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- 11 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
U.S. Tops Business Competitiveness Index 2006
2002, fell nine spots to 64, according to the ISC. "This year's decline was driven especially by higher levels of corruption, weaker assessment of buyer sophistication, and concerns about labor relations," the study found. Also contributing were View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
To Pay or Not to Pay: Argentina and the International Debt Market
and the weakness of their domestic institutions. In fact, no such panacea exists. The Argentina scenario is a harsh reminder that attempts to improve the international financial architecture without addressing the underlying View Details
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro
- 23 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains
Tightly packed workers and other weak protections allowed COVID-19 to sweep through American slaughterhouses during the past year, infecting at least 45,000 employees and killing an estimated 240 people. To Harvard Business School... View Details
- 09 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit
slower to recover than other European nations. Government has focused on lowering taxes, decreasing regulation, and imposing fiscal austerity, but not really addressed deeper weaknesses such as overstretched infrastructure and limited... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 24 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 24
ICSS Journal Making Boston Stronger By: Leonard, Dutch, Arnold M. Howitt, Christine M. Cole, and Philip B. Heymann Abstract—In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, a team from Harvard University carried out extensive interviews with participants to identify... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Support Staff Identity Crisis
self-evaluation. They appraise themselves not on P&L but on a set of 35 skills—a process that lets them measure strengths and weaknesses thoroughly, proving to CEO Jeff Immelt (HBS MBA '82) that they are responding to his mandate that... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 16 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018
strong complementarity, but it can arise for other reasons as well. Transaction cost economics and property rights theory advise that strong complements should be placed under unified governance, for example, through common ownership. Agency theory suggests that View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- January 2011 (Revised July 2011)
- Case
Accounting for Catastrophes: BP PLC and Union Carbide Corporation (A)
By: David F. Hawkins
The IASB and FASB propose new contingency loss recognition, measurement, and disclosure rules (A case). The B and C cases apply these proposals to British Petroleum's Mexican Gulf oil spill and Union Carbide's Bhophal gas discharge. View Details
Keywords: Financial Reporting; International Accounting; Trade; International Finance; Standards; Strength and Weakness; Natural Disasters; Crisis Management; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Energy Industry; India
Hawkins, David F. "Accounting for Catastrophes: BP PLC and Union Carbide Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 111-062, January 2011. (Revised July 2011.)
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
self-interest, is associated with greater self-interest only in the presence of a weak moral identity. Furthermore, we propose that the psychological experience of power is associated with less self-interest in the presence of a strong... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2011
- Op-Ed
Greater Fiscal Integration Best Solution for Euro Crisis
increase in borrowing cost, paralleling that of their respective sovereigns, while their collateral is decreasing in value. Since the amount of leverage in the system is still high, equity valuations and capital ratios are squeezed. The result is both a View Details
Keywords: by Dante Roscini
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Take Responsibility for Rising Stars
accountable for the resulting weak talent pool. In A.T. Kearney's 2004 survey on the effectiveness of corporate governance, participating board directors universally acknowledged the importance of leadership development and succession... View Details
- 08 Jul 2015
- What Do You Think?
Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?
long hours, most folks are being forced to do that with minimal compensation." Patrick Coomans placed some blame on "the weak job protection employees have in the US." Sid Mehta, who reminded us that Greece has the longest... View Details
- 29 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 29
between regional spraying and individual level health appears rather weak in the data. Purchase the paper from SSRN ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w16069 Financial Innovation and Financial Fragility Authors:Nicola Gennaioli, Andrei... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
quickly expose the shortcomings of your business strategy. But can you identify its weak points in good times as well? And can you focus on those weak points that really matter? I identify seven questions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers
effectively competing with it in the local market. In a weak IPR environment, the multinational firm has little recourse. In the context of a stronger IPR environment with good patent protection, the firm can prevent the infringing firm... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 16 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 16, 2016
of perspectives that teams can draw upon to innovate, meta-analyses of the team-diversity literature have found weak or inconsistent support for that assumption. These studies also have typically examined effects of team diversity in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization
inherently abusive; the citizens of the developed country are winners and the citizens of the undeveloped country may be getting a better or cheaper product. But when regulation is weak or nonexistent, this system can lend itself to... View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
- 30 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 31, 2006
accountability standards and for monitoring them. The authors show how accountability frameworks attached to principal-agent logics and applied universally across cultures typically fail to achieve their objectives. Accountability is a socially constructed means of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]
government in the past: trying to resuscitate ailing industries and nurture new ones. This approach did not actually work. What the government ought to do, instead, is address the systematic weaknesses in the competitive environment in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 16 Jul 2024
- Op-Ed
Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty
search firms provide a slate of well-qualified candidates, who on paper look superior to internal candidates whose strengths and weaknesses are already well-known. But the board doesn’t really know them or understand how well they mesh... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George