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- 01 Jun 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Social Reporting
their reputation and brand," says Rangan. CSR should be treated as a business discipline and practiced with the same professionalism and rigor as other aspects of a firm's strategy. "For example, many of the programs that come... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 02 Jan 2020
- Op-Ed
Medicare for All or Public Option: Can Either Heal Health Care?
insurers and increases taxpayers’ burden, while a public option would enliven private insurers, increase coverage, and control health care costs. However, it would require legislative discipline and independent oversight to assure that... View Details
- 28 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
It’s India Above China in New World Order
insolvent. The banking problem is one of the biggest costs of the delay associated with developing a vibrant, domestic private sector. Here are our concerns for India. How will India rein in its fiscal deficit? How will India discipline... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 07 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Exit Interview: HBS Dean Kim Clark
"control" or "structure" that may inhibit freedom of inquiry. If it's done well, we know that discipline and excellence of execution can enhance the research environment and learning process. In fact, it's liberating.... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Alumni Bulletin Staff
- 20 Jun 2012
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Leadership: What We Know
educators must also recognize that they are members of a larger community of academics responsible for shaping society's future leaders. Therefore, academics involved in teaching leadership must consider a broader context that often extends beyond the traditional... View Details
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
capitalization ratio of 70 percent, though the ratios range from 50 percent to 90 percent or more. While high leverage provides several important benefits, these benefits come at a cost. First, high leverage provides managerial discipline... View Details
- 01 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018
behavior and explore how they make a negotiator particularly vulnerable to ethical fading, resulting in subsequent unethical behavior. We discuss several opportunities for future research in the negotiation discipline and other View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2019
- Research Event
The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History
restore harmony between humans, and especially between the natural and spiritual worlds. Business history at Harvard Business School has been unconventional since it began in the 1920s. After all, it was unconventional of the Dean Wallace B. Donham to create the new... View Details
- 08 Oct 2010
- What Do You Think?
Will Transparency in CEO Compensation Have Unintended Consequences?
this month's column. Several thought that the provision could have the desired effect. Yedendra Chouksey said, "What is open to public glare does restrain proclivity for 'insanely generous' self-rewards So, why not try it and hope for some better View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 16 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How to Compete Like a Judo Strategist
help you become a better judo strategist. Rule One: Maintain A Deep Focus On Your Core Business Whether we are talking about Palm Computing, Intuit, or even big companies such as Charles Schwab, the most successful judo strategists have the View Details
Keywords: by David B. Yoffie & Mary Kwak
- 16 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
D’O: Making a Michelin-Starred Restaurant Affordable
"A lot of times we get this ridiculous false dichotomy made in management: that there are creative people, and then there are disciplined people," Pisano said. "Well, the best chefs in the world are both. They're both... View Details
- 21 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing
needs of potential fund recipients "means talking to everyone from thought leaders to gang leaders," he said. "You have to have the same discipline and rigor, but you also have to take the time to understand the ecology and... View Details
- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement
This focus, I argue, limits the practical utility of the discipline because universal propositions form only a part of new policy recipes.” Remote Patient Monitoring—Overdue or Overused? New England Journal of Medicine Keizra Mecklai,... View Details
- 21 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse
competing incentives in building the metaverse, our view is that the metaverse can still succeed,” they write, “but it might call for a shift in mindset and an openness to learning from seemingly distant domains of knowledge.” Along those lines, they invoked the View Details
- 17 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring
pre-COVID. I am more disciplined in some areas but also more relaxed when things don’t work out." Seen in this light, the first CEO’s response made sense. Though busier than ever and no longer able to enjoy as much time for exercise, he... View Details
- 03 Apr 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018
authors hail from various world regions and are themselves leading global historians. Collectively, they provide an unprecedented survey of what today is the most dynamic field in the discipline of history. As one of the first books to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down
achievement. They had limited experience solving business or management problems. In dealing with the chiefs, Levy chose an approach that blended a strong dose of discipline with real-time, public reinforcement. He developed guidelines... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
- 23 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Innovation Is Magic. Really
about innovation in his performance art? "When you teach innovation, you tell your students that the best practices can come from some of the most unlikely sources," Thomke says. In the following years, Thomke and Randal spent weeks discussing each other's View Details
- 22 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 22
hypothesis predicts that the organizational patterns of a development project (e.g., communication links, geographic collocation, team and firm co-membership) will correspond to the technical patterns of dependency in the system under development. Scholars in a range... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies
rater without debilitating the financial markets. This type of regulatory discipline might be valuable going forward, and may require having a fair number of ratings firms. Q: What's next for you? A: There are many fascinating questions... View Details