safety - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 29

stories (the ability to communicate the data to users), and safety (preparation for severe weather, including using social media). Now he has questions about how much to invest in the declining but still important television business; how... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Feb 2018
Research & Ideas

Big Hits: The Best of the 2018 Super Bowl Ads

audience’s attention and empathy, but that failed to offer a compelling reason to believe in and purchase the product. A notable exception was an ad for E-Trade that deftly used many Americans’ post-Great Recession concerns about the View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Telecommunications

19 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 19, 2007

Harvard Business School Note 706-044 Describes the emergence of several kinds of efforts to assure the safety of foreign investment in emerging markets: international arbitration, expanded official political risk insurance, credit from... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Jul 2022
Book

Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?

long. She could not help but think the American Dream, or even just the chance to live a dignified life, was out of reach no matter how early she left for work or how late she stayed. Because she had been in charge of workers’ safety at a... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

26 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Where will Pokémon Go with Your Personal Information?

Shih: It has a lot of potential for misuse and could cause safety problems. It’s going to mine a load of data. The question is: do people really want to share that much information? The bargain on the modern internet is: “You’ll give me... View Details

Keywords: Re: Willy C. Shih; Video Game; Entertainment & Recreation

27 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

Gen AI Marketing: How Some 'Gibberish' Code Can Give Products an Edge

into providing harmful information – e.g., instructions on how to build a bomb. Their prior work focuses on designing algorithms to defend against those attacks, which take the form of prompts that cause LLMs to bypass their safety... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology

31 Oct 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers

Source: FangXiaNuo The Harvey Weinstein horror show has brought attention to previously unspoken abuses of male power to sexually harass and suppress women. Prominent women are joining the #MeToo moment, feeling safety in numbers as they... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

15 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

The Unspoken Messages of COVID-19 Restrictions

freedom ring (safely) Since the start of the pandemic, people have been making decisions with limited data about questions as basic as whether to get a haircut and as complex as whether to send children to school. Safety guidelines... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Food & Beverage

01 Aug 2018
What Do You Think?

Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?

regulations, domestic content requirements, anti-dumping rules, and, if necessary, even selective tariffs to protect industries and workers. In other words, something far short of what we generally define as free trade or the invisible hand at work. When combined with... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

13 May 2014
Op-Ed

The Alibaba Effect

if today's 40 percent personal savings rate is to be reduced, thereby unleashing cash to fuel new growth in consumer spending. Creating this domestic safety net will be crucial to enabling Alibaba to grow even faster. But don't look for... View Details

Keywords: by Bill Kirby & Warren McFarlan; Retail

26 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

intake linked to commercial products. Media (including social media) coverage about the safety and cost of many consumer goods, both medical (drugs, devices) and nonmedical, reflect profound public concerns. Longstanding societal scrutiny... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

14 Aug 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018

forthcoming Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth By: Edmondson, Amy C. Abstract—The Fearless Organization offers practical... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Jun 2015
Research & Ideas

The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting

enormous impact on the very big problems we're facing in the world today: natural resource scarcity, social inequality, and poverty, as well as on governance issues like product safety and corruption. More and more CEOs are leading their... View Details

Keywords: Re: George Serafeim

04 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Attention Medical Shoppers: What Health Care Can Learn from Walmart and Amazon

colleagues at Brigham and Women's Hospital worked with safety experts at the aerospace and defense giant Boeing, and developed a checklist for surgeons. Among the heretofore commonly-missed items on the list: making sure everyone in the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

02 Apr 2010
What Do You Think?

Why Are Fewer and Fewer U.S. Employees Satisfied With Their Jobs?

are, at the same time, exercising cost-cutting efforts (such as low wages, poor benefits, no health insurance for many employees in the case of Wal-Mart, fines for safety violations in the case of BP) in dealing with their employees.... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

04 May 2009
Research & Ideas

What’s Next for the Big Financial Brands

insurance persuades consumers across the nation to deposit funds in higher interest CDs in Puerto Rico banks and in non bricks-and-mortar, low-cost Internet banks such as ING Direct. Safety First Financial brands today must address the... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Banking; Financial Services

23 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 23

problems (and the ways they reinforce each other), this paper offers a new approach to community transformation which calls for leaders to use technology to inform and connect people. We need to convert the social safety net into a social... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

June 2009
Teaching Note

COFCO Xinjiang Tunhe Co., Ltd. (TN)

By: David E. Bell, Sarah Morton and Mary Louise Shelman

Teaching Note for [508079]. View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Customer Focus and Relationships; Goals and Objectives; Quality; Price; Competitive Strategy; Contracts; Supply and Industry; Business or Company Management; Problems and Challenges; Safety; Cost Management; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; China

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07 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase

small-business owners trying to survive. Strict safety protocols haven’t been enough to get customers through the door for some small businesses, and many owners—crushed by inventory and overhead costs—are grappling with hard choices.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Food & Beverage; Service

24 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

Can Obamacare Be Saved?

products more appropriately. But, first, they themselves must become truly consumer-centric. From government: The federal government also needs to step in and provide safety measures for insurers who take on riskier consumers. Many... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch and Emily Boudreau; Insurance; Health

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