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  • 29 Dec 2019
  • News

Microfinance Spurs Sustained Growth—but Not for Everyone

    Consumers, Corporations and Public Health (Oxford University Press, 2016)

    The public health footprint associated with corporate behavior has come under increased scrutiny in the last decade, with an increased expectation that private profit not come at the expense of consumer welfare.

    Consumers, Corporations, and Public... View Details

      Learning from Customers: Individual and Organizational Effects in Outsourced Radiological Services

      The ongoing fragmentation of work has resulted in a narrowing of tasks into smaller pieces that can be sent outside the organization and, in many instances, around the world. This trend is shifting the boundaries of organizations and leading to increased... View Details

        High Commitment High Performance: How to Build A Resilient Organization for Sustained Advantage

        How to create the high-performance, high-commitment organization.

        Integrating knowledge from strategic management, performance management, and organization design, strategic human resource expert and Harvard Business School Professor Michael Beer outlines... View Details

        • 01 Jun 2023
        • News

        Curb Appeal

        Jessica Tisch (JD/MBA 2008) has a problem. And she couldn’t be happier about it. It’s a chilly February morning in Lower Manhattan, and Tisch, who was appointed commissioner of the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) last April, has only hours to pivot the world’s largest... View Details
        Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government
        • 06 Sep 2016
        • Blog Post

        What Makes the HBS MBA unique?

        This became very apparent to me during the Business, Government, and the International Economy (BGIE) course first year. Our cases focused on different countries, and while we had the professor to guide the discussion, we also had section mates from virtually every... View Details
        • 09 Apr 2018
        • Sharpening Your Skills

        The Dark Side of Performance Bonuses

        field research studies what motivates hairdressers in Zambia to provide HIV/AIDS education in their salons. Is Group Loyalty a Force for Good or Evil? Many organizations try to foster employee loyalty, but at a risk. Researchers discover... View Details
        Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
        • Web

        Alumnae Circles - Alumni

        It provides them with a strong support network and the opportunity to share, support, and inspire one another – personally and professionally – without competition or the need to impress. Members are asked to have an open mind and commit... View Details
        • 14 Mar 2013
        • Working Paper Summaries

        No Taxation without Information: Deterrence and Self-Enforcement in the Value Added Tax

        Keywords: by Dina Pomeranz
        • Research Summary

        Business Leaders and Corporate Responsibility

        By: Thomas R. Piper
        Thomas R. Piper is trying to establish an appropriate sense of ethics and corporate responsibility for future business leaders. Earlier research provided compelling evidence that many future leaders seriously doubt that their interpersonal ethics can be brought into... View Details
        • 2022
        • Article

        Science-based Entrepreneurship in India: A Policy Glass (as yet) Quarter-Full

        By: Tarun Khanna
        India is celebrated for a resurgence of de novo entrepreneurship in recent decades. Entrants have engaged in creative risk-taking to provide market-based solutions for private or social needs despite not being scions of wealthy industrial or business families. In this... View Details
        Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Science; Policy; Investment
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        • 2024
        • Working Paper

        Operational Impact of Communication Channels: Evidence from Last-Mile Delivery Services

        By: Natalie Epstein, Santiago Gallino and Antonio Moreno
        Communication channels are often used to improve customer satisfaction and behavior. This paper studies how they can be used to enhance operational performance.
        We partner with a last-mile delivery company and, through natural and field experiments, explore... View Details
        Keywords: Customer Satisfaction; Consumer Behavior; Logistics; Communication
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        • June 2015 (Revised January 2017)
        • Case

        Greece's Debt: Sustainable?

        By: George Serafeim
        The case "Greece's Debt: Sustainable?" describes the Greek economic crisis, bailout from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the debt restructuring that followed. Because of a lack of trust in Greece's ability to repay its debt, two... View Details
        Keywords: Debt Crisis; Accounting; Debt Sustainability; Austerity; Solvency Opinions; Borrowing and Debt; Restructuring; Valuation; Accrual Accounting; Fair Value Accounting; Economy; Greece
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        • September 2013
        • Article

        Great Leaders Who Make the Mix Work

        By: Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly
        Business leaders send a powerful message when they make a commitment to diversity that goes beyond rhetoric. But what motivates them to do so, and how do they actually create inclusive cultures? To find out, the authors interviewed 24 CEOs whose firms were known for... View Details
        Keywords: Leadership Development; Working Conditions; Leading Change; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Diversity; Gender
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        • 2010
        • Working Paper

        Just Say No to Wall Street: Putting A Stop to the Earnings Game

        By: Joseph Fuller and Michael C. Jensen

        Putting an end to the "earnings game" requires that CEOs reclaim the initiative by avoiding earnings guidance and managing expectations in such a way that their stocks trade reasonably close to their intrinsic value. In place of earnings forecasts, management should... View Details

        Keywords: Stocks; Performance Expectations; Goals and Objectives; Risk and Uncertainty; Growth and Development Strategy; Decisions; Risk Management; Budgets and Budgeting; Earnings Management; Value; Projects
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        • Research Summary

        Overview

        Patient Portals: The Provider Role
        Patient portals are widespread, but evidence of impact is limited. In this study, we use a large dataset spanning 2 years and >1 million patients across 650 primary care practices to explore the "other side" of portals: health... View Details
        Keywords: Healthcare Technology; Electronic Health Records; Health Care Delivery

          Strong Brands, Strong Relationships

          From the editor team of the ground-breaking Consumer-Brand Relationships: Theory and Practice comes this new volume. Strong Brands, Strong Relationships is a collection of innovative research and management insights that... View Details

          • 24 Feb 2021
          • Lessons from the Classroom

          What History's Biggest Wars Teach Us About Leading in Peace

          “to help them find a way forward,” he says. Last spring, he took those lessons into the classroom with a new course, “War & Peace: The Lessons of History for Leadership, Strategy, Negotiation, Policy, and Humanity.” The course View Details
          Keywords: by Lane Lambert
          • Web

          Courses - Business History

          Courses Since 1927, Harvard Business School has been a pioneer in teaching business history. The Business History Initiative continues this tradition and seeks to facilitate and promote course development in business history globally. We View Details
          • Web

          Request the Data - Leadership

          only one copy of the Excel spreadsheet for non-commercial use. I will only provide portions of the information in print or by secure electronic means to a limited number of individuals within my organization. I agree to include the... View Details