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- 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... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry
- 30 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers
safety, the researchers note that our understanding of how managers can increase the value of reporting systems remains incomplete. To shed light on how to encourage staff to share constructive feedback when using reporting systems,... View Details
- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
We close with an attempt to identify strategies to close the gap between the unethical people we are and the ethical people that we strive to be. Truth in Giving: Experimental Evidence on the Welfare Effects of Informed View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2024
- Op-Ed
Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty
arch-rival Lowe’s. After Nardelli was terminated, his successor, Frank Blake, restored Home Depot’s culture, and the business flourished. The board often doesn’t give the new CEO a clear mandate. Too many... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance
For many years, Americans have shown their generosity to myriad nonprofit organizations. And 1999 was no exception, as charitable giving in this country reached a record high of just over $190 billion. At... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 16 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Report from China: The New Entrepreneurs
are a number of "chicken and egg" processes, or feedback loops here. I learned a saying in Chinese: "You can catch big fish in murky water." That means that the big fish are hiding when... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Adding Time to Activity-Based Costing
suppliers and customers to reduce demands on capacity throughout the supply chain, introducing menu-based pricing in which customers pay for the features and services they use, while other customers View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 09 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 9
me to achieve my top priorities?; (3) Do I give subordinates timely and direct feedback they can act on? Have I developed a succession roadmap?; View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 13, 2008
gain to the other and is equivalent to decreasing the dispersion of the latter's values for the items he does not receive without changing their total. One-agent monotonicity requires that such a change... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Does Democracy Need a Marketing Manager?
we wanted to give consumers and citizens a deeper understanding of the marketing system, what it means for democratic society, and their power to influence it." Sean... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
Sweden have received unprecedented support in national elections by running on anti-immigrant platforms. Yet, none of this is new. A century ago, mounting public pressure prompted Congress to pass the Immigration Act of 1924, which ended... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
- 13 May 2002
- Book
Bringing the Master Passions to Work
give up their authenticity to receive it. Gratefully the mighty evil one obliges them, fondles their entrails with the pleasures of satisfied vanity in exchange for further considerations. He is the envious... View Details
Keywords: by Mihnea C. Moldoveanu & Nitin Nohria
- 10 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 10, 2015
website and would receive all premeasured ingredients the same evening at their doorstep. Contrary to many existing similar companies, Dinr would not require a weekly subscription, but would operate one-off... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why ‘Sleep on It’ No Longer Sounds Like Great Advice
positive or negative information about the bags, such as “has a sturdy zipper” or “not large enough for a 17” laptop,” and asked them to remember as many of the attributes as they could. As a final addition, the students were told they... View Details
- 29 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want?
resources they need. Getting those resources will help the entrepreneur build a more valuable company. However, getting those resources is far from a free lunch. To get co-founders, investors, hires, and others to come on board View Details
- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?
Until the close of the last decade, health consumers received much of their knowledge and advice about prescription drugs from their physicians or other health care professionals. Today, pharmaceutical... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 24 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality
already established four schools in San Francisco, with 115 employees (including 45 engineers) continually working to build and improve AltSchool's infrastructure and grow the business. As a testament to the... View Details
- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 15
Denise Frazer and Paolo Canto, two HBS students, have decided to give each other feedback on their class participation. While Denise believes that she has provided concrete,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 6
that escalate anxiety in high achievers and the unproductive behaviors you turn to for relief. Then adopt practices that give you the courage to "do the right things poorly" before "doing the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
role of specific economic and political institutions in shaping the business environment and economic growth in emerging markets. It gives answers to the following questions:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne