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- 23 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified
Luca, Harvard University Economics Professor Edward L. Glaeser, and HBS doctoral student Hyunjin Kim. The researchers combined data from US Census reports, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Google Street View, and Yelp to explore... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
patent applications in 1976 to 16% in 2008. This is partly driven by the increase in the prevalence of information and communication technology; however, even for patents unrelated to information and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion
2020. “We told them all, there’s no issue, you’re all going to be working now through year-end. No layoffs, no nothing,” Moynihan said. Citi and Wells Fargo communicated similar messages to their employees. Marc Benioff, CEO of... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
- 25 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Transparency Sped Innovation in a $13 Billion Wireless Sector
2018, much of which came from the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) massive database of Wi-Fi products. The researchers used the FCC documents and other sources to observe firms' positions in a... View Details
- 21 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?
“Sometimes when things go wrong, an organization needs to look at whether the problems are self-inflicted. The way things are handled in some organizations, the way decisions are made, and the way people communicate are often at the root... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
successfully increase immigrants' political participation, even when they do not specifically target their communities and concerns. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53575 November 28, 2017 athenaInsight... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Jun 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Monetizing IP: The Executive’s Challenge
According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, intellectual property in this country is worth more than $5 trillion—about twice the amount of the current federal budget. The question: Are companies taking advantage of this value? Not... View Details
- 10 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
High Commitment, High Performance Management
last twenty years my colleagues at TruePoint and I have asked leadership teams to define a strategic direction (business strategy and values) and then commission a task force of their best performers one to two levels below them to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets
the first research to capture changes in federal auditor liability over the past two decades before and after Tellabs and Janus. Its authors are Harvard Business School professor Suraj Srinivasan, Stanford Law School professor Colleen... View Details
- 12 Nov 2014
- Op-Ed
A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform
Nicolas P. Retsinas is Senior Lecturer in Real Estate, Harvard Business School and former Federal Housing Commissioner. Rob Couch is Counsel, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings and former President of GNMA. Over six years ago, when the View Details
- 02 Mar 2021
- HBS Case
The Tulsa Massacre: Is Racial Justice Possible 100 Years Later?
make up for crimes by the Nazis, and South Africa paid Black victims of apartheid. In the United States, the federal government provided payments in the 1990s to Japanese civilians interred in camps during World War II. In 1994, the state... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 19 May 2021
- Op-Ed
Why America Needs a Better Bridge Between School and Career
Over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, there are hints of optimism as more people gain access to vaccines and the federal government injects more stimulus money into the economy. Yet, the outlook for workers remains mixed. The crisis has... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller and Rachel Lipson
- 04 Jun 2001
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Future of the Subscription Model?
Richard Feder maintains that the subscription model will gain momentum on the Internet as the memory of free service fades and the utility of new service increases. The response gives hope for those hoping to utilize the subscription... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?
the context matters. Corporate training is most effective when leadership has prepared the organization for change. Source: MonkeyBusinessImages Take the example of Swedish industrial conglomerate Cardo. The CEO commissioned a training... View Details
- 24 Feb 2022
- Op-Ed
Want to Prevent the Next Hospital Bed Crisis? Enlist the SEC
institutions within individual and community networks. But they have not done so to date. Enter the SEC One novel way to assure that independent hospitals create network plans is to harness a new accounting standard, as specified by the... View Details
- 08 Sep 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
Capitalism Works Better When I Can See What You're Doing
corrupt company. Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SECThe United States needs a health care equivalent of the Securities and Exchange Commission to increase transparency and competition. But sometimes a little secrecy wins the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government
problems—and along the way deal with challenges of knowing when to follow the established ways of government and when to break the mold. States and federal government, too, have been reaching out to designers, engineers, and entrepreneurs... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
are processed through the same United States Bankruptcy Court system, and are overseen by the same pool of federal bankruptcy judges, who currently number about 350 only. The bankruptcy process also requires the active participation of... View Details
- 23 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings
award prizes as part of the savings product's return. Rotating Savings and Credit Associations, known as ROSCAs, draw impetus from the spirit of communities and social networks. The varied solutions that Tufano and colleagues have set out... View Details
- 02 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
What If Closing the Wage Gap Means Everyone Earns Less?
gained popularity since 2004. In 2016, the US passed two federal initiatives, bringing the country on par with many European nations that protect such rights. In states that enacted such regulations between 2010 and 2017, the number of... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman