Gatekeepers - Publications - Faculty & Research

January 2016
Case

Haiti Hope: Innovating the Mango Value Chain

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Jean-François Harvey

This case study examines a market-based approach to economic development through the eyes of NGO TechnoServe's project manager, implementing a US$9.5 million five-year public-private partnership between Coca-Cola, IDB, and USAID. The case ends at the beginning of the... View Details

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Educators

Purchase

13 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

The Color of Private Equity: Quantifying the Bias Black Investors Face

Black venture capital and growth investors have a much harder time getting funding than white investors, because—despite efforts to bring more racial diversity to financial services—private equity’s gatekeepers remain mostly white,... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds; Financial Services

12 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

When Experts Play It Too Safe: Innovation Lessons from a NASA Experiment

managers who act as gatekeepers spot breakthrough ideas that are brushed aside by experts? First, realize feasibility and novelty are two distinct parts of an idea—one doesn’t necessarily mean the other isn’t worthy of consideration, Lane... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Aerospace

28 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Can You Buy Creativity in the Gig Economy?

driving the commercial success of a complementary product.” Advice for creative gatekeepers The most important implication of the research may be for the powerful platforms that act as gatekeepers on the... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

20 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Markets or Communities? The Best Ways to Manage Outside Innovation

platform. The core insight here is to create incentives for many entrants to generate lots of variety of products and services on the platform. The firm plays a very light gatekeeper role. Q: Who inside a firm should be involved in making... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

29 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors

productivity. Ideally, you need to make your technical staff aware of the tradeoffs and the technical/competitive landscape without building barriers to creativity. One thing is to appoint a technical gatekeeper that will keep close watch... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Publishing

05 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Are Consumers the Cure for Broken Health Insurance?

use gatekeepers to impose stringent controls on care—were resisted by patients and physicians. In response, the managed care organizations began relaxing their controls, allowing patients more freedom to see specialists and out-of-network... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger

15 Nov 2016
First Look

November 15, 2016

sketch some important implications. Third, we review the national gatekeepers for skilled migration and broad differences in approaches used to select migrants for admission. Looking forward, the capacity of people, firms, and countries... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Retirement Planning

phase; it simply doesn't represent a sustainable solution for consumers. Yet employers are the natural gatekeepers for retirement plans, he believes. For example, when focus groups were presented with a new retirement product, individuals... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services

19 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy

Consumers are the gatekeepers of their personal information and choose whether to sign up for the firm's service and how much personal information to provide. The incentives of consumers and those of the firm are aligned with respect to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products

15 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 15

hospitals and the challenges they faced in doing so. Issues such as standardization of care, how to handle medication reconciliation, and unexpected challenges (e.g., changes to the post-op ordering process, lack of a human gatekeeper to... View Details