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- 20 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak
loans, which only apply to businesses in states that have declared emergency status, some state governments are offering aid packages. Explore private sector programs and fintech products. Facebook said it would offer $100 million in View Details
- 18 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Heroic Entrepreneurs
almighty dollar in the pursuit of curing societal ills. Supporting entrepreneurs who blur these traditional lines will require the investment community to broaden its view. For those who traditionally fund charity-fueled nonprofits, a broader view will mean thinking... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 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
Chang, Edward H., Katherine L. Milkman, Dena M. Gromet, Robert W. Rebele, Cade Massey, Angela L. Duckworth, and Adam M. Grant. "The Mixed Effects of Online Diversity Training." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116, no. 16 (April 16, 2019): 7778–7783.
- 15 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
A Mass Crisis Can Overwhelm Health Care. Liberia Found a Solution.
Trelstad says. Is Last Mile a model? Panjabi attended a recent HBS class where Trelstad taught the case. The students were impressed by their guest. “He is a compelling person and the issue was topical,” Trelstad says. “The students were split as to whether to take the... View Details
- 25 Aug 2015
- First Look
First Look Tuesday
which required U.S. patent applications be published 18 months after their filing date rather than at patent grant, on the timing of licensing deals in the biomedical industry. We find that post-AIPA, U.S. patent applications are significantly more likely to be... View Details
- 23 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together
investors seemed to lie in the decisions that followed the investment. In addition to granting cash, venture capitalists are heavily involved in hiring or firing the CEO of the portfolio company, choosing a board of directors, devising an... View Details
- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
likely to be licensed before patent grant and shortly after 18-month publication. Licensing delays are reduced by about 10 months, on average, after AIPA's enactment. These findings suggest a hitherto unexplored benefit of the patent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
world's poor live in countries where governments lack either the will or the ability to raise living standards on their own. Financial assistance to such governments, therefore, has often not helped their neediest citizens. In fact, in spite of the roughly $1 trillion... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
- 02 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Need a Say on Pay
Representatives passed a bill granting shareholders a non-binding vote on executive compensation and severance packages. It also maintains that compensation committees should be independent of management. But given its non-binding status,... View Details
- 01 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Immigrant Innovators: Job Stealers or Job Creators?
IBM. But the program also has granted thousands of visas to India-based technology services companies that have US entities, including Infosys, Wipro, and Tata Consultancy Services. As with any controversial topic, both program proponents... View Details
- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
Examination at the USPTO The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is the federal government agency responsible for evaluating and granting patents and trademarks. In 2015, the USPTO employed approximately 8,000 patent examiners who... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
Act, introduced May 19, casts shareholders as the antidote to runaway executive compensation and excessive risk-taking. The bill requires public companies to conduct annual, nonbinding votes by shareholders on executive compensation—so-called say on pay; View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 12 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis
get an annual budget from the provincial government but philanthropy still plays an important role in funding new programs and research and augmenting services.” The Foundation, which is one of Canada’s largest charities, provided $48.5 million in View Details
- 10 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 10
losing 1 billion of dollar reserves in one month, the Argentine government began imposing a series of currency controls, limiting the ability to buy foreign currency. As of October 2011, Argentina's tax collection agency AFIP had been View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
How Disruptive Innovation is Remaking the University
institutional characteristics remain the same even as individual people come and go. Pioneering institutions such as Harvard and Yale first began granting Ph.D.s in the mid-nineteenth century. As graduates of their doctoral programs... View Details
- 02 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Casino Payoff: Hands-Off Management Works Best
employee monitoring makes the case that if business owners are interested in their customer-facing workers learning and making progressively better decisions over time, they're far better off taking a hands-off approach and granting more... View Details
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
agency that funds partnerships between universities and private companies to develop technologies important to Danish industry. We assess the effect of a particular "mediated funding" scheme that combines project grants with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 6
$20 million to the social media-fueled Pepsi Refresh Project: PepsiCo's innovative cause-marketing program in which consumers submitted ideas for grants for health, environmental, social, educational, and cultural causes. Consumers voted... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jul 2019
- Op-Ed
Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?
have “plausible deniability” since they won’t even be able to see the content themselves. One way around that problem would be for regulators to repeal the 1996 Communications Decency Act, Section 230, which granted immunity to internet... View Details
Keywords: by George Riedel
- 27 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work
health care has led her to study nurses, who, as direct care providers, are at the center of the web of supply chains of equipment, supplies, medications, and even physicians. Singer received a grant from the Agency for Healthcare... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry