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  • 10 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis

at stake but which, more to the point, are S&P's customers, appear to have ignored the agency's opinion entirely. Revealingly, S&P simultaneously "affirmed the 'A-1+' short-term Rating" for the United States, suggesting... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 17 Mar 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’

Every business leader faces difficult tradeoffs when working to make a company both profitable and purposeful. But leaders who articulate a company’s deep purpose can tap into that broader vision to help them navigate short-term decisions... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
  • 22 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 22

Corporate Finance Attracting Long-Term Investors Through Integrated Thinking and Reporting: A Clinical Study of a Biopharmaceutical Company By: Knauer, Andrew, and George Serafeim Abstract—Faced with a large percentage of investors that chase View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Jun 2012
  • Research & Ideas

When Business Competition Harms Society

repairs and routine service. "The short-term benefit of failing a vehicle pales in comparison to the long-term benefit of retaining the customer's service and repair business," the paper explains. "Annual service and repair... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Auto
  • 08 Nov 2024
  • Op-Ed

How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis

represents steady cash flow over time. An investment in a new machine or more advertising, for example, would cause short-term cash flow to drop below the horizontal line. But if it’s a good decision, the cash flow will soon turn more... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber; Green Technology; Energy
  • 24 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 24

short-term and long-term thinking, and craft emotionally engaging visions while staying focused on execution. In this article, we analyze how one organization, GE Money Bank in Switzerland, successfully created a new growth business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Jun 2006
  • Research & Ideas

The Promise of Channel Stewardship

make dramatic improvements immediately. As a result, they gain the patience to implement changes having long-term benefits, as opposed to changes having only short-term results. Technology, for example, can facilitate major, immediate... View Details
Keywords: by V. Kasturi Rangan & Marie Bell; Consumer Products
  • 07 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Market Investors Pay More for Resilient Companies

The steep market drop in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis is being used as a laboratory to study the importance of companies investing in stakeholder relations with their employees, suppliers, and customers, and how those investments could be strategic resources... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services
  • 03 Aug 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Corporate Social Responsibility in a Downturn

current one? A: As I mentioned earlier, CSR should be viewed as a business discipline and practiced with the same rigor as other aspects of a firm's strategy. Remember, however, that rigor does not always equate to short-term financial... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 2009
  • Lessons from the Classroom

The Challenges of Investing in Science-Based Innovation

he made the decision to continue investing in longer-term research rather than short-term profit after Merck took its blockbuster drug Vioxx off the market in September 2004. "He believed that the only way for Merck to recover was to... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Auto; Pharmaceutical
  • 05 Nov 2021
  • Op-Ed

How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss

As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
  • 05 Apr 2016
  • First Look

April 5, 2016

paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50873 Economic Uncertainty and Earnings Management By: Stein, Luke C.D., and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—In the presence of managerial short-termism and asymmetric information about... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
  • 04 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 4

consensus that embraced international trade and outsourcing while supporting continuous upgrading of workplace skills. In April 2009, the new Prime Minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, is balancing short-term responses to a global recession... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 5, 2008

Nokia, H&M), we find that instead of choosing between conflicting outcomes such as long-term strategy or short-term performance drivers, top-tier managers argue that their role is to embrace such paradoxes to make both things happen... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 May 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Casino Payoff: Hands-Off Management Works Best

have to learn, some organizations may still lean toward this model. "Clearly there are some benefits to tighter control. If your goal is control and minimizing risk, that's going to perform well because people will stick to the script," Campbell says. "If you see each... View Details
Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 14 Jul 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Keeping Your Balance With Customers

acquisition as the biggest challenge. But lacking a CM strategy and able to respond to only short-term financial pressures, most organizations do an inadequate job of selection, retention, and growth. For many years, Mobil pursued a... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
  • 01 Feb 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy

are in the midst of what is often described as a gold rush. Is there any danger that firms will fly so high that they may spin out of control? A: The book is built around a number of the tensions that are inherent in all businesses — profit and growth versus control,... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert Simons
  • 20 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 20

restrictions. Woolf had been farming crops for more than 30 years, but this was the first time they suffered a water shortage so severe that crops had to be abandoned in the field. Even if there was short-term relief in the form of an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 11, 2007

from a manufacturing to an innovation-led enterprise. How would they balance short-term pragmatism versus long-term vision? Do they have the appropriate human resources to scale and innovate? Is their India-centric strategy appropriate,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 9, 2007

R&D organizations, a clear relationship emerges: more long-term incentives (e.g., stock options and restricted stock) are associated with more heavily cited patents. These incentives also appear to be associated with more patent filings and patents of greater... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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