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- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
Abstract—Though fundamental to innovation and essential to many industries and occupations, the creative act has received limited attention as an economic behavior and has historically proven difficult to study. This paper studies the... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Paid for Success: Options for Compensating CEOs
When large public companies perform poorly, do the CEOs running them share the financial pain? That question, according to HBS associate professor Brian Hall, is not answered by looking at their salary and bonus but rather by a careful... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 01 Oct 2009
- What Do You Think?
Can the “Masks of Command” Coexist with Authentic Leadership?
leadership? Those arguing that the two can coexist cite situations, generally involving adversity, in which the "greater good" is served by masking a leader's feelings. Frances Pratt argued that " we must be careful (and... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 15 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 15, 2015
Individuals Notice and Avoid Unethical Behavior By: Zhang, T., P. O. Fletcher, F. Gino, and M. Bazerman Abstract—Research on ethics has focused on the factors that help individuals act ethically when they are tempted to cheat. However, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2015
- First Look
First Look -- September 1, 2015
(TDABC) is an innovative costing tool in healthcare that can be used to directly compare the true cost of competing technologies over the full care cycle. Rather than only comparing therapeutic effectiveness over a limited number of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2010
- What Do You Think?
How Transparent Should Boards Be?
Gogula put it, "While protecting the short term interests of shareholders and avoiding a depression of stock prices may be a tempting recourse for a Board member to take, long-term shareholder interest is what the Board needs to take View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Dec 2011
- What Do You Think?
Thinking Slow: An Argument for Bureaucracy?
rigidity, unthinking application of age-old rules (vs.) careful reflective thought on matters that need intelligent application of criteria." Just how to promote slow thinking where it is appropriate stimulated an interesting and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Tax Strategies Mirror Personal Returns of Top Execs
executives using tax minimization strategies, and to see whether that correlated with the tax strategies of the corporations they run. Spoiler alert: They do. The 2013 tax increases due to the American Taxpayer Relief Act and the... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 13 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments
In the course of her work, Rebecca Henderson meets business executives who don't address the threat of climate change because they don't believe that it exists. Her recommendation: They should consider investments in environmental sustainability anyway, assuming that... View Details
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
entrepreneurial spirit, these ventures serve this atypical demand by acting as matchmakers between donors and health care areas. Such a development makes many observers pause since there is a strong taboo in... View Details
- 08 May 2020
- In Practice
Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On
(like 2008) but a depression (like the 1930s.) Accordingly, we must be prepared to act in ways we’ve never done before. Second, just as doctors in overburdened hospitals, we need to triage with iron discipline. Our support must go to... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 12 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits
charity care to uninsured patients. "It's a Robin Hood story," Heese says. "These hospitals overbill the insured patients to generate money to pay for the uninsured." (Heese's research was done before the enactment of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
venture capital firms, offering to invest Rs 200 million in return for an equity stake in the company. His dream of transforming Getit from a regional print company into a digital company with broad geographical reach was within grasp. However, Gupta had to View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 23 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes
will still get high-quality health care, but within a system designed around the concept that tradeoffs exist. When health care organizations act this way, they begin to thrive in unprecedented ways. A:... View Details
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
gaining information. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51329 July–August 2016 Harvard Business Review How to Pay for Health Care By: Porter, Michael E., and Robert S. Kaplan Abstract—The United States stands... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
context in which we’ll apply it, AR increases our ability to absorb and act on it. AR will become the new interface between humans and machines, say Michael E. Porter of Harvard and James E. Heppelmann, the CEO of the industrial software... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
priorities?; (3) Do I give subordinates timely and direct feedback they can act on? Have I developed a succession roadmap?; and (4) Is my leadership style still effective, and does it reflect who I truly am? This highly readable and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Private Sector, Public Good
behavior? Can we imagine firms mutually agreeing not to try and capture their regulators? To support appropriate environmental or social legislation? If a significant faction of the private sector started to act in this way consistently,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
workers by posting vacancies. Firms act monopsonistically and set wages to retain their existing workers as well as to attract new ones. The model differs from Burdett and Mortensen (1998) in that its assumptions ensure that there is an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
Source: Cecilie_Arcurs George Serafeim has a startling suggestion to fix the world’s biggest environmental, social, and governance (ESG) problems such as water pollution, deforestation, and wealth inequality: encourage companies within industries to do less competing... View Details