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- 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
- 02 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 2, 2010
interests at the IASB, the standard setting body for IFRS. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/111028-PDF-ENG Alnylam Pharmaceuticals: Building Value from the IP Estate Willy Shih and Sen ChaiHarvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 20
state-owned firms, to bring them more into line with Chinese interests. China's accounting system had already undergone significant reforms during the two decades when its economy had grown to become the fourth largest in the world. However, enforcement of accounting... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Are Company Founders Underpaid?
are the opposite of what we'd expect based on large-company compensation patterns. Q: Can you explain the difference between stewardship theory and agency theory? How do these theories apply to new venture firms? A: Agency theory is the View Details
- 17 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility
individuals at global companies around standards promulgated in the most prominent international ethical codes and (2) the level of adherence of companies to those standards. Second, with my colleague Andrew Molinsky, I am in the thick of... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
most obvious path to co-founding ThinkEco, the New York based start-up she launched in 2008 with husband Jun Shimada. ThinkEco produces the modlet, which plugs into any standard outlet. Users then plug in devices and use their web browser... View Details
- 17 Jun 2020
- News
Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines
COVID-19 treatment facility in the Philippines. “Most of the HBS Club of the Philippines alums here have become role models and have set a high standard of private-public sector collaboration,” says Morales. Here are a few of their... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
Illustrations by Istvan Banyai By the standards of the algorithmic, instant-judgment online dating age, Jess Kushner (MBA 2008) and Ken Deckinger have a story fit for an old-fashioned romantic comedy. In 2003, Deckinger was running a... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
In the Blood
million. Clay didn’t own the horse, but he makes a standard commission of 5 percent on managing the sale of some 250 horses a year like her. Boarding and sales are two facets of his business, Clay explains; he also breeds his own mares,... View Details
- 20 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Bargain Hunters Beware: A Store's 'Original Price' Might Not Be After All
Commission. Those cases, however, often hinge on the question of whether consumers would have bought an item anyway, had they known the supposed original prices were fake—a standard that is hard to prove. Some retailers have successfully... View Details
- 17 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
Man vs. Machine: Which Makes Better Hires?
weakness?"Source: FredFroese The data included test results for a specific low-skilled job across 15 different companies in a variety of industries. (The researchers agreed to keep the actual job description confidential, but say it is similar in nature to... View Details
- 28 Nov 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced?
compensation committee that meets perhaps 10 times a year, and what is the likelihood they'll get it right? We say we should pay for performance, but how? What do you think? Original Article Pay for performance sounds right. It aligns managers and investors. It has... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 25
channel); and (iii) individuals who were out of the market when they were excessively angry in the unregulated market, decide to purchase once the firm is regulated, reducing the standard distortions described in the first channel (mixed... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Nov 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Much Can You Ask of Your Customers?
play on the standard pre-Internet belief, based on the results of only one research study that became a mantra, that satisfied customers tell five others but dissatisfied customers tell ten. Blackshaw's experience with consumer-generated... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 14 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Always Pay Off
something new to spur on their employees. According to Beer, managers in many companies look to pay-for-performance for good reasons. They expect that it will attract and motivate people. They expect performance standards will outweigh... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace