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Power to the People
By: Eric D. Werker
Every nongovernmental organization has a mission statement. For example, CARE, one of the world's largest and best-funded NGOs, explains its mission as serving "individuals and families in the poorest communities in the world. Drawing strength from our global... View Details
Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Food; Service Operations; Inflation and Deflation; Experience and Expertise; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Knowledge; Poverty; Agribusiness; Diversity; Non-Governmental Organizations; Innovation and Invention; India
Werker, Eric D. "Power to the People." Foreign Policy, no. 169 (November–December 2008).
- 07 Mar 2023
- HBS Case
ChatGPT: Did Big Tech Set Up the World for an AI Bias Disaster?
year detailing Gebru’s efforts within Google to urge caution with AI, saying tech companies shouldn’t race to launch systems without considering the potential risks and harms they could cause. She warned that unchecked AI databases could... View Details
- 21 Apr 2023
- Research & Ideas
The $15 Billion Question: Have Loot Boxes Turned Video Gaming into Gambling?
making sure consumers use their product in safe and healthy ways. “Our simulations of loot box bans suggest that simply banning certain product features can end up harming the enjoyment that the majority of people obtain from a product.... View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
How To Deceive Others With Truthful Statements (It's Called 'Paltering,' And It's Risky)
deceiving others to gain a larger share of profits. The risks of paltering But the researchers found through their experiments that the risks associated with paltering are huge: If the deception is discovered, negotiations often reach an impasse—and even worse,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Apr 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Productivity Suffers When Employees Are Allowed to Schedule Their Own Tasks
you a long time,” Ibáñez says. That’s not to imply that discretion is a bad thing when scheduling tasks, she adds, but the researchers highlight the importance of weighing the harm (time) against the advantages (freedom to innovate and... View Details
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Faculty & Research - Health Care
News How Health Insurance Monopolies Affect Your Care Re: Leemore Dafny 15 Jul 2025 | TIME Incentives Speed Up Operating Room Turnover Procedures Re: Susanna Gallani 27 Jun 2025 | EMORY Got emotional wellness app? It may be doing more View Details
- 23 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
After High-Profile Failures, Can Investors Still Trust Credit Ratings?
higher-risk issues, the study finds that agencies are overcoming the financial incentives to rate specific issues inappropriately high. “Overall, our study suggests that as the likelihood of issuer default grows, the threat of reputational View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 08 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
How to Demotivate Your Best Employees
came habitually late," Larkin says. Ultimately, the researchers concluded that rewarding one behavior sometimes can "crowd out" intrinsic motivation in another. Rewards that work Despite the fact that this particular award brought more View Details
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made
the expense of others. Another reason is the human tendency to resist any policy change that leads to harm as well as benefit. These are complex issues. Politicians and activists have been trying to solve some of them for decades; but... View Details
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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research
make is whether to go it alone or bring on cofounders. Many investors favor startups with multiple founders, believing that a team reduces business risk by diversifying skills, sharing responsibilities, and preventing burnout. But forcing a cofounder relationship can... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Drop Everything, Read This
psychiatrist Palmer’s thesis that “mental disorders are metabolic disorders of the brain” provides new therapeutic pathways based on a rigorous synthesis of existing literature. Low-cost, low-risk lifestyle interventions include sleep, movement, nutrition, purpose, and... View Details
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Health Care - Faculty & Research
turnover, worsen care, and harm patients. Using a difference-in-differences design, we estimate that a bankruptcy filing immediately increases staff turnover and worsens the firm's performance on unannounced inspections. Next, using a... View Details
- 07 Jul 2021
- Book
Good News for Disgraced Companies: You Can Regain Trust
actions. As a whole, are those impacts positive or negative? Ultimately, if a company is making a bad impact, however unintended, Sucher and Gupta say the public looks to a company to own up to the harm it has caused, starting with a... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 05 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Managers Should Reveal Their Failures
feel malicious envy, they engage in counterproductive work to harm other people,” Brooks says. “They tend to undermine others and try to slow them down.” Revealing failures won’t tarnish your image The HBS team set out to test for levels... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
How to Learn from the Big Mistake You Almost Make
Professor Amy C. Edmondson, who studies psychological safety and organizational learning. Incidents that almost result in loss or harm often pass unnoticed, in part because workers worry about being associated with vulnerability or... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company
must decide whether to extend this relationship through some formal contractual arrangement. Humana's two divisions transacted extensively with one another before its spin-off, and abruptly cutting these ties risked doing long-term harm... View Details
Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson
- 01 Dec 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Financing Innovation
Keywords: by William R. Kerr & Ramana Nanda
- 17 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
If the CEO’s High Salary Isn't Justified to Employees, Firm Performance May Suffer
disclosures are not made with proper context, they could ignite worker backlash and harm productivity. “When you hear the amount that a CEO makes, it is going to seem outrageous. People are going to react with passion,” Rouen says. “So,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Cost of Leaning In
However, the Forced treatment revealed a different story. Forcing men to negotiate every time was neither harmful nor helpful, the researchers found. But when women workers were forced to always negotiate, there were more instances where... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 30 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Donors Are Turned Off by Overhead Costs. Here’s What Charities Can Do
recommendations from watchdogs like CharityWatch, which tend to give higher ratings to charities with low overhead costs. But that can lead to a harmful cycle in which charities keep their overhead costs unreasonably low in order to... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel