Intervention - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Aug 2020
Blog Post

Hikma Health + HBS MBAs Crowdsource Largest County-Level COVID-19 Dataset

the hackathon, the need for this more granular type of policy data intensified as two things became clear: First, COVID-19 behaves very differently from county to county. Second, since vaccines and medications have lengthy lead times, so-called non-pharmacological... View Details

21 Jul 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: Managing Human Capital—Global Trends and Challenges

ways, the human capital needed for globalization is lacking. Progress is required in important areas such as elevating more women to leadership positions and having talent strategies that incorporate diversity. Taking a longer-term view, early childhood View Details

Keywords: Re: David A. Thomas

01 Mar 2003
News

Waxing Philosophical

prominent environmentalist in corporate America, Johnson discussed with USA Today (December 4, 2002) the drinking problem that he had developed toward the end of his career. He sought treatment in 1993 after an intervention by his family;... 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

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy

reverse." The Costs Of Intervention Despite the fact that frequent comparisons are drawn between the British Empire and the world today, Maurer argues that a more apt comparison can be found in American foreign policy between 1893... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

11 Aug 2014
HBS Case

The Business of Behavioral Economics

effort into a commercial website and app. "They realized that some of the interventions they identified were useful to people, but there was no real mechanism to have them be utilized," says Norton, who along with John wrote a recent HBS... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage; Health

28 May 2019
News

Research Brief: Field Research

intervention that amounted to less than $10 per person (but at no cost to the farmer). Even more encouraging to Cole was news that another colleague, Harvard economics professor Michael Kremer, had seen similar results in Kenya. “We were... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Crop Production; Agriculture

2 PM – 3 PM EST, 02 Dec 2015
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Managing Family Strife: Market Baskets Lessons about Buyouts

You'd have to have been sleeping under a rock to miss the family war and media frenzy over Market Basket, the Boston-based, family-owned supermarket chain. The confrontation between two cousins (both named Arthur Demoulas) over control of the company was finally... View Details

28 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Meet Professor Elisabeth Paulson: A Conversation on Life, Research, and Teaching

non-experts can similarly promote classroom learning by asking and answering questions. This creates a unique and supportive classroom culture. Your research focuses on data-driven policy making and the design of interventions for social... View Details

10 Aug 2015
News

Support for the Healers

health,” says Sandford, who joined Point of Care in 2014. “Their burn-out rates are high and getting higher.” Recent breakthroughs in life-saving medical interventions mean that “more patients are living longer with chronic conditions,”... View Details

22 Sep 2009
News

The Case for Regulatory Reform

we only act when necessary to avert unacceptable — and in some cases dire — outcomes. The second is that any intervention go with, rather than against, the grain of the market system. Our objective is not to supplant or replace markets.... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Government

07 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy

book, Translating Empire: Emulation and the Origins of Political Economy, Harvard Business School historian Sophus A. Reinert unearths John Cary's An Essay on the State of England. Writing in 1695, Cary laid out a powerful case for how England, through muscular... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Web

2015 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

influence, including classroom teaching; practitioner-oriented publishing; using research to inform organizations; and conducting organizational interventions as venues for creating change through disseminating, translating, and applying... View Details

14 Jan 2022
Blog Post

Embracing Activism for Social Change

intervention training for the 90 call takers, establishing new protocols and role-playing exercises that enabled them to identify and correctly triage calls over to a clinician on site,” she explains. “That had a big impact on improving... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Research Brief: Bargaining for Better

Kathleen McGinn (photo by Tracy Powell) Kathleen McGinn (photo by Tracy Powell) By the time they reach eighth grade, about 61 percent of girls in Zambia have dropped out of school—a rate three times higher than their male counterparts. View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Mar 2018
News

From Das’s Desk

Reflective Leader program Today, however, the practice of education is changing, from a short-term learning intervention to one centered on a lifelong process of development. At HBS, our core mission is to keep the School relevant for... View Details

Keywords: Das Narayandas

12 Jan 2004
What Do You Think?

How Should We Think About the Exportation of Jobs?

generally came down in support of the free exportation of jobs, regardless of how imperfect labor markets are in comparison with markets for capital, goods, and services. Those arguing for some kind of intervention in this market activity... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Mar 2018
News

Money (Actually) Can Buy Happiness

Humans, it seems, are wired for immediate gratification, while “a lot of the things that make us happiest require time and effort,” Norton says. Understanding this disconnect and interventions that could change it can make people—and... View Details

Keywords: April White

20 Jun 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20

techniques for changing individual behavior in pursuit of policy objectives. The types of “nudge” interventions that governments are now adopting alter people’s decisions without coercion or significant changes to economic incentives. We... View Details