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      • 05 Jan 2021
      • Cold Call Podcast

      Using Behavioral Science to Improve Well-Being for Social Workers

      For child and family social workers, coping with the hardships of children and parents is part of the job. But that can cause a lot of stress. Is it possible for financially constrained organizations to improve social workers’ well-being using non-cash rewards, recognition, and other strategies from behavioral science? Assistant Professor Ashley Whillans describes the experience of Chief Executive Michael Sanders’ at the UK’s What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care, as he led a research program aimed at improving the morale of social workers in her case, “The What Works Centre: Using Behavioral Science to Improve Social Worker Well-being.”  Open for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

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      • 16 Nov 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      Transitions of Power Are Difficult. What Joe Biden and Other Incoming Leaders Need to Know.

      by Sean Silverthorne

      Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses ways leaders can navigate bumpy transitions and heal divided constituencies. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 29 Oct 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      The COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are Dying

      by Dina Gerdeman

      To promote the greatest safety, public health officials should target their pandemic messaging to men differently than to women. Research by Vincent Pons and colleagues. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 22 Sep 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon

      by Sean Silverthorne

      Research by Maria Roche looks at how past economic downturns forced job-insecure, high-tech entrepreneurs to rush their ventures to market. Will COVID-19 do the same? Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 17 Sep 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      Many Small-Business Employees May Be Close to Losing Health Insurance

      by Rachel Layne

      Small-business owners have delayed rent payments and other bills to protect health benefits for employees. Now, financial pressure is mounting, according to research by Leemore Dafny, Yin Wei Soon, Zoë Cullen, and Christopher Stanton. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 15 Sep 2020
      • Working Paper Summaries

      State and Local Government Employment in the COVID-19 Crisis

      by Daniel Green and Erik Loualiche

      The COVID-19 crisis has had large impacts on local economies and government budgets. Balanced budget requirements, not mis-management, have generated a fiscal crisis and forced state and local governments to reduce service provision precisely when it is in greatest demand.

      • 14 Sep 2020
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Digital Labor Market Inequality and the Decline of IT Exceptionalism

      by Ruiqing Cao and Shane Greenstein

      The experience in five cities accounts for almost all the wage inequality in IT wages in the US between 2000 and 2018. Overall that brought IT wages closer to STEM wages.

      • 07 Sep 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase

      by Danielle Kost

      For small businesses that have survived the coronavirus so far, what's next? Karen Mills outlines steps that business owners and government should take immediately. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 03 Sep 2020
      • Op-Ed

      Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SEC

      by Regina E. Herzlinger

      The United States needs a health care equivalent of the Securities and Exchange Commission to increase transparency and competition, argues Regina Herzlinger. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 01 Sep 2020
      • Cold Call Podcast

      How to Launch a New Biosciences Product: Start Small or Dive in?

      Re: Jeffrey J. Bussgang

      C16 Biosciences wants to replace palm oil, a major contributor to deforestation, with a lab-grown substitute. But CEO Shara Ticku faces a tough decision in bringing the product to market. Jeff Bussgang discusses his case study. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 31 Aug 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      State and Local Governments Peer Into the Pandemic Abyss

      by Kristen Senz

      State and local governments that rely heavily on sales tax revenue face an increasing financial burden absent federal aid, says Daniel Green. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 12 Aug 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      Why Investors Often Lose When They Sue Their Financial Adviser

      by Danielle Kost

      Forty percent of American investors rely on financial advisers, but the COVID-19 market rollercoaster may have highlighted a weakness when disputes arise. The system favors the financial industry, says Mark Egan. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 10 Aug 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      COVID's Surprising Toll on Careers of Women Scientists

      by Rachel Layne

      Women scientists and those with young children are paying a steep career price in the pandemic, according to new research by Karim Lakhani, Kyle Myers, and colleagues. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 29 Jul 2020
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Two Case Studies on the Financing of Forest Conservation

      by Andrew Baxter, Connor Cash, Josh Lerner, and Ratnika Prasad

      Case studies about The Conservation Fund and Sonen Capital highlight three broad lessons about fresh approaches to the ownership and management of forestland.

      • 23 Jul 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      How Countries Use Financial Policy to Fight COVID-19

      by Rachel Layne

      Developing countries have fewer fiscal tools and policy options to combat COVID-19 damage to their economies, according to research by Alberto Cavallo and colleagues. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 20 Jul 2020
      • Op-Ed

      It's Time for a Bipartisan Health Plan for Employers and Employees

      by Regina E. Herzlinger and Richard J. Boxer

      Regina E. Herzlinger and Richard J. Boxer prescribe a seemingly impossible cure for battling health care options: a plan that embraces both Republican and Democratic ideas. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 16 Jul 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

      by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery

      Top restaurant operators share their experiences attempting to survive the pandemic, and how they see the future. Research by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 13 Jul 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

      by Staff

      VIDEO: Ken Frazier, one of only four Black CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, speaks with Professor Tsedal Neeley about the search for a coronavirus vaccine, how racism at the workplace holds back America’s progress, and his own upbringing just one generation from slavery. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 09 Jul 2020
      • Working Paper Summaries

      How Should US Bank Regulators Respond to the COVID-19 Crisis?

      by Michael Blank, Samuel G. Hanson, Jeremy C. Stein, and Adi Sunderam

      Instead of the "watchful waiting" approach taken by US bank regulators to the pandemic crisis, they should use their prudential authorities to encourage banks to increase their equity capital. This is effectively a way of buying low-cost insurance against adverse scenarios that have become more likely.

      • 08 Jul 2020
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Inventing the Endless Frontier: The Effects of the World War II Research Effort on Post-War Innovation

      by Daniel P. Gross and Bhaven N. Sampat

      Investments made in World War II by the United States Office of Scientific Research and Development powered decades of subsequent innovation and the take-off of regional technology hubs around the country.

      • 23 Jun 2020
      • Book

      Beginning America Over Again with a New Electoral System

      by Sean Silverthorne

      In a new book, Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter argue for a new way of electing political leaders, the Final-Five Voting System, to revitalize America’s fossilized governing process. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

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