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- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance
number of for-profits that are focusing on problems in areas such as education and welfare-to-work? According to Bloomberg Senior Lecturer in Philanthropy Allen Grossman, the answers to these kinds of questions must take into... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part Two]
a project to a small group of people who are amateurs, who do the project part-time and act as a committee. It doesn't demand management time and resources, and you haven't brought in new skills. This holds for hospitals, government agencies, View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
market leadership position? "We believe that there is still a great deal of confusion and puzzlement on how this competitive battle will develop," say the authors of the academic paper Dynamic Mixed Duopoly: A Model Motivated by Linux vs. Windows, which has... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities
during the late l950s. Through most of that decade, the Commission had adopted a laissez-faire stance toward cable, on the grounds that it lacked jurisdiction over the industry, and that, in any case, extending the reach of broadcast signals served the View Details
- 10 Nov 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again
Lincoln Center is mind-boggling in its scope and prestige. Eleven resident organizations in arts and education share the campus: the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Film Society of Lincoln Center, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the... View Details
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
principals. Educators whose students performed well on standardized tests received bonuses and public recognition; educators whose students fell short received reprimands,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
public and private regulatory activities. Read the paper: http://www.gcbpp.org/files/EPV/EPV_Short_RobustEnforcement_92012.pdf Conflict Policy and Advertising Agency-Client Relations: The Problem of Competing Clients Sharing a Common... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
Public Authorities Control Board rejects a $1.4 billion plan to build the New York Sports and Convention Center (NYSCC) on the West Side of Manhattan. If built, the NYSCC would have served as the home for the Jets and possibly the opening... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 2
possibility of platforms investing in "educating" unsophisticated users. In a competitive environment, such education is a public good among platforms and therefore the equilibrium level is lower... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
structuring social sector management programs in order to educate cross-sector leaders capable of addressing critical societal problems. Organizational Errors: Directions for Future Research Authors:Paul S. Goodman, Rangaraj Ramanujam,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 Mar 2015
- What Do You Think?
Can a Laissez-Faire Approach Fix Labor Market Inequality?
labor, with Walmart being a prime example. Three remedies are often proposed for the problem: 1. Legislated increases in the minimum wage 2. New laws that support unions and raise their bargaining power 3. Government-financed education... View Details
- 02 Jul 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are Today’s Business Heroes Challenging Our Ideas About Leadership?
conclude that I understood leadership pretty well, I've begun to wonder. Let's start with the leadership associated with large organizations with relatively long histories. In recent years, we have been educated by concepts such as MBWA... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 26, 2007
Management as a Profession Author:Rakesh Khurana Publication:Princeton: Princeton University Press, in press Abstract Is management a profession? Should it be? Can it be? This major work of social and intellectual history reveals how such questions have driven business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
accountability once a problem of trust arises-a scandal in the sector or in their own organization, questions from citizens or donors who want to know if their money is being well spent, or pressure from regulators to demonstrate that they are serving a View Details
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
faculty, whose scholarship and teaching skills attract hundreds of Harvard MBA students to their classrooms each year. Among the latest books by HBS historians are publications by Professor Chandler, Professor Nancy Koehn, and Professor... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 30 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 30
Publications September 2014 Social Entrepreneurship and Research Methods Building an Infrastructure for Empirical Research on Social Enterprise: Challenges and Opportunities By: Lee, Matthew, Julie Battilana, and Ting Wang... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
Publications August 2013 Oxford Handbook of Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship: Multilevel Linkages Innovating without Information Constraints: Organization, Communities, and Innovation When Information Costs Approach Zero By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
significantly enriched. We then discuss several applications related to online and brick-and-mortar intermediaries. American Exceptionalism?: A Comparative Analysis of the Origins and Trajectory of U.S. Business Education Development... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
poor conditions exposed. In other words, the more concerned they are, the more likely they have more incentives to maintain better conditions. “Press freedom empowers journalists and labor activists to investigate and publicize poor... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 31 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?
Lovett, Bohlen, and Kennan. They had similar educational backgrounds (Groton, Harvard, Yale, Princeton). Four had successful private sector careers as well as extensive public service. They shaped the... View Details