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- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
entrepreneurs actually go about producing transformative change. There are four key stages: understanding the world; envisioning a better future; building a model for change; and scaling the solution. The Debate over Jewish Achievement:... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
money out there looking for interesting new businesses. On the face of it, it’s a match made in heaven, with lots of positives; but beware the negatives. Those investment decisions will shape the future of your business. The standard View Details
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Biotech
[having] a dictionary that lists all the words in the English language but doesn't include their meanings." How those words are defined remains to be seen, but most analysts agree that if the 1990s belonged to the Internet, the new... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
education for the farmers, who, as a result, were able to provide for their families in one of the world’s poorest countries. Across its many programs, Mercy Corps has provided about $4 billion in assistance. That figure is largely the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
companies are converting the delivery of their offerings to the as-a-service model. The next disruption will focus less on the delivery model and more on the value delivered. Bernshteyn’s value-as-a-service View Details
- 21 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases
biases, such as policies or actions that deliberately discriminate against women in hiring and promotion, have been largely wiped off the books. Second-generation biases, while unintentional, can have the same effect, blocking women from... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Market for Babies
largely limited to those who can pay. Right now, it's simply too hard for would-be parents to get accurate and reliable information. Q: What about the market for babies who have already been born? In your book you bring up Guatemala and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sometimes Success Begins at Failure
ideas that have been rejected internally. VCs are adept at crafting business models for emerging technologies, and they can experiment with nascent technologies in emerging markets far more effectively than can most View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
This year’s recipients of the School’s highest honor have made remarkable contributions to their companies and communities while upholding the highest standards and values in everything they do. “These five distinguished alumni are role View Details
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- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
of the U.S. deficit. And a remarkably large proportion of that surplus has ended up being lent to the United States. In effect, the People’s Republic of China has become banker to the United States of America. At first sight, it may seem... View Details
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
sources. Recently, the insertion into this world of business models incorporating advanced management expertise have demonstrated that commercial success is possible while significantly improving access to these basic services for the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 26, 2010
in payout taxes, we show that this prediction holds well. Payout taxes have a large impact on the dynamics of corporate investment and growth. Investment is "locked in" to profitable firms when payout is heavily taxed. Thus,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater
no blueprint to tell you in detail what to do, you must work artfully. Forging ahead without detailed specifications to guide you obviously requires innovation, new actions. We take this observation one step further by suggesting that knowledge work, which adds value... View Details
Keywords: by Rob Austin & Lee Devin
- 29 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Uber Is Worth Saving and How To Do It
by the company. “I see this as part of the transportation model of the future,” she says. “I want Uber to succeed. It’s too important a concept to let it fail. I do think they have a chance to reinvent themselves.” Uber’s wild ride The... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Embracing Activism for Social Change
needed,” Mendu says. A third component of the initiative pairs mental health clinicians with outreach workers for the homeless to head off potential crises before they happen. “Our model was a program we researched in Houston that’s... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
excel in small firms, where they can set a goal and then empower others to work toward it. Navy and Air Force officers, who operate expensive, complex systems, such as submarines and aircraft carriers, are trained to follow processes to the letter, because even small... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
individual's behavior across different situations and over time (in the language of rational choice, character can be thought of as a stable system of preferences that informs the tradeoffs and choices an individual is likely to make in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018
native men and women. We show that these effects were driven by the large and positive impact of immigration on native men’s employment and occupational standing, which increased the supply of "marriageable men." We also explore... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Ethics Bots and Other Ways to Move Your Code of Business Conduct Beyond Puffery
documents adopted by companies their compliance leaders admired, such as GE and Microsoft, they saw models that focused on specific steps employees should take when faced with difficult decisions. One result: Those examples inspired... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding