Fair Values - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged

during meetings or some other way. For example, gifts and services are appreciated by people more than ever before. Gifts of consumable items are actually valued these days! A fruit basket looks pretty exciting. Especially good are... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

08 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged

during meetings or some other way. For example, gifts and services are appreciated by people more than ever before. Gifts of consumable items are actually valued these days! A fruit basket looks pretty exciting. Especially good are... View Details

Article

Alfred D. Chandler: His Vision and Achievement

Among historians, Alfred Chandler's influence is by far the greatest, as he has affected economics, sociology, and business administration. Chandler never took short cuts, never stinted, and never published until he was satisfied that he had done his very best.... View Details

Keywords: Goals and Objectives; Mission and Purpose; Success; Books; Demand and Consumers; Power and Influence; Economic Growth; Ethics; Knowledge Sharing; Product Positioning; Market Transactions; Fair Value Accounting

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25 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 25, 2007

for download. Fair (and Not So Fair) Division Author:John W. Pratt Abstract Drawbacks of existing procedures are illustrated and a method of efficient fair division is proposed that avoids them. Given... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2

can be attributed to donor firms' concerns about the potentially negative consequences of scrutiny over outsourcing for themselves and for their affiliated candidates. Fair Pricing Author:Julio J. Rotemberg Publication:Journal of the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

June 2024
Teaching Note

Beamery: Using Skills and AI to Modernize HR

By: Boris Groysberg, David Lane, Susan Pinckney and Alexis Lefort

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 424-004. Unicorn human relationships startup Beamery evaluates it growth versus depth strategy as its strategic partners and customers could become future competitors in a quickly changing AI based human resources and talent management... View Details

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01 Oct 2020
What Do You Think?

Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?

value (has) enabled years of laissez faire democracy.” And of course, the Business Roundtable reinforced the climate for this discussion last year with its “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation.” If our... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

December 2020 (Revised February 2021)
Teaching Note

The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations

By: Mihir A. Desai and Suzanne Antoniou

How should historic social injustices be addressed? Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and their descendants, including Representative Regina Goodwin of Tulsa, believe they should be addressed through reparations and have consequently continued to push the government... View Details

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01 Sep 2011
News

HBS Moves Ahead with Curriculum Innovations

been so much at the heart of the School throughout our existence, is alive and well. And I’m encouraging that as much as anything else. What value does FIELD add to the first-year students’ experience? We all agreed that there were three... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

05 Apr 2018
News

A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art

“The goal is to have impact,” Joyner says of the collection, which ranges from abstract and figurative paintings to 3-D sculpture made from 1945 to the present. “We own some things we think are important; we spent 20 years refining our view of who we think is best in... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

03 Feb 2015
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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

01 Jun 2011
News

The House that Howard Built

was one of the first days of his tenure, and already novice HBS Dean John McArthur was facing a group of fired-up students with a bone to pick. Where, the students wanted to know, was the Starting New Ventures course, listed right there in the MBA catalogue? It was a... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

11 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Group Loyalty a Force for Good or Evil?

unethical actions through inaction—by allowing others to cheat without blowing the whistle. “If you are promoting the value of loyalty, it may be that you need to promote other values at the same time, like... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54955 Assortment Rotation and the Value of Concealment By: Ferreira, Kris, and Joel Goh Abstract—Assortment rotation—the retailing practice of changing the assortment of products offered to... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

28 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 28, 2010

by market forces. We recognize the advantage of using fair values in circumstances where these are based on observable prices in liquid secondary markets but caution against expanding View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2010
News

Ilene Lang

in driving further innovation. It found that those patents filed by gender-balanced teams were cited much more frequently than those filed by single-gender teams. The Paycheck Fairness Act has brought attention to the compensation gap... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; interview; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

14 Nov 2019
News

Keeping Red Lobster Fresh

brand. Well-known, right. How do you change people's vision of what that is? KL: So that is a really terrific question, because our brand is 51 years old and there are a fair number of people who may not have been to one in the past 20... View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer

in expenses. As a result, our net operating surplus more than doubled, enabling us to invest in the School’s emerging strategic priorities while maintaining a healthy unrestricted reserves balance to spur new initiatives. In view of the School’s accomplishments this... View Details

24 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs

consumers bestow their loyalty by spending most of their grocery dollars with one retailer for 1-2 percent payback? Let's look more closely at the actual rewards. They come in two forms : (1) turbo charged vouchers (doubling, tripling, or even quintupling the View Details

Keywords: by Marcel Corstjens & Rajiv Lal; Retail; Consumer Products

March 2022 (Revised March 2024)
Case

DaVita Responds to COVID

By: Susanna Gallani and David Lane

Early in August 2021, DaVita CEO Javier Rodriguez was assessing the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on his firm, which provided life-sustaining kidney dialysis to roughly 240,000 people. Effective infection control practices and information sharing had ensured... View Details