in an article in the upcoming issue of HBR, suggests the need for a third opinion offered by someone either... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Oct 2000
- What Do You Think?
What Lies Beyond NAFTA?
saving, accumulation of capital or resulting improvement in income. Without capital, innovation is not rewarded. In fact, it is regarded as risky. Failure can produce starvation. Therefore, labor-intensive practices do not change. What security there is results from... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 15 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Unspoken Messages of COVID-19 Restrictions
freedom ring (safely) Since the start of the pandemic, people have been making decisions with limited data about questions as basic as whether to get a haircut and as complex as whether to send children to school. Safety guidelines... View Details
- 06 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Flood of Picassos Threatens to Water Down the Art Market
children and eight grandchildren, Marina Picasso ended up with some 10,000 of her grandfather's productions, and sent waves across the art world in February by announcing her intention to make many of them available for sale to the public... View Details
- 03 Dec 2008
- What Do You Think?
Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?
(libertarianism). Think of parents fashioning choices for children in ways that lead to acceptable choices instead of commanding them to do something. Contrast this with what happened in the related housing and credit meltdowns. Borrowers... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
the extensive margin, and market(place) creation. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54402 February 2018 Journal of Experimental Child Psychology The Interplay Between Sharing Behavior and Beliefs About Others in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jul 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should CEO Satya Nadella Cancel Microsoft’s Contract with ICE?
programs where children are separated from their families. Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president, posted a comment decrying the immigration policy on LinkedIn. That did not appear to be sufficient for some Microsoft employees. At least one... View Details
- 09 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting
younger generation of the time and he sought to reverse that trend. He set up a program for successful executives to educate children on the realities of economic life. Today, it is a thriving organization—one that reached 4.4 million US... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne