Interventions - Publications - Faculty & Research

2011
Working Paper

How Foundations Think: The Ford Foundation as a Dominating Institution in the Field of American Business Schools

By: Rakesh Khurana, Kenneth Kimura and Marion Fourcade

The question of institutional change has become central to organizational research (Powell, 2008). Recent scholarship has demonstrated, often through carefully researched cases, that institutions can and sometimes do change. According to this research, there are two... View Details

Keywords: Change; Business Education; Business History; Organizations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Relationships; Behavior

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Student Spotlight: 2023 HCC Co-Presidents Reflect on Their Time at HBS and the Current Health Care Systems - Blog: Health Supplement

tremendously inequitable and fragmented. The health care system delivers innovation, ranging from cell therapies to remote patient monitoring and intervention solutions, to the privileged minority that have access due to care proximity... View Details

25 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

The Economic Cost of Physician Burnout

points, not to supplant the ethical considerations, but to provide a more complete picture.” For those ready to deal with the problem, says Goh, a range of interventions have been shown to be successful, including mindfulness exercises... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

31 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

for managers to openly express support for wellness initiatives and encourage people to use them, Whillans says. For example, managers can ask their staff to block off one hour every week during office hours to work on their own wellness—whether it’s using an online... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

07 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

What Drives Supply Chain Behavior?

types of process. Unfortunately, just identifying biases is not enough to get rid of them. We humans are resilient in our beliefs and assumptions. Intervention needs to be at the processes(roles, activities) and structural levels... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

rationalizations for the failures. Specifically, managers attributed large failures to uncontrollable events outside the organization (e.g., the economy) and to the intervention of outsiders. Small failures were interpreted as flukes, the... View Details

Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon

18 Jul 2019
Lessons from the Classroom

The Internet of Things Needs a Business Model. Here It Is

sensors can be combined with weather forecasting to help energy companies figure out the optimal amount of electricity they should sell into the grid. “Very little human intervention is needed,” Lal says. Other companies have been... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Computer

12 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association

Blair’s era of successful humanitarian intervention (Balkans) and before 9/11, and British policy in Sierra Leone led to military operations that many agree helped prevent further Atrocities. The Royal Marines were involved, and that put... View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

true cluster in Costa Rica will take decades to complete, but I'm confident that it will be sustainable because the country offers some unique qualities that are a source of competitive advantage — among them, the highest computer usage in Latin America. Without these,... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

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Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online

Entrenched Power Explain how power hierarchies develop and perpetuate themselves and understand and apply organizational and cultural strategies for overcoming the impact of stereotypes. Highlights What Are Power Hierarchies? Institutional View Details

04 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Are the Big Four Audit Firms Too Big to Fail?

likely to take risks. The audit giants might decide that their dwindling numbers make them increasingly visible targets for regulatory interventions and litigation, and they might become more risk averse. Additionally, with just a few... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting

25 Aug 2022
News

Up on the Corner

add up. To Young, that speaks to a broader need for government intervention in situations where intentionally discriminatory policies have caused real estate markets to fail. “Government has to play where the market doesn’t,” contends... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

EDT + More Info – Less Info The present era of digitalization and artificial intelligence has made an abundance of data and technological tools available to companies. Firms are increasingly personalizing their offerings—doing so not only increases the effectiveness of... View Details

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By: Ashley V. Whillans

Engaged with field work in East Africa, South Asia, and in several large hybrid organizations in the United States, Professor Whillans places a focus on exploring questions with strong theoretical motivation in the social psychological literature and relevant... View Details

13 Dec 2006
Research & Ideas

Improving Public Health for the Poor

School of Public Health, Project Antares aims to create a system for devising commercial incentives that provide affordable public health initiatives, or "interventions" in healthcare parlance. Examples of commercial high-impact View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

07 Apr 2011
What Do You Think?

When Should the Public Sector Take Over in a Meltdown?

While C.J. Cullinane recommends that government "at least monitor the situation," he offers little hope that government intervention can be any more effective than private sector responses. Richard Oxford agrees, noting that... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities

23 Aug 2011
First Look

First Look: August 23

and concludes with a call to the reader to do whatever he or she can to speed the adoption of integrated reporting. A 2-phase Labeling and Choice Architecture Intervention to Improve Healthy Food and Beverage Choice Authors:Anne... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Mar 2012
Article

Reviving Entrepreneurship

New enterprises don't exist in a vacuum: They rise or fall depending on myriad contextual factors, all of them interrelated, and all of them affected by government policy. U.S. lawmakers must carefully consider the effects of View Details

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2013 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Game: Ultimate Truth or Enduring Myth? Negotiation is a Man’s Game: Ultimate Truth or Enduring Myth? Organizational Change William Bielby Speaks at the 2013 Gender & Work Symposium Interventions That Work: Alternative Paths to Minimizing... View Details

16 Oct 2012
First Look

First Look: October 16

of the state-driven agenda for the foreseeable future. Publisher's Link: http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Economics/History/?view=usa&ci=9780199657964 Food Choices of Minority and Low-Income Employees: A Cafeteria View Details