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  • 10 Mar 2021
  • News

Next Normal

something completely new. Managers, for example, were concerned about decreases in productivity, despite longstanding research showing that output increases in remote work environments. With this realization, however, many just continued... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2009
  • News

The Fab Four

children attending school by 25 percent, and boosted agricultural output by two to four times, depending on the area. Now we’re talking to the UN, the World Bank, USAID, and others about scaling the village program to a countrywide level.... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 20 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 20

model choices aimed at increasing volume such as building new stores, increasing product variety, everyday low prices (EDLP), and high-powered incentives for store managers. Input and output prices played a smaller role under David Glass... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 6

five months-cut defects by half, reduced inventory by 20%, and raised output by 10%. A control group saw no such gains. The authors' global data set suggests that implementing good management at schools and hospitals yields change more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Sept. 7

decisions are driven by a tradeoff between managers' pecuniary benefits of coordinating production and their private benefits of operating in preferred ways. Integration generates more output than non-integration but imposes a cost on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 16

profitable investment decisions. During the last ten years, Wall Street research has been battered by a series of shocks. As concerns over conflicts of interest mounted, the integrity of research output was questioned, leading to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 1, 2007

that firms focusing on a particular task—at either a divisional or firm level—experience higher output and productivity with respect to that task than unfocused firms. After controlling for selection, scale, and learning effects, we find... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

the sector, is that the metrics it uses to track its investments are largely output oriented, not outcome oriented. As an example, Acumen has invested in a Kenyan business that builds toilet and shower facilities in central business... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 29 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 29

volume may lead to productivity improvement, little is known about how this shift toward outsourcing influences learning by providers of outsourced services. When producing output, the content of the knowledge gained can vary from one unit to the next. One dimension... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne