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- 04 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018
to shareholders $7 trillion via buybacks and dividends, over 96% of their aggregate net income, prompting claims that "short-termism" is impairing firms' ability to invest and innovate. We show that, when taking into account both direct... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
Burgers with Bugs? What Happens When Restaurants Ignore Online Reviews
thoughtful about displaying reviews by trustworthy users. Farronato and Zervas’ research takes into account whether a restaurant had received recent reviews and reviewers’ history throughout Yelp to ward off some of this bias. “The... View Details
- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
than measurements indicate? The current research explores problems that result, in part, from malfeasance by outside perpetrators who overstate their efforts to increase their measured performance. In parallel, similar vulnerabilities... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
serve as an accountability system for restaurants. However, cities (which are responsible for inspections) have limited resources to dispatch inspectors, which in turn limits the number of inspections that can be performed. We argue that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 11
This note describes the development and the current state of the inventory-based lending industry. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/612057-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 713-073 Monetary Policy and Bank Supervision No... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
structure the background against which business operates. The aim is to develop a plausible framework for managerial decision-making that respects the fact of value pluralism in a global economy and that fosters meaningful criticism of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Want Most in a CEO: A Good Listener
accounted for 29 percent. The researchers used machine learning algorithms to map the text of the job descriptions into six distinct clusters of skills: administrative, management of financial and material resources, management of human... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 02 Apr 2020
- What Do You Think?
What Are Lessons for Leaders from This Black Swan Crisis?
Eddisonphotos SUMMING UP In What Ways Will the Pandemic Stimulate Research in Leadership? Preparation for Black Swan events, to the extent that it is even possible, has to be balanced against the demands for short-term results. It may be a fruitless effort. But in the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- January 2023
- Teaching Note
The Opioid Settlement and Executive Pay at AmerisourceBergen
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan Ni
Teaching Note for HBS Case No 122-014. In 2020, AmerisourceBergen Corporation, a Fortune 50 company in the drug distribution industry, agreed to settle thousands of lawsuits filed nationwide against the company for its opioid distribution practices that critics alleged... View Details
Keywords: Opioids; Shareholder Activism; Investment Activism; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Governance Compliance; Governance Controls; Executive Compensation; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Distribution Industry; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States; West Virginia; Tennessee; Ohio; Pennsylvania
- 26 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 26
and "In re CNX Gas" and provides commentary on current developments, such as "Say on Pay," proxy access and the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010. A new chapter on executive compensation appears. The fourth edition provides... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018
tight labor market, it is critical to understand how to effectively reward employees. To address this question, we review relevant evidence that explains the importance of workplace rewards and recognition. Based on a review and synthesis of the View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?
quality, such as requiring reviewers to create publicly available profiles, and identifying some as "elite reviewers" based on their number of reviews, so users can give them extra weight. Holding users accountable with social... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance?
into account the spread in pay packages between the top two executives in the organizations whose bonds it rates. Presumably, the larger the spread, the lower the bond rating, reflecting the higher implied risk associated with a large... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 28 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
Currently a Unilever brand can be found in one out of every two households in the world. This book has related how these brands came to form part of the everyday life of so many people as the world "globalized" from the 1960s.... View Details
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
centuries, we document two new facts: there has been convergence in adoption lags between rich and poor countries, while there has been divergence in penetration rates. Using a model of adoption and growth, we show that these changes in the pattern of technology... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Budgeting Kills Your Company
are looking for alternatives that reduce time and better align spending with strategy. Look at your own company's budget process: Has it really helped you do a better job of belt tightening during the current slowdown? Many companies have... View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gary
- 16 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising
constant link to the Web that will place today's 56k modem in the history books next to the UNIVAC—promises to transform the advertising industry. Currently only about 1.4 million U.S. households have a high-speed Internet hookup, but... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 30 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
How Technology Adoption Affects Global Economies
hegemony of Western Europe through the lens of technology and geography. “What we showed is that past technology determines current technology.” "It was a nice story, but the evidence was mostly anecdotal," Comin says. "I thought it would... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
However, high purpose firms come in two forms: firms that are characterized by high camaraderie between workers and firms that are characterized by high clarity from management. We document that firms exhibiting both high purpose and clarity have systematically higher... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Research Summary
Renovating Democratic Capitalism
This in-process work focuses on how best to address the declining public trust and confidence in democratic capitalism, which many citizens consider to be a cornerstone of our national ideology and identity? While the answer to this question is not entirely clear, I... View Details