Publications

12 Jan 2016
First Look

January 12, 2016

as important contributors to health outcomes and costs in the United States. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50305 October 2015 Negotiation Journal Dualities in Negotiation: Introduction By: Sebenius, James K. Abstract—Richard Walton... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

23 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 23, 2008

Working PapersSecuring Online Advertising: Rustlers and Sheriffs in the New Wild West Author:Benjamin G. Edelman Abstract Read the news of recent computer security guffaws, and it's striking how many problems stem from online... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Educating Leaders - Georges F. Doriot:Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Lawrence G. Sucsy (HBS MBA '62), was regarded as a respected analysis of the potential of laser technology. The well-known textbook Creative Collective Bargaining; Meeting Today's Challenges to Labor-Management Relations , by James A.... View Details

August 2012
Teaching Plan

Living PlanIT (TP)

By: Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson, John Macomber and Ryan Johnson

Spring 2012
Article

The Need for Sector-Specific Materiality and Sustainability Reporting Standards

By: Robert G. Eccles, Michael P. Krzus, Jean Rogers and George Serafeim

Even though the supply of sustainability information has increased considerably in the last decade, companies are still failing to disclose material information in a comparable format. We believe this has two downsides. On the one hand, companies are not adequately... View Details

Keywords: Sustainability; Reporting; Standard Setting; Regulation; Environmental Sustainability; Accounting; Standards; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Corporate Disclosure; Competitive Advantage; Capital Markets; Accounting Industry; United States

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February 2010 (Revised November 2013)
Case

Living PlanIT

By: Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson, Susan Thyne and Tiona Zuzul

Living PlanIT is a start-up company that has developed a new, innovative business model for sustainable urbanization. This model reflects the software and technology backgrounds of its founders, Steve Lewis and Malcolm Hutchinson, and is in vivid contrast to other... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Development Economics; Entrepreneurship; City; Technological Innovation; Environmental Sustainability; Urban Development; Construction Industry; Green Technology Industry; Real Estate Industry; Portugal

January 2008 (Revised January 2009)
Teaching Note

Cynthia Fisher and the Rearing of ViaCell (TN)

By: Robert F. Higgins, Richard G. Hamermesh and Erin Seefeld

Teaching Note for [806002]. View Details

Keywords: Management

January 2007 (Revised January 2007)
Background Note

Note on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

By: Robert F. Higgins, Richard G. Hamermesh and Virginia Fuller

Describes the U.S. FDA with particular emphasis on its role in the development of new drugs, biologic products, and medical devices today. Provides context for the drug approval process by describing the FDA's history and organizational structure. View Details

Keywords: Health; Governance Compliance; Policy; Product Development; Government and Politics; Pharmaceutical Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States

March 2006
Teaching Note

Conor Medsystems (TN)

By: Robert F. Higgins, Richard G. Hamermesh and Erin Seefeld

Teaching Note to (804-180). View Details

Keywords: Health Industry

December 2005 (Revised May 2007)
Case

Cynthia Fisher and the Rearing of ViaCell

By: Robert F. Higgins, Richard G. Hamermesh and Ingrid Vargas

Describes the start up of Viacord, a Boston-based medical services firm founded by Cynthia Fisher (HBS MBA) in 1993. Told from Fisher's perspective, the entrepreneur details the conceptualization and launch of the business and the many obstacles and expenses faced in... View Details

Keywords: Managerial Roles; Business Growth and Maturation; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Service Industry; Health Industry; Boston

Article

A Proposal for Expensing Employee Compensatory Stock Options for Financial Reporting Purposes

By: Peter Hancock, Roberto G. Mendoza and Robert C. Merton