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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Research Brief: The Fresh Start Effect
range of behaviors where there’s a virtuous option with long-term gains that we should be engaging in and a tempting one with short-term gains,” Beshears observes. That might include tackling a challenging work project, facing up to a... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Research Brief: Unveiling the Truth about Transparency
things happen for a firm under a high-transparency environment,” Cullen says. Employees, on the other hand, may find short-term gains by having open conversations about wages but potentially long-term losses. Transparency benefits some... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
From Das’s Desk
Reflective Leader program Today, however, the practice of education is changing, from a short-term learning intervention to one centered on a lifelong process of development. At HBS, our core mission is to keep the School relevant for... View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas
- 06 Aug 2008
- News
Caution to the Winds
had installed on the White House roof. Imagine if alternative energy had instead been an ongoing national priority for the last thirty years. Wouldn’t the American economy, the country itself, and indeed the rest of the world be much better off today? Entrenched, View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rwanda Provides Students with Hands-On Learning
Brazil and Costa Rica take place in March. This year, for the first time since the IXP was launched in 2007, an international program went beyond observing a country’s business environment and engaged in short-term consulting projects.... View Details
- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
optimal government debt maturity in a model where investors derive monetary services from holding riskless short-term securities. In a simple setting where the government is the only issuer of such riskless paper, it trades off the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Facing the New World Order
obviously, in which the short-term uncertainty is profound. Our study traditionally has been a medium- to long-term focus. That is, looking at the determinants of high levels of living standards and sustained economic growth over a... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 03 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Homeland Security: A Ready-made Market
revenue for companies with an established foothold in the sector. "This is not a short-term game," agreed Cleverley. "It's a long-term situation that is still unfolding and will become clearer with time." The Homeland... View Details
- 07 Nov 2014
- News
Investing for the Long Term in Education
what you want to accomplish in the long term, what the goals are in the long term, and then working your way back to what efforts and what strategies you have to implement to get there. We have a long-term goal, not a short-term goal, of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Alumni Author: Thomas H. Fischgrund (MBA ’80)
true. They are curious and read everything they can get their hands on. Family and friends are more important to them than their studies. What’s your advice to students preparing for the exam? My short-term advice concerns three Rs: read,... View Details
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Read excerpts from DENIAL
The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears
Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)
From Denial: Why Business... View Details
- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
deliberations. Boards need to think more carefully about how they manage and organize themselves. Palepu: Paul, you spoke about the breakdown of checks and balances in the system generally. Can you elaborate? Healy: One thing that strikes me is the enormous pressure... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
Street’s outsize pay packages “shameful,” especially for companies in need of federal bailouts. Such pay, he said, is “exactly the kind of disregard for the costs and consequences of their actions that brought about this crisis — a culture of narrow self-interest and... View Details
- 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
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
Long-Run Investment: The Case of Innovation Authors:Josh Lerner, Morten Sørensen, and Per Strömberg Abstract A long-standing controversy is whether LBOs relieve managers from short-term pressures from public shareholders, or whether LBO... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
think more carefully about how they manage and organize themselves. Palepu: Paul, you spoke about the breakdown of checks and balances in the system generally. Can you elaborate? Healy: One thing that strikes me is the enormous pressure for View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- Profile
Cherian Kurien
thoughtful and rigorous way. It was inspiring to see fellow students take that leap of faith, and commit to trying out certain roles that they are really passionate about but ones which have short-term pain points such as lower salaries,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Disaster Master
short-term objectives with long-term sustainability. The probability of disaster is relatively low, but the impact can be very significant, so you definitely have to be proactive by building awareness of risk, conducting annual risk... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 08 Jan 2016
- News
Investing in Sustainability
should be investing in ways that align with their mission,” says the former hedge-fund investor. “In that way, they can get both good returns and further their goals.” Tiller knows that his goals of changing the food and fuel sectors aren’t View Details
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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal | HBS Online
Enrollment Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Explore the roadblocks to change and how to overcome them Analyze the root cause of your organization’s performance and opportunity gaps Develop strategies for building an ambidextrous organization that can execute View Details