Encouragement Design - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

The Open Office Revolution Has Gone Too Far

crazy and interesting things as managers and designers of their organizations. And then we, the academics, come around and try to figure out, rigorously, what had a positive and negative impact on performance and other behavioral... View Details

Keywords: Re: Ethan S. Bernstein

22 Jul 2015

HBS & HKS Information Session in Senegal

Organized by the HBS Africa Business Club and the HKS Africa Caucus – and hosted by AFIG Funds, a leading Africa focused Private Equity firm - this event is designed for prospective students to learn about Harvard Business School and... View Details

Blog

Lessons from Jazz in the Live Online Classroom

the Executive Education program Developing Yourself as a Leader—Virtual, organizational behavior expert Frank Barrett encouraged executives to embrace Davis's mindset, reducing their reliance on the tried-and-true in the effort to allow... View Details

22 Oct 2013
News

Pulling the Plug

decades of his career, he cofounded and ran Brooktrout, growing it to a $150-million-a-year company that designed voicemail systems when everyone else was still using cassettes. After retiring, he became CEO of Groove Mobile, the first... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; Telecommunications; Information; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

06 Oct 2003
What Do You Think?

Is “the Innovator’s Solution” to Sustained Corporate Growth an Unnatural Act?

spending your time on disruptive innovations!" M. P. Singh, a manager in the public sector, suggests, "Expecting corporate culture to tolerate or encourage radical change or innovation is like expecting a country to View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Answers to Your Top Questions about Financial Aid at HBS | MBA

program. All students are encouraged to apply for an HBS Scholarship after being admitted to the program. In addition to need-based HBS Scholarships, HBS offers Complementary Fellowships designed to support... View Details

06 May 2002
What Do You Think?

What’s Driving the “New Marketing?”

Vargas-Bianchi added, "I do think we need to advance...marketing concepts beyond the 4 Ps, but ultimately, didn't they imply to a certain extent what the authors now mean by 'value'?" Perhaps we should be encouraged that the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

07 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship

believe that these extraordinary times call for massive public funds to be used for economic interventions, shouldn't these efforts be at least partially designed to promote new enterprises? Second, in many nations the venture industry is... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

15 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer

blockages that currently exist in the system: Direct-to-patient The Kraft team realized an acute need to reach more patients and encourage them to share their data. “Without access to their tissue and data, you will never understand what... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health; Pharmaceutical

Profile

Jeremy Burnham

new ones would get an immediate discount; a shoe design that used Velcro to hold together interchangeable parts at the customer’s discretion; and a business model that would reward local artists by trading View Details

01 Feb 2001
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

areas: defining the School's audiences, identifying vehicles for communication, and addressing design and content. The committee's work is predicated on the fact that HBS needs to communicate its services and programs more effectively to... View Details

Keywords: conferences; committees; leadership; alumni; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

06 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Cheers to the American Consumer

problem-solving entrepreneurs and successful entrepreneurs such as Bill Gates and Michael Dell become well-respected role models for younger people. Marketing, a distinctly American expertise, has of course encouraged consumers to be... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

01 Oct 1996
News

Working Behind the Scenes — Alan F. Horn (MBA 1971)

became especially concerned about local air and water quality when their first child was born in 1988. Together, they helped found the Environmental Media Association, designed to encourage writers,... View Details

Keywords: Thomas Frick

01 Jun 2001
News

Modupe Akinola: Outreach In Africa

reading, writing, and math,” she explains. “I wanted to bring that idea to Ghana.” With the cooperation and input of local nongovernmental organizations and a $350,000 grant from the Danish government, Akinola collaborated with a teacher from Denmark to View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; UNICEF; Educational Services

31 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 31, 2007

Working PapersCoupled Search Processes: Why Is It So Difficult to Find that Organizational Design Matters? Authors:Nicolaj Siggelkow and Jan W. Rivkin Abstract Organizational design affects performance via... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 15

coordination. Yet some work settings operate with fluid personnel, making stable team structures with ongoing relationships infeasible. We study the adaption of team structures for fluid work settings in a hospital emergency department (ED). Qualitative analysis... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Nov 2017
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Women’s Association

making it the largest club on campus. Men and partners are also welcome to join and we strive to hold free or heavily subsidized events to create an inclusive community for all. The WSA events are designed to maximize the social,... View Details

09 Feb 2016
First Look

February 9, 2016

Statistics Trade Credit and Taxes By: Desai, Mihir, C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. Abstract—This paper analyzes the extent to which firms use trade credit to reallocate capital in response to tax incentives. Tax-induced differences in pretax returns View Details