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- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’
recorded information including the asking price of the rental, the characteristics of the apartment or room, and the average rating each host had received. (The site's structured rating system lets guests rate the hosts and properties on... View Details
- 13 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
Cash and the Woman-Owned Business
customers and suppliers; they also provide an important buffer against revenue fluctuations in times when the business meets bumps in the road. Your entrepreneurial investment helps the business get some breathing space while it builds a solid operating View Details
- 29 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Get Off the Dime!
next day with a videocamera to record what he was saying. I'm sure he was taken aback, but I told him I was serious and that I thought this could help us both. We talked some more, and with a little bit of selling he agreed. A few of my... View Details
Keywords: by John P. Kotter & Dan S. Cohen
- 08 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
NFL Head Coaches Are Getting Younger. What Can Organizations Learn?
knowledge you have, the more connections you can make.” This certainly seems to make sense in a football context when considering the most successful coach of all: 67-year-old Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots. Despite an uncharacteristic playoff loss this... View Details
- 19 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers
market," says Parsons. Then they recorded how the stock market performed on the days following each article's appearance. As it turned out, the market consistently dropped by several points after a bearish columnist wrote, and... View Details
- 02 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why People Don’t Vote--and How a Good Ground Game Helps
Democracy has a dirty little secret. Despite the fever pitch over presidential primaries this year, the truth is there are few people actually voting. Before the most recent round of voting, only some 11 percent of eligible Democrats voted in the primaries, and the... View Details
- 19 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
LEED-ing by Example
populous that drove a Toyota Prius in 2008, and the pro-environmental voting record of each city's delegates to the California legislature. They then matched cities that had adopted green-building policies to cities that had not. "We... View Details
- 22 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore
there have been no recorded cases of that happening) and second, an agency serving competing accounts will give rise to "divided loyalty." What assurance does a client have that it, rather than a competitor, will be assigned the agency's... View Details
- 26 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 26, 2008
this decision holds that incumbent broadcasters opposed expansion (to avoid increased competition) and succeeded in capturing the FRC. Although successful broadcaster opposition may be taken as confirming evidence for this interpretation, our review of the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Get Buried in Customer Data—Use It
initiative that will address a problem hinted at in the overall relationship survey ("this is the 'digging and understanding' layer," says Cunningham); and, at the most granular level, records of each individual transaction that... View Details
Keywords: by Jean Ayers
- 07 Jan 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs
might change that?'" Few creators set out to change the world. "Creators are really just creating, out there saying this is what I do. And then you—the record labels, agents, and other intermediaries—perform the role of saying... View Details
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part One
and Field all understood that they needed consumer feedback. Success wasn't based on just what they offered as it came out of their factories or—in the case of Field—onto their sales floor. Wedgwood conducted some of the first focus groups on View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 12, 2016
medical devices after they are approved by the appropriate regulatory authorities. Historically, such surveillance was based on voluntary reports by medical practitioners, but with the widespread adoption of electronic medical records and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
record before this spill, which may also have contributed to the creation of this fund. After this, the case describes the various ways in which the U.S. government is involved in offshore oil, starting from the leasing of tracts, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
expectations. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/216045-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 705-445 The U.S. Health Club Industry in 2004 In 2004, the $16.8 billion U.S. health club industry continued its strong View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 29, 2015
patients; however, organizations have struggled to obtain outcomes data from electronic health record (EHR) systems. This study describes how Texas Children’s Hospital customized a commercial EHR system and assembled a cross-functional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 15
near record high. A 2010 strategy committed the company to a transition to cloud computing. The main driver behind this transition was the development of SAP HANA, an in-memory computing technology that combined database, data processing,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 5
The investor, Sequoia Fund, opposes the re-election citing Jim Johnson's prior track record as the CEO of Fannie Mae, which has been criticized for its role in the financial crisis and for serving on the compensation committees of two... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility
conclusion after studying research published between 1958 and 2001. Their findings were recorded in their paper "Social Issues and Management: Our Lost Cause Found," published by the Journal of Management, December, 2003. By... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 30 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 30
This successful electronic medical record (EMR) company had grown thanks to its reliable software and responsive customer service. The company had achieved this growth without the help of any outside financing. The five co-founders of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne