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- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Corporate Governance Conference Addresses Global Challenges
transparent and globally standardized methods of corporate governance. Dozens of countries worldwide, each representing different degrees of involvement of legal systems and regulators in corporate governance, were studied by Harvard... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
'84); the Nominating Committee, led by Ed Hajim (MBA '64); and the Community Standards Committee. The first group provides valuable guidance for the annual Global Alumni Conferences, the second works to identify a slate of twelve new... View Details
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
context. Publisher's link: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1865878 August 2013 Business Ethics. 2d ed., edited by Michael Boylan. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, 2013 Multinational Enterprises and Incomplete Institutions: The Demandingness of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
integrating all the company's sustainability processes and indicators. In fall 2011, the company's leadership considered the following strategic questions: To what extent should COSCO refer to international and domestic sustainability View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
Sharing News That Might Be Bad
day face this dilemma: How do you deal with developments that are utterly and wholly…ambiguous? Living Up To Your Standards When you get right down to it, what choice do you have? You've made a commitment to openness and reaped... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 24 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality
for-profit companies that have met "rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency." At present, there are only 1,281 B corps in the world, spread across 41 countries and 121... View Details
- 20 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness
high and rising living standards for the average American." Republicans may focus on the global economy angle, Democrats on the living standards, but "competitiveness occurs when we do both together," Porter said. Rivkin... View Details
Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette
- 08 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 8, 2006
between and among experimenters and theorists, and psychologists and economists, about how to evaluate a theory that can be rejected by sufficient data, but may nevertheless be a useful approximation. A standard experimental design... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2006
- Op-Ed
Enron Jury Sent the Right Message
behavior could possibly arise, lie many examples of highly innovative management: the successful intermediation of the natural gas market, the "gas bank" created by Jeff Skilling, the development of standardized commodity... View Details
Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter
- 12 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
Buy-In from Black Patients Suffers When Drug Trials Don’t Include Them
prescribe these medicines for their Black patients rose by a “medically meaningful” one standard deviation. It was the kind of result that would be expected if physicians had been told that the drug’s reported effectiveness had increased... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
ready to move beyond their self-interest to the interests of others, such as patients, clients, students, parishioners, the nation (in the case of military professionals), etc. Professionals adopt publicly announced ethical standards for... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
the local organizing committees. In addition to these working committees, the board has two standing committees, Community Standards and Nominating, and one ad hoc committee focused on issues relating specifically to Executive Education... View Details
- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
Executives must adjust the span of control for each key position and unit on the basis of how the company delivers value to customers. Consider Wal-Mart, which has configured its entire organization to deliver low prices. Wal-Mart's strategy depends on View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 12 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
Can Our Parenting Struggles Make Us Better Leaders?
that meet the company’s standards on safety, caring, delivery and presentation. So if a customer service employee decides on the spot to waive a ticket holder’s fee because of an injury, she is confident that the company will approve.... View Details
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Merit-Based Admissions, Need-Based Aid | MBA
Socioeconomic background Undergraduate debt Scholarships are based on a standardized formula for all students. Students with higher earnings contribute at a higher rate than students with lower earnings. If you are married and/or have... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
1997 Placement Data Reflect January Cohort's Success
arrive, rather than strictly the job search they pursue while they're here." Nonetheless, MBA Career Services launched new efforts to help the January cohort build the skills and relationships needed for successful recruiting without the View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Tax and Grow
“excess” cash holdings. The definition of excess cash holdings will be critical. But such levels easily could be defined relative to industry benchmarks from periods that featured more standard corporate savings behavior. Implementing a... View Details
- 05 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Fixing the ‘I Hate Work’ Blues
leaders who inspire in these roles. They should work alongside their employees, doing more than their fair share of the most challenging aspects of the work. Their leadership role is to champion the company's mission and values, and to challenge others to meet higher... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 04 Jun 2014
- What Do You Think?
Does Internet Technology Threaten Brand Loyalty?
there was a sense that new information technology could exact a heavy toll on marketers not able to raise their standards and performance. Gerald Nanninga commented that if marketers have a great story to tell, "the Internet is your... View Details
- 13 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Dark Side of Trust
black plumber. Some brochures included a line that TrapGuard was certified by the International Plumbing Code, a set of standards developed by the International Code Council. Others did not. A month later, the research team followed up... View Details