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- 30 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
India’s Ambitious National Identification Program
India's economy is enjoying robust growth with an expanding middle class. But the country, which has 22 official languages, also has its share of huge challenges: widespread poverty with 75 million homeless people, insufficient access to View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t
higher levels of profitability." After analyzing financial and employment data from hundreds of medium-sized and large companies, they proved that the hypothesis was true. Even after accounting for unrelated variables, the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
model is defaultable bank liabilities that provide liquidity services to households. The quality of the liquidity services provided by bank liabilities depends on their safety in case of default. Commercial bank debt is fully insured and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
belief that to prepare managers well, we have to change. What we're doing in Asia has grown out of that belief. We need to create new intellectual capital to underpin our goals at HBS. Thus, we must deepen and extend the quantity and View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 27 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work
health care has led her to study nurses, who, as direct care providers, are at the center of the web of supply chains of equipment, supplies, medications, and even physicians. Singer received a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry
- 26 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 26, 2010
effective in allowing students to acquire the foundations not only for great leadership, but also for a high quality personal life and an extraordinary organization. We characterize this approach as "value free" because, 1)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 13, 2016
institutional accounts (that are not subject to the reporting requirements) at the exact same quarter-end dates. Moreover, the returns to these cloaked trades continue to accrue over the subsequent quarter and do not reverse in the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
practices, accounting firms, investment banks, and other professional service organizations, industry veterans DeLong, Gabarro, and Lees show how this model works to: align your firm's culture and key organizational components; satisfy... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
New Hires Lose Psychological Safety After Year One. How to Fix It.
leaders should understand that an employee’s input can sometimes make the difference between failure and success in a task or project — and managers can and should encourage employees to candidly voice their opinions to bolster both the View Details
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
Fable? Authors:Pierre Azoulay, Toby Stuart, and Yanbo Wang Abstract In a market context, a status effect occurs when actors are accorded differential recognition for their efforts depending on their location in a status ordering, holding constant the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
Viana also admired their grit. And he recognized the global cachet of quality French products. Here was something different, and maybe more meaningful, than leading a technology company. France’s manufacturing sector was still struggling... View Details
- 23 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Prove C-Suite Gender Gap—but Can’t Explain It
she takes off to raise children, or the quality of her network connections. Career paths are different for men and women in Sweden and elsewhere. ©iStockPhoto/Delpixart “Our results point towards the possibility that male and female... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 29 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Creating the Perfect Super Bowl Ad
the same amount of information content on Pepsi MAX. Advertisers should pay attention to that balance, taking into account not only how soon into the ad that the brand is presented, but also how the branding aligns with the entertainment.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
One-on-One with Edwin Reed
increased its involvement in developing commercial enterprises? Yes, it has. In addition to providing outstanding education, competitive communities must offer high quality goods and services — an escalating need in our neighborhood... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
Energy Services, while Peter R. Formanek (MBA '68) and his AutoZone cared for car owners in need of quality parts and friendly service. This kaleidoscope of achievement was being replicated by HBS alumni virtually everywhere across the... View Details
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
An Organization Your Customers Understand
the role of organization in regard to a business unit's success, or in the choice of which structure to use, is intertwined with a large number of other important factors. These include the strategy of the business, the quality of its... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
decades in the U.S. advertising agency industry: How can the shift from the bundling to the unbundling of services be explained and what accounts for the slow pace of change? Using a cost-based theoretical framework of bundling due to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
Tracking Performance Indicators By: Beveridge, Christiana, Sofia Warner, Greg Leya, and Thomas W. Feeley Abstract—Given that accountable care organizations (ACOs) have not achieved the degree of cost reductions and View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
A Matter of Opinion
readers. We had 20,000 subscribers when I started as editor, and we now have 185,000, which puts us ahead of the New Republic and National Review.” Navasky believes that The Nation and other journals of opinion, because of the quality and... View Details
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
be taken into consideration when deciding on the length of the school day and the frequency and duration of breaks throughout the day. Second, school accountability systems should control for the influence of external factors on test... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne