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- 02 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Modern Indian Art: The Birth of a Market
product reviews, and safety ratings, all moving me forward toward a purchase decision. In short, market categories help establish expectations about products and hence facilitate exchange between buyers and sellers. But how do they...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2020
- Book
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020
Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth. Both books marry a focus on performance with a look at leadership and organizational change—how to enable, support, and empower positive team and...
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- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
problems that influence the ecosystem for business success: climate change, crumbling infrastructure, digital divides, health disparities, racial equity, public education, and firmer safety nets. There will undoubtedly be tightening of...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
results will be affected by (a) when the inspection occurs within an inspector’s daily schedule and (b) the inspection outcomes of the inspector’s prior inspected establishment. Analyzing thousands of food safety inspections, we find that...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?
Technology, on the working paper Internal Deadlines, Drug Approvals, and Safety Programs, released by the National Bureau of Economic Research in November. Danielle Kost: How should people interpret your research as they watch the...
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- 29 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are Dying
health officials to consider targeting men when communicating recommendations around COVID-19 to attempt to increase compliance with safety regulations—for their own good and the good of society, Pons says. "You can imagine that some men...
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- 10 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Prospective Students Steer Clear of Schools Rocked by Scandal
coverage—which has led a number of colleges to take proactive steps that prevent future problems. Schools have made serious attempts to better understand the nature and extent of the problem, as well as to explore solutions ranging from additional View Details
- 11 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Four Ways to Create Lasting Change
played a key role in driving performance improvement. Q: How will you take this work further? What are your next steps? A: The ideas here have been an interest of ours for some time. For instance, one of us (Michael) has written a case study about a patient View Details
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by Martha Lagace
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
School Case 514-079 Dumb Ways to Die: Advertising Train Safety (A) The case series focuses on Melbourne Trains' viral advertising campaign to improve safe behaviors around trains among young people. This iconic, low budget campaign swept...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 7, 2016
iPhone 6S with enhanced security measures that enflamed a debate on privacy and public safety around the world. The iPhone 6S, amid a heightened concern for privacy following the 2013 revelation of clandestine U.S. surveillance programs,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Global Poverty
economy and have no safety net and virtually no hope of moving upward." "Globalization has helped emerging economies distribute their products and services around the world but there's been no systematic way to link the extra...
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by Garry Emmons
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
land and outgrowers for production, the addition of value-added processing to obtain premium prices, and the introduction of global certification to ensure food safety and meet retailer and consumer requirements. The case also discusses...
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Martha Lagace
- 30 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Computer Security is For Managers, Too
tracking configuration changes will pay off over the long run. As many companies discovered with quality management and industrial safety programs, perceptions of tradeoffs between security and productivity are often incorrect. Security...
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- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
designed to enhance safety and effectiveness created a culture that unintentionally released men from societal imperatives for "manly" behavior, prompting them to let go of masculine-image concerns and to behave instead in...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Mar 2021
- Book
Succeeding in the New Work-from-Anywhere World
norms and how teams will communicate, how they will work together, and how they will ensure psychological safety is established and maintained. It’s not as scary as it sounds; it’s usually a 90-minute or two-hour meeting where you are...
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by Michael Blanding
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
will make clearer the areas where a company's reputation is based on overlapping performance outcomes. Second is the need to assess and accept the impact of changing beliefs and expectations. These can happen suddenly (such as a major accident that is a catalyst for...
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by Martha Lagace
- 01 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 1
short-term profits and returns to shareholders at the expense of worker safety and health, the environment, and society in general. In this article, I argue that a very different logic informs the practices of most high-performing and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
patient satisfaction, and problems with patient safety. Nearly all U.S. health care organizations have used similar evidence to justify their investments in safety and quality. Herein, we provide conservative formulas based on readily...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 30
while maintaining safety for millions of annual tourists. By 2010, Dubai had the world's tallest building, the most expensive hotel, and the largest shopping mall. But rapid development did not come without difficulties. While hundreds of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
run as a public utility. The Panamanian government, in contrast, has run the Canal as a for-profit corporation, increasing safety and decreasing costs along the way. Maurer and Yu's nuanced analysis of the contribution of the United...
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Martha Lagace