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  • 30 Jan 2024
  • Research & Ideas

‘Intrinsic Joy’ Sparks Ideas Better than Cash

says. But as one developer told Roche, adding cash to the mix can sour the task at hand. “He said, ‘As soon as your sponsor pays for it, even if it's just five bucks, they're holding you accountable to fix their problems.’ And he thought... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology
  • 30 Apr 2024
  • Book

When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners

their way into business school classrooms or the ranks of professional management. Most people I spoke with back then thought that ethics was a matter of individual character; that character was fixed and unchanging over time; and that... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 03 Oct 2023
  • Research Event

Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

after doing three shows in a row. I'd done a show with the Ku Klux Klan. And I realized in the middle of that show that I wasn't helping anybody. But that I was I thought I was exposing their vitriol, when in fact, they were using their... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Staff
  • 01 Nov 2021
  • What Do You Think?

How Long Does It Take to Improve an Organization’s Culture?

University (completed before the outset of the pandemic) concluded that a strong corporate culture fosters better execution, reduction in agency cost, and therefore, higher productivity and creativity. Of the many executives surveyed, 92 percent View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 26 Mar 2024
  • Research & Ideas

How Humans Outshine AI in Adapting to Change

You’ve probably never thought about all the split-second adjustments you make in a single day to perform different tasks. Wake up in a hotel room, walk into a library, sit behind the wheel of a car, or swipe up to access your phone apps.... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology
  • 22 May 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Forgiving Student Loan Debt Leads to Better Jobs, Stronger Consumers

asking Working Knowledge readers to share their thoughts about student loans and debt forgiveness.  Take the poll   “This would be a great way of attracting talent,” he says. “I think there are opportunities to find private solutions to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • May 28, 2019
  • Other Article

How Russia Found a Disinformation Haven in America

By: Rawi Abdelal and Galit Goldstein
The Mueller Report established that “the Russians” undertook information operations campaigns to meddle in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Though this has been clear for a long time, Americans continue to discuss Russian information operations in the wrong way.... View Details
Keywords: Elections; Donald Trump; Political Elections; National Security; Information Technology; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Social Media; Russia; United States
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  • 2014
  • Working Paper

Monitoring Public Procurement: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design in Chile

By: Maria Paula Gerardino, Stephan Litschig and Dina D. Pomeranz
The government is the biggest buyer in the economy of most countries. At the same time, the public procurement process if often thought to be fraught with corruption and malpractice. However, there is little evidence regarding the impact of audits aimed at reducing... View Details
Keywords: Procurement; Chile; Corruption; Public Finance; Public Procurement; Public Sector; Public Administration Industry; Chile
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  • 23 Jul 2020
  • News

The Long Game of Coronavirus Research

    Contextual Intelligence

    https://hbr.org/resources/images/article_assets/hbr/1409/R1409C_SARACENO.jpgI have come to a conclusion that may surprise you: trying to apply management practices... View Details

    • October 2013
    • Case

    FasterCures: Removing Barriers to Treatments

    By: Richard G. Hamermesh and James Weber

    In mid-2013, as FasterCures celebrated its 10th anniversary as a center of the Milken Institute, Executive Director Margaret Anderson thought about what the organization should do to ensure it had even more impact in its next 10 years. FasterCures was a non-profit... View Details

    Keywords: Health Care; Health Care Industry; Health Care Policy; Health Services; Healthcare; Healthcare Reform; Healthcare Ventures; Nonprofit; Non-profit Management; Not-for-profit; Incubator; Accelerator; Venture Philanthropy; Medical Services; Medical Solutions; Medical Research; Medical Treatment; Clinical Trials; Drug Reimbursement; Early Stage; Early Stage Research Funding; Early Stage Funding; Milken Institute; Michael Milken; David Baltimore; Partnering For Cures; National Institutes Of Health; Cancer Care In The U.S.; Cancer Care Services; Policy-making; Health Care and Treatment; Health; Health Testing and Trials; Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit Organizations; Policy; Health Industry; United States; District of Columbia
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    • 17 Dec 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    Teaming in the Twenty-First Century

    Buckminster Fuller. "It's what indirectly got me into this game in the first place," she explains. "I began to understand part of a larger vision of using thoughtful design to solve big problems in the world and I became interested in how... View Details
    Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
    • 13 Jul 2016
    • HBS Case

    How Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy Attracted Their First 1,000 Customers

    they could go around San Francisco knocking on doors. Instead, founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia thought like customers themselves, trying to figure out where they would go if Airbnb didn’t exist. It didn’t take them long to figure out... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail; Service; Transportation
    • October 2022 (Revised February 2024)
    • Case

    Masdar City: Aiming for Sustainable and Profitable Real Estate

    By: Boris Vallee and Fares Khrais
    Masdar City broke ground in 2008 and was conceived by the Abu Dhabi government to be an international beacon of innovation in sustainable energy and real estate. It was also to be a profitable investment for the government. At first glance, the two goals pulled in... View Details
    Keywords: Analysis; Business Growth And Maturation; Decisions; Public Sector; Financial Crisis; Construction; Climate Change; Green Technology; Borrowing And Debt; Corporate Finance; Capital; Capital Budgeting; Capital Structure; Cost Of Capital; Equity; REIT; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Initial Public Offering; Innovation; Growth And Development Strategy; Emerging Markets; Urban Development; Middle East; United Arab Emirates; Sustainable Cities; Green Building; Business and Government Relations; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financing and Loans; Real Estate Industry; Construction Industry; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; Abu Dhabi
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    • October 2013
    • Case

    Mitch Daniels and the State of Indiana

    By: Robert Steven Kaplan and Wendy K. Winer

    Mitch Daniels, Governor of the State of Indiana, knew he had to make a difficult choice as he sat in his office in December 2010. Should he aggressively push the state legislature to pass comprehensive education reform—a major priority of his administration—or,... View Details

    Keywords: Education Reform; Priorities; Leadership; Education; Government and Politics; Public Administration Industry; Education Industry; Indiana
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    • 05 Sep 2023
    • Book

    Thriving After Failing: How to Turn Your Setbacks Into Triumphs

    even the most thoughtful failed experiments, so they can focus their energy on developing new solutions. In one case, a graduate student frustratingly cycled through several wrong ways to isolate a particular kind of RNA before coming... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • 16 May 2023
    • HBS Case

    How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’

    they cared didn’t just boost morale, it also lowered injury rates and increased summer productivity. “This was one of the first changes we made that resulted in even skeptical people—for example, those who thought the safety rules were... View Details
    Keywords: by Avery Forman
    • 19 Aug 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: August 19, 2008

    a proposal that would re-allocate the equity within their founding team, and all three founders are getting ready to reopen a negotiation they thought had been finalized. Purchase this case:... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 18 Feb 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: February 18

    acquisition of Vodafone and its performance in Japan. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/vodafone-in-japan-c/an/711470-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-008 Lufa Farms In 2013, Mohamed Hage, founder of the rooftop farming business called Lufa Farms,... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • February 2021
    • Case

    Enterprise Agility at Komerční Banka

    By: Euvin Naidoo, Suraj Srinivasan and Sarah Gulick
    In 2017, Jan Juchelka, the new CEO of Komerční Banka, identified the need for the bank to start an enterprise wide agile transformation. He started by working to create a sense of urgency to kick-start a process to enable the level of service delivery to customers he... View Details
    Keywords: Agile; Agility; Transformation; Organizational Structure; Business Headquarters; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Systems; Banking Industry; Czech Republic
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