Management Practices - Publications - Faculty & Research

April 2012
Article

The Impact of Relative Standards on the Propensity to Disclose

By: Alessandro Acquisti, Leslie John and George Loewenstein

Two sets of studies illustrate the comparative nature of disclosure behavior. The first set investigates how divulgence is affected by signals about others' readiness to divulge. Study 1A shows a "herding" effect, such that survey respondents are more willing to... View Details

Keywords: Rights; Surveys; Management Practices and Processes; Ethics; Corporate Disclosure; Judgments; Consumer Behavior; Standards

10 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Governance in India and Around the Globe

extent to which the corporate governance practices of Infosys are to be found in other Indian software firms and among Indian firms more generally. Our interviews with the top management of Infosys, and... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna & Krishna Palepu; Technology

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Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Job (MDD) - Course Catalog

around you, communicating that to them, gathering and considering their feedback, overseeing implementation and responding to the unexpected. Making Difficult Decisions places particular emphasis on frameworks that help managers make,... View Details

19 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

The Landscape of Integrated Reporting: An E-Book

midst of emerging ideas and to provide support and momentum for ideas that are a little ahead of their time. By being at the leading edge of the movement, we can have real influence, bringing not just management thinking and theory but... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria; Accounting

13 Nov 2020
News

Faculty Focus Their Research on COVID-19 Issues

health care management and policy, leading through crisis, adapting your business, leveraging technology, and work life. Faculty members have shared their ideas and offered practical solutions through... View Details

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Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise

aspects of business and management in emerging markets. Frost & Sullivan - reports on industry research, growing opportunities, market trends encompassing various tech related fields. Statista - quick statistics and analysis on... View Details

01 Feb 2001
News

In Dot-Calm Era, Conference Examines Options for Entrepreneurs

Is the bloom off the entrepreneurial rose? Do B2B and B2C mean "Back to Banking" and "Back to Consulting," as the current joke would have it? Where are the opportunities for those who still believe starting their own business is the way to go? The 2000 HBS... View Details

Keywords: Information

07 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

Rocket Science Retailing

Marshall Fisher of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Ananth Raman of HBS and their colleague Anna Sheen McClelland recently completed a survey of 32 retail companies focusing on their practices and progress in four... View Details

Keywords: by Marshall L. Fisher, Ananth Raman & Anna Sheen McClelland; Retail

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Studying Japan from the Inside

Harvard Business School started its Japan Research Office in December 2001—smack in the middle of an incredibly turbulent time for the country's economy. The boom years of the 1970s and 1980s—when Japanese management View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

01 Dec 2003
News

Books

world. Lorsch and Carter found that even when best practices are followed, implementing them is difficult or often carries deleterious side effects. The authors therefore propose that boards must be designed individually to be attuned to... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

13 May 2013
Blog Post

Alumni: Where are they now? Featuring Fereshteh…

at HBS, I was offered an entrepreneurial position as the Client Relations & Business Analysis Manager for the Canada & Bermuda Region. In this role, I was able to learn about the retail business from a merchandising and client... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

01 Jun 2012
News

Porter, Kanter Win McKinsey Awards

Awards are judged by an independent panel of business and academic leaders and recognize practical and groundbreaking management thinking. For free access, locate the Harvard Business Review link at the... View Details

Keywords: awards

Profile

Nabihah Sachedina

and strategic consequences. On the practical side: "All those finance and accounting classes I dreaded? Without them, I could never have managed a budget of that [the Commission's] size. I can say... View Details

01 Jun 2007
News

Faculty Books

Leadership by Bill George with Peter Sims (Jossey-Bass) Based on research and first-person interviews with 125 top business leaders, Professor of Management Practice George describes how anyone can become an... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

02 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Mapping Your Corporate Strategy

model of the Balanced Scorecard, and they link it with the time-based dynamics of strategy in their latest book, Strategy Maps: Converting Intangible Assets into Tangible Outcomes (Harvard Business School Press, 2004). In this e-mail interview, Kaplan discusses... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

October 1999 (Revised July 2002)
Case

WingspanBank.com (A)

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Daniel Galvin

The case describes the new product development process for WingspanBank.com, an Internet-only financial services "infomediary" created by a team from Bank One's First USA division. The creation of the bank is described from concept development to prelaunch decision... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Decision Making; Information Management; Management Practices and Processes; Managerial Roles; Product Development; Performance Consistency; Competitive Advantage; Internet; Financial Services Industry; Web Services Industry; United States

Citation

Find at Harvard

01 Dec 2013
News

Faculty Opinion: Making It Better

to our detriment. Americans and other Western health-care leaders are often unaware of the many advances in health-care management and delivery that are being made "under the radar" in diverse parts of the world. To further disseminate... View Details

Keywords: Herzlinger, Regina; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2000
News

Debbie Cohen Scales Her Mountain

"I never intended to write a book," says Deborah A. Cohen (MBA '87). Nor did she expect to be diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 35. The author of Just Get Me Through This! The Practical Guide to Breast Cancer (Kensington... View Details

Keywords: Morgan Baker

01 Sep 2013
News

What's Trending at HBS?

Improves Your Own Happiness—and Your Organization's Bottom Line" on November 12; and Joe Lassiter and iLab managing director Gordon Jones giving an update on "Innovation at Harvard, the New Innovation Lab" on December 10. All programs... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

03 Jun 2014
News

Share Your Financials to Engage Employees

Keywords: employee engagement; financial openness

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