transparency - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2019
News

Shaping Leaders Who Understand Business and the Environment

standards and committed to transparency on environmental issues. Few new graduates will immediately become CEOs, with the direct responsibility to reshape a company’s ESG policies in such dramatic ways, but Serafeim wants to show students... View Details

Keywords: April White

22 Oct 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Motivate Me, Please

governments to get citizens to do the right thing. Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity Forget management by walking around. Decreasing workplace transparency can increase worker productivity. Money and Quotas Motivate the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

26 May 2015
Research & Ideas

Corporate Field Researchers Share Tricks of the Trade

curious phenomenon dubbed the Transparency Paradox, he found that watching your employees less closely at work might yield more transparency at your organization. "In a world obsessed with transparency, I'm... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Oct 2021
News

Tackling the World’s Most Difficult Challenges

Administration, and Assistant Professor Ethan Rouen, wants to change that. The project is developing tools to measure a company’s impact—negative and positive—on people and the planet. This more accurate and transparent accounting will... View Details

01 Dec 2009
News

Letters to the Editor

suggestion I have is to increase transparency by requiring all companies that file a proxy statement to include a graph showing executive compensation for the top three or four officers and compensation for the average worker over a... View Details

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

01 Jun 2015
News

Research Brief: If State Pensions Clean Up Their Books, Who Pays?

that states with the largest pension deficits and those with heavy unionization were most likely to want to keep the status quo—even when the public and financial experts pushed for the opposite. It makes sense: “The most likely scenario of increased View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

16 Nov 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation

Transparency: Its official motive of transparency allows citizens more control of information that affects them. Giving "power to the people" puts a new set of eyes and ears on government and holds officials more accountable.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology

21 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation

effects, then it is a disappointment. To be sure, the bill does address some causes of the crisis in meaningful ways. There is significantly enhanced transparency in the derivatives markets—a problem at the center of the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

20 May 2016
Op-Ed

World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics

for bureaucrats. A sample recommendation is that the WHO should “devise a regular, independent, transparent and objective assessment mechanism to evaluate country performance” against precise benchmarks defined in conjunction with member... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Health

03 Nov 2008
HBS Case

Economics of the Ethanol Business

think these things are unimportant and uninteresting, but that's never been true." Greater transparency may be brought about through the introduction of carbon trading markets, Reinhardt suggests—an area he is exploring in a future... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Energy

01 Jun 2018
News

Ask the Expert: Star Search

enabling employees to move throughout the organization. Knowing employees want to make a difference is fantastic, but how do you measure and convey that difference to them? —Kate O’Donnell (MBA 2016) GULLIVER: We do that through View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Sep 2008
News

Farming for Fuel

and that we still need to get around,” he notes. “When commodity prices are kept low, we have a tendency to think these things are unimportant and uninteresting, but that’s never been true.” Greater transparency may be brought about... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Agriculture; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

18 Mar 2019
Blog Post

"It's Important to Have a Compelling Story:" Jodi Glickman on Being Great on the Job

home on a certain day. I don't feel the need to be available 24/7 (there are very few emergency [leadership development] needs). Ultimately, I think that because I put GIFT into practice with my clients—I am generous and transparent and... View Details

22 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 22

open collaborative sample. Based on a detailed analysis of the cases in which the mirroring hypothesis was not supported, we introduce the concept of actionable transparency as a means of achieving coordination without mirroring. We... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Aug 2024
Op-Ed

Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience

aligned and trained to handle crisis communication effectively and manage public relations under pressure. Process: Develop a well-defined communication plan that includes benchmarks and standards for timely and transparent outreach... View Details

Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch

01 Mar 2008
News

Reimagining China and India

transparently of value, so nobody’s going to oppose it. Are China and India capable of creating domestic firms that can compete successfully on an international scale? There already are at least 20 companies in the two countries that I... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Management; Retail Trade

15 Mar 2017
Blog Post

Tips on Holding Effective Company Recruiting Events

career paths and the qualities and experience you’re looking for in a candidate. Enable presenters to be transparent about your interview process including speaking to dates, deadlines and possible interview formats. As an added bonus,... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

14 Jan 2021
News

Better Than Cash

(UNCDF). Digital payments increase savings, security, and transparency for both the payer and the recipient, and they can serve as the spark for larger societal change, Goodwin-Groen explains. “Digital financial inclusion can build a... View Details

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Online Transforming Customer Experiences Course | HBS Online

Syllabus Enrollment Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Design a defined, service-driven value proposition Understand sustainable pricing, the service-profit chain, and customer journeys Motivate employees to deliver exceptional, mission-aligned services by leveraging... View Details

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Guiding Principles for Conscious and Inclusive Description | Baker Library

underrepresented people and communities and may not describe accurately and completely the racist or offensive aspects of the materials. We will strive to: Be transparent about the role we have in shaping description, including people and... View Details

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