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- 03 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2010
to Make Careful Decisions? Summing up reader responses, Professor Jim Heskett finds compelling arguments for a process involving intuition based on analysis and experience. Should people also make their own decision-making process more View Details
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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
filters included glare-free desk lamps, airplane windows, optical devices, educational kits for demonstrating the principles of light polarization, Polariscopes to detect strains or stresses in glass and other transparent materials, and... View Details
- Web
Scaling Work - Research Computing Services
reserved only for you and will sit idle during this time, decreasing the resources available to other people. No additional work is needed for you to utilize the multiple CPU cores in your code. Stata will handle this transparently for... View Details
- 13 Apr 2021
- Book
How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations
Performance assessment. Educate managers about gender biases that can influence evaluation decisions. Assess the criteria managers use to rate performance, and eliminate ambiguous, vague, and malleable standards. Promotion and compensation. Set clear and View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
well, and getting personal. Principles and practices: Acknowledge the facts. If you aren’t the most reliable source of information, your employees are going to try to find a better one. Be honest and transparent about the situation and... View Details
- 02 Aug 2004
- What Do You Think?
For Greater Transparency, Is Section 404 an Effective Response?
transparency for shareholders and other stakeholders. The primary argument is that, without high standards of personal integrity posed from within, Section 404 will be of limited value. As John Louk put it, "I personally believe that... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 15 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Deconstructing the Price Tag
they might get upset," John says. "But that's not necessarily the case." Consumers enmeshed in private, longstanding relationships with the brand were just as likely as newcomers to respond favorably to cost transparency. Cost View Details
- 14 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
How to Support Your Employees’ Career Development
Establish Transparent Paths to Success Another strategy Fitzpatrick recommends for employers is to be transparent around the skills employees need to progress. During her time managing teams at a leading... View Details
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- 14 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
How to Support Your Employees' Career Development
Establish Transparent Paths to Success Another strategy Fitzpatrick recommends for employers is to be transparent around the skills employees need to progress. During her time managing teams at a leading... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Saving Grace
PensionBee in 2014 to address this lack of continuity and introduce transparency to an industry that’s known to be convoluted and confusing. The company is able to track down a customer’s pension plans and consolidate them into one, which... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 07 Jan 2015
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?
Summing Up What Isn't Off Limits When it Comes to Transparency? The discussion of this month's column on corporate transparency to employees made it clear that we have reached a point at which disclosure of pay information in... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018
Conference Proceedings More Amazon Effects: Online Competition and Pricing Behaviors By: Cavallo, Alberto Abstract—I study how online competition, with its shrinking margins, algorithmic pricing technologies, and the transparency of the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
Argentina and Chile over recent decades. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50182 forthcoming Management Science Creating Reciprocal Value Through Operational Transparency By: Buell, Ryan W., Tami Kim, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Saving the Planet
"The fact that the benefits of addressing the problem of climate change almost certainly outweigh the costs ... does not make concerted global action to address the problem easy." —Climate Change in 2018: Implications for Business If there is one positive... View Details
- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49214 Working Papers Lifting the Veil: The Benefits of Cost Transparency By: Mohan, Bhavya, Ryan W. Buell, and Leslie K. John Abstract— A firm's costs are typically tightly guarded secrets.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Europe’s green transition | Institute for Business in Global Society
4:01 Why no company can fight climate change alone Play Leading with transparency in a distrustful era video Play Video duration: 6:29 Leading with transparency in a distrustful era Play ‘Everything is... View Details
- 30 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 30
Transparency By: Mohan, Bhavya, Ryan W. Buell, and Leslie K. John Abstract—A firm's costs are typically tightly guarded secrets. However, across six laboratory experiments and a field study we identify when and why firms benefit from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?
Every public health crisis—whether it’s the availability of highly addictive opioids or junk food marketing to children—prompts consumers to question how far companies will go for profit. It’s not an unwarranted concern. After all, cigarette makers once used... View Details
- 03 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Is It Even Possible to Dam the Flow of Misleading Content Online?
fundamental reason why we use theory here is that we’re trying to sort out all the possible rules you could ever try to use,” says Shapiro. “We’re reasoning about policies that have never been tested.” One of the first findings was that View Details
- 16 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Creating a Candidate-Centered Recruiting Process
recruiting practices for candidates with diverse abilities is designed to welcome candidates into the recruiting process and foster their success while establishing a more equitable and effective process for all. Communicate Transparent... View Details
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