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  • 22 Aug 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

rationalizations for the failures. Specifically, managers attributed large failures to uncontrollable events outside the organization (e.g., the economy) and to the intervention of outsiders. Small failures were interpreted as flukes, the natural View Details
Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
  • 01 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

viral load more than 200 copies/ml despite ART. The sample sizes of the three groups were as follows: PVI, n=21; incentive choice, n=19; and passive control, n=70. Main outcome measure: Virologic suppression (plasma HIV-1 viral... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Jul 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Enron’s Lessons for Managers

collapsed on December 2, 2001 it destroyed over $60 billion in market value, he said. Second, its accounting fraud was "massive." Reasonable men and women might quibble over some of the finer points in accounting, but in FY 2000, 96 percent of Enron's View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 09 Dec 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Most Accountants Aren’t Crooks—Why Good Audits Go Bad

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, signed into law last July, is the government's response to a series of financial reporting scandals that rocked investors. Among other measures the law offers up stiff criminal penalties for accounting... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman, George Loewenstein & Don A. Moore; Accounting; Financial Services
  • 20 Oct 2010
  • Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

means productivity. Productivity is at the heart of the framework, because it is seen as the critical driver of long-term sustainable prosperity, the outcome that is seen as the relevant ultimate objective of economic policy. This is an... View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
  • 09 Jan 2006
  • Research & Ideas

When Benchmarks Don’t Work

in strategic job families to the business unit strategy?1 Of course not. One corporation in a Hackett database might report that it spends 0.2 percent of revenue on employee competency development, whereas your company spends 1.0 percent... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan; Service
  • 08 Nov 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 8

industry to measure to what extent waiting-time performance impacts different firms' market shares and price decisions. We report on a large-scale empirical industrial organization study in which the demand equations for fast-food... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Sep 2019
  • Research & Ideas

The Economic Cost of Physician Burnout

one study, more than half of all doctors in the US report feeling at least one symptom of burnout: emotional exhaustion, a feeling of detachment, or a diminished sense of personal accomplishment—twice the rate of the general working... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health
  • 30 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

Welcome to the new world of remote work, pandemic style. Before the coronavirus hit, 5.2 percent of US employees reported telecommuting most of the time, while 43 percent worked from home at least some of the time. Now, with the pandemic... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 04 Aug 2011
  • What Do You Think?

How Dangerous Is Common Sense to Managers?

Article Some of the more interesting writing that is relevant to management these days is found in out-of-the-way places in my local bookstore. In addition to the management and economics sections, you should check out neuroscience, psychology, and sociology--the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 06 Feb 2013
  • What Do You Think?

Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Antidote to Income Inequality?

with a new name The ideas are feel good and to be desired but will fail in the market place which gives capital the primary (and therefore only) stake in the outcome of social human enterprise." Jan Fersubg said, "Whole Foods (an example... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 13 Apr 2021
  • Book

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

raises. Review the outcomes of promotion and compensation decisions by race, gender, and other identity characteristics. Retention. Track attrition and tenure by gender. Combat flexibility stigma by focusing on measurable aspects of... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • August 2001 (Revised October 2001)
  • Case

Shinsei Bank (D)

By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Perry Fagan
One year later, Yashiro and his management team can be proud of the young bank's first-year results, but face a set of difficult implementation issues. View Details
Keywords: Financial Reporting; Restructuring; Management Systems; Management Teams; Success; Banking Industry
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  • 13 May 2002
  • Op-Ed

A Cure for Enron-Style Audit Failures

with information regarding alternative GAAP methods that would result in different accounting outcomes and with figures outlining those differences. The reasons for the committee's acceptance of the management's and the auditor's... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Lorsch; Accounting
  • 16 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 16, 2008

Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Europe. European IFRS adoption represented a major milestone towards financial reporting convergence yet spurred controversy reaching the highest levels of government. We find a... View Details
  • 06 May 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?

only—measure of success. But recent forces are pushing CEOs to adopt long-term and broader considerations, which requires consideration of various outcomes related to sustainability. For example, a growing number of companies around the... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health
  • 18 Dec 2007
  • First Look

First Look: December 18, 2007

borrowers and lenders is feasible, the incentive effect of credit reporting is negligible, as bilateral banking relationships discipline borrowers. Information sharing nevertheless affects market outcome by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Nov 2015
  • First Look

November 3, 2015

divergent implications. We find evidence that the choice to pool is influenced by changes in the underlying newsvendor model parameters in our setting. In robustness tests, we show that choosing a pooling outcome is especially pronounced... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53873 Lazy Prices By: Cohen, Lauren, Christopher J. Malloy, and Quoc Nguyen Abstract—We explore the implications of a subtle "default" choice that firms make in their regular View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 29 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 29, 2016

institution’s patient portal. Conclusions. As healthcare costs continue to rise in the United States and around the world, a value-based approach with explicit, transparently reported patient outcomes will... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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