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  • 05 Nov 2014
  • What Do You Think?

Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?

our choice(s) in life." Henry Kwok commented, "The field of neuroscience and brain scanning will only get more advanced, and thus we can expect better reading However, the job of managing and leading will be evolving in a fast changing business environment... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 10 Oct 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Corporate Responsibility and the Environment: What is the Right Thing To Do?

by Harvard Business School professor Forest Reinhardt, considered whether firms should and do engage extensively in CSR. This essay, in other words, considered empirical evidence. Reinhardt found that relatively few firms do engage in real CSR, and those that do can do... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • March 2012
  • Article

The Influence of Prior Industry Affiliation on Framing in Nascent Industries: The Evolution of Digital Cameras

By: Mary J. Benner and Mary Tripsas
New industries sparked by technological change are characterized by high technological, market, and competitive uncertainty. In this paper we explore how a firm's conceptualization of products in this context, reflected in its introduction of product features, is... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Transformation; Risk and Uncertainty; Competitive Strategy; Product; Values and Beliefs; Mathematical Methods; Power and Influence; Behavior; Experience and Expertise; Design; Market Entry and Exit; Employment Industry; Computer Industry
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  • 24 Sep 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?

is in the container. Likewise, responsible manufacturers don't have to worry about competitors cheating by putting bogus ingredients into their products. So the agency's work for consumer protection also acts as a protection for ethical... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Biotechnology; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage; Health
  • November 1995 (Revised March 2004)
  • Case

Massachusetts General Hospital: CABG Surgery (A)

By: Steven C. Wheelwright and James Weber
A cross-functional team at Massachusetts General Hospital tries to reengineer the service delivery process (the "care path") for heart bypass surgery (CABG) in order to shorten hospital stays (and lower costs) while maintaining/enhancing the quality of care provided. View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Business Processes; Mission and Purpose; Product Positioning; Product Marketing; Management Practices and Processes; Customer Satisfaction; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Fair Value Accounting; Ethics; Pharmaceutical Industry; Health Industry; Massachusetts
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Organizational Beliefs and Managerial Vision

By: Eric J. Van den Steen
Can managers have an impact on their firm that goes beyond their direct actions and decisions? This article shows that a manager with strong beliefs about the right course of action will attract, through sorting in the labor market, employees with similar beliefs. This... View Details
Keywords: Organizations; Goals and Objectives; Decisions; Labor; Markets; Employees; Motivation and Incentives; Recruitment; Risk and Uncertainty; Values and Beliefs
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  • 01 Aug 2001
  • News

George C. Lodge

and was a leading figure in teaching a new required module in Decision Making and Ethical Values. Since retiring from the active faculty four years ago, Lodge has continued his research on globalization and the development of emerging... View Details
Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; Stanley F. Teele; Ezra F. Vogel; John W. Rosenblum
  • Profile

Anthony Tan

countries and has its own sights on the Asian marketplace. “We will do whatever it takes to ensure that we maintain our leadership in an ethical and moral way,” Tan said when the Softbank investment was announced. “It’s... View Details
  • Web

Disability Pride Month | Baker Library

list people with disabilities as populations they serve. Review Capital IQ Pro 's "Assistive Technology" market map, which consists of companies that develop products and technology solutions designed to assist individuals with... View Details
  • July 2006
  • Case

Citigroup: Euro Zone Bond Trading (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Christopher Bruner and Aldo Sesia
Describes the development and execution of a bond trading strategy by a London-based team of Citigroup eurozone bond traders. The trades, which involved two of Europe's leading electronic trading platforms, gave rise to a European-wide controversy over the traders'... View Details
Keywords: Debt Securities; Financial Markets; Bonds; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Decision Making; Lawfulness; Business Strategy; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Europe
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  • 08 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 8, 2015

market failures that may arise. We explore these challenges and suggest an updated regulatory framework that is sufficiently flexible to allow software platforms to operate and deliver their benefits, while ensuring that service... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 2003 (Revised January 2004)
  • Case

ITC eChoupal Initiative, The

Soybean farmers in India have traditionally sold their product through ineffective and frequently dishonest physical marketplaces (mandi). Farmers are generally poor and often illiterate and are forced to be "price-takers" after an arduous journey to the mandi. They... View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Fairness; Internet and the Web; Supply Chain Management; Emerging Markets; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; India
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  • 24 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 24, 2006

Harvard Business School Case 807-029 Explores the globalization strategies of Natura, Brazil's largest cosmetics company. Founded in 1969, Natura grew using a direct selling model. Led by its three founders, the firm made distinctive use of Brazil's diversity and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2003
  • News

Inside MBA Admissions

critical element of the evaluation process, says Dewey. The Admissions staff carefully evaluates answers to essay questions focusing on ethical challenges and looks for character in the comments submitted by recommenders. It is this area... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 01 Jun 2022
  • News

June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

Geoffrey Jones and Tarun Khanna discuss the interviews they and other Harvard faculty have undertaken with iconic leaders in India who have demonstrated leadership to last. There are leaders from South Asia and other emerging markets as... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 09 Jun 2015
  • First Look

First Look: June 9, 2015

instance, estimates of U.S. annual losses indicate $1 trillion paid in bribes, $270 billion lost due to unreported income, as well as $42 billion lost in retail due to shoplifting and employee theft. In this article we draw on insights from the growing fields of moral... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2015
  • News

Providing an Environment for Ideas to Grow

brand shouldn’t be about erecting barriers to keep consumers out; indeed, growth requires the welcoming of new faces,” concludes HBS marketing professor Anat Keinan in a July 2014 Harvard Business Review article, “How ‘Brand Tourists’ Can... View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • 15 Sep 2015
  • First Look

September 15, 2015

downside market risks. Required rates of return in such an equilibrium can dramatically exceed those suggested by traditional models, affecting inference about the attractiveness of these investments. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • April 2019
  • Case

Coup or Crime? The Case of Carlos Ghosn

By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and Puneet Brar
This case explores the interplay of global corporations, management styles, and local traditions through the high profile arrest of auto industry icon, Carlos Ghosn, in November 2018. The case allows students to debate opposing theories that led to the arrest and... View Details
Keywords: Management Style; Globalized Markets and Industries; Problems and Challenges; Ethics; Governance Controls
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  • 18 Jul 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017

Sandra J., and Matthew Preble Abstract—The article discusses an intern for the technology security company Zantech addressing her concerns about her boss in Seoul, South Korea, regarding an inappropriate suggestion on misrepresenting her identity. An overview of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne