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- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Truth Be Told
retaliation just with provisions that say you are not allowed to retaliate. Ultimately, the most effective way to protect whistleblowers is to compensate them financially for the costs they incur. We also found that cash-for-information... View Details
- 15 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Business IT Innovation is so Difficult
radical business process innovation versus incremental change. It's widely understood that when it comes to product innovation, market-leading firms are often more likely than laggards to pursue product improvements in a very incremental way—a practice that View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
invention and innovation. We then describe how these factors are frequently measured in the data and some resulting empirical regularities. Innovative activity tends to be more concentrated than industrial activity, and we discuss... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2007
self-perceptions of environmentalism and environmental behaviors. Our data suggest that environmentally friendly behaviors may be promoted by leading people to perceive themselves as good environmentalists. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Transforming Baker Library
with data connections and climate conditioning. Even the furniture will get an upgrade. The library’s collections will be located in the main reading room and the two lower levels, while a central stair hall will bring natural light into... View Details
- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
associated with the program rollout, we use both population based morbidity measures from the Demographic and Health Surveys and health facility based mortality data as reported in the national Health Management Information System. While... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
production workers) are associated with more autonomy and a wider span of control. By contrast, communication technologies (like data networks) decrease autonomy for both workers and plant managers. Treating technology as endogenous using... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
The House Wants to Squelch Voices of ‘Small’ Shareholders. Research Shows Those Voices Matter.
Source: iStock In June 2017, the US House of Representatives passed the Financial CHOICE Act, a 589-page bill designed to repeal many of the regulations in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. Buried on... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
which analysis of the numbers, facts, and data fails to provide a clear answer. Gray areas test not only managers’ skills but also their humanity. This book presents a five-question framework—based on the long humanist tradition of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 26, 2007
Working PapersTaxes, Institutions and Foreign Diversification Opportunities Authors:Mihir A. Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala Abstract Investors can access foreign diversification opportunities through either foreign portfolio investment (FPI) or foreign direct... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
Bennett, Victor Manuel, Megan Lawrence, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract—We investigate the management practices adopted by firms where the founders are also the CEOs using data from the World Management Survey. We find that founder CEO firms... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Feb 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?
farms of Europe and the US. It helps explain laws to protect small business from the ravages of the A&Ps and Walmarts. It increasingly drives politics as well as government policy. It is especially attractive at times of low growth... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?
As we start to think about returning to work, shopping, and recreation, there is much talk about transformed workplaces and innovative social distancing designs. But how will companies, workers, and customers have confidence that these new measures will actually be... View Details
- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
and industrial designs used by firms to protect their IP globally. We then show that IP protection remains fragmented, the quality of IP applications might be questionable, and the development of a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
on—started during economic downturns. When people are laid off from jobs, they need re-training. Employers need confidential data to remain protected despite large numbers of their workers being let go. All... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 26 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Syngenta Tomato Vision
that Syngenta owns. Photo of the authors Chad, Roget, Jenny, and Varnika while visiting Syngenta TomatoVision. Our next stop was a tour of the greenhouse where Syngenta grows and is testing hundreds of new tomato varieties on any given day. We had to wear full View Details
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
and content on DocSend’s platform, which is used daily by organizations across a variety of sales contexts. The result is empirical data and a good starting point for examining core aspects of any content marketing initiative. The authors... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Web
About IT: IT Planning and Service Delivery Team Profile | Information Technology
how to manage personal protective equipment (PPE). This need led to HBS Operations exploring using ServiceNow to manage its work orders and has grown into an infrastructure that literally runs the entire HBS campus, from creating View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
like a venture philanthropy investor group, where members invest time and money to support organizations and candidates that align with its principles. Those include protecting and renewing democracy, promoting fact- and evidence-based... View Details
- 25 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 25
Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen Abstract—We collect data on operations, targets, and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel