Short-termism - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Jan 2019
Blog Post

The Life and Role of a CEO

traits/styles of successful CEOs? 1) Traits Before: Intelligence After: Awareness and judgement Throughout this course, we learned various tensions CEOs need to manage, none of which had a clear right answer (e.g., short-term vs.... View Details

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CSV in Practice - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Creating Shared Value CSV Creating Shared Value CSV Explained Emerging Topics CSV in Practice Published CSV Cases CSV in Practice Creating Shared Value in Practice Not all profit is equal—an idea that has been lost in the narrow, View Details

29 Jan 2024
News

On the Road to Recovery

Alejandro Moreno (MBA 1988) didn’t know much about travel nursing when he met a fellow entrepreneur by chance at a child’s birthday party in 2003. The man was considering starting a new business providing short-term staffing assistance to... View Details

20 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Solving the Riddle of How Companies Grow Over Time

investors may want to see higher growth, it may be better to sacrifice some short-term growth to gain persistence.” “The semiconductor industry isn’t a fast-growing industry,” Pisano says. “It’s an industry with some fast-growing firms.”... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing

29 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Delving Deeper into Development with the MBA/MPA-ID Program – a Q+A with Zainab Raji (MBA/MPA-ID 2022)

African countries. I feared that during and after the outbreak populations living in poverty would be much worse-off and new populations would fall into poverty because the outbreak was taking away lives, sources of income, foreign investment, and community stability.... View Details

16 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?

passions and the impartial spectator is the most fascinating part of Smith's TMS for me. The conflict is particularly important when studying savings decisions, since savings is exactly a decision to delay immediate gratification for a long-term interest, to stay the... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

14 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?

sure that short-term objectives support long-term goals. Andrus's strategy appears to be working well. She still has her sanity, and her team is moving ahead: "It's been a slow start, but we're making faster progress every month. So... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

23 May 2024
News

HBS After October 7

On Friday, May 17, 2024, Dean Srikant Datar, HBS Alumni Board President Andreas Stavropoulos (MBA 1997), and members of the School’s leadership held an online forum for alumni to learn more about the School’s activities and actions since October 7, 2023. Stavropoulos... View Details

19 May 2021
Op-Ed

Why America Needs a Better Bridge Between School and Career

help young people from low-income communities launch promising careers. The applications provide an inside look at the interplay among short-term training providers, employers, colleges, and high schools. "Policymakers, employers, and... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller and Rachel Lipson

05 Feb 2019
News

The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)

business grows. Outlining the overall trajectory of the business, creating long- and short-term goals, and leading a committed team are just some of the perks of being part of a family business. “Working with members of the family can be... View Details

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Summer Associates | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

deadlines, and short-term and intermediate goals, to increase quality and effectiveness of the product and the experience Make sure that program staff can dedicate time to the project as well, and is positioned to continue/ implement the... View Details

18 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

'Likes' Lead to Nothing—and Other Hard-Learned Lessons of Social Media Marketing

at some of the social media missteps brands have taken over the past decade–and the lessons we’ve learned from them. Prioritizing technology over substance Maybe it’s because the medium seems so ephemeral, but digital brand managers are too often intent on creating... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising; Technology

26 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty)

productivity boost or lag in response to an actual reward or punishment was short-lived in comparison to those from implicit consequences. (While they couldn’t say exactly how much longer the effects lasted, they liken it to the difference between a View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing

03 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion

are taking short-term pay cuts largely to show solidarity with their employees. "A lot of it is symbolic ,” Itay Goldstein of The Wharton School commented. “When we come into a crisis like the one we have right now—where it's a difficult... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

18 Feb 2020
Blog Post

A Vision of Love@HBS in 2020

others deem crazy (see getting married at 21). We have course corrected when things are not working and recognized that our long-term marriage must always win out over any short-term decision. We have never regretted choosing the other... View Details

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

effectiveness of the export-oriented approach not supported by the evidence presented at the outset of the document, why are countries not quickly abandoning the export-oriented approach? One candidate to answer this question is the View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

06 Jun 2008
What Do You Think?

Why Don’t Managers Think Deeply?

"budget slashers" focused on short-term success. Questions that this effort raises include: (1) Why so much publicity? (2) Isn't "deep thinking" what leaders are paid to do? and (3) Why do these kinds of effort require... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

21 May 2012
Research & Ideas

OSHA Inspections: Protecting Employees or Killing Jobs?

randomizing, of necessity, involves a trade-off. Focusing on short-term cost-effectiveness often leads managers to implement new programs at sites or at times when they think they will do the most good. But such targeted interventions... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Oct 1998
News

Dinh Thi Hoa: Up from the Ashes of War

larger global strategy." Hoai and Hoa agree that short-term investments - over the next three or four years - will not realize substantial profits. But they are encouraged by the outlook five to seven years in the future. Hoa predicts... View Details

Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr. (MBA 1992)

08 Feb 2010
HBS Case

Looking Behind Google’s Stand in China

economic significance. China is reluctant to be badgered by Western companies or Western governments into changing its rules and regulations. The Chinese do not yet understand international public relations and have perhaps too short-term... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

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