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- 11 Jul 2017
- News
The Right Thing to Do
and the other misdeeds of the mortgage crisis, remains the standard when it comes to unbridled corporate greed. Enron went bankrupt in 2001 after using a series of accounting schemes to exaggerate its bottom line and then bullying people...
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- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Outsourcing for Radical Change
distinctive aspects of transformational outsourcing. First, senior management has the explicit intention of transforming the organization, and secondly, the impact of the change is measurable at the enterprise level. Why should HBS alumni...
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- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
newer technologies have been adopted faster than old ones. The cross-country variation in the adoption of technologies accounts for at least a quarter of per capita income differences. Download the paper:...
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Martha Lagace
- 05 Apr 2018
- News
A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art
past,” says Joyner. “The most enduring aspect of human existence is culture. I am interested in knowing that a more complete and accurate account of that culture is captured.”
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Jill Radsken
- 24 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Want People to Save More? Send a Text
Surprisingly, the higher-interest rate option had little impact on savings, neither with the amount saved nor by inspiring participants to move over savings from preexisting accounts. "Our survey evidence suggests that many...
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by Kim Girard
- 22 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs
University. In the United States, the immigration of skilled workers is particularly prevalent among firms in the technology fields. In 2008, immigrants represented 16 percent of the US workforce with a bachelor's education, and they View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Is Cash the Best Form of Charity?
happiest part of my day is normally in the evening when [I] sit down with my wife as we account for our day’s earnings from our different sources of income.” Since GiveDirectly launched, cash payments have become a growing, though still...
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April White
- 27 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 27
SEOs are disproportionately conducted by Capital Purchase Program (CPP) recipients, and this is not explained by CPP recipients' economic and regulatory capital needs. SEOs in 2009 and 2010 by CPP recipients alone account for 27% by...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Aug 2022
- News
HBS Club of Japan Event Highlights HBS Fellowship
featured a keynote address by HBS assistant professor Tomomichi Amano and a personal account by previous HBS Japan fellowship recipient Yasuhiro Sasago (MBA 2020). HBS assistant professor Tomomichi Amano Yasuhiro Sasago (MBA 2020) HBS...
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Margie Kelley
- 30 Jun 2019
- News
Alumni in France honor self-made entrepreneurs; Shih talks trade in Buffalo
Clubs News Clubs News Buffalo Alumni Explore the Future of Manufacturing Amid Global Turbulence The HBS Club of Buffalo hosted HBS Professor Willy Shih as a guest speaker in April for a talk on the impacts of global trade disputes on...
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Margie Kelley
- 09 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Actions Organizations Can Take to Communicate Their Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
organization stand for and what are you willing to commit to and hold all members of your community accountable for? Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are important because they bring individuals together in the workplace based on shared...
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- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 19, 2010
One explanation for these patterns is that U.S. firms are organized in a way that allows them to use new technologies more efficiently. A model of endogenously chosen organizational form and IT is developed to explain these new micro and macro findings. Fluid Tasks and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on HBCUs
think critically and has allowed me to identify and reflect on my core values. Ashley Reid (MBA 2023) Where is your hometown? Chicago, Illinois. Which HBCU did you attend? Spelman College. What was your pre-MBA industry and role? I was in tech at Google working in...
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- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Reinventing the Annual Report
types of narratives, and lots of pretty pictures. The amount of detail and the level of complexity in the financial section have grown considerably in response to the increasing onslaught of accounting rules and regulations. What’s more,...
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Robert G. Eccles
- Web
Digital Transformation - HBS Online
solidifying knowledge than some in-person courses I've taken. Ryan Dumlao MBA Candidate Financial Accounting I’ve found HBS Online's courses to be immediately applicable to my work, and they’ve made me a more productive member of our...
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- October 1999
- Case
Royal Dutch/Shell in Transition (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine
This case describes the decisions made by Shell in response to the situation presented in the (A) case.
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Governance;
Corporate Accountability;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Social Issues;
Public Opinion;
Moral Sensibility;
Values and Beliefs;
Transformation;
Energy Industry
Paine, Lynn S. "Royal Dutch/Shell in Transition (B)." Harvard Business School Case 300-040, October 1999.
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
HBS Posts Strong Results in 2008
income and unrestricted current-use gifts accounted for 24 percent of total revenue, MBA tuition and fees 18 percent, and housing rentals 3 percent. The School ended the year with 219 full-time faculty and 1,146 full-time administrative...
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- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Future of Boards
more on top of these problems. Q: What were some of their thoughts? A: It was clear that many felt the impact of corporations' increasing complexity. You need people with more knowledge to serve on the boards of such companies, but that...
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by Julia Hanna
- Web
Africa - Global Activities 2021
reflects on how another devastating health-related crisis—the Ebola outbreak that ravaged West Africa from 2014 to 2016—influenced her decision to pursue economic development to make a lasting impact on the African continent, which...
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- 2024
- Working Paper
Second- versus Third-party Audit Quality: Evidence from Global Supply Chain Monitoring
By: Maria R. Ibanez, Ashley Palmarozzo, Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel
Capitalizing on the superior credibility and flexibility and potential lower cost of external assessments, many global buyers are relying less on their own employee (“second-party”) auditors and more on third-party auditors to monitor and prevent environmental and...
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Auditing;
Audit Quality;
Working Conditions;
Sustainability;
Empirical Operations;
Empirical Service Operations;
Sustainability Management;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Supply Chain Management
Ibanez, Maria R., Ashley Palmarozzo, Jodi L. Short, and Michael W. Toffel. "Second- versus Third-party Audit Quality: Evidence from Global Supply Chain Monitoring." Working Paper, August 2024.