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- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
Sermo, Inc. Harvard Business School Case 809-142 Sermo operates the leading online professional network for physicians in the United States. Doctors use Sermo free of charge to post surveys regarding diagnostic and treatment concerns and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Will Machine Learning Make You a Better Manager?
increasingly using ML to manage many aspects of their business operations. “There’s been an explosion,” Teodorescu says. “It’s becoming less of a field in itself and more and more of a tool for people in other fields to use.” In a new working paper, Teodorescu View Details
- 19 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: “The Architecture of Innovation”
both its financial objectives and the parent company's strategic needs. “In most programs, the demands on the corporate venturing team are considerable” The large-sample evidence also suggests that these incentives really do matter. Gary Dushnitsky and Zur Shapira... View Details
- 19 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Empathy: The Brand Equity of Retail
example of a hospital patient who consistently refused to follow medical orders, gave all the doctors bad reviews in customer surveys regardless of quality of care, and eventually threatened to strip naked in the hospital lobby and threw... View Details
- 03 May 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Much Is Enough?
to an even higher expectation on the part of those obsessed with "scorekeeping," regardless of their performance. In their new book, Just Enough, Laura Nash and Howard Stevenson of Harvard Business School suggest a definition of success gleaned from... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 23 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier
in a survey conducted of 45 experts before the study, including academics, nonprofit staffers, and government or private sector employees. These experts predicted a median 7 percentage point reduction in depression tied to the debt.... View Details
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
forthcoming Financial Analysts Journal Why and How Investors Use ESG Information: Evidence from a Global Survey By: Amel-Zadeh, Amir, and George Serafeim Abstract—Using survey data from a sample of senior... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
Claudine, Andrea Prat, and George Serafeim Abstract—We construct a measure of corporate purpose within a sample of U.S. companies based on approximately 500,000 survey responses of worker perceptions about their employers. We find that... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
How Small Wins Unleash Creativity
employee emotions, the list looks the same, although many add interpersonal support. Rarely—very rarely—does anyone mention progress in the work and how managers should support it. A 2009 McKinsey survey on motivating people at work... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 27 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere
Romero's efforts, the Soconusco's coffee economy didn't have much direct help from the Mexican state. In terms of securing farmland, the initial investors depended on the British-owned Mexican Land and Colonization Company, which surveyed... View Details
- 09 Sep 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics
A few years ago, Joseph B. Lassiter traveled to San Francisco, Houston, and New York to hold discussions with Harvard alumni on the topic of business and the environment. Each time, he surveyed the audience about the touchy subject of climate change and how society... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 24 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Want People to Save More? Send a Text
Surprisingly, the higher-interest rate option had little impact on savings, neither with the amount saved nor by inspiring participants to move over savings from preexisting accounts. "Our survey evidence suggests that many... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 16 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 16
Evidence from Randomized Survey Experiments By: Kuziemko, Ilyana, Michael I. Norton, Emmanuel Saez, and Stefanie Stantcheva Abstract—We analyze randomized online survey experiments providing interactive,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 11
and Multinational Corporations By: Hsieh, Nien-hê, and Florian Wettstein Abstract—A central question that arises from the perspective of global ethics is what standards ought to apply to the activities of multinational corporations (MNCs). This chapter View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy
"Legal issues and broadband access aside," he said, "Napster showed that there are tens of millions of customers who want the ability to search for music on the Web, find what they like, and then download it. Based on View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 01 Jun 2021
- What Do You Think?
Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?
current environment, CEOs need to continue to speak up and serve a role of accountability.” Patricia Caballero regards CEO activism as inevitable: “We have reached the point where CEO activism is part of our reality. Surveys show... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People
through emails sent on the event’s messaging platform. They also surveyed attendees about the advice others provided them. “We noticed that teams that were near each other didn’t always influence each other,” says Koning, assistant... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Values and Employee Cynicism
seeking regular feedback through anonymous surveys or other safe forums. Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream (also sold as Edy's) is a fantastic example of the last two strategies. In the late 1980s, several employees accused Dreyer's leaders of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 26 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?
month to receive $25 Volunteering for 12 days and receiving $25 without prior notice Refugees will survey members of their community about how they spend their days. To test whether reducing near-term uncertainty improves well-being, some... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 28 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
How Property Ownership Changes Your World View
this," Di Tella says. "In Latin America, you can observe things that you would not in a more stable environment." Gauging Beliefs The researchers asked survey questions to gauge the squatters' stance on beliefs common to a... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna