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- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
great deal of influence on U.S. companies. This case examines the history and growth of the company, the governance services it offers, the extent of its impact on shareholders, the controversy surrounding its conflicts of interest, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax
should also reduce the incentive and possibility to commit tax evasion. Overall, taxes do have a real impact on the business environment, and in most cases business is in favor of the simple and often low flat tax. Laura Alfaro: Naturally, the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
International Criminal Court Rafael Di Tella and Natalie KindredHarvard Business School Case 710-060 This Case describes a controversial 2010 decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) and alludes to some of the broader challenges... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
can look like a failure in the middle. President Obama has been in office less than a year, has tackled big problems—big problems are always controversial—and yet he is strong, steady, and focused on purpose. Therefore I bet that despite the View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 21, 2008
Working PapersCan Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Zambia (revised) Authors:Nava Ashraf, James Berry, and Jesse M. Shapiro Abstract The controversy over whether and how much to charge for health... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 1, 2008
central bank to abandon its zero interest rate policy, which had been in place for years, and raise rates to 0.5%. The Bank of Japan was eager to increase them to more "normal" levels to exert effective monetary policy. Yet the appropriate timing and approach... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 29
2012) Abstract Controversy surrounds occupational health and safety regulators, with some observers claiming that workplace regulations damage firms' competitiveness and destroy jobs, and others arguing that they make workplaces safer at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 3
Field Experiment in Zambia Authors:Nava Ashraf, James Berry, and Jesse M. Shapiro Publication:American Economic Review (forthcoming) Abstract The controversy over whether and how much to charge for health products in the developing world... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
antagonistic students, sexism, and racism. Even when case discussions raised controversial topics, Christensen's leadership was informed by clarity and confidence. David Garvin, the C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Code name: Miesiąc
sharply tailored suit with close-cropped silver hair. “It probably wasn’t very bright, but I was arrogant.” But as Maj began his studies in Warsaw, Poland again fell into tumult. In early 1976, a controversial amendment to its... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
faculty faced, including plagiarism, unresponsive students, antagonistic students, sexism, and racism. Even when case discussions raised controversial topics, Christensen’s leadership was informed by clarity and confidence. David Garvin,... View Details
- 28 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
asset, yields frustratingly inconsistent, discrepant, and, therefore, controversial results. While it is widely accepted that brands are long-lived assets that can contribute significant value to firms over time, there is no consensus on... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
and hazards of some of humanity's most controversial technologies, which may nevertheless provide the key to saving our world. What the Heck Do I Do With My Life? By Ravi Venkatesan (MBA 1992) Rupa Publications India Our world will change... View Details
- 03 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Facebook’s Future
bumpy and filled with controversy related to privacy. Over its first decade, Facebook has been no stranger to controversy, specifically about privacy controls, and it is to the company's credit that its growth has continued despite such... View Details
Keywords: by Mikolaj Piskorski
- 28 Nov 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced?
business. This pleases investors who have a short-term interest, at the expense of the long-term performance of the company. One way to address this issue would be to remove the irrationality of the markets (itself a controversial topic)... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 14 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Always Pay Off
on Thirteen Natural Experiments, Beer also outlined the controversies surrounding traditional pay versus pay-for-performance. Some scholars assert that pay becomes an entitlement, and an employee's pay is based on her level and not her... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
named five times by Inc. magazine as one of the country's fastest-growing enterprises. "We proved the critics wrong," Scher says with humble satisfaction. "Working Assets is a successful company that's not afraid to take a stand on View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
then the mecca of American manufacturing. Business, civil society, and municipal leaders also have options in their tool kit regarding land use. This is one of the most powerful—and most controversially applied—techniques in the box. If... View Details
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
However, most of these investors also trade in public securities. This leads to a controversial question: do institutional investors use private information received in the loan market to trade in public securities? In this paper, we... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
today. When they first emerged, business schools were highly controversial institutions. The profit-maximizing imperatives of business were seen to be at odds with the more disinterested mission of universities. Business education came to... View Details