by Joseph B. Fuller - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 May 2017
What Do You Think?

Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?

it) creates undue risk of moral hazard, simply because boards and senior management are often significant shareholders. If it is true that the average tenure of a CEO today is 3 years, how could any sane CEO not seek to maximize share value View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

5 Companies Where Employees Move Up the Ladder Fast

assesses America’s 250 largest public companies as ranked by Fortune magazine. “All employers are not created equal in terms of the type of springboard they provide for advancement and that's something that workers and employment... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

intermediate term, we will see companies that rely on global supply chains be hurt. Once companies run through their existing safety stocks of raw materials or parts provided by a far-flung supplier base, they may face challenges filling... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

07 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: February 7

from the Census Bureau's Longitudinal Business Database, we analyze the locations of new establishments of biopharmaceutical firms in the U.S. in 1993–2005. We consider all activities in the value chain and allow location choices to vary View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

talent would be better served to consider how they can reshape their job descriptions to retain talent fed up with fulfilling various corporate process “requirements” or how to make themselves attractive together to gig workers with world-class skills. View Details

Keywords: by HBS News

09 Sep 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics

A few years ago, Joseph B. Lassiter traveled to San Francisco, Houston, and New York to hold discussions with Harvard alumni on the topic of business and the environment. Each time, he surveyed the audience... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 May 2020
In Practice

COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change

a joint appointment at the Harvard Business School in the General Management and Strategy units. Joseph B. Lassiter: Companies will realize their vulnerability COVID-19 points out that even the most... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

14 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Time that Government Reopens for Business

doesn't increase its debt limit on October 17, it will start defaulting on its bills—an unprecedented event in the nation's history. Senior Lecturer Joseph B. Fuller, a member of the School's Entrepreneurial... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

19 Jan 2021
In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

political—should always marshal as much credibility and goodwill as possible in anticipation of having to deal with the unanticipated. Joseph Fuller (@JosephBFuller) is a Professor of Management Practice in... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

07 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: Sept. 7

continual streams of requests for personal information and by the equally unavoidable barrage of personal information about others. Read the paper: http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/~acquisti/papers/acquisti_herding-out.pdf Global Capitalism at... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jul 2020
Book

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020

ambitions, and my personal life. Books that are on my list to read are Shantaram: A Novel, by Gregory David Roberts, Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, A Daughter of Han, by... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

23 Aug 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?

friends—but employers seem hardly to notice the trend. Joseph Fuller discusses why companies should support them. Should US Companies Still Care About the Paris Climate Change Agreement?American President... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Green Technology

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

30 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Looking Behind Bad Decisions

African government take a stand against an effective AIDS treatment drug? The inability of government to make wise tradeoffs—give up small losses for much larger gain—has been investigated by HBS professor Max Bazerman and his research... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

19 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016

offer “precise” bids for company shares yield better outcomes than those who offer round-number bids, according to research by Petri Hukkanen and Matti Keloharju. Bernie Madoff Explains Himself Eugene Soltes phoned convicted felon Bernie... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

31 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?

Chinua Achebe, A Daughter of Han, by Ning Lao T'ai-t'ai, and No Future Without Forgiveness, by Desmond Tutu. Joseph Fuller There is something... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Information; Publishing

21 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Don’t Get Buried in Customer Data—Use It

sophisticated database software, and the Internet would enable them to actually deliver on the promise of customized offerings to each individual customer. But that hasn't happened to the extent it should have, says Cleveland-based consultant James H. Gilmore, coauthor... View Details

Keywords: by Jean Ayers

13 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Turning High Potential into Real Reward

Professor Joseph B. Lassiter III's research explores entrepreneurial marketing in high-potential ventures. He describes entrepreneurial marketing as a mindset and a process, one that involves gathering... View Details

Keywords: Re: Joseph B. Lassiter; Consumer Products

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

"spiritual anchors for the new millennium." Clearly, something of a nonmaterial nature is stirring in the corporate temple. But questions abound. Just what does it mean to bring spirituality into the workplace? Is this an appropriate way to help people feel... View Details

Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso

26 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

forthcoming Journal of International Business Studies Organizational Innovation in the Multinational Enterprise: Internalization Theory and Business History By: da Silva Lopes, Teresa, Mark Casson, and G. Jones Abstract—This article engages in a methodological... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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