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- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
creation of a system of secure land titles, and a homestead program to encourage cultivation of public lands. During the first phase of American occupation (1898–1918), we find that the progress of implementing these reforms was very... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Leading Innovation is the Art of Creating ‘Collective Genius’
miles from Burbank, California, to Emeryville, near San Francisco, setting the systems up over a weekend. The move worked and the studio hit both deadlines. The book cites short-term innovation, in the decision to borrow the computers,... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 15 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience
When cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike distributed a faulty software update in July, it impacted a staggering 8.5 million devices. The crisis rippled through commercial airline operations, package delivery logistics, ecommerce, and health care, to View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch
- 09 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
How to Revive Health-Care Innovation
Hwang, M.D. (HBS MBA '06), the most essential innovations begin with simplicity and accessibility. As they note in the book excerpt below, Toyota made a name for itself in the United States first with a Corona; the far more ambitious... View Details
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
domains in which errors in organizations occur: task execution, judgment, interpersonal coordination, and system interactions. We propose a contingency model in which optimal strategies for learning from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
India’s Ambitious National Identification Program
people's pensions-widespread corruption that has led to huge financial losses for the government each year. The Creation Of Aadhaar Aadhaar, which means "foundation" in Hindi, is the brand name used to describe the 12-digit... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
work together to create all aspects of the urban environment. Also necessary are new systems and processes for helping cities operate efficiently and effectively, including the use of new information and communication technologies already... View Details
- 07 Feb 2005
- What Do You Think?
If You Blink, Will You Miss?
practiced. According to Maris Martinsons, "There is strong evidence to suggest that selections a) within a specified domain of expertise, b) involving a small number of choices, and c) ranging from simple to a moderate level of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Privatization and the New European Economy
"some 12 to 15 percent of GDP in Europe was public sector enterprise," he said. But all that began to change in the early 1980s amid loud cries of inefficiency, as markets opened up and governments sought sources of revenue. While deregulation was the View Details
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50576 Effects of an Information Sharing System on Employee Creativity, Engagement, and Performance By: Li, Shelley Xin, and Tatiana Sandino Abstract—Many service organizations rely on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Difficulties for Women Bridging Racial, Generational, and Global Divides
symposium, Ely talked about how intersectionality can complicate workplace and societal support systems among women. Would-be support systems often focus solely on the fact that women are women, ignoring the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 09 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 9
opposing zero prices, typical Internet-related activities—like surfing the web, web searches, and e-mail, along with behind-the-scenes practices like domain names and the allocation of IP (Internet Protocol)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
forthcoming European Competition Journal Android and Competition Law: Exploring and Assessing Google's Practices in Mobile By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Damien Geradin Abstract—Since its launch in 2007, Android has become the dominant mobile device operating View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
efficiency, independence of irrelevant objects, and resource-monotonicity on two preference domains (Ehlers and Klaus, 2003, Theorem 1). They explicitly prove Theorem 1 for preference domain R0 which... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
Desktop Search and Revenue Streams
The name of the game in Internet search has always been helping users find what they're looking for as quickly as possible, as precisely as possible. The panelists at the 2005 Cyberposium's "Search Visionary" session at Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
system of expense allocation, and anti-inversion legislation—reflect the intuition that building "strong fences" around the United States advances American interests. This paper examines the interaction of a strong fences policy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable
leaders must respond to. The selection systems used to pick leaders, which he says homogenize the pool of potential CEOs and presidents. These are especially important, Mukunda argues, because they preserve the status quo and prevent... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 02 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
George C. Lodge
named him assistant secretary of labor for international affairs, a position to which he was reappointed several years later by President Kennedy. In 1962, Lodge, who had strong views about issues such as foreign aid, unemployment, and... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 05 Nov 2024
- Book
Building the Road to 'Small Business Utopia' with AI and Fintech
on thousands of business owners in similar industries, what if this bot could help a business owner head off perilous trends and chart a plan for success? We call this future state “Small Business Utopia.” It may be that this name... View Details
- 20 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 20
self-report of a licensee. Self-reporting gives rise to demand for auditing by the licensor or third-party attestation by the licensee. We characterize the optimal royalty contract, accounting system choice by the licensee, and audit... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace