Current Account - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'

many new cases arrive at the same time, companies could be much less well-served by the bankruptcy reorganization process.” What makes the current financial crisis unique is that the economic harm caused by forced shutdowns is being felt... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking

12 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

Corporate Innovation Increasingly Benefits from Government Research

spending. “If more inventions are building on federal grants, it suggests that support is becoming more important to research generally.” Since then, corporate spending has continued to rise, while government funding has leveled off. By 2016, businesses View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

29 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

The History and Influence of Andy Grove

is Veritas. I tried to provide a truthful, objective account of Andy Grove's life and times in this book. However, the reader should be aware that Grove is a magnetic man. It is impossible, for me at least, to have spent as much time with... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

10 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

do, measure how well we execute, and create options for doing even better—including improving DBS itself.” Cost cutting is inevitable in dire times, but the current crisis is an opportunity for an intense questioning of... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden

11 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

Mixing Open Source and Proprietary Software Strategies

or base, and the extensions. There's an asymmetry between these two because the base can be used without the extensions, but to use the extensions you need the base. So, there are a few overall business models that currently exist in the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Web Services

23 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings

support every low- to moderate-income family, says Tufano. Beyond valuable programs like Social Security, tax breaks for savers, or auto-enrollment initiatives, there are more innovative and exciting projects: Prize-linked savings View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands

should they balance operational activities and advocacy efforts? How can they better measure performance against their missions and improve accountability to stakeholders?" The authors discuss their book in the following Q&A.... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

always wanted to talk about one thing: business history. In his 80s, he maintained the enthusiasm of a graduate student pouring over research notes. He was invariably taking a break from his current writing project and was eager to talk... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

04 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Diversity Boosts Profits in Venture Capital Firms

Business School alone accounted for some 25 percent of VCs. What’s more, these numbers have changed little over time, with the percentage of women in venture capital staying consistent at 8 percent from 1990 to 2016, despite gains in STEM... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Banking; Financial Services

10 Jul 2007
What Do You Think?

How Much of Leadership Is About Control, Delegation, or Theater?

that actions of leaders most often explain no more than 10 percent of performance. Such things as a company's operating environment, the economy in general, or its long-run success or failure account for more of its View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

12 Mar 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Firing the CEO

skills, values, and abilities who can build a strong leadership team. If a family member has the right mix of strengths, having a family leader is usually the better choice. If not, find a nonfamily executive who is a good match. The CEO is always View Details

13 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm

through the financial crisis, and Exxon has done the same in the precipitous drop in oil prices from $147 to $33 per barrel. I have spent a lot of time recently with leadership groups and the media discussing the "7 Lessons" and applying them to the View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Workshop Encourages Corporate Reporting on Environmental and Social Sustainability

financial and accounting professionals, regulators, corporate executives, educators, fund managers and environmental sustainability advocates around the topic, according to the organizer, HBS professor Robert G. Eccles. Eccles, a pioneer... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Accounting

30 Jun 2021
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

book with me after she raved about it and we both continue to reflect on key learnings. I swiftly followed this book with A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, which contributed towards my cultural awareness learning; it is also an artistic gem that I could not... View Details

Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland

20 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry

In a recently published book on current international research in business history, edited by Harvard Business School professor Geoffrey Jones, HBS professor emeritus Alfred D. Chandler Jr. contributed an essay on the opportunities... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Consumer Products

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 control systems. The project analyzes... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

03 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Is the Future of MBA Education?

remain relevant, business schools will have to rethink many of their most cherished assumptions." In an interview, we asked Datar and Garvin to explain more. Datar, the Arthur Lowes Dickinson Professor of Accounting at Harvard University,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

18 Jun 2007
Op-Ed

Leveling the Executive Options Playing Field

United States than elsewhere. Nonetheless, it is enlightening to realize that there are many different ways to solve this problem and that the current situation is not a natural solution. 5. Bringing the tax treatment of stock options... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir Desai

06 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Expensing Options Doesn’t Solve the Problem

problems at Enron from its reported financial statements. In this regard, current accounting for stock options actually serves as a model for disclosure, in some respects. Investors are given lots of... View Details

Keywords: by William Sahlman

01 May 2006
Research & Ideas

What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure

works for. Career concerns occur whenever employees take into account the impact of their current actions on their future career. The results of the research suggest that financial disclosures have... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

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