Coupling - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2020
News

Prognosis

two vantage points. I think telemedicine has been like a plane heading down a runway for a long time and not getting the lift that it needed to take off. In a matter of weeks, it is now soaring. At Mass General a couple of months ago,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; COVID-19; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

07 May 2018
News

What I Learned from Visiting All 54 African Countries

to cross the border. Getting a visa to Nigeria once took me a couple of months. It's very inefficient. And that's, in fact, the worst part about traveling in Africa are the borders and the visas. It is really a pain. But they are making... View Details

09 Sep 2016
News

MaiTai Global and Kiteboarding

it basically, got started around a couple of my passions-- one being, at the time, windsurfing, which later grew in a kitesurfing. And technology start ups, which is what I do for a living, as a venture capitalist. White: Tell me what it... View Details

08 May 2020
In Practice

Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On

sales. If the economy remains shut for more than a couple of months, the enterprise will not survive. A creative donor rushing in with debt at low rates and a grace period may decide the future access of the majority of Mexicans to good... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

15 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 15

agricultural subsidies and tariffs, or instead to pursue regional trade agreements in South and Central America. Rousseff also pledged active government involvement in the economy, described in the case as "Brazilian capitalism," but it was unclear whether... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Mar 2019
Blog Post

Reclaiming Feminism: A Celebration of International Women’s Day

U.S. couple of decades ago, would only broadly cover three categories. My life journey over the past 23 years has highlighted how different I was in every scenario I found myself. From the time I realized I was gay (weird, not normal,... View Details

22 Jan 2020
News

What It Takes

be ahead than behind. It's pretty primitive, I think. That's part of my nature. Dan: I want to talk about a couple foundational moments at Blackstone that you detail in the book. Right around 1989, when you invested in Edgcomb. Can you... View Details

17 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

engineers—they love to build things, and they are very good at it. Their progress on infrastructure projects in the last couple of decades is remarkable, but in keeping with their natural strength and the will of a one-party government.... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

23 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes

your customers value most, you must underperform on dimensions they value less. This means you must have the stomach to do some things badly. The concept can seem immoral at first blush. We recently did some work with a major health-care provider. The CEO wasn't able... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Service

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

start reassessing one's life and asking the big questions like 'Why am I here?' Coupled with this, you have many people looking for a renewed sense of community. They're searching for a sense of belonging." The "s" Word For... View Details

Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso

27 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured

orientation around learning—instead of mere task completion—can create a space for debate, dissent, and deliberation. Such team processes are only achievable when there is a collective agreement on their value, coupled with support in... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

10 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 10, 2007

O'Reilly, Amy Elliman Fenollosa, Adam Michael Kleinbaum, and Dan McGrath Periodical:Academy of Management Learning & Education (in press). (Special Issue: Challenges and Opportunities for Executive Education.) Abstract As professional schools, business schools... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

How Women Can Get More Venture Capital

professional background. Her partner, Antje Danielson, was a PhD post-doc at Harvard. They had met at the nursery school where their children both went. I put a couple of lines in the case that Danielson was about six-months pregnant... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace

04 Aug 2020
News

How Business Can Advance Racial Equity

there are a couple of other heroes, if you will, I think that will emerge as the story gets written. Owners of private companies—the Patagonia’s, the Dr. Bronner’s, the Ben & Jerry’s—who for decades have been slowly but steadily paving... View Details

05 May 2020
News

“Walking a Tightrope”

support because a lot of these small communities, they are not going to be able to fund it by themselves. April: Sheryl, you wrote this book in economic boom times. Unemployment rates were at 50-year lows and still many people were being left behind. Things have... View Details

06 Mar 2019
News

Making Sabbaticals Mainstream

foundations alike, and—as he tells associate editor Julia Hanna in this episode of Skydeck—the goal is to make a real change in the culture of work so more people can have the same kind of life-changing experience he had. READ MORE Julia Hanna: You've mentioned a View Details

31 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: Jan. 31

a challenge for researchers who wish to study them and for the governments, business leaders, and citizens striving to improve life quality in them. The limitations of the dominant development paradigm coupled with the need to focus on... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel

24 Sep 2020
News

The Race for a Vaccine

billions of dollars every year on nuclear weapons they are hoping to never use, so what about spending a couple of billion dollars to build plants, teams, and scientific work and projects to equip ourselves so this never happens again?”... View Details

Keywords: April White; COVID-19; Scientific Research and Development Services

13 Feb 2020
News

Not Throwing Away My Shot

narrative. Maybe they don't have the educational opportunities or the employment opportunities and they represent a whole bunch of things. Education. I profile a couple in music in the book, for example. And they are people who are wildly... View Details

10 Mar 2021
News

Next Normal

fetal position at the end of the day. What other aspects of remote work are you currently exploring? For the past couple of years, my focus has been on how we can develop a digital mindset: How do we rethink our approaches to work driven... View Details

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