Basic Accounting Concepts - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 3, 2007

thousand large retailers, primarily in the U.S. and Europe. It basically does the supply-chain job faster and more accurately with the aid of a sophisticated information system than anyone else. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?

Herzlinger: I've had it. [Laughs.] Just had it! You know, I did my doctoral thesis really by accident in a hospital. That was in 1971, 36 years ago. And at the time, I was astonished at how mismanaged that hospital was and how the most rudimentary kinds of business... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health

03 Feb 2011
What Do You Think?

Are We Going “Back to the Future” In Researching Management?

lack thereof" (Suzette van Aswegen). Social responsibility, sustainability, and globalization were high on the list of ideas for further investigation. Pete DeLisi pulled this together in commenting that "'collective impact' is just now starting to get some... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

30 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Market Makers Bid for Success

horizontally. We also decided that while there are lots of companies with expertise in different verticals, our basic concept of using auctions to help buyers and sellers was exactly right and our pricing... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Web Services; Technology

09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

The Benefits of “Not Invented Here”

more rapid learning from internal and external use of those technologies. Q: In days gone by, the great R&D labs were affordable only to the largest companies. Can smaller companies use the concept of open innovation to boost their... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Web Surfers Have a Schedule and Stick to It

the internet might be a bit more understandable if you take into account what anthropologists have discovered—that internet use inside most homes is “bursty” and “plastic.” In other words, we use little moments of free time, what the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Web Services

08 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

The Critical Computer Science Principles Every Strategic Leader Needs to Know

In an AI-world, leaders who speak technology’s language gain an edge. But that doesn’t mean every manager needs a computer science degree. A handle on a handful of basics goes a long way toward preparing strategic leaders for today’s... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Greed, Fear, and The System Hinder Corporate Reform

Rakesh Khurana. Here are some of the challenges: Basic greed. Wayne M. Carlin, northeast regional director of the Securities and Exchange Commission, who clarified that he was speaking for himself and not on behalf of his organization,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

31 Oct 2017
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New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017

1990s, these two historical trends met, as the concept of sustainable development spread to large conventional corporations, and visionary green firms scaled or were acquired by conventional big businesses. The View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

22 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”

from an aggregate perspective) and framed the issues surrounding non-zero-sum games (most business ones). Also, the concept of "learning curves" became an increasingly important tool for planning. The learning curve was first... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

23 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes

clear, our research is aimed at the organizational level. And in that context, the idea of tradeoffs is nothing new. Peter Drucker and others have said it, and people accept the concept when you are talking about companies that make... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Service

20 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 20

make it the norm. August 2013 Management Science Pareto Efficiency in Robust Optimization By: Iancu, Dan, and Nikolaos Trichakis Abstract—This paper formalizes and adapts the well-known concept of Pareto e ciency in the context of the... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

15 Dec 2008
Research & Ideas

The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands

Leonard agreed to join forces in an e-mail Q&A with HBS Working Knowledge to explain more. Sarah Jane Gilbert: Your work examines the concept of a company being either a "mouse" or an "elephant." What are the... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage

26 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

How Women Can Get More Venture Capital

as the basic concept. And almost everyone who is willing to talk about the idea finds that it continually gets refined and better. It also gets people to buy into the idea and to understand you, your capabilities, and your business View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace

13 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 13

examines non-price competition among colleges to attract highly qualified students, exploiting the South Korean setting where the national government sets rules governing applications. We identify some basic facts about the behavior of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Aug 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

Nien-hê Abstract—In this address, I outline a back-to-basics approach to specifying the responsibilities and role of business in relation to society. Three “basics” comprise the approach. The first is arguing that basic principles of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

broader conception of what went wrong. I believe that business schools have a responsibility to help deal with these problems, and therefore the challenge has a very strong personal dimension for me. This is not a theoretical exercise.... View Details

Keywords: by Kim B. Clark

30 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

India’s Ambitious National Identification Program

entitled to receive. The case includes the story of one widow who couldn't cash a government check; she was unable to open a bank account because she lacked the proper documentation. "You are basically... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

31 Oct 2006
HBS Case

Governing Sumida Corporation

Director Masako Egawa (HBS MBA '86), working with research associates Chisato Toyama (HBS MBA '99) and Kim Eric Bettcher. This case challenges students to think about different systems of corporate governance and whether they are converging toward just a few View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Electronics

24 Jun 2015
HBS Case

Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality

"It's interesting to see Ventilla applying entrepreneurial concepts often associated with technology startups to the field of education," Kim said in a recent interview. "He is employing rapid prototyping strategies with... View Details

Keywords: Re: John Jong-Hyun Kim; Education

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