transparency - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Nov 2010
HBS Case

United Breaks Guitars

moment can fade fairly quickly. Even so, an organization needs to be aware of how best to present itself in this new environment and respond to potential parodies of its brand. "It's a transparent world," he says. "This is... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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Organize Care Around Medical Conditions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

the most serious of cases. Outcomes of care should be reviewed on a regular basis with transparent information about team performance and individual performance in multidimensional outcomes. Lastly, educational sessions need to be held... View Details

01 Dec 2023
News

Turning Point: Where Credit Is Due

Nagi Otgonshar (MBA 2015) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Nagi Otgonshar (MBA 2015) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Earning a full scholarship has always been the only realistic ticket to a superior education for me. It was this golden opportunity that allowed me to... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

13 May 2010
Working Paper Summaries

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

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller & Michael C. Jensen; Financial Services

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Leadership - Faculty & Research

encountered, it recalibrated, iteratively creating continuity and restoring order. Daini survived the crisis without an explosion or a meltdown. October 2014 Article The Transparency Trap By: Ethan Bernstein To get people to be more... View Details

01 Jun 2024
News

In My Humble Opinion: Career Change

percent of men. As she enters her second year at LinkedIn, Tanaka hopes to keep building the platform’s stature within the Japanese business community. She believes the transparency and learning opportunities it offers have the power to... View Details

Keywords: Michelle Cassidy; recruitment; demographics; Japan

02 Sep 2015
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What's Wrong With Amazon’s Low-Retention HR Strategy?

added: “I think there may be too many variables left out here The relative happiness of an employee base has bottom-line repercussions far beyond customer satisfaction.” What’s to be done? At the very least, FISSINNF suggests that greater View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Web Services; Retail; Apparel & Accessories; Consumer Products; Fashion

08 Mar 2021
In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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on social media 25 Jun 2024 Research & Ideas Rapport: The Hidden Advantage That Women Managers Bring to Teams by Kara Baskin 11 Jun 2024 In Practice The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024 by Avery Forman 25 Jun 2024 Research & Ideas How View Details

20 Nov 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Pay Harmony: Peer Comparison and Executive Compensation

Keywords: by Claudine Gartenberg & Julie Wulf

2022
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The Origins of the Developmental State: The European Experience

By: Sophus A. Reinert

Book Abstract: There has been a major revival of interest in State Capitalism: what it is, where it is found, and why it is seemingly becoming more ubiquitous. As a concept, it has evolved from radical critiques of the Soviet Union, to being deployed by neo-liberals to... View Details

Keywords: State Capitalism; History; Macroeconomics; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Systems; Europe

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21 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

People Trust Business, But Expect CEOs to Drive Social Change

Public trust in business remains relatively unshaken amid economic turbulence and a lingering pandemic, even as faith in the media and government falters, but leaders could do more to address social issues, a new global opinion survey shows. However, not everyone... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

07 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron

officer Ken Lay made him president of Enron's new trading operations. In 2001, Skilling was named CEO. Before 1997, Enron was an innovative and profitable player in the newly deregulated natural gas industry. Skilling's big idea was to create fluid and View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

16 Oct 2023
HBS Case

Advancing Black Talent: From the Flight Ramp to 'Family-Sustaining' Careers at Delta

Johnson. They do this work hand-in-glove,” Hill says. The strategy must be pursued with transparency and rigor companywide. “The leadership needs to be exposed to people from different [workforce] groups,” Hill says, “because one of the... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Air Transportation

09 Mar 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Causes and Consequences of Firm Disclosures of Anticorruption Efforts

Keywords: by Paul Healy & George Serafeim

28 Nov 2023
Book

Economic Growth Draws Companies to Asia. Can They Handle Its Authoritarian Regimes?

leaders have no political competition, or open autocracies like that of Russia, Turkey, and Malaysia, which hold elections but may lack safeguards and transparency that keep them fair. The book investigates the relationship between... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Measure Outcomes & Cost for Every Patient - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

health care agenda. Health care invests billions of dollars in quality measurement programs and complex cost accounting systems yet these systems currently fail to collect outcomes that matter to patients and the costs to acheive them. Outcome Measurement Standardized... View Details

04 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

Navigating Consumer Data Privacy in an AI World

for a lot of the heavy lifting—like managing and modeling data. If you're not sure you have the in-house capacity, outsourcing is a smart move. There are just a handful of companies out there that really specialize in this, and they can be a huge help. Layne: Why is... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology

12 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Swiping Right: How Data Helped This Online Dating Site Make More Matches

Their research suggests that transparency on dating sites—as simple as allowing users to see the identity and photos of those who “swiped right” to show their interest—improves engagement for both men and women. Since Match.com launched... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

22 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: Jan. 22

Leather Suit and the Paradox of Japanese Capitalism Ramanna, Karthik, and Matthew ShafferHarvard Business School Case 113-026 Two lost decades later, capitalism in Japan embodies peculiar contradictions-preserving wealth and social stability in the face of declining... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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