Professional Conduct - Publications - Faculty & Research

31 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Setting Interns Up for Success at a Startup

packaging waste throughout the supply chain. With a wide range of opportunities available to the business as they expand, a Business Intelligence function was formed at Mori in 2021 with a critical mandate – build a robust system and View Details

30 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Computer Security is For Managers, Too

but they will inform the process by asking questions like "How do we keep suppliers from accessing the payroll data?" Just as companies keep an eye on their equipment and supplies by conducting scheduled audits and random spot... View Details

Keywords: by Robert D. Austin & Christopher A.R. Darby

11 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Saying “Race” Out Loud: Leading Conversations on Diversity in HBS Classrooms

Traditionally, we cut across school and professional boundaries to conduct research, so I think it’s also important that we help one another become better educators.” Creary has View Details

23 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 23

2000) and social comparison (Festinger, 1954) lead to well-known cooperative effects within subordinate-supervisor pairs of the same sex and race, but potentially competitive effects among demographically similar peers. Analyzing longitudinal human resource data on... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019

comment-letter reviews (CLs) on firms’ financial reporting. We exploit a major change in the SEC’s disclosure policy: in 2004, the SEC decided to make its CLs publicly available. Using a novel dataset of CLs, we analyze the capital-market responses to firms’ quarterly... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

21 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?

Act, introduced May 19, casts shareholders as the antidote to runaway executive compensation and excessive risk-taking. The bill requires public companies to conduct annual, nonbinding votes by shareholders on executive... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

01 Apr 2001
News

New Ventures New Gains

that the competition must be connected to the curriculum, that judging would be conducted professionally, and that there would be a consistent faculty presence to maintain an institutional memory and continuity for the event. The... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna and Susan Young; Martin Dubilier (MBA 1952); Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Dec 2007
News

Mead Treadwell

Our commission is conducting an Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment for the eight Arctic nations, looking at scenarios in which ice conditions and so forth are not the limiting factor. Are Northern people convinced that climate change is... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Professional Services; Professional Services; Professional Services; Professional Services; Professional Services

15 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 15

refinement to use is critical because it can lead to dramatically different predicted outcomes. To better understand which refinement is more predictive of actual behavior, we conduct a controlled experiment in a setting central to... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

21 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

Racial Diversity Pays Off

and in other instances not at all," Gabarro said, "despite the fact that in the last thirty years women have joined both managerial and professional ranks in unprecedented numbers, as have American minorities. Yet neither group... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

08 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Socioeconomic Inclusion at HBS: Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)

intention builds a tighter affinity between the student and the institution that goes on for a lifetime,” said Mbanusi. The task force held workshops, brainstorming sessions, and programs to address socio economic inclusion and to surface related tensions in the... View Details

01 Dec 1999
News

South Africa's Lucille Meyer: Shaping a Practical Presidency

HBS was particularly useful. "The SEP was one of the best learning experiences I've had," she says of the newly established six-week program (see sidebar). "My fellow participants were exciting professionals with a deep commitment to... View Details

Keywords: Morgan Baker

23 Jan 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018

of the opposite phenomenon, in which employees do not have enough work to fill their time and are left with hours of meaningless idle time each week. We conducted six studies that examine the prevalence and work pacing consequences of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2014

enterprise. Expenses charged to HBP and Executive Education include direct costs for staff compensation, specialized outside professional services in functional areas such as I.T. and marketing, and residence expenses for executive... View Details

19 Feb 2021
News

A Playbook for Progress

critical moment in history. The first woman and the first woman of color has been elected vice president of the United States, Kamala Harris. And over the past year, there has been significant unrest around equality and rights, whether racial, gender, social. Given the... View Details

23 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Market Research Meets the “People Factor”

Zaltman and Deshpandé started by conducting 16 separate interviews with managers and "research suppliers" from Fortune 500 companies and prominent research firms. The two then honed their inquiry further, mailing 800... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

08 Apr 2021
News

Real Talk

storytelling and narrative to help employees in their organizations work across—and value—their differences to create stronger professional relationships and organizational cultures. The Equitas founders also turned to the findings of... View Details

16 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Actively Addressing Unconscious Bias in Recruiting

your perspective of a candidates' professionalism or fit is critical and can help to address unconscious bias head on by naming it. Another option – offer candidates the choice for a phone or online call with the video off in early... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

05 Nov 2013
First Look

First Look: November 5

auditors. We find evidence to support the argument that auditors' decisions are influenced by financial conflicts of interest. But we also find evidence that their decisions are shaped by social factors, including an auditor's experience, gender, and View Details