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      • 05 Jan 2021
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      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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      • 17 Nov 2017
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Equity Concerns Are Narrowly Framed

      by Christine L. Exley and Judd B. Kessler

      This paper based on a large online study finds that individuals tend to differentiate in their concerns about fairness along specific dimensions, especially time and money, and are much more worried about fairness in one (time) than the other (money). These attitudes may help explain a seemingly wide variety of phenomena.

      • 19 Sep 2017
      • Working Paper Summaries

      An Invitation to Market Design

      by Scott Duke Kominers, Alexander Teytelboym, and Vincent P. Crawford

      Effective market design can improve liquidity, efficiency, and equity in markets. This paper illustrates best practices in market design through three examples: the design of medical residency matching programs, a scrip system to allocate food donations to food banks, and the recent “Incentive Auction” that reallocated wireless spectrum from television broadcasters to telecoms.

      • 15 Feb 2017
      • Op-Ed

      What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

      by John Macomber

      John Macomber explains why the solution to America’s infrastructure woes may lie in finance models that have proven successful in several nations in Africa. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 17 Jun 2015
      • Lessons from the Classroom

      Excellence Comes From Saying No

      by Michael Blanding

      In a new course designed by Frances Frei and Amy Schulman, business and law students help each other define and achieve their own interpretations of success. Lesson one: You can't be great at everything. Open for comment; 17 Comment(s) posted.

      • 12 Mar 2008
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Allocating Marketing Resources

      by Sunil Gupta & Thomas J. Steenburgh

      Deciding how to allocate marketing resources is particularly difficult because decisions need to be made at many different levels—across countries, products, marketing mix elements, and different vehicles within elements of the mix (e.g., television versus the Internet for advertising). With the increasing availability of data and sophistication in methods, it is now possible to more judiciously allocate marketing resources. In this paper, HBS professors Gupta and Steenburgh discuss a two-stage process where a model of demand is estimated in stage-one and its estimates are used as inputs in an optimization model in stage-two. The researchers propose a matrix with three approaches for each of these two stages, and discuss the pros and cons of these methods. They highlight each method with applications and case studies to present rigorous yet practical approaches to making marketing resource allocation decisions. Key concepts include: This paper lays out a framework for managers who are responsible for allocating marketing resources for their products and services. Scores of studies in the area of allocating marketing resources now make it possible to form empirical generalizations about the impact of marketing actions on sales and profits. In practical terms, information about marketing resource allocation makes a significant impact at all levels of an organization. Closed for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

      • 10 Jan 2008
      • Sharpening Your Skills

      Sharpening Your Skills: Operations Management

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      • 22 Oct 2007
      • Research & Ideas

      Bringing ‘Lean’ Principles to Service Industries

      by Julia Hanna

      Toyota and other top manufacturing companies have embraced, improved, and profited by lean production methods. But the payoffs have not been nearly as dramatic for service industries applying lean principles. HBS professor David Upton and doctoral student Bradley Staats look at the experience of Indian software services provider Wipro for answers. Key concepts include: In terms of operations and improvements, the service industries in general are a long way behind manufacturing. Not all lean manufacturing ideas translate from factory floor to office cubicle. A lean operating system alters the way a company learns through changes in problem solving, coordination through connections, and pathways and standardization. Successful lean operations at Wipro involved a small rollout, reducing hierarchies, continuous improvement, sharing mistakes, and specialized tools. Closed for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

      • 11 Aug 2003
      • Research & Ideas

      Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

      by Loren Gary

      Why doesn’t the budget process work? Read what experts say about not only changing your budgeting process, but whether your company should dispense with budgets entirely. Closed for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

      • 14 Jul 2003
      • Research & Ideas

      Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?

      by Paul Michelman

      When resources are scarce, you need a plan for managing your career, your team, and even your boss. Here's what works: balance, focus, and effective communication. Closed for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

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