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- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
lower level. Finally, executives can use accounting and control systems to adjust the span of influence. For example, the span will be wider for View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 01 Jan 2020
- What Do You Think?
Why Not Open America's Doors to All the World’s Talent?
system (largely intended to identify the attractiveness or special needs of a potential immigrant) used in Canada and some other countries.” Do you agree with David Wittenberg regarding the adoption View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Teaching for the Ages: the MBA Classroom in the 21st Century
different could things be?” It’s only been thirteen years since I graduated from HBS, and we in the Class of 1988 were remarkably forward-thinking about technology. Ours was the first class to have a subject called View Details
- 03 Nov 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency?
not only a company's numbers but also the systems that produce the numbers. Finally, public accountants will have to evaluate the work of the boards' audit committees that hired them. The bill for the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
Inside Chinese Business: A Guide for Managers Worldwide reveals the social and cultural values that underpin Chinese business practices and influence day-to-day corporate decisions. Written by Ming-Jer Chen, an expert on business strategy... View Details
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
School Case 117-107 Management Control Systems Module 7: Designing Asset Allocation Systems This module provides tools for acquiring and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Dec 2009
- News
Don’t Scare the Bankers
intended) of Foxwoods than Bretton Woods, it is the bankers who have scared the rest of us to death. A measure of that concern can be found in the work View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Security Chief
Parker Imagine having a conversation with the head of HR that goes something like this: Over the past several years with the company, I’ve helped turn around an ailing division. Now I’d like to try my hand at View Details
- 09 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety
Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School, and Mike Toffel, the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management at HBS, experts in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Tried and Tested
because disentangling the type of person who makes the choice from the impact of the choice itself adds another challenge. In my data, I saw that employees who smoked would sometimes be assigned to View Details
- 15 May 2019
- Research Event
The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History
Lalocracio In thinking about the current contested state of global capitalism, and what to do about it, much can be learned from the debates I heard at the recent Harvard Business School conference, Seeking the Unconventional in Forging Histories of Capitalism, which... View Details
- 25 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 25
Accountability and Span of Control to Implement Business Strategy By: Simons, Robert Abstract—This study focuses on the relationship between business strategy, organization structure, and diagnostic View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Tax and Grow
measures to prevent some unintended consequences. A large fraction of corporations’ excess cash — as much as two-thirds, according to some estimates — is held outside the United States to avoid the “repatriation taxes” that occur under... View Details
- 27 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID
Control and Prevention—using big data, such as cellular data, credit card usage information, and surveillance camera footage—traced the infected person’s steps to locate everyone that he or she had come into direct contact with. All View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?
No sector of our economy is more in need of innovation than health care, yet its many regulations handcuff entrepreneurs. A consumer-driven health-care system will unlock these... View Details
- 11 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 11
Sustainable Evaluation System Strategy By: Eccles, Robert G., and Peijun Duan Abstract—China's sustainable development faces three challenges: first, the follow-up momentum of sustainable economic growth and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Get Creative
program, featuring a takeoff on “get out of jail free” cards from the board game Monopoly. This wasn’t a blockbuster like the new shaving systems for women, but it showed that everyone has a role to play in... View Details
- 04 Apr 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?
those voices and is going off in his own way. And I think Facebook grew too fast. A little bit like Frankenstein's monster grew out of control I think he feels trapped, but I don't think he's really... View Details
Keywords: Re: Andi Wang
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
collection of patient physiological measurements such as blood pressure, weight, or blood glucose levels—and both commercial health insurers as well as the Medicare system have seen dramatic increases in the... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
with HBS professor William Kirby and Regina Abrami (PMD 76, 2001) of the Wharton School. In addition to teaching in several HBS Executive Education programs, McFarlan has been a guest professor at Tsinghua University’s School View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg