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  • June 30, 2020
  • Article

Scaling Up Behavioral Science Interventions in Online Education

By: Rene F. Kizilcec, Justin Reich, Michael Yeomans, Christoph Dann, Emma Brunskill, Glenn Lopez, Selen Turkay, Joseph J. Williams and Dustin Tingley
Online education is rapidly expanding in response to rising demand for higher and continuing education, but many online students struggle to achieve their educational goals. Several behavioral science interventions have shown promise in raising student persistence and... View Details
Keywords: Online Learning; Behavioral Interventions; Scale; Education; Online Technology; Performance Improvement
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  • 01 Dec 2023
  • Blog Post

8 FAQs on the MBA Application

we will extend invitations to interview to those moving forward in our process. Those who are not moving forward in the process will be released at that time in order to give them time to pursue other plans. View Details
  • 26 Sep 2006
  • First Look

First Look: September 26, 2006

  Working PapersScale Without Mass: Business Process Replication and Industry Dynamics Authors:Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee, Michael Sorell, and Feng Zhu Abstract Since the mid-1990s, productivity growth has accelerated in the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Article

State Activism and the Hidden Incentives Behind Bank Acquisitions

By: Christopher Marquis, Doug Guthrie and Juan Almandoz
A number of studies have shown that, as a result of the ambiguity of U.S. legal mandates, organizations have considerable latitude in how they comply with regulations. In this paper, we address how the different agendas of the federal and state governments increase... View Details
Keywords: Organizations; Opportunities; Government Legislation; Acquisition; Forecasting and Prediction; Banks and Banking; Motivation and Incentives; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Management Practices and Processes; Research; United States
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Corporate Restructuring and Business Insolvency: Economic Impact and Best Practices

By: Stuart C. Gilson
Stuart C. Gilson is studying how severe financial distress impacts corporate policies and economic resource allocation. He is also studying how managers can best respond to financial distress in order to preserve and grow value. He is undertaking this research... View Details
  • Research Summary

Design Driven Innovation

By: Roberto Verganti

Firms, managers and scholars have often balanced between two approaches to innovation: user centered (where incremental innovation is pulled by the market) and technology push (where innovation comes from breakthrough development in technologies). However there is a... View Details

  • November 2008 (Revised March 2011)
  • Case

a-connect: In Search of Talent Partners (A)

By: Robert G. Eccles and Dilyana Karadzhova
a-connect was started in 2002 by three former McKinsey partners who wanted to develop an alternative business model consulting firm, which they have positioned as a high-end staffing company. The company has been very successful, growing to revenues of CHF 30 million... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Decision Choices and Conditions; Initial Public Offering; Selection and Staffing; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketplace Matching; Expansion; Consulting Industry
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    Producing Prosperity: Why America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance

    Companies compete on the decisions they make. For years—even decades—in response to intensifying global competition, companies decided to outsource their manufacturing operations in order to reduce costs. But we are now seeing the alarming long-term effect of those... View Details
    • April 2009 (Revised July 2009)
    • Module Note

    Delivering Personally on Responsibility

    By: Joshua D. Margolis
    How can individuals equip themselves to exercise leadership in the face of moral adversity? This six-session module aims to prepare students to meet moral responsibility when it is simultaneously most essential and most difficult. Moral adversity refers to situations... View Details
    Keywords: Ethics; Leadership; Moral Sensibility; Leadership Development
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    • 24 Jan 2013
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Punctuated Generosity: How Mega-events and Natural Disasters Affect Corporate Philanthropy in US Communities

    Keywords: by András Tilcsik & Christopher Marquis
    • 28 Jul 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Disagreement about the Team’s Status Hierarchy: An Insidious Obstacle to Coordination and Performance

    Keywords: by Heidi K. Gardner
    • 03 Nov 2014
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Adding Value Through Venture Capital in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Keywords: by Josh Lerner, Ann Leamon, James Tighe & Susana Garcia-Robles; Financial Services
    • November 2008
    • Article

    Chartering New Territory: Diversification, Legitimacy and Practice Area Creation in Professional Service Firms

    By: Heidi Gardner, N. Anand and Timothy Morris
    Diversification into innovative domains through new practice area creation is a critical imperative for professional services firms. Using theories of organizational territoriality and corporate charters, we conceptualize professional firms as federations of distinct... View Details
    Keywords: Diversification; Lawfulness; Code Law; Management Practices and Processes; Service Operations; Innovation and Invention; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques
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    • 12 Apr 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

    specifically for their analyst and investor stakeholders," an issue that needs to be addressed in order to convince mainstream investors of the company's sustainable strategy. Quantifying the value of CSR starts by answering the following... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
    • 17 May 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    Minorities Who 'Whiten' Job Resumes Get More Interviews

    the resume screening process at companies throughout the United States, says Katherine A. DeCelles, the James M. Collins Visiting Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. “Discrimination still exists in... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • 22 Feb 2000
    • Research & Ideas

    The Mind of the Market: Extending the Frontiers of Marketing Thought

    And, it might seem appropriate to ask, how do such philosophical questions relate to marketing? Zaltman's eponymous research tool, the Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique, called ZMET for short, was designed to illuminate exactly these kinds of human conundrums, in... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
    • 31 Jul 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: July 31, 2007

    coupled search processes can dramatically obscure the true impact of design on performance, confounding empirical research. We identify research strategies for tackling this difficulty; discuss population-level advantages of coupled... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 17 Oct 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    How ‘Hybrid’ Nonprofits Can Stay on Mission

    helping loan applicants while still making a profit, Los Andes was more concentrated on the means to an end—the process of training and managing the novice employees. Because it took longer to train newbies than it would take to coach... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
    • 04 Sep 2007
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Why Do Intermediaries Divert Search?

    Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu & Bruno Jullien
    • 21 Aug 2000
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    Under the Magnifying Glass: The Benefits of Being a Case Study

    What is it really like to be the subject of a case study? According to top executives of four Latin American enterprises that have been held under the magnifying glass, the case study process can hasten a valuable journey of reflection... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace