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- 24 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Building an IT Governance Committee
In a recent Harvard Business Review article, authors Richard Nolan and Warren McFarlan explored the role of the board of directors in IT governance—and how most "fall into the default mode of applying a set of tacit or explicit rules cobbled together from the... View Details
Keywords: by Richard Nolan & Warren McFarlan
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Geography of Corporate Giving
"responsibility" is that it is somewhat value-laden, and suggests that corporations have an obligation to engage in certain behaviors. While all of us believe that corporations do have a responsibility to serve broader constituencies beyond shareholders, we... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
tournament incentive systems and are relevant for the practice of management accounting. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53891 Can Financial Innovation Solve Household Reluctance to Take Risk? By:... View Details
- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
recognize that in many cases, best isn’t good enough. That “solutions” aren’t really solutions at all, but just the things that are being done. If you asked for best practices... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Challenges of Investing in Science-Based Innovation
question: What are the best business management processes and practices needed by executives heading up companies that incorporate science-based innovation? A Different Management Strategy Sato believes that... View Details
- 08 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile
compare each other, both the similarities and differences, especially of their business systems. So we set about using the convening power of the School to bring together the best scholars in business and economic history in both... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 5
independent predictor of mental and physical health-such as decreased depression and doctor's visits-over and above mean levels of positive and negative emotion. These results remained robust after controlling for gender, age, and the five main dimensions of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Mar 2015
- What Do You Think?
Can a Laissez-Faire Approach Fix Labor Market Inequality?
value' mentality and get back to the 'stakeholder value' model." Others see it as the only practical resolution of the problem of growing inequality. As Paul commented, "In the current national (U.S.) legislative arena, it's... View Details
- 02 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Leading Professional Service Firms
industry are human talent and alignment. The work of professional service firms depends exclusively on the talent and intelligence of the people delivering it. Good firms hire the absolute best people and develop them, motivate them, and... View Details
- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?
For example, ads for Viagra, Prozac, and Allegra are seemingly everywhere, and have helped create powerful brands. Of course, this practice gives rise to much controversy. Does direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) make health consumers... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
conclusion and conventional practical understanding of these politics are both wrong. The roots of this realpolitik cannot be found in realist theory. Europe's realpolitik has, instead, fundamentally commercial and ideational origins.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 5, 2006
Manly Men: The Organizational Reconstruction of Men's Identity R. Ely and Debra E. Meyerson Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management (forthcoming). This paper presents a case study of offshore oil platforms—a workplace that has... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Country Effect: Does Location Matter?
School's ongoing International Seminar Series. This area of research is of universal interest. After all, a basic question that any multinational business would like to answer is this: Is there a single business model or set of best View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
When Product Variety Backfires
Gourville discusses the cause of "variety backfire" and gives practical advice to avoid it. Poping Lin: Traditionally, companies have followed the "more is better" route when offering customers choices. Your research... View Details
- 13 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?
use, including updating the associated incentive mechanisms. For example, European countries, particularly the United Kingdom's National Health Service, have gradually adopted bundled payments to prioritize patient outcomes and best View Details
- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207019 CMM versus Agile: Methodology Wars in Software Development Harvard Business School Case 607-084 A CIO decides whether to adopt the "Capability Maturity Model" (CMM) within her IT... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation
In the high-tech industry, it's common practice for a governing body to develop technical standards for any given technology. The goal is to promote widespread adoption and compatibility among various devices. The Bluetooth standard lets... View Details
- 02 Dec 2009
- What Do You Think?
Should Immigration Policies Be More Welcoming to Low-Skilled Workers?
warehousing industry in the Southwestern U.S. as "by and large dependable and hard working, and their children will probably have better jobs than they have." As Irv Williamson put it: "Why would anybody consider limiting access to the View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 06 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?
long term. Two Harvard University faculty members—Amy C. Edmondson, the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School, and Dr. Howard K. Koh, the Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of the Practice of Public Health... View Details
- 24 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 24, 2006
throughout the hospital, starting with the labor and delivery ward. POE systems replace paper-based and oral medication ordering processes with an information system; the physician uses the system to enter medication orders, which are then View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne