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14 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

creating for the corporation—which was actually very abstract and difficult to do. I left the for-profit sector in 1992 and spent some time involved with different nonprofits, getting a contextual view of what was possible. That led to the creation of VPP in 2000. My... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

22 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore

clients' campaigns. This practice was institutionalized by an arrangement known as the "recognition system" between agencies and publishers, and administered by a set of trade associations. Among other things, the system supported standards for View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising

01 Sep 2003
What Do You Think?

To Whom Should Boards be Accountable?

that "... corporate law grants directors a wide range of protection from liability for decisions that sacrifice shareholders' immediate financial interests while serving the interests of other corporate 'stakeholders.'" Margaret... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

22 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World

himself during his six years as president andCEO of Outward Bound, plunging him into the Social Capital Markets arena.When Outward Bound received an $8-million grant for a new educationalinitiative, Grossman was determined to grow and... View Details

Keywords: by Anne Kavanagh

14 Sep 2010
First Look

First Look: September 14, 2010

that employees selected through such channels are more likely to use decision-making authority in the granting and structuring of consumer loans than those who are not. Conditional on using decision-making authority, their decisions are... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Jan 2002
Research & Ideas

Countries on the Cusp: The Power of Nationalism

most during your research for this book? A: What was most interesting when I traveled to Lithuania, Belarus, and Ukraine and talked to these people in the government and in these political parties was to find out what exactly they took for View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

18 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 18

resistance the company had difficulties in its early years. But since Hugh Grant became CEO the picture has brightened with widespread adoption of the company's products. This case focuses on the company's product pipeline and the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise

many people came into the program, and what benefits did they get? And then the even bigger question beyond cost efficiency and effectiveness is, what impact did the organization have? Granted it is very complex to get all the way to that... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

17 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

Broadband: Remaking the Advertising Industry

Historians have the wisdom granted by time. But for researchers trying to understand current events, especially in the helter-skelter Internet age, the world can change completely before the digital ink dries on the manuscript. That... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Advertising; Media & Broadcasting; Publishing

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Confronting the Challenges that Face Bricks-and-Mortar Stores

day long and would often shut off the monitors. When a Boston-area bank first tried out videoconferencing kiosks to sell financial services, customers refused to use them. The systems were located in closed booths that granted privacy but... View Details

Keywords: by Raymond Burke; Retail

Article

The Mixed Effects of Online Diversity Training

By: Edward H. Chang, Katherine L. Milkman, Dena M. Gromet, Robert W. Rebele, Cade Massey, Angela L. Duckworth and Adam M. Grant

We present results from a large (n = 3,016) field experiment at a global organization testing whether a brief science-based online diversity training can change attitudes and behaviors toward women in the workplace. Our preregistered field experiment included an... View Details

Keywords: Diversity Training; Bias; Field Experiment; Training; Gender; Race; Prejudice and Bias

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05 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 5, 2007

Working PapersNone this week. Cases & Course MaterialsArtisan Entertainment Inc. Harvard Business School Case 207-067 Geoff Rehnert and Marc Wolpow have left Bain Capital to launch Audax Group. As part of their separation, they have been View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

empowerment as a practice that grants employees both (a) the power to make choices from narrow sets of options on a set of inputs and processes and (b) the responsibility to deliver results according to the company’s value proposition.... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Group Therapy

or entirely missing.— Tarun Khanna Regarding his work on entrepreneurship with Professor Palepu, Khanna notes that "it is important to recognize that emerging economies, unlike those of developed nations, typically lack many of the essential supporting... View Details

Keywords: by Peter Jacobs

24 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Why Small Businesses Deserve More Credit

could lead to substantial growth.” But new research suggests that small businesses are far more fiscally conservative than banks realize. In fact, firms with up to 10 employees hold back spending on their revolving credit lines to create a buffer, even when banks raise... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services; Banking

25 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

forthcoming Journal of Political Economy Reserve Design: Unintended Consequences and the Demise of Boston's Walk Zones By: Dur, Umut, Scott Duke Kominers, Parag A. Pathak, and Tayfun Sönmez Abstract—Admissions policies often use reserves to View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs

the core for granted and expect nothing more than slow expansion here as you pursue "real" growth elsewhere, but successful firms focus on gaining share "every quarter and reinvigorating the core at all times," George... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities

their companies public, and to grant stock options to management. Once public, stock valuations depended on Wall Street's perceptions that the company would sustain strong growth. At first, newspaper chains met growth targets by acquiring... View Details

Keywords: by Thomas R. Eisenmann; Media & Broadcasting; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation

25 Jun 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing

entrepreneurial stages of the program; but student feedback strongly suggested they should be allowed to choose their own teams for the venture. Starting in the second year, MacCormack says, students were granted their wish. "This... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

18 Oct 2016
Op-Ed

Why Business Should Invest in Community Health

million grant to scale a successful medical knowledge sharing and collaborative practice platform pioneered by Project Echo in 2003 to expand specialty care access and quality at the centers. Long involved in community initiatives, IBM... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch, Howard Koh, and Pamela Yatsko; Health

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