Commissions - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

The House Wants to Squelch Voices of ‘Small’ Shareholders. Research Shows Those Voices Matter.

statement, in which case shareholders can vote on whether the company should adopt the change; negotiate with the shareholder to come up with a mutually acceptable solution to the beef; or formally contest the shareholder’s proposal by asking the Securities and... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity

gas-powered automobile built in the U.S. 1894 Boycott of Pullman sleeping cars leads to general strike on railroads Pullman Porters 1900 U.S. Industrial Commission declares trade unions good for democracy 1902 Willis H. Carrier designs... View Details

10 Mar 2021
News

Chasing the Silver Tsunami

served on Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s (MBA 1966) Age-friendly NYC Commission and the NYC Department for the Aging’s nonprofit board. Oppenheim’s big “aha” moment arrived out of family necessity, in caring for her parents during an illness.... View Details

Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov; illustration by Dan Page; Nursing and Residential Care Facilities; Health, Social Assistance

25 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 25

analyst recommendations. Using a unique data set that discloses brokerage firms' commission income derived from each mutual fund client as well as the share holdings of these mutual funds, we find that an analyst's recommendation on a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 1996
News

Keepers of the Flame

and award-winning ensembles from across the Southeast United States, specially commissioned works, and numerous free events highlight the Festival. A key player in this aspect of the centennial Olympic Games is Fern Segerlind (MBA '82),... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

25 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help

competition if they don’t serve customer needs, there’s no higher authority lording over the political system. Though the Federal Election Commission is nominally tasked with ensuring that election and financing rules are followed, the... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

12 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

How to Turn Down the Boil on Group Conflict

it was Democrats who were proposing the change to make the commission fairer, even though a Democrat was currently in the governor’s office and stood to lose advantage through the change. In that case, Democrats and Republicans alike... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

09 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation

in the competitiveness discussion, as well. The level of dependence of small firms on bank credit is estimated to be as high as 90 percent, according to separate studies by the Federal Deposit Insurance Commission (FDIC) and National... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Financial Services

03 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Managing Web Advertising Affiliates

virtual shopping carts. Another fake: claim credit (and commissions) where none is due. Hogan was charged by eBay of collecting millions of dollars in commissions on purchases he did not generate. How can marketers protect themselves from... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Advertising; Publishing

10 Jan 2007
HBS Case

The Challenge of Managing National Security

reminds me of one of the most poignant lines in the 9/11 Commission report: "Good people can overcome bad structures. They should not have to." Q: It's been said that, post-9/11, the intelligence community's culture must change... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Service

07 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence

conflicts of interest. For example, the change in the commission structure in 1974 created a whole new dynamic that influenced the role of research by investment banks. And the growing importance of consulting at public accounting firms... View Details

Keywords: by Harvard Management Update

17 Sep 2024
HBS Case

The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom

As investor pressure mounts on companies to show their environmental impacts, leaders are encountering an unwieldy tangle of terms and approaches. Climate accounting basics and a dictionary of sorts can help demystify the calculations and voluntary targets that... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Contemporary Black Artists and Public Art | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

calls them, take cues from the modernist traditions of jazz. “The only way you can really achieve something is if you’re not working so much from a pattern. That’s also the essence of good jazz,” Mosley says of his method. Mosley had his first Karma solo exhibition in... View Details

13 Apr 2016
Research Event

What Does 'Diversity' Really Mean?

racial, sexual, or otherwise.” She noted that in Silicon Valley, which is dominated by wealthy, white males, major technology firms are creating positions like “chief diversity officer” and are commissioning reports on the state of the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2006
News

Forestalling Terror

individuals can do their jobs? It reminds me of one of the most poignant lines in the 9/11 Commission report: “Good people can overcome bad structures. They should not have to.” It’s been said that, post-9/11, the intelligence community’s... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Waleed Iskandar; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

14 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Creating a Global Business Code

Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility principles, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, various US Securities and Exchange Commission regulations, and several stock exchange listing rules, as well as the company codes of 14 top global firms.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

27 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

The Potential Downside of Win-Win

to market, $2.05 to $2.55 per pill. Because such agreements restrain competition, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and similar entities in other countries treat them as illegal. If allowed, A and B would be able to collude to... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman

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Instant Photography Is Launched | Baker Library

Folder 24. back to text Polaroid commissioned Kodak to produce the negative base, while it manufactured the positive material and the pod. Polaroid designed its first camera; it contracted with Samson United in Rochester, New York, and... View Details

24 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Reducing Risk with Online Advertising

to force the user through one of the affiliate links back to Dell. And if the software did that, the Dell Web site would conclude, "This user got to the Dell Web site through an affiliate link. Therefore we should pay that affiliate a View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Video Game; Web Services

11 Mar 2014
First Look

First Look: March 11

future aggregate commission payments across brokerage firms; that these votes are responsive to actions that brokerage-house analysts take to communicate with client investors; and that brokerage firms use client-supplied votes as a quasi... View Details