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- 01 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Benefits of Oversharing
effect," Luca says. In this case, however, it took the direct intervention of government to persuade restaurants to reveal this information which hadn't been done voluntarily. According to game theory, however, that shouldn't be... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 05 Oct 2020
- Book
Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time
to go much farther, lest the 80 percent of Americans feeling time poor rises to 90 and then to 100. We need to test interventions beyond the typical white-collar ones to help workers at all economic levels and in all types of jobs,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Pulpit Bullies: Why Dominating Leaders Kill Teams
but not all, to feel powerful. In half of the cases, however, they also performed a simple intervention, reminding the group leaders that each participant had unique insights to contribute. In cases when this intervention occurred, the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
possible case of that solution, at least in a modern context. It did not work particularly well. The United States could intervene to promote democracy and the rule of law, but those interventions failed until the Panamanians developed... View Details
- 07 Aug 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Debating the Responsibility of Capitalism in Historical and Global Perspective
Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones
- 2020
- Chapter
Ethical Business, Corruption and Economic Development in Comparative Perspective
By: Janet Hunter and G. Jones
This chapter contextualises the drivers of corruption in Turkish business through comparisons with Japan and India in the late 19th century. It identifies the developmental state as a common driver of corruption. Catching up by using extensive state intervention had... View Details
Keywords: Corruption; Crime and Corruption; Economic Growth; Turkey; Middle East; Central Asia; Japan; India
Hunter, Janet, and G. Jones. "Ethical Business, Corruption and Economic Development in Comparative Perspective." Chap. 10 in Business, Ethics and Institutions: The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in Global Perspectives, edited by Asli M. Colpan and G. Jones, 224–245. New York: Routledge, 2019.
- 31 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training
for managers to openly express support for wellness initiatives and encourage people to use them, Whillans says. For example, managers can ask their staff to block off one hour every week during office hours to work on their own wellness—whether it’s using an online... View Details
- July 2018 (Revised July 2018)
- Teaching Note
Argentina Power—Don’t Cry for Me Argentina
By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Sayiddah Fatima McCree
Teaching Note for HBS No. 218-041. This case concerns a complex potential energy infrastructure investment in Argentina by a global conglomerate shortly after Mauricio Macri (“Macri”) became President of Argentina in 2015. The central issues are (i) why was a country... View Details
- 02 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters
value, rather than by any perception that symmetrical organizations and systems are important. Top managers are integrally involved in deciding where to impose links; strategic integration is not a natural bottom-up activity. Intervention... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower
- 03 Dec 2014
- What Do You Think?
Can the Brilliant Jerk Be Managed Effectively?
on; beginning an intervention with the offender early on; providing an opportunity for attitude improvement, possibly with the engagement of a counselor or coach; and then terminating in a timely fashion the employee who is unable to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy
true cluster in Costa Rica will take decades to complete, but I'm confident that it will be sustainable because the country offers some unique qualities that are a source of competitive advantage — among them, the highest computer usage in Latin America. Without these,... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter
- 20 Oct 2010
- Op-Ed
Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic
to provide a much better balance between productivity improvements and private profitability gains. Importantly in the current context, policy interventions that raise productivity do not create macroeconomic imbalances. Policy View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
- 16 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
Taking on the Taboos That Keep Women Out of India's Workforce
deposit; in the fifth, the control group, no intervention took place. As background, Rigol and her coauthors note that the federal work program featured in the study transitioned from cash to electronic payments in 2008. In late 2012, the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 06 Dec 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is It Time To Break Up Amazon, Apple, Facebook, or Google?
life is to maintain competition to prevent market failure, as we did by breaking up the railroads and Ma Bell. This type of intervention is not an attack on capitalism, but full-throated capitalism. It’s time.” Should any of the Tech Big... View Details
- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women Leaders and Organizational Change
they possess or in the ways they are treated. While interventions derived from these approaches, such as training and executive development, affirmative action, and work-family policies, have achieved significant equity gains for women,... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 2011
- Working Paper
How Foundations Think: The Ford Foundation as a Dominating Institution in the Field of American Business Schools
By: Rakesh Khurana, Kenneth Kimura and Marion Fourcade
The question of institutional change has become central to organizational research (Powell, 2008). Recent scholarship has demonstrated, often through carefully researched cases, that institutions can and sometimes do change. According to this research, there are two... View Details
Keywords: Change; Business Education; Business History; Organizations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Relationships; Behavior
Khurana, Rakesh, Kenneth Kimura, and Marion Fourcade. "How Foundations Think: The Ford Foundation as a Dominating Institution in the Field of American Business Schools." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-070, January 2011.
- 21 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
OSHA Inspections: Protecting Employees or Killing Jobs?
randomizing, of necessity, involves a trade-off. Focusing on short-term cost-effectiveness often leads managers to implement new programs at sites or at times when they think they will do the most good. But such targeted interventions... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 25 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Economic Cost of Physician Burnout
points, not to supplant the ethical considerations, but to provide a more complete picture.” For those ready to deal with the problem, says Goh, a range of interventions have been shown to be successful, including mindfulness exercises... View Details
- 07 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Drives Supply Chain Behavior?
types of process. Unfortunately, just identifying biases is not enough to get rid of them. We humans are resilient in our beliefs and assumptions. Intervention needs to be at the processes(roles, activities) and structural levels... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
- 18 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Internet of Things Needs a Business Model. Here It Is
sensors can be combined with weather forecasting to help energy companies figure out the optimal amount of electricity they should sell into the grid. “Very little human intervention is needed,” Lal says. Other companies have been... View Details