by Robert Gibbons - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Nov 2010
News

On Creative Accounting: Two Creativity Myths

27 Feb 2024
Cold Call Podcast

How Could Harvard Decarbonize Its Supply Chain?

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Shirley Lu; Green Technology

31 Oct 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017

after misconduct. The labor market partially undoes firm-level discipline by rehiring such advisers. Firms that hire these advisers also have higher rates of prior misconduct themselves, suggesting "matching on misconduct." These firms... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

17 Dec 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’

early weeks (the man does not let up!), the students come to appreciate the intensity and rapid-fire humor of their teacher. Clearly, he cares. A lot. And by the end of the semester, something transformative has happened: They are better... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Retail

Clayton S. Rose

Clayton Rose is Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice. He currently teaches the course Accountability in the Advanced Management Program. His research is focused on the how leaders can manage the challenges created by the intense, varied and often... View Details

Keywords: financial services

01 Jun 2007
What Do You Think?

How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance?

items caught my eye recently. The first was the report from the Home Depot annual meeting contrasting this year's investor-friendlier tone set by the company's new CEO, Frank Blake, with last year's, led by... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

04 Dec 2012
News

Harvard Lecturer Explains How To Achieve Extreme Productivity At Work

17 Sep 2021
News

Christmas Toys Shortage Fears As Pandemic Disrupts Global Supply

09 Jan 2015
News

Report: Don't let integration cause physician micromanagement

19 Sep 2018
News

How To End Procrastination And Finish That Big Project

01 Jan 2010
News

Kolmogorov Medal from the University of London

23 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Will the “Long Tail” Work for Hollywood?

able to deliver just what consumers want. Ten years ago, however, Philip Cook and Robert Frank’s The Winner-Take-All Society: Why the Few at the Top Get So Much More Than the Rest of Us argued exactly the opposite. Why would you watch... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Entertainment & Recreation

24 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Who Sets Your Benchmarks?

pursuing your goals accordingly. In this excerpt, he discusses the unfortunate and all-too-common tendency to focus on extrinsic rather than intrinsic motivators. Who Sets Your Benchmarks? From, What You're Really Meant to Do: A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique... View Details

10 Sep 2001
What Do You Think?

Do MBAs Need More Street Smarts?

savvy and political skill" (Mal Rudner). Efforts may be underway to understand more about issues related to street smarts. Lilly Evans, for example, cited the work in "practical intelligence" by Prof. View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

20 May 2013
Research & Ideas

The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness

Competitiveness: Paths Forward," an HBS initiative, was an appearance by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, who was brought in by wheelchair but rose to his feet to speak about how the city could be a model... View Details

Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette

25 Aug 2022
News

GOP Fury Over ESG Triggers Backlash With US Pensions at Risk

30 Mar 2015
Video

HBS Campaign - Texas Events

30 Jul 2001
What Do You Think?

What’s the Future of Corporate Governance?

pays for it? Should there be an independent firm that is appointed by the SEC?" What do you think? Original Article Observers such as Jay Lorsch, in his book Pawns and Potentates, has argued that boards of directors often have... View Details