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- 10 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Counting Up the Effects of Sarbanes-Oxley
approach when considering SOX," explains Srinivasan. The most worrisome part of the act on the business side was the mandate that required public companies to obtain an independent audit of their internal control practices. The cost... View Details
- 25 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 25
controlled the allocation of financial resources into two new varieties of state capitalism: Leviathan as a majority and as a minority investor. In this book we study the implications of such transformation using detailed data from Brazil... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The New CEO’s Wrong Message
Bearing full responsibility for a company's success or failure, but being unable to control most of what will determine it. Having more authority than anyone else in the organization, but being unable to wield it without unhappy... View Details
- 09 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018
estimate their direct and indirect effects on real activity. Credit supply shocks have sizable direct and downstream propagation effects on investment and output throughout the period but no significant... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why We Blab Our Intimate Secrets on Facebook
unprofessional, it featured red font and a pixelated cartoon devil. Other participants received a deliberately professional-looking survey titled "Carnegie Mellon University Executive Council Survey on Ethical Behaviors," which sported the school's official crest. A... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Apr 2020
- News
What My Time in Vietnam Taught Me About Dealing with Shortages
given authority to decide whether spare parts should be sent to combat troops or to the evolving production base. By centralizing inventory control in this manner, the optimum use was made of scarce supplies. The US economy can work... View Details
- 04 Oct 2007
- What Do You Think?
Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?
of direct oversight of management by owners—an important element of owners' capitalism—through the vehicle of private equity ownership is the answer. Adrian Grigoriu maintains that "A private ownership will tend to hold more View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 30 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.
alternative could be joint partnerships in which banks fund the small businesses they wish to, and direct those that they are unable to fund to a vetted third-party fintech partner. While this is practice has become the law in the United... View Details
- 17 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Applying the MBA Skillset to Global Health Challenges: Summer Fellow Vasilis Theodorou (MBA 2022)
diseases in low-and middle-income countries. I am part of CHAI’s Global Malaria Strategy and Financing team, a team that provides direct technical and operational support to countries to strengthen their malaria programs and eradicate the... View Details
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Polaroid Films - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details
- 31 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Improving Fairness in Flight Delays
Assistant Professor Douglas Fearing doesn't have the magic bullet to make this painful part of air travel a thing of the past. But his research on evaluating and improving the performance of complex systems such as air traffic control... View Details
- 03 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 3
goal of residency training. The Confederacy of Heterogeneous Software Organizations and Heterogeneous Developers: Field Experimental Evidence on Sorting and Worker Effort Authors:Kevin J. Boudreau and Karim R. Lakhani Publication:In The Rate and View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Early Years at HBS - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
After Ozempic
Nordisk controlled almost half of the global insulin market. Then came Ozempic, which turned Novo’s balance sheet on its head. The business that for a century had considered itself a diabetes company saw its earnings from diabetes... View Details
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
challenge ahead. We’ve included direct responses from our 600 CEOs to reflect their current thinking and concerns. Nutrition and hydration This may seem obvious—but under stressful or traumatic conditions the body’s usual signals of... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54490 May–June 2018 Harvard Business Review Structure That's Not Stifling: How to Give Your People Essential Direction—Without Shutting Them Down By: Gulati, Ranjay Abstract—Most leaders view employee... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
Marketing After the Recession
the result will be continuing downward pressure on prices. Economic recovery will not allow producers to let up on tightening cost controls and improving productivity. Know your lead indicators. Every good marketer knows the specific... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Action Plan: Net Proceeds
“I’m a root-cause kind of guy,” says Robert Goodwin (GMP 3, 2007), reflecting on a military, government, and civilian career that has taken him from counterdrug operations in Colombia to assisting with the peace process in Sudan to rebuilding the health care system in... View Details
- 18 May 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Anjali Vaidya (MBA 2010)
enjoy team management for the teaching aspect. It’s personally very rewarding to see someone take my advice or general direction and produce useful results. I enjoy turnarounds because they are very difficult and no one expects the... View Details
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Linking the Globe: The Role of Media and Communications
critically important commercially, but even more so politically. The third critical juncture, she said, is where we are right now with the information revolution, the impact of which will be particularly important in the media industry. "Media is about... View Details