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- 11 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018
enhance privacy protection and encourage honest disclosure of sensitive information. Empirical findings on their success in doing so are, however, mixed. In nine experiments, we show that the noise introduced by RRTs can make respondents... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit
out the costs of leaving the EU, citizens have not heard a forward-looking plan on how the country could leverage EU membership more effectively in the future, if the country would decide to stay. The country needs to get on with taking... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender
social change leaders. The competition is prestigious; past recipients have achieved tremendous success in their missions, including Teach For America, a nonprofit organization that recruits young college graduates to teach in low-income... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 05 Nov 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?
don't know enough about the human brain to make hiring judgments based on monitoring activity within certain parts of the brain, or about the people who plan to use neuromanagement or about their motives I caution you to be careful what... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Putting Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector
sector groups as equals, to build a network of long-term, trust-based relationships to deliver on the mission. A key lesson from this case is that successful networks depend upon a willingness among all participants to invest significant... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
Man, and operates ships that travel around the world. In analyzing the choices he faces, students must consider how the initial capitalization of Navigator contributed to its financial distress, evaluate several restructuring plans from a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?
Lovett, Bohlen, and Kennan. They had similar educational backgrounds (Groton, Harvard, Yale, Princeton). Four had successful private sector careers as well as extensive public service. They shaped the post-WWII international scene while... View Details
- 23 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes
words, you also need a management plan for your customers. To return to our manufacturing metaphor, the special challenge of service delivery is that your customers routinely wander onto the shop floor-unannounced-and tinker with the... View Details
- 23 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
Melissa BartonHarvard Business School Supplement 411-003 The global economy entered a crippling recession in the fourth quarter of 2008, and Dow lost its primary source of funding for its planned acquisition of Rohm and Haas. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 3
proprietary technology, athenaNet, to a new business, athenaHealth, that would help physicians manage their practice, billing, and revenue cycles and maintain electronic patient records more efficiently and cost effectively using the service delivered via the Internet.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 26
706-714 Abstract Background: The increased focus on quality and efficiency improvement within academic surgery has met with variable success among plastic surgeons. Traditional surgical performance metrics, such as morbidity and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
the very successful Singapore office, but O&M India, headquartered in Mumbai, was not so successful, ranked as the fourth largest firm in the country and heading toward number five. In pretty short order, he built it into the top... View Details
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
advantage. America needs a manufacturing renaissance-for restoring itself and for the global economy as a whole. This will require major changes. Pisano and Shih show how company-level choices are key to the sustained success of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 21
its plans to develop radical innovation even when it thinks highly of the market potential for the radical innovation. The incumbent does so to avoid validating the high market potential to the entrant, who may otherwise be encouraged to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 30, 2015
regions in America. Seawater desalination is expensive and energy intensive, but it could be a partial solution. Brian Brady and other members of the Authority need to vote for or against a financing and construction plan that includes a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
Philips had strong equity in the healthcare technology space due to its extensive portfolio of medical devices and related software sold primarily to hospitals. Philips designed the first two apps for the platform (eCareCoordinator and eCareCompanion) in-house, but it... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Future of Boards
they relate to each other are of crucial importance. If you're going to have a successful board, you need to think about it in terms of successful human relationships. I think that's a tenet that really... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 10 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Groupon Good for Retailers?
altered focus has been the key to success of current discount voucher services. Q: Do you have any plans to continue researching this subject? A: Absolutely. We're currently talking to merchants that have... View Details
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
portable, but with inferior performance characteristics, the Montague folding bicycle has the look, feel, and performance of a standard bicycle. However, while the firm has experienced notable success since its founding, it has yet to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
contribution is tax-deductible in the contribution year, but both principal and investment earnings are taxed upon withdrawal. Using administrative data from 11 companies that added a Roth contribution option to their existing 401(k) plan... View Details