Attention - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Mapping Polluters, Encouraging Protectors

information themselves. Besides managers, the site's creators hope MapEcos will grab the attention of members of the public, including environmental activists. Users can track factories' pollution activity over time, compare factories in... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Manufacturing; Chemical

01 Feb 2002
News

Leading Quietly

instance. "Preparation, caution, care, and attention to detail are usually the best approach to everyday challenges," writes Badaracco. "What usually matters are careful, thoughtful, small, practical efforts by people working far from the... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

08 Oct 2010
What Do You Think?

Will Transparency in CEO Compensation Have Unintended Consequences?

years? Or options related to multi-year performance that happen to be cashed in a given year? Second, does this kind of transparency matter? There is little indication that investors pay much attention to the detailed compensation... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

29 Nov 2017
Blog Post

HBS, A Dream and Trey: How HBS Helped Me Launch My Social Enterprise

class. Yes, you read that correctly. I was a tall, lanky kid that loved basketball above nearly everything else, and after mailing a highlight tape to universities nationwide, I was buried under a tidal wave of recruiting attention from... View Details

15 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019

transform traditional industries such as banking, real estate, and healthcare. More recently, it has gained attention as a way to finance new ventures, through what is known as an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). Less noticed, though, is ICOs... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

16 May 2016
HBS Case

Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer

complicated when a single plate or package of food contains ingredients from multiple countries.” Prevalence of food-related claims: Food safety claims, which are often ambiguous and even unreliable in some cases, attract more attention... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster

they pay little attention to the social contract, or the spirit of the deal. So while the parties agree to the same terms on paper, they may actually have very different expectations about how the agreement will work in practice. Without... View Details

Keywords: by Ron S. Fortgang, David A. Lax & James K. Sebenius

09 Feb 2017
News

Turning Disorder into Opportunity

organization—taps into the talents common among those on the autism spectrum, which include attention to detail, highly focused concentration, perseverance with repetitive tasks, pattern recognition, problem solving, and honesty. These... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

17 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

Companies Need to Start Marketing Security to Customers

on financial controls, not on risks to consumers and brand reputations. That's not good enough" Even marketers who pay special attention to safety are reluctant to tout their superiority. You never see comparison advertising from an... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Entertainment & Recreation

20 Dec 2017
Blog Post

Meet Annie & Piper: A Student and Dog's Life at HBS

all. In many cases, Piper was allowed to come to the activities and events. She joined many TGIF's, section barbecues, and dinner parties. There were certainly a few weeks where she didn’t receive the attention she needed or deserved, but... View Details

01 Feb 1997
News

Ban the Butterfly Rule for Corporate Directors

that trigger a director's resignation. Section 8 of the Clayton Act, for example, prohibits a person from serving as a director or officer of competitors (to avoid possible antitrust complications). A new job may preempt time and View Details

Keywords: Joseph Hinsey IV

01 Jun 1997
News

Of Myth and Merlin: T.A. (Tom) Barron's Literary Odyssey

monthlong hike in the Colorado wilderness. Musing on the connections between his business and writing careers, Barron observes: "The people I know who have done best in business pay attention to the subtleties of human relations and... View Details

Keywords: Thomas Frick

01 Sep 2006
News

Strange Bedfellows

situation of being able to characterize their income separately depending on the audience. Something as simple as interest expense can be engineered to be an expense for tax authorities and a dividend for capital markets. This confusing state of affairs has naturally... View Details

Keywords: Mihir A. Desai; Government

01 Mar 2005
News

Changing Lives One Computer at a Time

otherwise have access to people of color who are professionals and who are successful in their careers. The individual attention has been a big factor." Those relationships have been as powerful for the HBSAAA volunteers as they have been... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Mar 2004
News

Drug Imports a Hot Topic at Alumni Health-Care Conference

Conference Coverage on the Working Knowledge website. European Business Conference Seeks to Understand Differences Americans expect to find luxury goods at the mall. Europeans don’t. American shoppers expect to be waited on. U.K. customers might consider such View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

03 Apr 2019
Book

Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business

That is the story of my family. If we want to have a more equitable economy, if we want America to continue to be the land of opportunity, we need to pay close attention to this trend. Lagace: What are the sticking points in getting... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Banking; Financial Services

26 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

A Roadmap for Afghanistan’s Economic Future

outcomes are now visible. The trajectory Afghanistan is now on pays too little attention to new enterprise and job creation and is predictably dismal. The alternative scenario I've described has a brighter outcome. It amplifies the... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna

02 Dec 2002
What Do You Think?

How Will We Respond to the “Moment of Truth” in Option Plans?

really know? Has enough attention been focused on what is an admittedly difficult issue to examine, considering that compensation is only one of many factors in an organization's performance? Given the fact that we're talking about tens... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

04 Nov 2002
What Do You Think?

What’s Best for the Corporate Brain?

information economy are: (1) How do organizations learn? and (2) How does the "corporate brain" really work? The increased attention to what Thomas Stewart terms "intellectual capital"—the sum of everything everybody... View Details