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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In Review
access by expanding fellowships for those with financial need. It opened new international research centers and offices, launched the Harvard-wide i-Lab ecosystem, completed a $1.4 billion capital campaign, and enhanced the campus through... View Details
- 03 Sep 2018
- News
Moving Pictures
was terrible.” But he did seem to have something to say. During his summer breaks, Singer interned at Nickelodeon, working in the strategy and legal groups and later following up that experience with a stint at the Disney Channel. “The... View Details
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security (forthcoming) Abstract We describe a method for identifying "typosquatting," the intentional registration of misspellings of popular web site addresses. We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
conversations, they reflected on key issues. Edited excerpts follow. Brian Hall focuses his teaching and research on performance management and incentive systems. He has provided expert testimony on performance pay before the U.S. Senate and served as a consultant to... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
integral component of management control systems and play a significant role in achieving desirable performance outcomes. We focus on a key environmental performance objective—reduction of carbon emissions—as a setting in which to examine... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill
how you incentivize, can increase or deplete the amount of altruistic capital." Ashraf's interest in international field research sprouted from the realization that the people tasked with solving global problems aren't always in touch... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 08 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Women’s Summit Celebrates ‘Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuit’
and international students were underperforming relative to their American male peers. As a result of a campuswide effort, HBS has closed that grade gap, a feat that drew applause in Burden Auditorium on Friday. Still, HBS Dean Nitin... View Details
Keywords: by Katie Koch & Harvard Gazette
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
One-on-One with Robert McNamara
war’s progress? In matters of the human spirit, numbers could be deceiving. After teaching accounting and control for three years at HBS, McNamara became a War Department consultant and later was inducted into the U.S. Army Air Corps. In... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
Controlling for these effects and other determinants, we find that firms with lower residual ratings have relatively higher subsequent media allegations of corruption. They also report higher future sales growth and show a negative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
CFO Letter - Annual Report 2016
which the School’s total revenues grew at a compound annual rate of 7.5 percent, while total expenses increased 7.2 percent. Our expense control performance in fiscal 2016 was mainly attributable to lower-than-forecast spending at HBP and... View Details
- 29 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29
context of a family-owned Vietnamese restaurant, it examines the operational changes associated with transitioning ownership from the founder to his son, including formalizing equity stakes and internal processes, establishing a clear... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 16
statement users for these provisions is amplified in states with poorly funded plans and large budget deficits, suggesting government lobbying is misaligned with a public interest perspective. We also find evidence that user support varies by type: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 11
which are situations where information, supplies, or equipment needed for patient care are insufficient. However, little is known about underlying causes of operational failures and what hospitals can do to reduce their occurrence. To address this gap, we examined the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Financial Report 2018 - Financial Report 2018
level, as well as our financial forecast for fiscal 2019. FISCAL 2018 IN REVIEW The HBS economic model is unique among the Harvard University schools and in higher education, and begins with our commitment to internally funded faculty... View Details
- Web
Supplemental Financial Information II - Annual Report 2020
impaired faculty to select and call on students using mobile, wearable, and in-room classroom technologies. IT spending represented nearly 12 percent of the School’s total operating expenses in fiscal 2020. Controlling IT costs is an... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
on performance pay before the U.S. Senate and served as a consultant to many international companies. The issue of to what extent the financial crisis was driven by misaligned pay incentives is one of the major concerns that spurred us to... View Details
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
disastrous mistakes that can splinter a founding team, strip founders of control, and leave founders without a financial payoff for their hard work and innovative ideas. He highlights the need at each step to strike a careful balance between View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
and international markets. With only 0.5% of the cocoa's world production, was it worth the effort to try and establish a country-of-origin image for Venezuelan chocolate? If so, how could El Rey go about it? Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 28
served as CEO and chairman. Cardio-Metric's success, however, concealed troubling internal developments. Since 2002, the CEO's management style had progressed from unconventional, to questionable, to egregious. Kim, Cardio-Metric's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]
new industries in Japan are things like highly skilled specialist personnel; a lack of risk capital because of heavily controlled financial markets; barriers to commercializing university research; and limited incentives for risk taking.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer