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  • 02 Aug 2004
  • What Do You Think?

For Greater Transparency, Is Section 404 an Effective Response?

of the article. Richard Eckel opined that "A basic misconception is that Section 404 increases transparency afforded to stakeholders... What 404 does is require that View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • January 2007 (Revised October 2008)
  • Case

H&R Block 2006

By: Peter Tufano
Mark Ernst, the Chairman, CEO and President of H&R Block, has to decide how to respond to a competitive threat posed by a competitor's refund-lending product. Block is the largest U.S. tax preparation firm, which competes not only on its tax preparation services, but... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Financing and Loans; Personal Finance; Taxation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Competition; Financial Services Industry
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  • 12 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 12

shareholders, and other stakeholders. However, doing so will not always serve shareholders' interests. I leverage the positive accounting literature's current understanding of properties of financial reports... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Aug 2016
  • Blog Post

CS50 for MBAs: Coding at HBS

knowledge I had was some basic HTML/CSS knowledge from keeping a Xanga blog in high school (how's that for a throwback?). One of my stated goals for business school was to transition to a company and career... View Details
  • 25 Mar 2008
  • News

Whistling Past the Graveyard

cite when claiming that the economy is basically doing OK. It was those “fundamentals” that Herbert Hoover was extolling just before the Great Depression hit. Some of the fundamentals, macro and micro,... View Details
Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance
  • 15 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 15, 2015

grounded in the competitive dynamics that may otherwise drive a race-to-the-bottom. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50203 forthcoming Journal of Business Ethics Corporate... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 20 Dec 2016
  • First Look

December 20, 2016

recent research and highlights organizational work environment influences on those processes. We revisit basic assumptions underlying the 1988 model, modify certain components and causal connections, and introduce four new constructs into... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

It’s Alive! Business Scholars Turn to Experimental Research

experimental studies at major universities. "Those books are basically reviews of social science research papers," says Norton, a social scientist who has been teaching in the Marketing Unit since 2005. "It... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Sep 2004
  • News

Inside Executive Search

is a delicate feat that first requires a basic understanding of how these firms work. In The 5 Patterns of Extraordinary Careers (Crown Business), James M. Citrin (MBA 1986), a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Corporate Services; Corporate Services; Corporate Services
  • 15 Aug 2005
  • HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

the basic management issues it raises—the value of Lincoln's clear and consistent approaches to strategy, organization, and what motivates workers." "Motivation is the key to a high-performing... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • 23 Jan 2007
  • First Look

First Look: January 23, 2007

these periods of uncertainty as motivation to innovate, taking digital technology into new territory. Pixar Studios, MSNBC, the Xbox, and the phenomena of "infotainment" all arose from the ashes... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Sep 2014
  • Blog Post

A Summer Reflection

to leadership. In my previous job as a consultant, I was of the mindset that, if I left consulting for corporate America, I would never get to interact with senior leadership until I was much further along... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Consumer Products / Retail
  • 03 Dec 2012
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: Against the Grain

What should Jim do? The array of ethical choices forms the basis of discussion in the MBA required course Leadership and Corporate Accountability. Supply And Demand... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Food & Beverage
  • 16 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Surveying the VC Landscape

Corporate cutbacks could stall R&D and hinder innovation, argues Harvard Business School professor Josh Lerner. In this Q&A, Lerner looks over the state of the venture capital industry and its... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • 20 Apr 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Misgovernance at the World Bank

beneficiaries," wrote Werker in an e-mail from Liberia, where he was conducting another study.   The World Bank was a necessary subject for investigating such issues, continued Werker.  "While the consequences of bad View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 02 Mar 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Managing the Open Source vs. Proprietary Decision

implications. In this excerpt, they discuss how corporate managers should consider the interaction of open source and proprietary on software they develop and use. Implications For View Details
Keywords: by Josh Lerner & Mark Schankerman; Technology
  • 30 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 30

short-term volatility of inflation-indexed bond returns do not invalidate the basic case for these bonds, that they provide a safe asset for long-term investors. Governments should expect inflation-indexed... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 17

Review 90, nos. 7-8 (July-August 2012) Abstract The article argues that U.S. taxation reform should reduce corporate taxes, incorporate an awareness of the global marketplace,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 19, 2007

operations? 2) What might be the intellectual added value of such a perspective? 3) What are the basic elements of behavioral operations research? Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Jun 2015
  • First Look

First Look: June 9, 2015

employees. Yet with several important R&D projects still under development, and capacity needed in factories for many more months, Nokia's board and leaders wanted to avoid the mistakes the company had made in a plant shutdown in Bochum, Germany, in 2008. EVP View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne