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  • 05 Mar 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments

demand reimbursement from the poor. And they have fought arbitration decisions that they believe have not take into account the one-sided nature of deals, underlying corruption, and the impact of economic crises. Q: What are some of the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Utilities
  • 01 Nov 2021
  • What Do You Think?

How Long Does It Take to Improve an Organization’s Culture?

comments below. Editor's note: Heskett explores the leader's role in his upcoming book, Win From Within: Build Organizational Culture for Competitive Advantage, available in January 2022. References: Randall Beck and Jim Harter, “Managers View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 07 Jul 2022
  • HBS Case

How a Multimillion-Dollar Ice Cream Startup Melted Down (and Bounced Back)

That shop is currently thriving. Lessons for those on the rebound About half of failed founders relaunch a new business within five years of a business closing, says Hyde. They often jump right back into the same industry and repeat the... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • Web

Faculty & Research - Business & Environment

currently cover only forever chemicals in... April 2025 Teaching Material What IKEA Do We Want? By: Juan Alcácer Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 720-429. 2025 Working Paper Prices and Concentration: A U-shape? Theory and Evidence from... View Details
  • 22 May 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Forgiving Student Loan Debt Leads to Better Jobs, Stronger Consumers

largest consumer debt in the US, trailing only mortgage loans—and surpassing car loans, credit card debt, and home equity lines of credit. Source: New York Fed Consumer Credit Panel/Equifax Many people who currently carry student debt are... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • February 2014
  • Teaching Note

Olympus (A)

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Suraj Srinivasan
As 2012 approached the woes of the financial crisis seemed to be fading, companies were resuming business as usual and some of the scrutiny on corporate governance practices began to recede as well. That is until another major financial scandal emerged in Japan in the... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Corporate Governance; Corporate Accountability; Electronics Industry; Japan
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  • 21 Nov 2006
  • First Look

First Look: November 21, 2006

pricing, the timing of investments, and who captures the greatest value at different phases of product generations. The Press as a Watchdog for Accounting Fraud Author:Gregory S. Miller Periodical:Journal of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2008
  • Case

Thomas Green:Power, Office Politics and a Career in Crisis

By: W. Earl Sasser
The case describes the dilemma of a marketing manager, Thomas Green, who, after being rapidly promoted, is harshly criticized by his boss, Frank Davis. Green and Davis disagree on work styles and market projections. Green believes the sales goals set by Davis are based... View Details
Keywords: Relationships; Personal Development and Career; Conflict and Resolution; Failure; Accounting; Creativity
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  • Research Summary

Hybrid organizing

By: Julie Battilana

While historically the commercial and social sectors have evolved on fairly separate tracks, over the last 30 years we have witnessed a blurring of the boundaries between these two sectors. In an effort to account for this transition, Professor Battilana’s second... View Details

  • 01 Apr 2024
  • In Practice

Navigating the Mood of Customers Weary of Price Hikes

consumers can more flexibly adjust habits. More sophisticated firms take this into account when formulating their strategies and making long-run forecasts. Attention of regulators. The Federal Trade Commission recently released a report... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Retail; Consumer Products
  • 2014
  • Chapter

Promoting Corporate Sustainability through Integrated Reporting: The Role of Investment Fiduciaries and the Responsibilities of the Corporate Board

By: Robert G. Eccles, J. Herron and George Serafeim
This book is a comprehensive reference work exploring recent changes and future trends in the principles that govern institutional investors and fiduciaries. A wide range of contributors offer new perspectives on dynamics that drive the current emphasis on short-term... View Details
Keywords: Governance; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Institutional Investing; Financial Services Industry
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  • 19 Dec 2017
  • News

What Investors Need to Consider About Tax Reform

  • Web

Asia Pacific - Global

discussions held in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Beijing. At these events, Prof. Gompers introduced his new course, Entrepreneurship Outside the Valley, which currently featured 25 cases across continents, and shared his research insights on... View Details
  • 23 Nov 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care

terms of drugs, technology, devices, information technology, and personnel; then secondarily, the current regulations in place and the payment models. Part of the purpose of writing Designing Care has been to emphasize the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health
  • 01 Nov 2017
  • What Do You Think?

What Are the Real Lessons of the Wells Fargo Case?

leadership might begin by changing the Visions and Values section on the current company web page to read: “We believe in our vision and values more strongly today than we did the first time we put them on paper more than 20 years ago.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Banking
  • 19 Sep 2006
  • First Look

First Look: September 19, 2006

rises rapidly; it is now four times as high as in 2000. Many underdogs thus in fact appear to be losers. We also find evidence of a superstar effect. Among the best-performing titles, an ever-smaller number of titles accounts for the bulk... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Measure Outcomes & Cost for Every Patient - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

health care agenda. Health care invests billions of dollars in quality measurement programs and complex cost accounting systems yet these systems currently fail to collect outcomes that matter to patients... View Details
  • 18 Nov 2008
  • First Look

First Look: November 18, 2008

reported accounting problems in early 2007. The resulting liquidity crisis forced the company to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. According to the Bankruptcy Examiner assigned to investigate New Century, the company's troubles... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

non-rational expectations to account for boom-bust macroeconomic cycles. The authors incorporate diagnostic expectations into a workhorse neoclassical business cycle model with heterogeneous firms and risky debt. To generate the size of... View Details
  • 2014
  • Book

The Integrated Reporting Movement: Meaning, Momentum, Motives, and Materiality.

By: Robert G. Eccles and Michael P. Krzus
The Integrated Reporting Movement explores the meaning of the concept, explains the forces that provide momentum to the associated movement, and examines the motives of the actors involved. The book posits integrated reporting as a key mechanism by which... View Details
Keywords: Integrated Reporting; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Society
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