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Design: At, Into, & Beyond - Race, Gender & Equity
social implications of their work. Families A network of individuals tethered to one another through care // "A family is defined by the Census Bureau as a group of individuals who reside together and who are related to each other by... View Details
- 17 Dec 2017
- News
How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression
with me. They wanted some advice on setting up a small business that they were doing. These women were all widows and rape survivors from the war. Their children had been abducted, they had been raped by soldiers, their husbands had been killed, and they were banded... View Details
- 26 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Power of the Noncompete Clause
of establishing a natural experiment, but you have to be careful because sometimes the legislature is just "catching up" with common practice, rendering the comparison useless. For example, if the Michigan courts had started... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Super Bowl Ads for Multitaskers
he analyzed not only when viewers were likely to act on the ads that they saw on television, but also what type of ads were most likely to make them surf on over to the advertiser's website and make a purchase. To do this, the researchers... View Details
- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
is in the container. Likewise, responsible manufacturers don't have to worry about competitors cheating by putting bogus ingredients into their products. So the agency's work for consumer protection also acts as a protection for ethical... View Details
- 08 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp
restaurants, not to tell cities where to go to inspect, but it could be used for that purpose,” says Luca. Similarly, Google searches in different geographies could give policymakers key insight into what their citizens care about.... View Details
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ’The Future of Boards’
greater explicitness. But the economic shock of 2008 appears to have caused many directors to reconsider what their boards had been doing and to question whether they could or should be acting differently. "I really do think it's time for... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Lorsch
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
Schedule each day. Many parents are caring for their children and guiding their remote learning while trying to do their own jobs—and feeling like they’re failing on all fronts. Eventually, thoughts about unfinished work tasks encroach on... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
the same time, giving taxpayers a voice may act as a two-way "nudge," transforming tax payment from a passive experience to a channel of communication between taxpayers and government. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Past Issues - Alumni
Post-Office Associate Professor Prithwiraj Choudhury and Stack Overflow CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar on the long-term lessons of the global remote-work moment Meal Plan Inspire Brands Chief Growth Officer Christian Charnaux and investor Keith Pascal of View Details
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
PublicationsInnovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care Authors:Clayton M. Christensen, Jerome H. Grossman M.D., and Jason Hwang M.D. Publication:McGraw-Hill, 2009 Abstract A groundbreaking prescription for health... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
trust, employee commitment, and "ownership" behaviors of both employees and clients-could explain and be used to predict up to half of the difference in operating income between agency offices of a global service provider. The paper calls for View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire
with an ad campaign called "The Orange Underground," featuring a series of 30-second TV spots in which the Cheetos mascot, Chester Cheetah, encourages consumers to commit subversive acts with Cheetos. (In one commercial, an... View Details
- 05 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 5
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/811055-PDF-ENG Caterpillar, Inc. (A) David F. HawkinsHarvard Business School Case 111-031 2010 Healthcare Reform Act eliminates Medicare Part D subsidy and Caterpillar recognizes a $100 million... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
of real-world systems. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-059.pdf Quality Provision, Expected Firm Altruism and Brand Extensions Author:Julio J. Rotemberg Abstract This paper studies quality choice in a model where consumers expect firms to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
suggest that positive social impact and financial returns could be complementary, it is not clear that over time firms will act in a way that will provide solutions to many of the problems we face today for three reasons. First, while in... View Details
- 23 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018
work pace patterns provide evidence for a time discounting mechanism: workers discount idle time when it is relatively distant but act to avoid it increasingly as it becomes more proximate. Finally, Study 4 demonstrates that the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Best Practices for Creating a Successful Virtual Internship
situation. Students with particularly positive experiences often remark that they felt integrated into the work of the team and that people in the organization cared about what they were working on.” To replicate this integration,... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 11 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Supporting Independent Workers During COVID-19: One Phone Call at a Time
balancing act is perhaps too eloquent; it was more like juggling a few bowling balls while climbing up 10 flights of stairs. I would focus 100% on my internship with an LA-based fintech startup during the day, and then 100% on FinGig in... View Details
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
requires careful dosing, consideration of harmful side effects, and close supervision. We offer a warning label to accompany the practice of setting goals. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-083.pdf Virtual Team... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace