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- 04 Nov 2009
- What Do You Think?
What is the Role of Government Vis-à-Vis Capitalism?
economic model . The problem with this model is that we are greedy human beings." Paul Browne commented, "Capitalism as an economic ideology that confers control of productive institutions to the owners of capital is often at... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
and leadership. Results: Seventy-two frontline staff submitted 138 ideas addressing wide-ranging issues including patient experience, cost of care, workflow, utilization, and access. Two hundred forty-five participated in evaluation.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Bringing ‘Lean’ Principles to Service Industries
Thanks to the pioneering success of Toyota, the concept of a "lean" operating system has been implemented in countless manufacturing companies and even adapted for industries as diverse as insurance and healthcare. With its focus on standardization, quality... View Details
- 17 Jan 2023
- Book
Good Companies Commit Crimes, But Great Leaders Can Prevent Them
controls to not have it arise again.” Lambert: Is it helpful for such companies report violations? Or should they just go ahead and cooperate with investigators? Soltes: On the one hand, there are many incentives to self- report because... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54490 May–June 2018 Harvard Business Review Structure That's Not Stifling: How to Give Your People Essential Direction—Without Shutting Them Down By: Gulati, Ranjay Abstract—Most leaders view employee... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Jun 2022
- Research & Ideas
In a Work-from-Anywhere World, How Remote Will Workers Go?
settle in a desired geographic location while retaining a job elsewhere—the best of both worlds for many people. “I see work-from-anywhere as a policy that allows the individual to control her personal geography. And I think that’s why... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
impact of mourning rituals after losses-of loved ones, lovers, and lotteries-on mitigating grief. Participants who were directed to reflect on past rituals or who were assigned to complete novel rituals after experiencing losses reported lower levels of grief.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Oct 2020
- Book
Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time
times to get their core work done said they had greater control over their workdays, were less stressed, and were happier with their jobs overall, Whillans found. Also, be aggressive about shielding your time in other ways, Whillans... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Jul 2019
- Book
Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence
together and rationalize them, this should result in cost savings. If you bring two companies together, you will control more capacity within an industry and gain more pricing power. Imagine if Amazon wanted... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
Snack Foods, located in Austin, Texas, manufactures, markets, and distributes snack foods and frozen treats. The CEO is passionate about maximizing shareholder value and believes in keeping tight control over View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Research Summary
Clinical Trials as a setting for Health Policy and Management Research
The clinical trial marketplace is in flux. A decade ago, pharmaceutical firms almost exclusively conducted the study of their novel drug compounds within major academic medical centers. But today, industry-sponsored clinical trials are increasingly using community... View Details
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why IT Does Matter
cost performance of IT technologies over the first forty years changed by roughly 107, and for the foreseeable future will continue to evolve at the same rate. That is in sharp contrast to a train, which after eighty years moved six times... View Details
Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan
- 01 May 2017
- Research & Ideas
Bad At Your Job? Maybe It's the Job’s Fault
before.” “Today’s jobs are expanding in terms of what is expected of people, but the resources people get to do those jobs is not expanding” “In many companies today, people are being held accountable for measures that are much wider than the resources and the amount... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone
company takes that create unintended consequences for others—can be good or bad. An example of a positive externality is reduced healthcare costs for everyone when employees are required to get COVID-19 vaccines. A negative externality... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow
survey done on nonprofit leaders, managers often cited a preference for growth by branching, i.e., replicating the organization from one site to another and maintaining central control and ownership of the new units. What Wei-Skillern and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The IT Leader’s Hero Quest
careers at the Harvard Business School, we discovered that the turnover of CIOs ran at around 30 to 40 percent per year. As a result of our research, we described the driving cause as the rapid change of IT through the operation of Moore's Law (IT View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift
recognize that risk management is only part of the story and that the benefits of positive values go well beyond problem avoidance. I have seen this progression in some companies that initially turn to values as a damage control measure... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 16 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?
be that they should weigh carefully the costs of breaking trust and of risking reputation. The formal study of behavioral economics exactly relates psychological factors to economic behavior, and even more recently has been exploring the... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 16 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has COVID-19 Broken the Global Value Chain?
efficiency and cost minimization shall be accompanied by more attention toward a diversification and also of the currencies used for transactions. Question: What are some implications for policymakers? Answer: Here there is role for local... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018
sellers' product spaces. We find evidence consistent with the former explanation: the likelihood of Amazon's entry is positively correlated with the popularity and customer ratings of third-party sellers' products. We also find that Amazon's entry reduces the shipping... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman