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  • 09 Sep 2024
  • HBS Case

McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace

Easterbrook was fined $400,000 and barred from serving as a public company officer or director for five years. The SEC didn’t impose a financial penalty on McDonald’s, citing its cooperation in the investigation, though the company did... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman; Food & Beverage
  • 08 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 8, 2015

era to those of today. Next, we explain why transparency is desirable, even if full compliance is not achieved. We then outline the obstacles—both psychological and institutional—to comprehensive reporting. We go on to discuss possible remedies and end by drawing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2025
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Unlocking Innovation: A Leader's Guide to Turning Bold Ideas Into Tangible Results By Robyn Bolton (MBA 2005) Page Two Press Only 1 in every 50,000 incubated ideas reaches $1 million in sales. If you ask most corporate executives why their... View Details
  • 22 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 22

responsible for sustainability, and top executive incentives are more likely to be a function of sustainability metrics. Moreover, they are more likely to have organized procedures for stakeholder engagement, to be more long-term oriented, and to exhibit more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 15, 2015

(Frank) Li, and Dylan B. Minor Abstract—We link the corporate governance literature in financial economics to the agency cost perspective of corporate social responsibility (CSR) to derive theoretical predictions about the relationship... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 03 Feb 2015
  • First Look

First Look: February 3

Abstract—Regulation Fair Disclosure was passed in 2000 in response to the concern that certain investors were gaining selective access to privileged firm information. In spite of the passage of this regulation, some investors continue to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 May 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

which require full and fair disclosure of the financial performance of companies and of the risks associated with their business. This attitude is reminiscent of the Roaring Twenties when, according to... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
  • 26 Jan 2016
  • First Look

January 26, 2016

non-English-speaking country and has more English-speaking analysts participating in the call. Our results highlight that when disclosure takes the form of verbal communication, language barriers between speaker and listener affect the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

with the organization as it's building its capacity and figuring out its accountability priorities. But that's still relatively rare. The third issue is the difference between financial and social metrics. We have a system of generally... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 03 Nov 2015
  • First Look

November 3, 2015

behavioral hazard, providing a theoretical foundation for value-based insurance design and a way to interpret behavioral "nudges." Once behavioral hazard is taken into account, health insurance can do more than just provide View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jan 2014
  • First Look

First Look: January 14

http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/14-040_96933ceb-3097-4432-97d1-0b32625889f9.pdf January 2014 Harvard Business Review Building a Game-Changing Talent Strategy By: Ready, Douglas A., Linda A. Hill, and Robert J. Thomas Abstract—When most of the world's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Feb 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 2

welfare enhancing. In this case, the net cost of both contracting directly on an aggregate measure and exploiting career incentives based on disaggregated measures is smaller than the cost of contracting directly on disaggregate measures. Our findings also imply that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: February 7

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/112006-PDF-ENG Business Intelligence Advisors (BIA), Inc.: Finding the Hidden Meaning in Corporate Disclosures Lauren H. Cohen and Christopher MalloyHarvard Business School Case 212-031 Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne