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- 30 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 30
health choices. The good news is that human nature can also be a source of solutions. Through her studies in Zambia exploring the reasons for unwanted pregnancies and the incentives that would motivate hairdressers to sell condoms to their clients, the View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 22 May 2012
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First Look: May 22
their accounts of social change good examples of multi-level theorizing. Some scholars are practiced and immersed in thinking about organizational phenomena through a positive lens; for others it was a total adventure in trying on a new set of glasses. However,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 31
financial management and the usefulness of formal hedging of agricultural production risks was offered to randomly selected farmers in Gujarat, India. The authors evaluate the effect of the financial literacy training and three marketing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
research vessel for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Two years of renovations were required to turn it into the DSSV Pressure Drop, a name Vescovo borrowed from a spaceship in author Iain M. Banks’s Culture novels.... View Details
- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Again in a Great City
Tower” lingers, though it has been covered in green terra-cotta since the end of World War II. The cost to construct the building in 1928 was $10 million, $135 million in today’s dollars. Last June Cummings and his partners—including former NYC Housing View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
bundled payments. The stakes are high, and the outcome will define the shape of the health care system for many years to come, for better or for worse. In this article, the authors argue that although capitation may deliver modest savings... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 12, 2016
views matter. And it can turn departing employees into corporate ambassadors for years to come. Unfortunately, too few leaders pay attention to this tool; their programs fail to either improve retention or produce useful information. The View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
to compete. Strategists have developed some well-known rules for navigating business environments with network effects. "Move first" is one, and "get big fast" is another. In a study of dozens of companies, however, the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?
these energy firms might be helpful in some way.” About the Author Kristen Senz is the growth editor of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. . [Image: Unsplash/Karsten Würth] What role should companies play in addressing climate... View Details
- 11 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers
tremendous way for developers to learn quickly, and for both developers and technology companies to reap real benefits.” About the author Michael Blanding is a writer based in Boston. [Image: gorodenkoff] Related Reading 6 Ways That... View Details
- 13 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought
questions come up and new questions about the evolving landscape come up,” he says, “we’re hoping to keep asking in rapid fire questions to small business owners to help guide the policy and managerial discussions.” About the Author... View Details
- 23 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Product Disasters Can Be Fertile Ground for Innovation
to improve their products along with safety for their customers. About the Author Michael Blanding is a writer based in Boston. [Image: JohnnyGreig] Related Reading The Hard Work of Failure Analysis At Booking.com, Innovation Means... View Details
- 29 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Uber Is Worth Saving and How To Do It
from ordinances regulating limos and taxis. The company even allegedly built a digital tool that would alert staff when code enforcers were on the way.) Kanter says the same disrespect shown for authorities on the outside seemed to seep... View Details
- 07 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: ‘The Art of Negotiation’
brittle. If we fixate on all that could go wrong, it's hard to imagine how things could go right. Stephen Nachmanovitch, author of Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art, connects reluctance to experiment to "fear of being thought a... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael A. Wheeler
- 04 Feb 2015
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Stanford-Google-Silicon Valley School of Management?
passionate about something, To do it, they first create a culture designed to attract them, then give them the latitude to explore their creative ideas. These creatives come from all kinds of backgrounds, especially liberal arts and engineering. Hiring talent, the... View Details
- 26 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
When Other Companies Compete Like Crazy, Dare to Be Different
is an exploration of what it means for a business to be different, to be meaningfully different, to be different in a way that makes a difference to consumers," she says. “Differentiation is a way of thinking.” An authority on... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 02 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2006
Healthcare Michael Porter is considered by many to be the world's foremost authority on competition and strategy. He discusses the need for fundamental reform in the way the United States delivers healthcare. Q&A. Porsche's Risky Roll... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Healthcare Conference Looks At Ailing Industry
HBS professor Clayton M. Christensen, the three industries most plagued by high cost, inconvenience, and inconsistent quality are healthcare, higher education, and legal services. A problem with all three, said Christensen, author of the... View Details
- 05 Jan 2017
- Blog Post
Simple Ways to Take Gender Bias Out of Your Jobs
Insights Group, and director of the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School. She is the author of the book What Works: Gender Equality by Design, which discusses how organizations can leverage findings of behavioral... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Breaking Free from Fear of Change
understand the executives I talk about in this book very well because I share their predicament,” notes Tom DeLong, the Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Management Practice at HBS and the author of Flying without a Net: Turn Fear of Change... View Details