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- 27 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Building Businesses in Turbulent Times
services. In health care, nursing services, community social services, mental health services, and home health-care services are on the rise. One executive recently told me that his firm's business training services were up over 400 percent since fall 2008. View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 12 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis
get an annual budget from the provincial government but philanthropy still plays an important role in funding new programs and research and augmenting services.” The Foundation, which is one of Canada’s... View Details
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
Kramer, Mark R., and Marc W. Pfitzer Abstract—Governments, NGOs, companies, and community members must all be involved in programs to create shared value, yet they work more often in opposition than in alignment. A movement known as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
Using Competition to Reform Healthcare
the top treatment facility for cystic fibrosis in the country, with a median patient survival age of forty-six years compared with the U.S. average of thirty-two.3,4 The Minnesota Cystic Fibrosis Center has developed age-specific programs... View Details
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
emergency medical workers, and medical researchers all demand cadavers or cadaver parts. As an illustration, orthopedic surgeons use human joints to fine-tune their skills to learn new procedures. Similarly, some researchers studying Alzheimer's disease might require... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2430174 Eliciting Taxpayer Preferences Increases Tax Compliance By: Lamberton, Cait, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Two experiments show that eliciting taxpayer preferences on View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
had previously successfully developed the landmark Xintiandi retail and entertainment district in Shanghai. Lo must decide if the opportunity is the right fit in terms of place, timing, government support, and market demand. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
that addresses part of that challenge—with a particular focus on predicting customer churn. However, several other equally important aspects of managing retention have not received similar level of attention, leaving many managerial problems not completely solved, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Zambian Schoolgirls Receive Negotiation Training
yet been published. “We hope this is just the beginning,” McGinn said. “NGOs are already using the curriculum to train their teachers, the government of Zambia is looking at adopting it, and it’s available through Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Re: Kathleen L. McGinn
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
care system is in critical condition. Each year, fewer Americans can afford it, fewer businesses can provide it, and fewer government programs can promise it for future generations. We need a cure, and we... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?
aftermath of World War II, government funding for scientific research increased and large corporations followed suit, with firms such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and Ford establishing dedicated centralized science labs that put few... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
the type of organizational form surrounding innovation and influence when innovation is more likely to occur. These factors not only govern how much experimentation is undertaken in the economy, but also the trajectory of experimentation,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
and follow through on a goal and not related to impulsivity, suggesting that some children are poorer at holding the norm in mind and following through on enacting it. We discuss the implications of these results for education and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Social Reporting
conflicting demands, rapidly evolving rules, and changing opportunities for finding resources. How can organizations stay focused? Harvard Business School professor Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard discusses today's challenges and his Executive Education View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 18 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Have a Better Idea To Improve Health Care?
analysis program for health care providers. Innovations will be judged on the basis of their impact on cost, quality, or access to health care; evidence of initial success; and the extent to which applicants have created clear... View Details
- 22 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs
employment structures within 319 large employer firms and top patenting firms during the period between 1995 and 2008. Many firms bring in immigrants through the firm-sponsored H-1B visa, the largest program for temporary skilled... View Details
- 25 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People
Companies and government leaders have long tried to recreate the kind of Silicon Valley innovation magic that made Facebook and Google such goldmines. Cities from Cincinnati to Saskatoon have launched startup labs. Companies including... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
With more than 7,500 views and 180-plus tweets, I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read the original HBS Working Knowledge piece, The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking, and, in particular, for sharing your thoughts with one... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation
L. Ury of Harvard's Program on Negotiation). "BATNAs set the threshold for value that a deal has to exceed," Sebenius notes. "You don't want to get too caught up in the seductive details of a negotiation process when often... View Details
Keywords: by Anita M. Harris
- 12 Aug 2008
- Op-Ed
Google-Yahoo Ad Deal is Bad for Online Advertising
advertisers' signup with competing paid search providers—thereby hindering competition in search engine advertising. Google has long offered an application programming interface ("API") by which advertisers can submit... View Details