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Healthy Buildings in 2070

By: John D. Macomber and Joseph G. Allen
Fifty years seems a very long time in the future for most industries. Not so in buildings and real estate; built structures routinely last decades if not hundreds of years, as long as they are economically competitive. Any discussion of the 50-year future has to... View Details
Keywords: Health ＆ Wellness; Real Estate; Architectural Innovation; Public Health; Health; Buildings and Facilities; Well-being
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  • November, 2016
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Fixing Discrimination in Online Marketplaces

By: Ray Fisman and Michael Luca
Online marketplaces such as eBay, Uber, and Airbnb have the potential to reduce racial, gender, and other forms of bias that affect the off-line world. And in the early days of Internet commerce, the relative anonymity of transactions did make it harder for... View Details
Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Race; Gender
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  • 13 Sep 2013
  • HBS Seminar

Nirupama Rao, NYC Wagner School of Public Service

  • 13 Sep 2013
  • HBS Seminar

Nirupama Rao, NYU Wagner School of Public Service

    Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments

    * Top 10 Technology Books of 2020 (Forbes)
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    * 9 Best Business Books for 2020... View Details

    • 23 Oct 2019
    • Blog Post

    How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life

    some of the biggest mistakes people make when having conversations? Too many to list here! What it means to “make mistakes” depends on your goals, which vary from conversation to conversation. Sometimes we just want to enjoy our time with... View Details
    • 19 Mar 2014
    • Research & Ideas

    A Brand Manager’s Guide to Losing Control

    "Lack of control is scary to brand managers," Avery says. "It means other people are setting the brand's agenda. I don't think the role of the brand manager will become obsolete, but it has to change. It's not enough just... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising
    • 02 Oct 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    Negotiating in Three Dimensions

    design, and set-up. In a nutshell, what do these elements mean individually and together? Should a negotiator weigh them equally, especially under time pressure? A: Whether your focus should be on one or a combination of tactics at the... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
    • 01 Nov 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    A Penny for Your Thoughts? For Big-Picture Ideas, the Right Pay Structure Matters

    who want to push performance very strongly shouldn’t expect employees to engage in extra-role behavior as much,” Gallani says. “There is a little bit of a tradeoff between pay for performance and extra-role behaviors, such as innovation.” You Might Also Like: What If... View Details
    Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
    • 05 Oct 2020
    • Book

    Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time

    if pursuing a less hectic pace may mean sacrificing career advancement. Also, default to saying “no” for most unplanned, last-minute impositions on your time, especially requests that benefit someone else, like a side work project. While... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • 20 Aug 2014
    • Research & Ideas

    Why the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a Social Media Blockbuster

    than, press coverage. Selfies with Ford carried the incidental meaning that he was one of the people, a fun-loving regular guy. He began to make himself selfie-friendly. “The challenge that brands encounter is that their involvement could... View Details
    Keywords: by John Deighton
    • 12 Jun 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: June 12

    customer, there is no value. Instead of using pricing in a way that turns customers into adversaries, companies can use it to enlarge the pie. That means viewing customers as partners in value creation-a collaboration that increases... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 23 May 2013
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Board Games: Timing of Independent Directors’ Dissent in China

    Keywords: by Juan Ma & Tarun Khanna
    • 09 Apr 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Economics of Structured Finance

    Keywords: by Joshua D. Coval, Jakub Jurek & Erik Stafford
    • Research Summary

    Overview

    Dr. Burch’s research focuses on capitalism, work, and gender in the twentieth-century United States. Her work reinterprets the history of direct selling by placing it at the center, rather than on the margins, of narratives about advanced capitalism. Examining the... View Details
    Keywords: Business History; Political Economy; Labor History; Gender; Marketing; Sales Force Management; Direct Sales; United States
    • Article

    Values, Purpose, Meaning, and Expectations: Why Culture and Context Matter

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
    The "rational person" standard, based on assumptions of economic self-interest, has long prevailed in legal reasoning. But understanding of decision making, behavioral choices, and possibilities for action must be enlarged to include a variety of factors that give... View Details
    Keywords: Standards; Interests; Decision Making; Behavior; Value; Groups and Teams; Performance Expectations; Organizational Culture; Leadership; Business Cycles; Forecasting and Prediction; Motivation and Incentives
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    • 05 Feb 2018
    • What Do You Think?

    Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?

    believes in a practice he calls “radical transparency.” That means “giving most everyone the ability to see most everything (to reduce) harmful office politics and the risks of bad behavior more likely to take place behind closed doors... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services
    • 06 Jul 2016
    • What Do You Think?

    How Do We Pay for the Costs of Globalization?

    and limit ‘globalization’ to commercial terms To me, ‘globalization’ means increasing knowledge of how other people in the world live and think.” Doug Kinsey set forth a view shared more or less by many discussants when he said, “Sure,... View Details
    Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Manufacturing
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    HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

    utilization of a payout formula means that the annual payout rate is generally lower following years of relatively high investment returns, as was the case in fiscal 2022, and higher following years of lower investment returns.... View Details
    • 09 Jul 2007
    • Research & Ideas

    Five Steps to Better Family Negotiations

    Winning in a negotiation doesn't necessarily mean that the other party needs to lose. On the contrary, most successful negotiations entail the possibility of mutual value creation, compatible if not aligned interests, and cooperation. In... View Details
    Keywords: by John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra