Actionable Practice - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018

practices is important for understanding financial decision-making of households in dire circumstances as well as for setting appropriate consumer protection policies. We conduct a simple experiment in three sites in which we paid off... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

19 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 19, 2008

Bodie Abstract This paper proposes a new approach to improve the way central banks can analyze and manage the financial risks of a national economy. It is based on the modern theory and practice of contingent claims analysis (CCA), which... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2022
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Your Family, Your Work, Your Way

with some of firms’ highest-achieving employees often ended with questions about how to manage the demands of parenting and work. Much of the information she found was long on platitudes and short on practical, actionable advice—so she... View Details

01 Dec 2019
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John McArthur

and then in the winter term we broke the seal on our first OB class. I remember the first time an I-banker was laying out an action plan, and when the professor asked him why he thought the employees would follow it, he said, “Well, I’ll... View Details

Keywords: Dean

06 Dec 2021
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What's the Word?

because the fourth aftershock of an earthquake rarely does,” he explains, “and yet it can still be devastating.” Back to top Re·shor·ing (verb) There were visible cracks in the global supply chain for US firms prior to the pandemic, Professor of Management View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Martha Rich; Manufacturing; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

29 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

2018. Drawing on perspectives from both the historical and business literatures, speakers debated the historical success and future opportunities for voluntary business actions to advance sustainability. Roadblocks include misaligned... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

20 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 20

supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/110004-PDF-ENG The LCA Ethics Lens Sandra J. SucherHarvard Business School Note 610-050 A practical framework for evaluating the ethical dimensions of a proposed course of View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 4, 2007

desired occupational identity. This practice produces an engaging form of control that relies on management's selective allocation of identity incentives. These findings document a previously overlooked type of control: one reliant on... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17

expropriated American investments, but in almost every case the U.S. government's employment of economic sanctions or covert action obtained market value or more in compensation-despite the growing strategic risks. The advent of... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016

strengths and limitations of this method, and address two misconceptions about ABMs: reductionism and “you get out what you put in.” We also offer maxims for good and bad ABMs, give practical tips for beginner modelers, and include a list... View Details