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- 09 May 2017
- What Do You Think?
Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?
owners of a corporation, professional managers and directors are their agents, primarily responsible for carrying out their wishes and creating value for them. This idea was further developed in a 1976 article by View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2010
doctoral student Julia Adler-Milstein, Harvard School of Public Health professor Sara Singer, and HBS professor Michael W. Toffel examine this question in a hospital setting. Conceptual Foundations of the... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 19 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2023
2023: Diversify Your Social CirclePeople need all kinds of relationships to thrive: partners, acquaintances, colleagues, and family. Research by Michael Norton and Alison Wood Brooks offers new reasons to... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 23 Dec 2017
- News
Exploring a New Agenda for Corporate Sustainability
- 24 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Cutting Jobless Aid Isn't the Answer to Worker Shortages
University of Massachusetts, Amherst; and Michael Stepner from the University of Toronto. “The smaller-than-expected response begs the question of why so many people still haven't returned to the labor force,” Kluender says. Probing the... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 17 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
If the CEO’s High Salary Isn't Justified to Employees, Firm Performance May Suffer
season. Sources: "How Much (More) Should CEOs Make? A Universal Desire for More Equal Pay" by Sorapop Kiatpongsan and Michael I. Norton, copyright 2014, Perspectives on Psychological Science... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
Working PapersDo Corporate Social Responsibility Ratings Predict Corporate Social Performance? Authors:Aaron K. Chatterji, David I. Levine, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Ratings of corporations'... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots
championship win over the Indianapolis Colts by tampering with the footballs. Accusers, which included the National Football League’s head office, said someone with the team underinflated the balls to make them easier for quarterback Tom... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- What Do You Think?
Why Isn’t ‘Servant Leadership’ More Prevalent?
Summing Up Is the Term "Servant Leadership" an Oxymoron? Servant leadership (SL) is a concept that triggers a great deal of interest, judging by my e-mail inbox and the number of responses to this month's column. Many comments... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 19 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023
to innovate in the climate space, and shares his advice for those interested in careers in business and climate. Beyond Net Zero: How Seventh Generation Plans to Achieve Real Zero Carbon Ashley Orgain, chief impact officer at Seventh Generation, explains to View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 14 Jan 2019
- Op-Ed
These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership
value. Through their leadership they encouraged other corporate leaders to embrace this multi-stakeholder approach. Harvard Business School’s Michael E. Porter called this idea “creating shared value” in January 2011. Let’s examine how... View Details
- 27 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Religion in the Workplace: What Managers Need to Know
direction of CEO Michael Jeffries, the company held onto a hint of its hallmark safari style while putting a greater emphasis on casual clothes and ballooned to more than 1,000 stores worldwide, with revenues exceeding $3.5 billion View Details
- 02 Sep 2015
- What Do You Think?
What's Wrong With Amazon’s Low-Retention HR Strategy?
the workplace. Michael expressed that the industry/culture has been disrupted by emerging technological and economic change that forces the lower-retention model. "It looks like we will end up with a... View Details
- 06 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Truth About Authentic Leaders
Critiques of authenticity But recently three leading scholars at Insead, Stanford, and Wharton challenged the concept of authentic leadership. Like all movements—Harvard University Professor Michael Porter’s famous five forces of strategy... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 01 Apr 2019
- What Do You Think?
Does Our Bias Against Federal Deficits Need Rethinking?
accompanied by lower inflation and interest rates—that justify deficit spending to produce both economic growth and social programs designed to improve our quality of life and reduce social inequality” (JohnfrmClevelnd). Or, it prompts... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Professor Toffel teaches the required first-year MBA course Technology and Operations Management (TOM).
He also coordinates and teaches the Doctoral Seminar in Technology and Operations Management to help... View Details
- 17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006
Working PapersInstitutional Pressures and Environmental Strategies Authors: Magali A. Delmas and Michael W. Toffel Abstract This paper suggests how institutional theory can explain enduring differences in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 3
entrepreneurship researchers. Working PapersSpeaking Up Constructively: Managerial Practices That Elicit Solutions from Front-line Employees Authors:Julia Adler-Milstein, Sara J. Singer, and Michael W. View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace