Social Systems - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2011
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At Your Service

system has been designed to favor speed of diagnosis over choice of physician. You will still get high-quality health care, but within a system designed around the concept that tradeoffs exist. When health... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; customer service; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

26 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019

attentional focus improves perceivers’ ability to judge group effectiveness. Finally, we find that perceivers with higher levels of social sensitivity are more accurate at judging group effectiveness. We discuss the implications of these... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

23 Oct 2019
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Exploring Big Issues at the Intersection of Business and Society

Curriculum. To address this need, the School piloted a new daylong program, Viewpoints, this past spring. “Our goal was to help students understand how they need to think about the broader social context in which firms operate and how the... View Details

Keywords: Educational Innovation

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Transforming Health Care Delivery - Course Catalog

managing cost, the challenge of improving value depends critically on shifting the focus of delivery systems from health care to health. Prioritizing health requires delivery systems to address issues... View Details

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Rawiah Abdallah

even before I graduated." A campus presentation introduced her to the school, the case method, and the Social Enterprise Initiative, which especially impressed her. "My friends at NGOs felt they weren't getting much professional... View Details

26 Apr 2022
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Leading on Climate Change

role as a leader is “educating the public, through frequent communication, including via social media” as well as through the example she sets with her own personal actions. Polman, coauthor of Net Positive: How Courageous Companies... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Medium of Artistic Expression - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership Networked Business Research... View Details

04 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Max Bazerman

on ways to grow the pie of social resources within the legal and legislative systems of the United States, as well as within the democratic systems of other nations. The... View Details

Keywords: Re: Max H. Bazerman

11 Feb 2008
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Does Democracy Need a Marketing Manager?

marketing can be used to create a political process that entices consumers (voters) rather than makes them cynical. "We wanted to elevate understanding of the power and importance of marketing as a force for social good," the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Mallika Ahluwalia

were looking after four or five kids. Yet there was a lack of sustainability – it was month-to-month without a long-term solution." Integrated at the intersection Mallika's U.N. experience "started me thinking about the joint degree as an intersection of... View Details

18 Sep 2013
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Unspoken Cues: Encouraging Morals Without Mandates

first clarify, my work does not assess the success or failure of the socialization model described in Manufacturing Morals. I consider myself a process researcher, namely a scholar examining the ways in which human View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education

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CEO Incentives and Firm Size

By: Brian Hall and George P. Baker

What determines CEO incentives? A confusion exists among both academics and practitioners about how to measure the strength of CEO incentives, and how to reconcile the enormous differences in pay sensitivities between executives in large and small firms. We show that... View Details

Keywords: Business Ventures; Motivation and Incentives; Executive Compensation; Size; Management Systems

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September 2008
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Firm Heterogeneity and Credit Risk Diversification

By: Samuel G. Hanson, M. Hashem Pesaran and Til Schuermann

This paper examines the impact of neglected heterogeneity on credit risk. We show that neglecting heterogeneity in firm returns and/or default thresholds leads to under estimation of expected losses (EL), and its effect on portfolio risk is ambiguous. Once EL is... View Details

Keywords: Volatility; Credit; Investment Return; Outcome or Result; Risk and Uncertainty; Loss; Diversification; Complexity; United States

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09 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 9

Working PapersThe Architecture of Complex Systems: Do Core-Periphery Structures Dominate? Authors:Alan MacCormack, Carliss Baldwin, and John Rusnak Abstract Any complex technological system can be decomposed into a number of subsystems... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 May 2012
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approach across multiple business units. Social Entrepreneurs as Institutional Entrepreneurs: The Case of Sekem Authors:Tomislav Rimac, Johanna Mair, and Julie Battilana Publication:In Using a Positive Lens to Explore View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Dec 2006
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First Look: December 19, 2006

explore why various firms responded differently to crises, and question the basic wisdom of some of the enthusiasm for privatization. The authors tell how firms, countries, and multilateral development organizations can build a conflict-management View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Feb 2012
Op-Ed

Nitin Nohria: Why US Competitiveness Matters

that our friends abroad cheer for America with foreboding and pessimism, the way sports fans nervously pull for a team whose lead is slimming and whose energy is fading. These outsiders recognize that the system of democratic capitalism... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria

28 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

Capital Rules: The Tensions of Global Finance

right to freedom applied always and everywhere. Policymakers understand the international financial system very differently, however, in the first decade of a new century. Caution toward full capital mobility now prevails within the... View Details

Keywords: by Rawi Abdelal

01 Nov 2010
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How IT Shapes Top-Down and Bottom-Up Decision Making

to the information necessary to make important choices, both the ERP and CAD systems would increase the likelihood that plant managers and production workers would make decisions and act on them without having to consult an executive at... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

05 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss

As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller

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