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- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
major transformations. New regulatory requirements have raised the bar on compliance and expanded the remit of risk management significantly. The compliance imperative requires banks to implement a firm-wide risk management framework complete with analytical models for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
strategies of the future. The power of this integrated approach to strategy implementation is illustrated in two contexts: the introduction of performance measurement and control systems over the life cycle... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
controls for sustainability performance ratings, analyst forecasts, insider trading, institutional ownership, earnings quality, and other voluntary disclosure activity. Changes in material sustainability disclosure are followed by changes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
investigates the effect of pay for performance in firms, yet less is known about the effect of non-financial rewards, especially in organizations that hire individuals to perform tasks with positive social... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 06 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 6
matches, especially for firms likely to be financially constrained. The effect is associated with the discrete change in label from investment-grade to speculative-grade, not with changes in continuous measures of credit quality. We do... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
CEOs are retained in a sample of mergers in the 1990s, we find greater retention of better-performing and higher-paid CEOs—both measures of valuable human capital. We also show that the performance-retention link is stronger when the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
compensation incentives for CSR. We test our predictions using novel executive compensation contract data and find that firms with more shareholder friendly corporate governance are more likely to provide compensation to executives linked to firm social View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
PublicationsThe New Science of Retailing: How Analytics Are Transforming the Supply Chain and Improving Performance Authors:Marshall Fisher and Ananth Raman Publication:Harvard Business School Press, 2010 Abstract Retailers today are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 31
performance of business units can be evaluated using measures of economic value creation. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/211061-PDF-ENG China Environment Fund: Doing Well by Doing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
study, we looked at how gender-based assumptions in over 100 companies influenced issues such as career planning, goal setting, promotions, and raises. We examined the characteristics most frequently cited in performance management... View Details
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
dramatically improve performance for startups, a setting that is rife with uncertainty and change, something all businesses are feeling acutely at this moment. In this work, we find that startups that adopt A/B testing tools grow faster... View Details
- 30 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019
gender diversity, and this might then affect whether or not diversity leads to stronger outcomes. In a recent study of 1069 leading firms across 35 countries and 24 industries, researchers found that gender diversity relates to more productive companies, as View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 17 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection
company, especially during reorganizations. The legal system protected creditors strongly. That is why I found that the corporate bond market as a percentage of GDP (a common measure of the development of these markets) was higher in 1910... View Details
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Great American Leaders Teach Us
complete financial information across the twentieth century (especially pre-1925), a multi-tiered financial analysis approach was utilized: (1) Tobin's Q Performance (market to book value); (2) Return on Assets Ratios; and (3) Market... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change
and measure methane emissions and leaks. We applaud Congress for coming to consensus on such a critical issue for our nation and the world, and for seeing that it’s also the greatest investment opportunity of our era. Christian Weeks (MBA... View Details
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agility, and working towards strategic objectives. Managers work together to set strategy, priorities, and policies, determine resource allocation, manage performance and coach individual staff on their career goals, and View Details
- 11 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 11
from the athenahealth practice management system and EHR task logs. Methods: We developed monthly measures of EHR use and delegation to support staff from task logs. Productivity was measured using work... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?
is enough interest to go further? Which is the better strategy for young innovators? What are the pros and cons of each? Can the risks be measured and mitigated? “The pitch or spec dilemma touches any independent inventor looking to sell... View Details
- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
increase performance while social comparison reduces it, especially for low-ability trainees. These effects appear when treatments are announced and persist through training. The findings are consistent with a model of optimal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
forthcoming American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Using Online Prices for Measuring Real Consumption Across Countries By: Cavallo, Alberto, Erwin Diewert, Robert C. Feenstra, Robert Inklaar, and Marcel P. Timmer Abstract—We... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman