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- October 1992 (Revised August 1994)
- Case
Allied-Signal: Managing the Hazardous Waste Liability Risk
By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Edward Prewitt
Allied-Signal, Inc., one of the world's oldest chemical companies and today a diversified conglomerate, is liable for clean-up costs of old hazardous waste sites. These costs are substantial: reserves grew to nearly $500 million in 1991. Attempting to avoid further...
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Wastes and Waste Processing;
Environmental Sustainability;
Programs;
Cost Management;
Policy;
Government Legislation;
Factories, Labs, and Plants;
Governance Compliance;
Legal Liability;
Chemical Industry;
United States;
Europe
Vietor, Richard H.K., and Edward Prewitt. "Allied-Signal: Managing the Hazardous Waste Liability Risk." Harvard Business School Case 793-044, October 1992. (Revised August 1994.)
- 08 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018
forthcoming Management Science Evidence of Upcoding in Pay-for-Performance Programs By: Bastani, Hamsa, Joel Goh, and Mohsen Bayati Abstract—Recent Medicare legislation seeks to improve patient care quality by financially penalizing...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 14, 2015
costs. Using patient stories, care delivery prior to the formation of the ACO is compared to care delivery after the formation of the ACO. Three novel programs that were cornerstones to transformation efforts are highlighted: 1) reducing...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Being the Boss
effective for influencing people and getting results. Your Formal Authority Often Fails to Produce Compliance You may think people are perverse or stubborn, but there are many reasons they don't always follow your instructions. They...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 24 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach
requirements and other rules, and boards and managers comply. Economies with good governance structures perform better than those lacking such systems. · A board's key functions are overseeing a company's strategy and leadership, monitoring its financial results, and...
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Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
Bros Coffee: Leadership Selection No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/119038-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 119-049 Accenture’s Code of Business Ethics Leaders of Accenture’s compliance and...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
Burgers with Bugs? What Happens When Restaurants Ignore Online Reviews
Farronato says. Machine learning for dining out Regulatory health inspections are nothing new: Most cities maintain grading programs to evaluate restaurants’ hygiene practices, and that information is publicly available to savvy diners....
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- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Benchmarks Don’t Work
motivates employees to execute strategy effectively. The value of these programs is measured by the value they create in the enterprise, not by how little is spent on them. An adequate technology infrastructure and standard transaction...
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- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
practice; a commitment to use specialized knowledge for the public good, and a renunciation of the goal of profit maximization, in return for professional autonomy and monopoly power; a code of ethics, with provisions for monitoring individual View Details
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
permanent sharing, temporary sharing affects both whether and what people reveal. Specifically, temporary sharing increases compliance with the request to take a selfie (study 1) and induces greater disclosure risks (i.e., people exhibit...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
out time for all employees, to be devoted to lunch or any other personal activity—and online programs on mindfulness, yoga, and positive psychology. The bank is also monitoring the mood of people on a daily basis through an employee app...
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Mastering Strategy Execution
By: Robert Simons
Professor Robert Simons’ research encompasses three areas of management accountability that are the foundation for successful strategy execution: organization design, performance measurement and control, and risk management. In addition, Simons is interested in the... View Details
- 14 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Ethics Bots and Other Ways to Move Your Code of Business Conduct Beyond Puffery
report violations when they observe them, so they are actually violating their ethics code by not reporting violations,” Soltes says. Companies have good reason to try and change that. For starters, firms that have an effective compliance...
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by Michael Blanding
- 13 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018
initiatives are fulfilling their desired objectives. By being able to more rigorously evaluate compliance programs with data and empirical analysis, prosecutors and courts will be able to more readily...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/412119-PDF-ENG Legal Compliance Programs Lynn S. Paine and Lara AdamsonsHarvard Business School Note 312-111 Describes the basic elements of a typical...
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Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Social Reporting
accountability demands. HBS professor Alnoor Ebrahim examines the tradeoffs inherent in a range of accountability mechanisms. Key concepts include: Accountability is not simply about compliance with laws or industry standards, but is more...
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by Staff
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-021.pdf Coerced Confessions: Self-Policing in the Shadow of the Regulator Authors:Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel Abstract As part of a recent trend toward more cooperative relations between regulators and industry, novel...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/818021-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 218-088 Lufax: FinTech and the Transformation of Wealth Management in China No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/218088-PDF-ENG Harvard Business...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy
generate important and long-lasting research” Among the issues she hopes researchers will address are whether a new requirement for companies to report workplace injuries has increased compliance with safety regulations; whether voluntary...
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by Michael Blanding
- 09 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer
escalated. A Deloitte survey in 2010 of 131 financial institutions worldwide found that 79 percent had enterprise risk management programs in place or in progress, an increase of 20 percent from just two years earlier. And 86 percent had...
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