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  • 01 Oct 2020
  • What Do You Think?

Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?

value (has) enabled years of laissez faire democracy.” And of course, the Business Roundtable reinforced the climate for this discussion last year with its “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation.” If our... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 10 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

The Negotiator’s Secret: More Than Merely Effective

analysis, all subjects were asked for their private assessment of the target company's fair value—as distinct from how they might portray that value in the bargaining process. Those assigned the role of... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
  • 07 Nov 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Corporate Tax Strategies Mirror Personal Returns of Top Execs

lot more visible.” Companies need to weigh the benefits of maximizing profits against the potential cost of looking like they’re not paying their fair share. “As a firm it can be reputationally damaging to act in that way because of... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
  • November 1995 (Revised March 2004)
  • Case

Massachusetts General Hospital: CABG Surgery (A)

By: Steven C. Wheelwright and James Weber
A cross-functional team at Massachusetts General Hospital tries to reengineer the service delivery process (the "care path") for heart bypass surgery (CABG) in order to shorten hospital stays (and lower costs) while maintaining/enhancing the quality of care provided. View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Business Processes; Mission and Purpose; Product Positioning; Product Marketing; Management Practices and Processes; Customer Satisfaction; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Fair Value Accounting; Ethics; Pharmaceutical Industry; Health Industry; Massachusetts
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  • 20 Jun 2011
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono

escalating, high-profile campaign against Third World debt, poverty, war and disease. “Any CEO who thinks his or her job is about maximizing shareholder value is living in the past.” Koehn, a Harvard Business School historian who has... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 30 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

inferences are formed as a function of what is chosen. Specifically, when observers encounter someone else's choice (e.g., of political candidate), they use the chosen option's attribute values (e.g., a candidate's specific stance on a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 28 Sep 2010
  • First Look

First Look: September 28, 2010

by market forces. We recognize the advantage of using fair values in circumstances where these are based on observable prices in liquid secondary markets but caution against expanding View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Article

Alfred D. Chandler: His Vision and Achievement

Among historians, Alfred Chandler's influence is by far the greatest, as he has affected economics, sociology, and business administration. Chandler never took short cuts, never stinted, and never published until he was satisfied that he had done his very best.... View Details
Keywords: Goals and Objectives; Mission and Purpose; Success; Books; Demand and Consumers; Power and Influence; Economic Growth; Ethics; Knowledge Sharing; Product Positioning; Market Transactions; Fair Value Accounting
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  • 18 Sep 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54955 Assortment Rotation and the Value of Concealment By: Ferreira, Kris, and Joel Goh Abstract—Assortment rotation—the retailing practice of changing the assortment of products offered to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 11 Jan 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Is Group Loyalty a Force for Good or Evil?

unethical actions through inaction—by allowing others to cheat without blowing the whistle. “If you are promoting the value of loyalty, it may be that you need to promote other values at the same time, like... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 03 Feb 2015
  • First Look

First Look: February 3

Abstract—Regulation Fair Disclosure was passed in 2000 in response to the concern that certain investors were gaining selective access to privileged firm information. In spite of the passage of this regulation, some investors continue to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Aug 2007
  • First Look

First Look: August 14, 2007

allow holders of patents the right but not the obligation to sue others. We suggest that the likelihood of a patent's being litigated is positively associated with the value of the patent and the extent of disclosure (prior art cited) in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Feb 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways

Business Administration and author of Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring: Case Studies in Bankruptcies, Buyouts, and Breakups As United States equity markets and corporate balance sheets continue their remarkable comeback from... View Details
Keywords: Re: Rosabeth M. Kanter & Stuart C. Gilson; Air Transportation
  • August 2023 (Revised December 2023)
  • Case

Automating Morality: Ethics for Intelligent Machines

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Tom Quinn
As autonomy became a more significant part of modern life – most notably in autonomous vehicles (AVs), such as Teslas – ethical debates about whether and how to impart ethics to machines heated up. Utilitarians pointed out that autonomous vehicles crashed much less... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Judgments; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Disruptive Innovation; Technology Adoption; Risk and Uncertainty; Cognition and Thinking; Technological Innovation; Auto Industry; Technology Industry; Africa; Asia; Europe; North and Central America; Oceania; South America
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  • 07 Aug 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics

infrastructure make a case in point. The exorbitant cost of new structures, the limited number of opportunities for post-Games usage, and even the sometimes questionable quality of the construction are often lost in the excitement of bringing the Olympics to "our... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Sports
  • 21 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: December 21

self-control. We focus on children aged between 5 and 15 as the literature suggests that self-control develops within such age range. We ask each child to toss a fair coin in private and to record the outcome (white or black) on a paper... View Details
  • April 2010 (Revised September 2011)
  • Case

Supply Chain Partners: Virginia Mason and Owens & Minor (A) (Abridged)

By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
Owens & Minor (O&M) performed lean inventory services for Virginia Mason (VM) as its Alpha Vendor, but the outdated industry pricing model created perverse incentives and could not capture O&M's costs. Together, O&M and VM created an activity-based pricing model: Total... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Partners and Partnerships; Activity Based Costing and Management; Business Model; Non-Governmental Organizations; Nonprofit Organizations; Motivation and Incentives; Asset Pricing; Cost Accounting; Fair Value Accounting; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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  • 16 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 16

values in circumstances where these are based on observable prices in liquid secondary markets but caution against expanding fair values to financial reporting more generally.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Aug 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Bargain Hunters Beware: A Store's 'Original Price' Might Not Be After All

handbag with a sale price of $40, along with a “true original price” and a “displayed original price,” each of which ranged $40 to $90. They were then asked a series of questions, including whether they thought the bag was high quality, a good deal, and at a View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising; Retail
  • 29 Apr 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Are First-Time Buyers Left Out of Real Estate’s Rebound?

would lessen the incentive for buying a home. Bottom line, the deduction remained, but with one change. Instead of being unlimited, it was capped at a million dollars. As we look back at what happened with the housing market implosion, I think it's View Details
Keywords: Construction; Real Estate

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