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  • 18 Oct 2022
  • Research & Ideas

When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking the Right Questions

that Uber was charging people in poor neighborhoods systematically higher prices than those in richer areas. Whether it's purposeful or not, we don't know for every company, obviously, but we believe that it’s likely not intended. That said, the problem for the View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 23 May 2019
  • News

Tracy P. Palandjian, MBA 1997

shepherding them into boarding school and monitoring their development through daily calls and weekend visits. “That was a tough time, but my Harvard ‘family’ made it bearable,” she says. That family included her roommates, her Ec 10... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 20 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 20

reward firms for practices that go above and beyond the requirements of the law. "Self-policing" programs adopted by several agencies shift the burden of monitoring regulatory compliance and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Apr 2011
  • Research & Ideas

What CEOs Do, and How They Can Do it Better

correlation with firm performance. “It's a way to monitor where the efforts of the CEO are going” In a final measure of CEO's performance, the researchers rated firms based on... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 17 Jan 2007
  • Op-Ed

Learning from Private-Equity Boards

If Enron had been owned and controlled by a small group of private-equity investors, could the monitoring and control practices of a professionally run buyout shop have protected Enron's shareholders and employees from the problems that... View Details
Keywords: by Malcolm Salter; Financial Services
  • Fast Answer

Resources for Investment Management and Financial Analysis

firms Key members of the management team Investment bank league tables   Bloomberg
Current and historical financial information on individual equities, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, and... View Details
  • 12 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 12, 2006

Strategic Value Advisors—predict environmental performance. We find that firms that have more KLD Environmental Concerns have slightly, but statistically significantly, more pollution and regulatory violations in later years than View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Aug 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Decision Rights: Who Gives the Green Light?

"happens all too often," says Michael Jensen, professor emeritus at Harvard Business School and managing director of Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Monitor Group's organizational strategy practice. "Allocating decision... View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
  • 30 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 30, 2008

operational, financing, and investment decisions of firms. We develop a model in which product developers can play a useful role in monitoring the deployment of their technology abroad. The analysis demonstrates that when View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Oct 2019
  • Blog Post

How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life

helps scholars and firms capture and analyze conversation data online. We sat down with Professor Brooks to discuss the "How to Talk Gooder" course and to get some advice on that very topic. What is the class “How to Talk... View Details
  • 16 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 16

innovation performance such as firm productivity and profitability, (d) mergers, and (e) divestments as providing context or "shocks" to an activity system and their value as an empirical source of exogenous variation.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Jun 2015
  • First Look

First Look: June 16, 2015

Abstract—Under fairly general assumptions, expected stock returns are a linear combination of two firm fundamentals-book-to-market ratio and return on equity. This parsimonious relation is pervasive, producing expected return proxies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Sep 2022
  • Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment

is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage climate tech start-ups that reduce CO2 emissions by at least 2.5 Gt by 2050. The $110M fund focuses on early-stage companies commercializing novel technologies and innovating business... View Details
  • 06 Oct 2020
  • Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

firms do not have a succession plan. Maintaining best practices around physical and mental health is not a luxury or a frill, but an essential aspect of risk management. CEOs and top management need to prioritize taking care of their own... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Oct 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Bringing ‘Lean’ Principles to Service Industries

the organization." Ideas Into Action Wipro is typical amongst Indian firms in its thirst for knowledge, Upton adds. "These companies are intellectual environments. People are very interested in taking conceptual ideas and... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Computer
  • 01 Mar 2024
  • News

On the Radar

Illustration by Brian Stauffer Illustration by Brian Stauffer Our planet is teeming with trillions of viruses and bacteria, most of which are innocuous or even helpful, but some pose a significant risk to public health, animals, and crops. In recent decades,... View Details
Keywords: Janine White; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government
  • 01 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 1

opportunistic low-ball offers.   Working Papers The Effect of Management Control Elements on Coordination By: Bormann, Sara, Jan Bouwens, and Christian Hofmann Abstract—This study examines how control elements of a firm affect... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 25

short-termism is associated with various proxies for earnings management, suggesting that our proxy partially captures opportunistic behavior. We also show that firms focusing more on the short-term have a more short-term oriented... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

their shareholder votes. Meanwhile, several NGOs have built certifications and other monitoring and assessment tools to understand how companies are progressing against their targets. This panel will explore the different mechanisms and... View Details
  • 28 Jan 2016
  • Blog Post

Why Get an MBA?

Monitor Group, I moved on to Corporate Strategy at PepsiCo to pursue my interest in consumer goods.  I loved the job.  I worked with inspiring, intelligent people on big issues driving the company.  The job also afforded me time to spend... View Details