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- 14 Jun 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Evolution Analysis of Large-Scale Software Systems Using Design Structure Matrices and Design Rule Theory
Clayton S. Rose
Clayton Rose is Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice. He currently teaches the course Accountability in the Advanced Management Program. His research is focused on the how leaders can manage the challenges created by the intense, varied and often... View Details
Keywords: financial services
- 25 Oct 2006
- Op-Ed
Fixing Executive Options: The Veil of Ignorance
the vesting period—appears to vitiate many of the benefits of incentive alignment. How might option compensation be refashioned to deliver the benefits without the distortions? Perhaps the answer to these problems can be found with philosophers rather than financial or... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir Desai & Joshua Margolis
- October 2001 (Revised August 2005)
- Case
Zipcar
By: Myra M. Hart and Wendy Carter
Provides a detailed description of the processes and tasks associated with creating a new venture in an emerging industry (subscription car-sharing for urban dwellers). Chronicles the entrepreneur's concept development, industry analysis, market research, identity... View Details
- 10 Sep 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment Recommendations
- 14 Jul 2006
- Op-Ed
The Case for Consumer-Driven Medicaid
Carolina Governor Mark Sanford (R) has suggested an option that is worth serious consideration in other states. His plan gives Medicaid enrollees a choice: Every recipient would obtain catastrophic and preventive coverage as well as a personal health View Details
Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger
- November 1990 (Revised June 1993)
- Background Note
Price-Quantity Determination
Examines the important economic considerations affecting a firm's price-quantity decision for a product. Begins with a discussion of the appropriate decision criterion. Next, it motivates the concept of a demand curve for a product and defines demand elasticity.... View Details
Dhebar, Anirudh S. "Price-Quantity Determination." Harvard Business School Background Note 191-093, November 1990. (Revised June 1993.)
- 19 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?
account when they're assigning scores. "To get a really high rating, a reinsurer has to say, 'I can't devote more than 25 percent of my risk exposure to California, so I'm going to devote some to European freeze,' " he explains.... View Details
- December 2005
- Article
Up to Code: Does Your Company's Conduct Meet World-Class Standards?
Codes of conduct have long been a feature of corporate life. Today, they are arguably a legal necessity—at least for public companies with a presence in the United States. But the issue goes beyond U.S. legal and regulatory requirements. Sparked by corruption and... View Details
Keywords: Business Ethics; Standards Of Conduct; Globalized Firms and Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance
Paine, Lynn, Rohit Deshpandé, Joshua D. Margolis, and Kim Eric Bettcher. "Up to Code: Does Your Company's Conduct Meet World-Class Standards?" Harvard Business Review 83, no. 12 (December 2005): 122–133.
- August 1972 (Revised September 2000)
- Background Note
Introduction to Accumulated Value, Present Value, and Internal Rate of Return
A simple, intuitive introduction to the usually-difficult topics of discounting and present value. While the mechanics of computing present value and internal rate of return are covered well, the emphasis is more about how to think about these concepts (for example,... View Details
Keywords: Accounting
Hammond, John S. "Introduction to Accumulated Value, Present Value, and Internal Rate of Return." Harvard Business School Background Note 173-003, August 1972. (Revised September 2000.)
- 12 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Competition the Cure for Healthcare
inherent right to practice medicine unless the organization can demonstrate good results. This is a much better way to be held accountable than today's flawed malpractices system. Q: How would health plans change? What new roles would... View Details
- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
largely unregulated hedge fund, came perilously close to collapse in 1998, threatening the global financial system. The tech bubble burst in 2001. Accounting scandals destroyed Enron in 2001 and WorldCom in 2002. And the current global... View Details
- 21 Jan 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
The Supply Side of Innovation: H-1B Visa Reforms and US Ethnic Invention
Keywords: by William R. Kerr & William F. Lincoln
- 30 Jan 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Cost of External Finance and Selection into Entrepreneurship
Keywords: by Ramana Nanda
- 11 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives
You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard Business School professor Forest... View Details
- 31 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Improving Fairness in Flight Delays
arrival rate into a congested airport; in an AFP, the FAA uses the same approach to adjust the amount of traffic flying into congested airspace. These two tools account for approximately 30 percent of all air transportation delays,... View Details
- 31 Aug 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
The Effect of Institutional Factors on the Value of Corporate Diversification
- 28 Apr 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Payout Policy
- September 1995 (Revised June 1996)
- Background Note
Preparing and Using the Statement of Cash Flows
By: Robert L. Simons and Antonio Davila
Explains the concepts and procedures behind the statement of cash flows. Presents an overview of the reporting objectives of this report, and describes in detail the preparation of the cash flow statement using both the indirect method and the direct method. A complete... View Details
Simons, Robert L., and Antonio Davila. "Preparing and Using the Statement of Cash Flows." Harvard Business School Background Note 196-108, September 1995. (Revised June 1996.)