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  • 28 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Improving Accountability at the World Bank

comparison to its peer institutions, the World Bank has been relatively responsive to calls for greater accountability. This report examines accountability mechanisms at three basic levels in the institution: (1) project, (2) policy, and... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
  • 10 Jun 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Reinventing the Industrial Giant

this same path again? GM does not believe that these new changes will repeat the 1980s debacle. Rather, their executives see the Internet as the way of the future. The 1999 annual report states that the company believes "... that the... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, Davis Dyer & Frederick Dalzell; Manufacturing
  • 11 Nov 2014
  • First Look

First Look: November 11

sustainable evaluation system and emphasizes that the evaluation based on the integrated report is the specific performance of the new evaluation system strategy at the enterprise level. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Jul 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The New International Style of Management

deceptive veneer of familiarity, cultural gulfs and local differences often remain hidden. There is an increasingly international style of management.— John Quelch, HBS Amid these conflicting realities, however, Harvard Business School alumni View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • 01 Jun 2005
  • News

Do You Speak Business?

of familiarity, cultural gulfs and local differences often remain hidden. Amid these conflicting realities, however, HBS alumni report anecdotal evidence that a youthful and growing cosmopolitan business class is bringing these different... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 14 Mar 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 14

abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52217 2016 Monetary Policy Through Asset Markets: Lessons from Unconventional Measures and Implications for an Integrated World Forward Guidance in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Jun 2014
  • Research & Ideas

The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology

inventory without the use of technology," says John Jong-Hyun Kim, a senior lecturer and William Henry Bloomberg fellow at Harvard Business School. "And yet, schools have been slow to adopt and integrate technology in the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education
  • 01 Dec 2022
  • News

Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change

year as a research-based platform to address topics of worldwide import to business, BiGS integrates and amplifies work currently underway at HBS and sparks new avenues of inquiry. In the case of climate change, that means exploring ways... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
  • 01 Mar 2011
  • News

Two Kinds of Green

Art by Jude Maceren/Corbis Related Links "Burt's Bee's Social and Environmental Report Fiscal Year 2010" - Yola Carlough, Director of Sustainability at Burt's Bees, describes how participating in the HBS multimedia case influenced the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; natural products company; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 07 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 7

  PublicationsRaise Your Prices! Authors:Frank V. Cespedes, Elliot Ross, and Benson P. Shapiro Publication:The Wall Street Journal, May 24, 2010 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Integrated Reports... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Nov 2008
  • First Look

First Look: November 12, 2008

commoditization continue to drive shifts in the value chain. The case examines the commoditization cycle and contrasts integrated solutions such as the iPod-iTunes software-iTunes Music Store with emerging competition from other MP3... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Apr 2001
  • News

Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer

Suzy Wetlaufer (MBA 1988) describes working at the city desk of the Miami Herald, where she was a reporter for two years, as “tremendously fun and exciting.” However, she adds, “I just never got comfortable invading people’s privacy —... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 10 Apr 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

Whillans, and Frances Chen Abstract—The transition to university is a major life change wherein young adults' primary support system shifts from the family to peers. Can social integration (operationalized as the number of friends) during... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

5.1 Information Technology | MBA

otherwise permitted by the faculty member. Media/Reporters in the HBS Learning Environment In order to preserve the integrity of HBS educational processes, the School does not allow reporters and camera... View Details
  • 16 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 16

profitable investment decisions. During the last ten years, Wall Street research has been battered by a series of shocks. As concerns over conflicts of interest mounted, the integrity of research output was questioned, leading to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2009 (Revised May 2011)
  • Case

Risk Management at Wellfleet Bank: Deciding about "Megadeals"

By: Anette Mikes
Inspired by one of the few banks that successfully weathered the 2007-2009 credit crisis, the case illustrates risk management in a corporate finance business. Chief executive Alastair Dowes has to decide if the risk governance process is adequate to uncover mega-risks... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Decision Making; Performance Evaluation; Credit; Balance and Stability; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Decision Choices and Conditions; Negotiation Offer; Performance Effectiveness; Corporate Finance; Banking Industry
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  • 16 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 16

Production of Rare Earth Minerals (A) Molycorp, the western hemisphere's only producer of rare earth minerals, was in the middle of a $1 billion capital expenditure project in its effort to become a vertically integrated supplier of rare... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Staff Directory | Baker Library

features occasionally for WK, gravitating to topics like gender, equity, pay, and incentives. Avery joined WK in 2021 with an extensive background in journalism. She worked as a staff reporter at the Wall Street Journal for much of her... View Details
  • 06 Oct 2015
  • First Look

October 6, 2015

with a discussion of task shifting’s potential to improve access to affordable tertiary care in resource-constrained settings. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49780 Integrated View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Sep 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Silo Lives! Analyzing Coordination and Communication in Multiunit Companies

organizational units that fail to interact in a meaningful way, or isolated units that are not integrated into the social fabric of the broader organization. And it can illustrate whether lateral coordinating mechanisms put into place by... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert