Health, Social Assistance - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2023
News

The Exchange: Micro Management

convincing story about the sector’s success, but to what extent have the loans meaningfully improved livelihoods? That question has been more difficult to track, say Natalia Rigol and Ben Roth. Both development economists and assistant... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

19 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

populations, one expects such attitudes to be sacrosanct and nearly inalterable, perhaps for generations to come. On the other hand, even these attitudes may be informed by social cues that interpret violence in different ways and that... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

19 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy

information. Social networking on Facebook would be of little value if users provided no personal information, and digital assistants such as Apple's Siri require access to consumers' location, contact... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products

04 Sep 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019

consumer, today’s competition, and the wealth of media at your disposal. In-depth discussion highlights the field’s ever-increasing connectivity, with practical guidance on brand design and storytelling, social media marketing, branding... View Details

02 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 2

superior performance and competitive advantage at the individual, organizational, and social levels and 2) empowers the three virtue phenomena of morality, ethics, and legality. We also demonstrate that applying cost-benefit analysis to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2009
News

Inside the Partnership

patriot’s one dollar a year. On January 26, 1942, Weinberg was made assistant to the chairman of the War Production Board....To get the numerous topflight young executives he needed, Weinberg called on practically every giant corporation... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

03 Mar 2017
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Big Blue’s Big Bet

Cleveland Clinic colleague Dr. Neil Mehta, assistant dean of education technology, likes to tell a story. “We had physicians review medical charts in our electronic medical records,” he says. These were veteran doctors, with decades of... View Details

Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page

16 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 16

policies can be partially explained by respondents' low trust in government and a disconnect between concerns about social issues and the public policies meant to address them. Publisher's link: View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

experts to discuss how researchers can impact a broader audience, by lending their scientific expertise to pressing social issues, current events, and public debates. The landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, in which the Supreme... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

19 May 2022
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Leading to Salvation

I didn’t quite want to let it go. And it turned out, I met a man named Michael Noonan. Michael manages all the buildings for Hennepin County. North Point Health and Wellness is a big health center. JH: NorthPoint Health & Wellness Center is a medical, dental,... View Details

22 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 22, 2008

not to save, make it easier to save, provide financial incentives to induce savings, leverage social networks to support savers, and finally, to programs that excite people to saving. These programs involve a number of different... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

forthcoming World Happiness Report Happiness and Prosocial Behavior: An Evaluation of the Evidence By: Aknin, Lara B., A.V. Whillans, Michael I. Norton, and Elizabeth W. Dunn Abstract— Humans are an extremely prosocial species. Compared to most primates, humans provide... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Oct 2002
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Class Notes Extra

which he had moved for an earlier job. As a financial consultant, he assisted start-ups and performers such as Seals & Crofts, ZZ Top, and Larry Gatlin. In 1991, he and a partner founded a market research firm — the business is now called... View Details

01 Apr 2001
News

Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia

Businesses in the Asia-Pacific region today are caught up in a dizzying swirl of economic, cultural, political, technological, and social change. Enormous opportunities await managers who can harness these powerful currents to drive their... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes and Deborah Blagg; David Lane; Educational Services

01 Jun 2007
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Profiles from the class of 2007

doctors that there really wasn’t any rhyme or reason why I couldn’t have been one of the kids we saw,” D’Avella recalls. He continues to work with the organization on a volunteer basis and is currently collaborating with HBS assistant... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice

22 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 22

August 2013 Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Getting the Most Out of Giving: Concretely Framing a Prosocial Goal Maximizes Happiness By: Rudd, Melanie, Jennifer Aaker, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Across six field and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

illness in Brazil. She and her team of employees and volunteers developed a holistic methodology to address the multidimensional sources of poverty based on the pillars of health, housing, citizenship, income, and education. After... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Past Issues - Alumni

recipients of the School’s highest honor demonstrate the many paths to success, be it in government service, finance, or social enterprise. For the Records In the midst of Austin’s buzzy music scene, Caren Kelleher is finding her harmony... View Details

10 Mar 2021
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New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts

experience? What would you sacrifice to achieve social justice? Lucky, Not Smart By Michael Coles (MBA 1961) Independently published Most people go to Harvard Business School by way of a first-rate undergraduate college. Michael Coles did... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

24 Apr 2020
Op-Ed

Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19

reputations, and capabilities of big firms. Many organizations were already employing virtual hiring tools in some form as a way to reach a broader candidate pool in a cost-effective way. According to a Society for Human Resource Management survey, 84 percent of... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Abbott , Boris Groysberg, Tali Groysberg, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

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