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- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
perhaps even more importantly, engaging in CSR-activities on a customer-by-customer basis allows firms to calculate a return-on-investment for such activities: Do customers who we involve in our charitable causes "pay us back" with increased brand loyalty and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
their experiences engaging with the health care system. But we are still learning what “good” looks like and we still have a long way to go in understanding which tools work, how well, and for whom. I believe that expansive growth in... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
- 04 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business
awareness of cybersecurity issues. Combined with the ability to block ads, the growing costs of acquiring customers online, the experience of “Zoombombing,” and controls on consumer data by EU regulators and others, it’s unclear how much... View Details
Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes
- 12 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Turn Down the Boil on Group Conflict
life.’ But when you actually talk to people about their opinions, almost nobody actually talks like that.” Lees' and Cikara’s experiments found most people are much less negative than the stereotypes we harbor about the other group. For... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Aug 2019
- What Do You Think?
Has the Twitter Age Left the Case Method Behind?
experience this way: “I took away the self-confidence to approach complex problems that did not lend themselves to 240 characters worth of analysis or 2 minutes worth of attention. In other words, the types of problems that management... View Details
- 03 Apr 2017
- What Do You Think?
How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?
Hare said, “Should we do better in investing in people? They’re an asset of course we should!” Guy Higgins and Lewisman agreed, with conditions: “ (as with the GI Bill) make the offer to men and women who have some life experience and... View Details
- 31 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants
rules and policies. Proponents claim that, far from reducing employment opportunities, immigrants actually help create jobs. "They are more likely to fail than those founded by natives, but those that survive experience greater... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative
competitor Picplz (a poor bet, as was proven by history). In both these cases, the startups stood to benefit not only from the monetary investment, but also from the knowledge the VCs obtained in advising their direct competitor. As it happened, McDonald and his... View Details
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
experience as a policy maker—as well as 25 years of experience as an investor and small business owner—to the U.S. Competitiveness Project at Harvard Business School. Mills left the SBA last summer and... View Details
- 25 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity
(and improve) line operations as temporary issues arose; it prevented unproductive distractions and provided workers with increased focus; and it let the line experiment with new ideas prior to explaining them to management. Indeed, the... View Details
- 03 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 3
well) to the thoughtful adoption of social media technology. And they offer guidance on how to balance the benefits of open-ended talk with the realities of strategic execution. Drawing on the experience of leaders at diverse companies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Measuring the Efficacy of the World’s Managers
to identify with much greater precision the causal link between management and performance. "We want to get at the causality between management and performance," she says. "And to do that, you have to go beyond surveys and start running View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 17 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 17, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208148 PublicationsExperiments in Financial Democracy: Corporate Governance and Financial Development in Brazil, 1882-1950 Author:Aldo Musacchio Publication:Cambridge University Press, forthcoming... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 11, 2006
and, eventually, through its decision to execute a management buyout to exit the public market. Explored at the corporate level is the tension between Edison's effort to generate profits and achieve excellent educational outcomes. Brief descriptions are provided of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
From Turf Wars to Learning Curves: How Hospitals Adopt New Technology
in many cases, perform identical procedures in two or more hospitals during the course of a given week. We have found that this movement has negative effects on the degree to which surgeons are able to leverage their prior experience to... View Details
- 22 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS
Asia: Building Sustainable Partnerships," held September 4 and 5, brought together over seventy participants from business, government, non-governmental organizations, and activist groups to share experiences and offer a strong... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 16
Evidence from Randomized Survey Experiments By: Kuziemko, Ilyana, Michael I. Norton, Emmanuel Saez, and Stefanie Stantcheva Abstract—We analyze randomized online survey experiments providing interactive,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017
about favorable future policy changes. A lab experiment involving monetary bets on the future popularity of politicians and a field experiment involving political donations (N = 660,542) demonstrated that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
(third-person theory of) or 2) as being and action are actually experienced "on the court," specifically as these are actually lived (real-time first-person experience of). As a formal discipline, the "on the court"... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
pattern common to important narratives around the world. A supporting website facilitates sharing of teaching materials and experiences by faculty using the case series. We report results from using this curriculum with undergraduate and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace