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

01 Dec 2018
News

Sustaining Business And Society For The Long Term

industry at large, the new owners implemented a transparent strategy to identify and solve the problems, ultimately leading to improved effi ciency, reduced costs, and an expansion of clientele. The course also considers the role of... View Details

01 Mar 2004
News

Reforming Company Boards

straight line, it will reduce the huge valuation swings that we’ve seen in the last three years. Greater transparency does not mean that all issues can or should be disclosed — otherwise a company could forfeit competitive advantage. Is a... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Services

20 Feb 2020
Blog Post

Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Technology

different functions where MBA grads could make a positive impact. The Value of Transparency In her coaching conversations with students, Cathy has heard the following sentiment time and time again: “students want to do well and do good.”... View Details

Keywords: Technology

02 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 2

independent and dispersed contributors made highly interdependent contributions to the design of a single technical system (or sub-system). Based on a detailed analysis of the latter 28, we introduce the concept of actionable transparency... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Mar 2016
News

3-Minute Briefing: Pamela Meyer (MBA 1986)

sabotage these moments through passive-aggressive behavior. What you need are the three Ts. Transparency for openly communicating your goals, concerns, disappointments, and expectations. Trust for the small, significant circle of people... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

02 Jun 2003
What Do You Think?

What Can Aspiring Leaders Be Taught?

ethical values, but include preferred behaviors such as treating people with respect, exercising speed in decision-making, insuring transparency and the sharing of information, and emphasizing simplicity in ways of getting things done.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

26 Apr 2011
News

BioMine Strikes Gold

a Boston-based technology financial services company whose mission is to reinvent hedge fund investing through disruptive technology, transparency and liquidity. PhytoTEK supplies a unique biologic solution for the infection-control... View Details

Keywords: Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

15 Dec 2015
Blog Post

One MBA's Path to Boston Consulting Group

process and play. Someone once told me that recruiting is as much about you evaluating the firms as it is about the firms evaluating you. As I look back on that hectic fall of last year, what stuck out most was BCG’s transparency and... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products / Retail

18 Mar 2008
News

Election ’08, HBS Style

away some of the new mass-transit passes and implied that students could expect more of the same if they should be the ones to oversee the SA budget. Diversity, creativity, and transparency were the watchwords of Sunil Nagaroj and Serge... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

22 Nov 2016
First Look

November 22, 2016

employer that presents itself as valuing diversity, minority job applicants engage in relatively little résumé whitening and thus submit more racially transparent résumés. Yet our audit study of how employers respond to whitened and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 23

to increase the transparency of options repurchases. The case describes the methodology used to value the warrants. Students have the opportunity to value warrants issued by 10 of the largest banks and to evaluate whether the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer

off-balance-sheet entities but with a transparent process and capital charges that are based on actual risks. We want banks to disclose their potential liabilities to these entities and to put capital behind these risks. Unless we have... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services

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

03 Feb 2020
What Do You Think?

Can an Organization Have Too Much 'Rebel Talent'?

try to be as transparent as possible in their dealings with others. It’s important to note that these findings complement, not necessarily contradict, those of Gino’s. Organizations exhibiting so-called rebel qualities have been found to... View Details