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02 Jan 2019
What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?

totalitarian economic environment of a China, for example, where high-level leadership for AI exists now. What would a government-sponsored artificial intelligence program look like? If space exploration is an example, it would involve... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: Companies Must Forget—and Borrow

other student input along the way. An important element of the program involves the understanding that a student could be tapped at any time. A student could even be cold-called on the phone and given a minute or two to answer a question,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education; Advertising

11 Feb 2008
Research & Ideas

Does Democracy Need a Marketing Manager?

citizen needs, developing policy and program solutions, informing interested citizens about themselves, and making themselves easily accessible. They should embrace reforms, such as lifelong voter registration, that remove barriers to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

04 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy

70 percent of American homes pay for cable and satellite TV," he added, "it's clear that people are willing to pay for choice, convenience, and special programming that meets their needs and interests." For his company,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Wired and Black: Focus on Careers

while looking for their first job, noted Timothy Butler, director of MBA Career Development Programs at HBS. "A lot of big companies have learned how to push responsibility further down the ladder," Butler told the group.... View Details

Keywords: by Carrie Levine

09 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

How Business Leaders Can Strengthen American Schools

programs to support children and education—but they're often not coordinated, resulting in gaps and redundancies in service. This a fertile area for collaboration. "What you see in some places are business, civic, and education... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

06 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health

It's presumed that mental health issues are more under an individual's control." Changing Cultures As Quelch and Knoop explore in their note, some companies are taking a different tack, being proactive about integrating mental health into their wellness View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Air Transportation

27 Aug 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery

to megacorporations. One of these programs, called the Immersion Experience Program (IXP), each year sends 30 or so potential MBAs to Japan, where they receive a unique education made possible by one of the most lethal disasters in modern... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Utilities; Retail

06 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

Curbing an Unlikely Culprit of Rising Drug Prices: Pharmaceutical Donations

patient-assistance programs were likely to be profitable even if a small share of eligible patients used the manufacturer’s drugs as a result. This contributes to conditions that keep prescription drugs pricier for Americans than people... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Insurance; Health; Pharmaceutical

10 Jan 2005
What Do You Think?

Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer?

Brits are thought to be at risk of not supplementing their eventual loss of government pension income with adequate returns from their personal pensions. The fear is that they will eventually have to turn to the state anyway for help through various View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

15 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 15, 2008

nationally recognized practicing psychiatrist who has developed outpatient treatment programs based on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD). These patients, typically adolescent girls... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Ethics Bots and Other Ways to Move Your Code of Business Conduct Beyond Puffery

report violations when they observe them, so they are actually violating their ethics code by not reporting violations,” Soltes says. Companies have good reason to try and change that. For starters, firms that have an effective compliance View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

03 Jun 2015
What Do You Think?

Is the Time Right for Self-Management?

management" under a program called "Holacracy," a concept being adopted by several hundred other firms. Instead of being led by managers, associates along with their former managers are encouraged to define their own jobs... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

24 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility

where tendencies towards future thinking may be strong or weak, and tailor their programs effectively. Beyond those findings, however, the implications of future-focused language may have other effects on corporate behavior. "The idea... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

25 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Why a Harvard Finance Instructor Went to the Kumbh Mela

come together. You hear the Mela before you see it. I had expected serenity, sanctuary, devotion. What I experience instead is a nonstop cacophony as each of the major Akharas (aligned but competing religious denominations; there are about 17 of them) blasts its own... View Details

Keywords: by John D. Macomber; Construction; Real Estate

08 Jun 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Twenty-first Century Skill: Trading Carbon Credits

Cap and trade has become an increasingly popular mechanism used by governments to induce green behavior among corporate polluters, with news emerging almost daily. Just recently New Jersey Governor Chris Christie withdrew his state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

07 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Pursuing a Deadly Opportunity

market for human eggs, sperm, and various infertility treatments, is another example, he adds. Anatomy Of A Study Anteby and Hyman compared 80 voluntary donations and 120 specimen shipping invoices from a pair of Maryland-based organizations: one academic-housed View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

23 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

The Founder of Modern Venture Capital

students. He realized his dream of establishing the first Master of Business Administration program in Europe by helping establish the European Institute of Business Administration. Doriot learned the art of bringing science and industry... View Details

Keywords: Education; Financial Services

08 May 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Writing the Case for Public School Reform

what came to be called the Campaign for Human Capital. He then oversaw the implementation of a variety of efforts, including a marketing blitz touting the benefits of teaching in Philadelphia; a recruitment event, "Rolling Out the Red Carpet"; leadership... View Details