Governance Changes - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]

business unit. The reward system needs to be based on unit and individual performance, where performance is measured in terms of profitability. And in order for both of those things to happen, there needs to be a change in the corporate... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

21 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Fixing the Marketing-CEO Disconnect

In most companies, no one knows and understands your customers and their changing needs better than the marketing department. Certainly that knowledge should be routinely presented and understood by the chief executive and board of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2013
News

Faculty Books

grading standards? Associate Professor Francesca Gino and colleagues investigate the phenomenon of the "fundamental attribution error." The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking Senator John Heinz Professor of... View Details

30 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds

financials and engage with corporate management. “But when [index funds] become the largest shareholders, they need to take a stand,” he says. And for the first time, this appears to be happening. Large index funds such as BlackRock and Vanguard have become aware that... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

01 Mar 2012
News

Putting Ghosts to Rest

look at ways in which the main agriculture challenges in the country were being addressed by both the government and foreign donors. I was knee-deep in documents, sitting outside on a typically breezy, eerily silent Kigali evening. As I... View Details

Keywords: Chris Maloney; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Agriculture; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

25 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Walking Away from a $3 Billion Deal

students consider topics such as deal sourcing, due diligence, deal structuring, governance issues, and the all-important question of how private equity firms create value. And in a mini-module on fundraising, "ABRY Fund V"... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

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Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty - Course Catalog

China—face challenges and opportunities under President Xi Jinping. We will delve into China's domestic business environment and the changing relationship between the private sector and the Chinese Communist Party. Students will gain an... View Details

01 Mar 2004
News

Ex-Con Talks Ethics with HBS Students

been given to me years ago. I chose to ignore the warning signs. I want to show you how to pay attention and recognize those signs before you, your loved ones, and/or your employees become lured in — before seemingly unimportant decisions View Details

Keywords: Government; Government

December 2017 (Revised January 2018)
Case

Alltech

By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred

Alltech was a Lexington, Kentucky–based producer of supplements for animal feed, with revenues of over $2 billion (projected to reach $3 billion in 2018), sales in 120 countries, 5,000 employees, and 100 manufacturing plants worldwide. For nearly four decades, Alltech... View Details

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11 Oct 2016
First Look

October 11, 2016

to old ways of doing things, and company performance doesn't improve. To fix these problems, senior executives and their HR departments should change the way they think about learning and development, and because context is crucial,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Do We Tax?

gender, height, race, and other personal characteristics. Economists call these characteristics "tags." The Utilitarian logic for taxing tags is that these traits are both hard to change and systematically related to individuals' innate... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Legal Services

22 Apr 2015
Op-Ed

Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

reforms.) Why would we expect the people that exhibited such behavior in the past to now change their actions? Allowing the Greek government to spend more money would leave the country with more debt,... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

09 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements

information until after the presidential election. The behavior of Democratic-leaning firms in areas with no access to FNC did not change. Non-political firms didn't change their behavior at all, no matter the availability of FNC in their... View Details

Keywords: by Jen Deaderick; Media & Broadcasting

01 Jun 2009
News

Cynthia Carroll

although we set the standard in South Africa and everywhere else we operate, we’ve got to do better. The second area that needed improvement was government relations. Starting first in South Africa, we’ve worked to upgrade that... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Management; Mining

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IT Strategy: Building a Smarter, Scalable Future in the Cloud | Information Technology

essential for HBS’s technological evolution. The Solution The Cloud Program will establish clear cloud principles, architectural standards, and governance processes as well as invest in the skills of our staff to support a way of working... View Details

02 Jan 2020
News

Empowering Rural Communities

nor would it be limited by the financial restrictions that govern nonprofit electrical cooperatives. Instead, it would have both the incentive and the flexibility to bring renewable power to communities that would benefit economically... View Details

Keywords: April White; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Oct 1996
News

No Bull — Nancy E. Havens-Hasty (MBA 1971)

conventional financial analyses, she studies bankruptcy judges and government agency personnel the way some investors analyze corporate managers, in order to predict possible outcomes. "By quantifying the risks, one can get an edge," she... View Details

Keywords: Linda Goodspeed

01 Dec 1999
News

Dan Fenn

various descriptions, resisted the classic temptation to make the Bulletin into a house organ, so transparently a mouthpiece for their perspectives that no one would ever read anything but the class notes. Their restraint was both a product and a stimulant of those... View Details

Keywords: Dan Fenn

12 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: Jan. 12

actions. Combining supermarket scanner data with firm-level financial data, we find evidence that differs from prior literature. Instead of reducing expenditures to boost earnings, soup manufacturers roughly double the frequency and adversely View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19

teams in territory that models cannot predict. COVID-19 events deliver surprises daily to many organizations, from health care specialists to government officials. The decision-making process that responds to rapid View Details

Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo

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