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  • 14 Jan 2014
  • First Look

First Look: January 14

inspired-makes all the more impressive what the design firm IDEO has already achieved. Its help-seeking and help-giving culture is behind the firm's success. But how has IDEO managed to make helping the norm? To answer this question, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Online Dynamic Teaming Course | HBS Online

Exercises Explore the dimensions of difference that exist within your team Reflect on how biases can affect inclusion Assess your team's level of inclusion 6-7 hrs Module 3 Tools for Teaming Discover the role of structured decision-making... View Details
  • 07 Oct 2002
  • Research & Ideas

What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence

conflicts of interest. For example, the change in the commission structure in 1974 created a whole new dynamic that influenced the role of research by investment banks. And the growing importance of consulting at public accounting firms... View Details
Keywords: by Harvard Management Update
  • 05 Sep 2023
  • Blog Post

Solving Climate Change Starts with an Idea

climate podcast, and founded the Harvard Climate Circle. She designed “How to Create a Climate Venture”, an offering for aspiring climate entrepreneurs who do not yet have an idea. The program provides training for climate entrepreneurs... View Details
  • 13 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 13

Newman Abstract This paper shows that product prices determine organizational design by studying how trade policy affects vertical integration. Property rights theory asserts that firm boundaries are chosen by stakeholders to mediate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Jul 2015
  • First Look

First Look: July 28, 2015

by the interaction of partner firms that does not necessarily accrue to any of them. The extent of "ambivalent value" is unclear, but its persistence, despite changing structural market features, promises to help sustain... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Apr 2000
  • News

A Place in the Sun

paradise enjoyed by Turtle Island Resort's fourteen guest couples. Fourteen couples, fourteen private beaches, each with its own cottage, or bure, designed and constructed according to the standards of traditional Fijian craftsmanship... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
  • 17 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 17

mechanics, types, and pricing. It then discusses the structure of the reinsurance industry and the impact of recent crises on this industry. Purchase this note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/311102-PDF-ENG Talismark Richard S.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 May 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

of one of the top pharmaceutical companies in the world. Vasella, an avowed advocate of diversification, had expanded the scope of the company and structured it into 16 distinct business units ranging from animal health to oncology while... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 27 Sep 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured

projects are typically the ones where customization is most critical. But there are ways for teams to handle this situation. The team leader can manage, and even leverage, pressure by designing meetings with controls in place—built-in... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • 06 Feb 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

older age. The design of purchased products varies strongly with household characteristics, suggesting the importance of heterogeneity in preferences and financial circumstances. A simple portfolio choice model shows that household loss... View Details
  • 10 Mar 2021
  • News

New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts

scores of patients and experts across a variety of fields, combining patient stories with medical insights and advice from those who have been there, and structured around the typical phases of the process, this book is an accessible... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 01 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 1, 2007

integrated innovation? Our model has firms with limited visibility that either control all aspects of product innovation (integrated innovation) or open their designs to components developed by other players (open innovation). We show... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 20

http://www.springerlink.com/content/91647u2175267563/ Ownership Structure and Financial Constraints: Evidence from a Structural Estimation Authors: Chen Lin, Yue Ma, and Yuhai Xuan Publication: Journal of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Jul 2016
  • Op-Ed

Where is TripAdvisor for Doctors?

review sites for family doctors, pediatricians, heart surgeons, psychiatrists and others involved in health care delivery? There are seven key barriers. Some can be overcome by a cleverly designed website, others are more View Details
Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health
  • 19 Jun 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Analyzing Institutions to Solve Big Problems

The academic study of institutions provides important insights into topics such as job design and health-care reform. But the field is a complex one, and it's not always obvious to outsiders how the intellectual tools of the trade are... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Anna Secino
  • 05 Jul 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond

offered filers the option of investing part of their refunds in savings bonds at fifteen H&R Block offices north of Chicago in March and April 2006. This pretest was designed to pave the way for more substantial experimentation this... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services
  • 30 Jun 2015
  • First Look

First Look: June 30, 2015

leaders focus on the few things that produce results and experiences for the right customers; (3) the best service operating strategies don't require tradeoffs, so leaders foster "both/and" thinking in designing winning... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 23 Oct 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

virtually irresistible. But long-term assessments could differ, particularly if the free service reduces quality and consumer choice. In this short paper, we examine these concerns. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55137 View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 03 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

Feedback Shapes Social Networks By: Green, Paul, Jr., Francesca Gino, and Bradley Staats Abstract—Many organizations employ interpersonal feedback processes as a structured means of informing and motivating employee improvement. Ample... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne