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Health Care - Faculty & Research
too often, when graduates of these programs enter the workforce, they find themselves unequipped to meet the challenges for innovation of 21st century health care. December 2014 Article No Margin, No Mission? A Field Experiment on View Details
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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research
Social Enterprise Social Enterprise April 2013 Article Who Is Governing Whom? Executives, Governance, and the Structure of Generosity in Large U.S. Firms By: Christopher Marquis and Matthew Lee We examine how organizational structure... View Details
- 12 May 2023
- Blog Post
Independent Project: The Rise of Electric Heat Pumps
most viable to meet a home’s holistic heating and cooling needs. Here are the most important components of TCO and how they may drive meaningful cost differences: Government incentives: the Inflation Reduction Act makes owning a heat pump... View Details
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Curriculum - Business & Environment
Government and the International Economy Pakistan at 75: When Will the "Nazuk Mor" End? Singapore: "From Third World to First" Thailand: Red Shirts, Yellow Shirts, and a Green Revolution Data Science for Managers Arla Foods: Decarbonizing... View Details
- 02 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
When Goal Setting Goes Bad
Business School. We asked Professor Bazerman to explore in more depth some of the paper's findings. Sean Silverthorne: So, are you against incentives and goals? Max Bazerman: No, my coauthors and I are not against incentives. We believe... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- October 2020 (Revised February 2021)
- Case
The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations
By: Mihir A. Desai, Suzanne Antoniou and Leanne Fan
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
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Judgments; Race; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Policy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government Legislation; Government and Politics; Government Administration; Lawsuits and Litigation; Legal Liability; Leading Change; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Conflict and Resolution; Conflict Management; Loss; Motivation and Incentives; Perspective; Prejudice and Bias; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Tulsa; Oklahoma; United States
Desai, Mihir A., Suzanne Antoniou, and Leanne Fan. "The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations." Harvard Business School Case 221-039, October 2020. (Revised February 2021.)
- 27 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
(benefits) for firms with weak (strong) nonfinancial performance and disclosure. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54302 Government Incentives and Financial Intermediaries:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- September 2009
- Article
Virtue out of Necessity? Compliance, Commitment and the Improvement of Labor Conditions in Global Supply Chains
By: Akshay Mangla, Richard Locke and Matthew Amengual
Private, voluntary compliance programs, promoted by global corporations and nongovernmental organizations alike, have produced only modest and uneven improvements in working conditions and labor rights in most global supply chains. Through a detailed study of a major... View Details
Mangla, Akshay, Richard Locke, and Matthew Amengual. "Virtue out of Necessity? Compliance, Commitment and the Improvement of Labor Conditions in Global Supply Chains." Politics & Society 37, no. 3 (September 2009): 319–351.
- 27 Dec 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
How Should We Pay for Health Care?
- 07 May 2014
- What Do You Think?
How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?
how the absolute can be changed. A few suggestions: appropriate education; socio-economic policies that foster the family unit; incentives for capital formation and application, health improvements, elimination of resource waste... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
When the Internet Runs Out of IP Addresses
infrastructure is largely private. ISPs make their own decisions about what systems to install, and what services to provide. Certainly governments can offer incentives, but when Japan experimented with IPv6 deployment View Details
- 17 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
If the CEO’s High Salary Isn't Justified to Employees, Firm Performance May Suffer
kutaytanir It’s no surprise that business executives make more money than lower-level employees. But when that pay disparity between a CEO and the average worker is perceived as unfair, the result may be more than unhappy workers: A firm’s performance can deteriorate.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Faculty - Creating Emerging Markets
Research Interests : competitive advantage , competitive strategy , game theory Srikant M. Datar George F. Baker Professor of Administration Dean of the Faculty Research Interests : balanced scorecard , corporate governance , innovation ,... View Details
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Entrepreneurial Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research
large companies as well as the public sector benefit just as much as a small firm’s founder from the lessons we will explore. Examining small companies allows us to more fully understand decision-making and incentives at a much deeper... View Details
- 31 Oct 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017
Potential of Patient-Reported Outcomes By: Rotenstein, Lisa, Robert S. Huckman, and Neil Wagle Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53372 forthcoming Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics Innovation View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens
blocking power. So let’s assume that, with many contenders, Amazon had powerful reasons to choose New York. Comparative advantages presumably ranged from a large and highly educated employee pool to big incentives and to local... View Details
- 07 Jun 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
How Short-Termism Invites Corruption--And What to Do About It
Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter
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About - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
financial stability? Do the banking and shadow banking sectors contribute to financial instability? Do novel financial products contribute to instability? Governance, Incentives, and Culture How important are organizational incentives and... View Details
Walter A. Friedman
Walter A. Friedman is Director of the Business History Initiative and Lecturer. He edits Business History Review with Geoff Jones. He specializes in business, labor, and economic history. He is author of Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's First... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets
when big scandals happen, like Enron and WorldCom, the weak link often turns out to be auditors. Managers are mostly truth-tellers but have incentives to embellish and sometimes commit fraud. So we rely on auditors to mitigate that... View Details