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- 01 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?
street-to-prison cycle that had ravaged his youth. He had passed a high school equivalency test and had earned a college degree, and by that point could envision a bright future as a budding accountant at View Details
- 21 Nov 2023
- Research & Ideas
Employee Negativity Is Like Wildfire. Manage It Before It Spreads.
Regulating our own emotions in stressful situations is difficult enough, but business leaders face the added challenge of attempting to regulate the collective emotions of the groups they lead to guide them toward success. Now, research View Details
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by Kristen Senz
- 10 Jul 2023
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023
Arthur Brooks: Spirituality and philosophy This March, I returned from my fifth trip to Dharamshala, India, to work with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. We held a conference on how leadership and happiness principles are entwined....
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Nov 2023
- HBS Case
What Will It Take to Confront the Invisible Mental Health Crisis in Business?
text 988 to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline in the US. You can also call 800-273-8255. You Might Also Like: Cold Call: Can Robin Williams’ Son Help Other Families Heal Addiction and Depression? Build the Life You Want: View Details
- 04 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Are the Big Four Audit Firms Too Big to Fail?
Are auditors becoming too big to fail? For over a decade, there have been articles and op-eds in the popular and business press arguing that the auditing industry, currently dominated by Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young, KPMG, and...
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- 23 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
This Company Lets Employees Take Charge—Even with Life and Death Decisions
Is it possible to truly empower employees to make their own decisions—even when those decisions could mean life or death? That is the question posed by Dutch home healthcare organization Buurtzorg, which has radically avoided almost all...
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Complementarity between Audited Financial Reporting and Voluntary Disclosure: The Case of Former Andersen Clients
By: Richard Frankel, Alon Kalay, Gil Sadka and Yuan Zou
Prior literature presents various perspectives on the role of financial reporting. One view is that mandatory periodic reporting disciplines managers and encourages timely voluntary disclosure. We examine this "confirmation hypothesis" using the shock to financial...
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Financial Disclosure;
Mandatory Reporting;
Reliability;
Voluntary Disclosure;
Financial Reporting;
Quality;
Corporate Disclosure
Frankel, Richard, Alon Kalay, Gil Sadka, and Yuan Zou. "Complementarity between Audited Financial Reporting and Voluntary Disclosure: The Case of Former Andersen Clients." Accounting Review 96, no. 6 (November 2021): 215–238.
- 11 Jun 2024
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024
As the vacation season looms, Harvard Business School faculty members share recommendations for a little light reading. Spoiler alert: Lessons in Chemistry tops two of their beach-read lists. For those whose brains can’t—or won’t—turn off, HBS faculty also suggest some...
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by Avery Forman
- February 2015 (Revised April 2015)
- Case
The Board of Directors at Market Basket
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Emily McTague
The firing of Market Basket CEO Arthur T. Demoulas by his cousin, Arthur S. Demoulas, and directors affiliated with him set off employee protests throughout the grocery store chain. Industry specialists estimated that Market Basket was losing close to ten million...
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Organizational Behavior;
Shareholder Votes;
Board Of Directors;
Board Dynamics;
Board Decisions;
Boards;
Grocery;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Structure;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Corporate Governance;
Food and Beverage Industry;
New England
Lorsch, Jay W., and Emily McTague. "The Board of Directors at Market Basket." Harvard Business School Case 415-044, February 2015. (Revised April 2015.)
- 08 Mar 2021
- In Practice
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?
A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Sep 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Lady Gaga
Searched-For Female," as recorded by Google, and made international headlines for donning a dress made of red meat, which Time Magazine called the top fashion statement of 2010. “Gaga is a marketing phenomenon” So it's almost...
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- 02 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
10 Trends to Watch in 2024
The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to...
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by Rachel Layne
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
this moment for introspection, an opportunity for intense personal growth. To learn more, read Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research Arthur C. Brooks, Arthur C. Patterson Faculty Fellow....
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2022
Data from 1,700 executives by Linda Hill and colleagues reveals the most important skills and traits leaders need now. 4. When Working Harder Doesn’t Work, Time to Reinvent Your Career The second half of your life could be better than the...
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by Danielle Kost
- 09 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 9, 2016
observers perceive employees who express distress as less competent than employees who do not. Across five experiments, we explore how reframing a socially inappropriate emotional expression (distress) by publicly attributing it to an...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2023
BalanceYounger workers are rejecting the idea of sticking with one employer for the long haul and are instead finding happiness by job-hopping and creating dramatically different boundaries with work. In a new book, Christina M. Wallace...
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by Danielle Kost
- 28 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets
to 80 in 2014. Another example: Some 70 percent of auditors in 1996 were likely to settle claims with some sort of cash payment. By 2016 the percentage of paid settlements had dropped to a little over 30 percent. “Reducing the bite, the...
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- 14 Nov 2023
- What Do You Think?
Do We Underestimate the Importance of Generosity in Leadership?
leader: fostering change. I don’t ever recall generosity having been emphasized in any of these discussions. I’m reminded of this by the current interest in the subject of happiness led by, among others, View Details
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by James Heskett
- 04 Jul 2005
- What Do You Think?
How Can Business Schools Be Made More Relevant?
research, Paula Thornton commented that "trying to get professors to pick up studies that are needed by the business community has been frustrating." Arthur Fullerton includes on his list of...
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by James Heskett
- April 2004 (Revised September 2007)
- Case
Accounting Fraud at WorldCom
By: Robert S. Kaplan and David Kiron
The principal players in WorldCom's accounting fraud included CFO Scott Sullivan, the General Accounting and Internal Audit departments, external auditor Arthur Andersen, and the board of directors. The case provides sufficient detail to allow for a full discussion of...
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Governance Controls;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Crime and Corruption;
Ethics;
Financial Reporting;
Organizational Culture;
Corporate Governance;
Accounting Audits
Kaplan, Robert S., and David Kiron. "Accounting Fraud at WorldCom." Harvard Business School Case 104-071, April 2004. (Revised September 2007.)