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- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
existing methods such as including observed covariates, random effects, or fixed effects. We then apply the latent space approach to identify social influence on installation of mobile apps in a social network. We find that peer influence View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2022
- Op-Ed
Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup
many times your cofounding team will disagree on things—from product and hiring decisions to operating procedures and a fundraising strategy—and how you process these decisions together is fundamental to a healthy cofounding relationship.... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 11 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Budgeting Kills Your Company
are looking for alternatives that reduce time and better align spending with strategy. Look at your own company's budget process: Has it really helped you do a better job of belt tightening during the current slowdown? Many companies have reverted to more centralized... View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gary
- 12 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Using the Law to Strategic Advantage
them. Our law schools need to do more in this area by offering courses in accounting, internal controls, and strategy. They are as important for a business lawyer as courses in civil procedure and evidence are to litigators. Practicing... View Details
- 17 Jan 2023
- Book
Good Companies Commit Crimes, But Great Leaders Can Prevent Them
people's minds, the idea of how organizations are held criminally accountable is perplexing, because you think of crime and punishment being associated with individuals, because only individuals can go to prison. But actually, much of the... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 28 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
demonstrated that Unilever could make a hostile acquisition, while the acquisition of Chesebrough-Pond's two years later showed that Unilever could move quickly and decisively if it wished. Effective procedures were put in place to absorb... View Details
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
see as key: efficiency and fairness. We approach the problem of designing objectives that account for the natural tension between efficiency and fairness in the context of a framework that captures a number of resource allocation problems... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software
accounts were less likely to employ the same level of security measures (such as multifactor authentication) common among organizational accounts. According to the study, “changes to code under the control of these individual developer... View Details
- 27 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing
small number of large major accounts, some mid-sized ones (the previous focus of the field sales force), and often a bunch of little ones. And, accounts are complex collections of diffuse buying teams involving different customer... View Details
Keywords: by Benson Shapiro
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
15 percent respectively. Whenever you think you’re done and your organization is running as efficiently as possible, think again. Whether it be eliminating duplicate procedures or useless and cumbersome paperwork, there are always ways to... View Details
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ’The Future of Boards’
organization has the controls and procedures that will red-light or highlight risks when they need to be highlighted?" Other directors disagreed, believing that the board should devote less time to compliance issues and more to... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Lorsch
- 07 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Electronic Health Records Were Supposed to Cut Medical Costs. They Haven't.
$215 depending on the type of visit. That’s despite the fact that Duke has an established electronic health record (EHR) system and an efficient, centralized billing department, Kaplan says. Administrative costs account for at least a... View Details
- 15 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience
scenarios to ensure everyone on the disaster team knows their duties during a crisis. In particular, the team will need primary and backup responsibilities, and guidelines on decision-making. These areas of accountability will help keep... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch
- 19 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Expensing Options Won’t Hurt High Tech
(One cure for stock option abuse, say proponents, is to change accounting rules so that option grants are reflected in a company's principal financial statements. High-tech start-ups blister at that idea, saying it would harm their... View Details
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
Overall Cost Comparison of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Procedures with Endoscopist- or Anesthesia-Supported Sedation by Activity-Based Costing Techniques By: Helmers, Richard A., James A. Dilling, Christopher R. Chaffee, Mark V. Larson,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care
health-care reform is a management problem. It can't be solved by policymakers acting at a distance.” Having said that, I think we have to recognize that in the last 10 to 15 years there have been substantial advances. Mortality rates for major View Details
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
must choose to improve an old technology (steel) or to develop a new material (carbon fiber). The decision must take into account a complicated context: increased demand for the "old" steel products made in Italy, increasing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
our data. Finally, building on our model, we find that differences in management practices account for about 30% of cross-country total factor productivity differences. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Companies Choreograph Earnings Calls to Hide Bad News
executives a question. That's the procedure that HBS Associate Professor Lauren H. Cohen followed to find out more about the odd dealings he'd observed at a company that was the subject of one of his case studies. But he wasn't given the... View Details
- 02 Aug 2004
- What Do You Think?
For Greater Transparency, Is Section 404 an Effective Response?
Internal Controls." It requires, among other things, that selected managers be responsible for "establishing and maintaining an adequate internal control structure and procedures for financial reporting ..." Perhaps even... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett