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- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
development—such as case discussions, lectures, simulations, coaching sessions, live projects, etc.,—in terms of their potential to develop executives for the future. We then examine the impact of the forces of digital disruption—the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 13, 2016
protection than SOEs. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51975 December 2016 Harvard Business Review Fixing Discrimination in Online Marketplaces By: Fisman, Ray, and Michael Luca Abstract—Online marketplaces such as eBay, Uber, and Airbnb... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The High Cost of the Slow COVID Vaccine Rollout
reduced vaccine costs. But again, in the case of COVID-19, the value of these investments would have far outstripped the potential costs. Time to invest in horseshoe crab blood? Beyond building factories, future government investment... View Details
- 15 May 2019
- Research Event
The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History
government’s policies to favor Muslim business over those of Armenian, Greek, and Jewish minorities. These new data sets and analytical techniques, enabled by new tools in computational data science, have potential to broaden and deepen... View Details
- 03 Oct 2018
- What Do You Think?
How Should Managers Deal with the Challenges of Building an Inclusive Workplace?
talent (in unlikely places), not a resume; define the core vision for the team or organization, and regard everything else as potentially open for innovation; believe that people you hire can and should do anything; and foster competition... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Mar 2016
- What Do You Think?
Is Apple’s Real Privacy Challenge Technology Innovation Itself?
can access contents on an alleged terrorist’s iPhone has generated a vigorous debate with daily developments. As they say, this is a big deal. It raises critical questions. Apple argues that doing what the FBI demands would potentially... View Details
- 03 Sep 2014
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Choose Your Boss?
needed to be done. Still other organizations give potential employees some latitude in choosing their bosses. At Google, reporting relationships are sufficiently pliable that a new employee has a significant voice in the choice, moving... View Details
- 31 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Niche Content in an Ad-Driven World
receive," Zhu explains. "I could also find advertisers interested in reaching scientists, and these advertisers may have a high willingness to pay once you bring them a targeted group of potential customers." Changing the... View Details
- 13 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Government Can Restore the Faith of Citizens
government are at their lowest ever," says Buell. "There is a danger that that disgust can lead to disengagement. Showing the ways in which government materially affects people's lives through its actions has the potential to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding the Design of Livable Cities
unlimited potential for the university's schools, including HBS and the GSD, to work together researching and devising practical, replicable solutions for an environmentally and economically sustainable global built environment. Harvard's... View Details
- 02 Jan 2013
- What Do You Think?
Should We Rethink the Promise of Teams?
accommodates contributions from both extroverts and introverts and reduces the influence of the former. Teams comprising both extroverts and introverts, particularly those with diverse backgrounds, have been shown to have a lot of creative View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 24
Amy C. Edmondson Abstract Individuals on the periphery of organizational knowledge sharing networks, due to inexperience, location, or lack of social capital, may struggle to access useful knowledge at work. An electronic knowledge repository (KR) has the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2006
and scientists has caused the extended social networks of inventors to become increasingly connected. As a result, invention increasingly occurs within small worlds (or social networks) that straddle firm boundaries. Small worlds provide both strategic opportunity and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mixing Students and Scientists in the Classroom
pan out. But they then went away and came back in ten weeks with a new quantum dot application—and a patent disclosure. They made a fantastic final presentation about science, potential markets, and commercialization strategies. Q: Didn't... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- What Do You Think?
Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer?
rise to 2.75 percent. It may not sound like much, but a 37.5 percent increase in benefits to the average recipient of social security could look very attractive. Further, it would address a potential shortfall of huge proportions in the... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
The State of the Markets
that the back end of the operation keeps pace with the front end to avoid the costly control issues that exist today." Looking ahead, Seifert sees the Internet as a force to be reckoned with in terms of costs and productivity. "The pool of View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 15 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
We Have Better Ways to Break Habits Than Willpower. Why Don't We Use Them?
Zlatev. “One potential reason is that they might be saying something about who you are as a person that might lead others to evaluate you negatively, and that’s driving people’s hesitancy.” Zlatev coauthored the research with Ariella... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
cash for electronic value and vice versa, forming the backbone of an emerging electronic currency ecosystem that has potential to connect millions of poor and “unbanked" people to the formal financial system. Unfortunately, low service... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 6
be enlarged to include a variety of factors that give meaning to any circumstance and thus shape behavior: past experience, expectations about the future, group membership, and cultural values. This article opens with a series of thought experiments to explore the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
organizations) as a corrective to this trend. We are concerned that by not attending to the impact of leadership on meaning, we miss a potential opportunity. In the 1930s, Chester Barnard, a retired AT&T executive who became a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace