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  • February 2016 (Revised July 2017)
  • Case

An Australian Ballot for California?

By: David Moss, Marc Campasano and Dean Grodzins
In early 1891, California lawmakers were considering a plan to reform the state's elections through the introduction of an “Australian” ballot. Under this new system, candidates from all qualifying parties would appear on official ballots, which would be printed by... View Details
Keywords: Voting; Ethics; Political Elections; Laws and Statutes; Change; California
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  • 14 Mar 2016
  • News

Even A Company Known For Overworking People Is Embracing Sleep

  • 04 Apr 2023
  • What Do You Think?

How Does Remote Work Affect Innovation?

printed out the pages containing the results he didn’t like, highlighted the offending ads, posted them on a bulletin board on the wall of the kitchen by the pool table, and wrote THESE ADS SUCK in big letters across the top. Then he went... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 07 Nov 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Corporate Tax Strategies Mirror Personal Returns of Top Execs

Tax strategies used by top executives on their own taxes can also show up in the companies they run. Source: Melpomenem New research shows that top executives who prefer to reduce personal taxes appear to also influence the strategies of... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
  • 08 Mar 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile

community. Chile is in better shape, but has also undergone traumatic ups and down and is now challenged to grow as its major trading partner, China, slows its growth. What went wrong? A new edited volume by Geoffrey Jones and Andrea... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Apr 2002
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught

entrepreneurial instruction (and inspiration) at HBS and the philosophy that underpins The Entrepreneurial Manager. Highlights from the discussion, moderated by Mike Roberts, executive director of Entrepreneurial Studies, follow. Q: We've... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 01 Oct 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making

What lessons could the humid shores of the Caribbean, the freezing heights of the Himalayas, or the farthest reaches of Earth's atmosphere hold for your company or organization? Although those places couldn't be more different, all were the scenes of disastrous... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • 19 Dec 2023
  • Research & Ideas

15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023

bill got passed, what the law contains, how its provisions connect to other climate-related laws, and how it seeks to accelerate the country’s deployment of clean energy and other efforts to address climate change. Google’s AI Approach to... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • News

After Mass Shootings, It’s Often Easier to Buy a Gun

  • 31 Mar 2022
  • Op-Ed

Navigating the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ in Professional Services

the past two decades by following an approach its founder calls “the Walmartization of healthcare.” The hospital delivers world-class results for cardiac patients, provides an excellent work environment to its medical staff, and has... View Details
Keywords: by Ashish Nanda
  • February 2016 (Revised July 2017)
  • Case

Leadership and Independence at the Federal Reserve

By: David Moss and Marc Campasano
“From the Great Depression, to the stagflation of the seventies, to the current economic crisis caused by the housing bubble, every economic downturn suffered by this country over the past century can be traced to Federal Reserve policy.” Ron Paul, a Republican from... View Details
Keywords: Government Legislation; Central Banking; Policy; Financial Crisis; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States
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  • 09 Apr 2020
  • Research & Ideas

How Social Entrepreneurs Can Increase Their Investment Impact

can be profitable while doing good, suggests new research from Benjamin N. Roth, a Harvard Business School assistant professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit. “This idea that you're increasing your impact by leveraging capital,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 22 Jul 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?

pricing. The September 14, 1998 issue of Advertising Age reports that the percentage of marketers who compensate agencies on billings (media purchases) dropped from 71 percent in 1983 to 35 percent in 1997. Furthermore, the average profit... View Details
Keywords: by Benson Shapiro; Manufacturing
  • 29 Sep 2022
  • Op-Ed

Inclusive Leadership Advice: Get Comfortable With the Uncomfortable

Gibson. To help us, we brought on stage a group of performers from Second City, the Chicago-based company that established the first ongoing improvisational theater troupe. Second City is the place where Tina Fey, Bill Murray, and many... View Details
Keywords: by Francesca Gino
  • 13 May 2019
  • Research & Ideas

The Unexpected Way Whistleblowers Reduce Government Fraud

more risk in projects by limiting their use of “cost-plus” agreements, which make it easier to overcharge government agencies, according to researchers. This renegotiation of contractual terms allows the agency to hedge its bet with a... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Service; Construction
  • 11 Mar 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Branding Sells Cereal, Handbags, and Vacations. Can It Sell a Country?

nature. The resulting “100% Pure New Zealand” campaign—which targeted travelers in the United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Australia, and Singapore—helped boost tourist visits by 50 percent from 1999 to 2005. New Zealand couldn’t have... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Tourism
  • December 2007
  • Case

Envisioning "Free Banking" in Antebellum New York (A)

By: David A. Moss and Cole Bolton
Banks throughout New York State suspended specie payments (i.e., payments in gold and silver) in May 1837 following the collapse of several state banks and the onset of a nationwide financial panic. Amid the chaos, the upstart Whigs were able to depose the longstanding... View Details
Keywords: History; Government Legislation; Capital; Financial Crisis; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; New York (state, US)
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  • 06 Oct 2010
  • Research & Ideas

John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea

"confounding questions, inane comments, and verbal bullets." This excerpt looks at attack strategies used by naysayers: fear mongering, delay, confusion, ridicule. For more information, read Kotter's HBR.org blog post, Know Your... View Details
Keywords: by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead
  • 17 Aug 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Quantifying the Economic Impact of the Internet

The fight was lost as consumers voted for free information supported by advertising over subscription services. Ironically, online advertising and the commercialization of the Web achieved important goals of the resisters: to preserve the... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch; Advertising; Publishing
  • 07 May 2012
  • Research & Ideas

The Art of Haggling

if you hold firm on your terms. Careful analysis may reveal that the other party needs the deal as much or more than you do. Then there are psychological factors to consider, like the power of working from one's own ideal number rather than getting anchored View Details
Keywords: by Katie Johnston