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  • 23 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 23

to increase the transparency of options repurchases. The case describes the methodology used to value the warrants. Students have the opportunity to value warrants issued by 10 of the largest banks and to evaluate whether the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Jul 2019
  • Op-Ed

Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?

unconcerned. Engagement on various applications on the Facebook platform is up. Users appear comfortable with the trade they make to give up privileged information in exchange for a range of convenient and free services. Without a push by Facebook’s View Details
Keywords: by George Riedel
  • 07 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 7

Economics Fear of Rejection? Tiered Certification and Transparency By: Farhi, Emmanuel, Josh Lerner, and Jean Tirole Abstract—The sub-prime crisis has shown a harsh spotlight on the practices of securities underwriters, which provided too... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 12 Apr 2010
  • Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

companies a clear view of risks to and opportunities in their own strategy. Second, One Report speaks with one voice to all stakeholders, who can even engage with the company via Web 2.0 tools and technologies. One Report is thus an essential element of demonstrating... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 06 Mar 2018
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

provider—a comparatively costless and therefore puzzlingly rare decision that could supply redundancy and resilience in the event of an attack or service outage affecting one provider. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53830 The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 4

identify three major dimensions that characterize change in regulatory systems generally: priorities and incentives, bureaucratic alignment, and transparency and monitoring. Using these dimensions, we first unpack the mechanisms that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2012
  • News

Hierarchy's Last Stand

meeting with critics. One CEO of the new, humbler variety published a dialogue with a customer who questioned high prices in the company newsletter, replete with pointed attacks, some of which he admitted he couldn’t answer well. Status... View Details
Keywords: Rosabeth Moss Kanter; Corporate Services
  • 30 Jun 2015
  • First Look

First Look: June 30, 2015

in support of eight things that great service leaders know and do. Great service leaders know that (1) leading a breakthrough service is different, and they take steps to ensure repeated memorable service encounters; (2) customers buy... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 09 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices

to all personal care products sold online by the five firms implies that customers spent an additional $300 million annually as a result of pricing algorithms, out of a total of about $6 billion in e-commerce revenue for the category.... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail
  • Web

Europe - Global Activities 2021

with a variety of needs, from validating their competencies to assisting with work permits. Employers can also join Just Arrived for free and either advertise for a job directly, or receive help developing a customized proposal for their... View Details
  • 16 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 16, 2008

right industry and time to start new ventures. Entrepreneurs with demonstrated market timing skill are also more likely to outperform industry peers in their subsequent ventures. This is consistent with the view that if suppliers and View Details
  • 26 Feb 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Evolving for Success [Part One]

networks that weave us together. The transparency of the Web is also key: the fact that information can be spread everywhere so rapidly. This is an interactive medium. Many people in many businesses forget that. The fact that we can send... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 04 Nov 2008
  • First Look

First Look: November 4, 2008

  Working PapersBarriers to Acting in Time on Energy and Strategies for Overcoming Them Author:Max H. Bazerman No abstract is available at this time. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-063.pdf Fear of Rejection? Tiered Certification and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Oct 2016
  • First Look

October 11, 2016

firms’ institution-seeking behavior by documenting how they make strategic use of weaker institutions. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51721 Surfacing the Submerged State: Operational Transparency... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Sep 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Become a Value Creator

information like gold, believing that guarding certain company know-how gives them more power. Rather than sharing customer lists that might give another department a hand in making sales, for instance, they squirrel those names away.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 28 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 28

enhanced stakeholder engagement through CSR, and reduced informational asymmetries, due to increased transparency through non-financial reporting. Using a large cross-section of firms, we show that firms with better CSR performance face... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Jul 2016
  • Op-Ed

Where is TripAdvisor for Doctors?

to do by care providers and payers. Consumer empowerment in health care is nowhere as advanced as it is in the travel industry and financial services, for example. Doctors are not especially interested in providing transparent data about... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health
  • 16 May 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

Tobin’s Q. Collectively, the evidence suggest that current efforts to increase transparency around organizations’ impact on society are effective at improving disclosure quantity and quality as well as corporate value. Effects of an... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
  • 23 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: October 23, 2007

board accountability through greater transparency in decision making, more representative vote allocation, or better parliamentary scrutiny. In other words, although civil society efforts have led to some gains in accountability with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 26, 2008

b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808033 The Home Depot, Inc. Harvard Business School Case 608-093 For its first 20 years, Home Depot was known for its entrepreneurial spirit and focus on customer service. Merchandising, purchasing, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne