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- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
other policymakers to remove regulatory barriers that entangle Indian start-ups. Worse than government red tape is the lack of risk capital for emerging firms, says HBS professor Tarun Khanna, an expert on the Indian and Chinese economies... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
we need to reform the way health care is delivered. By that we mean redesigning primary care to better prevent costly chronic diseases and to remove the waste and inefficiencies currently plaguing the system.” Despite these shortcomings,... View Details
- 22 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change
programs, material procurement funding, and product labeling support will accelerate our growth in a meaningful way, enabling us to drive greater emissions reductions and carbon removal in less time. This is a repost from Alumni Stories,... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
test-takers. We consider data from a large-scale, high-stakes policy change that removed penalties for wrong answers on the national college entry exam in Chile. We find that the policy change significantly reduced a large gender gap in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
efficiency, but have not been priorities in national initiatives. Conclusions: Our study suggests an underutilized strategy for improving patient safety and staff efficiency: leveraging frontline staff experiences with work systems to identify and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Mar 2022
- News
Well Said
understand you because of your accent, then you're not able to convey who you are. You're not able to make jokes. You're not able to really participate and speak your mind, right? Because you feel like there's this thing holding you back. What we're trying to do is... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
removing the middlemen and creating jobs at the same time. Sahel Consulting Agriculture & Nutrition partners with governments, funders, and private companies to shape policy and implement new ventures. For example, we founded Nourishing... View Details
- 09 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit
remove obstacles and improve local capabilities, and recruiting foreign companies to deepen local capabilities. “There need to be new reasons for companies to do business in the UK...” Finally, the UK needs to take pragmatic steps to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 28 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Online Match-Making with Virtual Dates
current model is artificial and static, and far removed from everyday social interaction," says Jeana H. Frost, who along with Michael I. Norton and Dan Ariely is taking an academic look at online dating and how it can be improved.... View Details
- 14 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
Creating Inclusive Recruiting Events in a Time of Innovation
in. Educate team members who are writing event descriptions and invitations about removing gendered language, jargon, and idioms that can make potential candidates feel excluded. Just like your job postings, event descriptions are an... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
home removes the usual social signals about when to eat or drink. Don’t rely on feeling hungry or thirsty! Put meals and hydration times on your to-do list or set alarms if necessary. One of us recently witnessed a colleague pass out from... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
positions. Worse still, many businesses were based on concessions from local dictators. This had the effect of reinforcing local institutional constraints on domestic entrepreneurship rather than removing them. There was the more general... View Details
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
removing distractions or unnecessary time pressures, managers can help free up employees' creative impulses and guide them down the path of real innovations that can help the company. "In contrast to the creative process, the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
Amidst the duality of success and distress in his life, Gossett forged a meaningful life path, marked by resilience and perseverance. In 2006, his desire to make an even greater impact led him to create the Eracism Foundation. Eracism was defined as “the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
WE RISE
capital partners’ children had an effect on hiring; parenting more daughters led to hiring more women partners. He posits that this shift in hiring was the result of the “true removal of gender bias”—that is, the opposite of window... View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna. I'm a writer and editor for the HBS Alumni Bulletin. In 2019, I met Egyptian alumna Amal Enan (MBA 2014) when she was on campus for her 5th reunion. Enan had already held a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
site, the question is-can Moda Operandi succeed despite removing an essential piece of the fashion industry? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/812040-PDF-ENG Paddle8: Painting a New Picture of the Art Market Mukti... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 29, 2007
tasted a Cabernet Sauvignon in one of Napa Valley's tasting rooms were not permitted to ship the wine directly to their home. In 2002, direct-to-consumer shipping was either banned or overly cumbersome in 37 states. W. Reed Foster, president of the Coalition for Free... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Time that Government Reopens for Business
age. Beyond that, to keep the US economy strong, if you want to improve employment levels in this country, you have to consider removing barriers to hiring such as overly liberal interpretations of workers' compensation rules and... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable
and remove them from power when situations change. Take seriously the statements made by unfiltered leaders before they take power. Choose unfiltered leaders who have been successful filtered leaders in other contexts. Shape the position... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard