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22 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business

promising and profitable. This should benefit small businesses who, despite having to deal with higher interest rates in some cases, could find more transparency in product and pricing options, lower search costs, and better speed and... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking; Financial Services

07 Jan 2002
What Do You Think?

Did Consumer Behavior Tracking Come of Age on September 11?

age and with it comes a price: privacy. If monitoring is a good way to provide security, so be it." Have we become so accustomed, however gradually, to the idea of oversight that surveillance in the name of transparency is a mere... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Fast Answer

Sustainability in Supply Chain Management

This article describes supply chain transparency and shares recommendations to map and extend progress in this field.

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01 Jun 2008
News

Faculty Research Online

Management Innovation Take Us? Management could change a lot in the coming years, says HBS professor emeritus Jim Heskett. A few reasons: continued development of the Internet and the transparency and communities it has spawned, and new... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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

13 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

How Government Can Restore the Faith of Citizens

Congress and the streets getting fixed." “The sweet spot is where you are working hard, but also getting things done” In a new paper, Surfacing the Submerged State with Operational Transparency in Government Services, Norton worked... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Green Technology

12 Oct 2016
Research & Ideas

Break the Rules of How Business is Done

of our team. I imagine neither the window extension or transparency tactics were very time consuming or distracting to implement (well, perhaps the former took some selling to their investors!), but they certainly make this company stand... View Details

Keywords: by Julia B. Austin

03 Nov 2003
What Do You Think?

Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency?

who wrote, "... legislative and regulatory response treats the symptoms (means) rather than the disease (motivation). Transparency is only as successful as the least creative obscurantist." He recommends, among other things,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

09 Aug 2017
Sharpening Your Skills

Productivity Tips You Probably Haven't Considered Before

transparency can increase productivity. Why Productivity Suffers When Employees Are Allowed to Schedule Their Own Tasks Deviating from an organization’s prescribed task schedule tends to erode productivity, even among the most experienced... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

08 Aug 2023
Research & Ideas

The Rise of Employee Analytics: Productivity Dream or Micromanagement Nightmare?

to improvement,” he says. Issues of trust and transparency People analytics will inevitably highlight tensions if employees wonder whether and how companies will use digital trace data and survey responses. Employees may rightly ask, “If... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

01 Jun 2017
News

Case Study: Something New

transparency to the pricing and cut out the middleman. So I say yes absolutely you can and should have some off-the-rack options (still tailored to fit). This may even be preferred for the woman who is time-strapped or low on creativity... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Oct 2015
News

Banking on Trust

development. “We catalyzed demand for change, crowd-sourced solutions, and implemented them in transparent ways,” she notes. Her perspective was broadened when her HBS classmate and husband, Scott Rockafellow (MBA 1990), launched a... View Details

11 Jun 2018
Blog Post

Reimagining Fashion For The Good Of All

fore sighting tool and in the company’s omnichannel strategy. Everyone at the company has been extremely welcoming and I already feel integrated into the team dynamics. Zalando is very proud of its open-communication office structure, which fosters View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

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

01 Dec 2019
News

Impact: Business in an Age of Sustainability

What is the role of business in addressing climate change? How should asset managers weigh the social impact of their investments? What steps should a company take to ensure transparency in management and compensation? Climate change and... View Details

01 Jun 2008
News

Social Enterprise Pioneer

HBS professor Kash Rangan talks about a new generation of business leaders and philanthropists who are experimenting with hybrid forms of social enterprises. And they are insisting that these enterprises operate with greater transparency... View Details

01 Jun 2003
News

HBS Releases First-Ever Financial Report

“Our intention with this report is to increase transparency and respond to any questions our alumni may have.” Highlights from the report include: HBS operates year to year on a relatively narrow operating margin — 2.5 percent of revenues... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

16 Jul 2020
News

Accounting for Real Change

prioritize environmental or social benefits in addition to profit, he writes. “Yet investors, as well as consumers and employees, lack transparency on the impacts companies make through their products, employment, and operations.” The... View Details