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  • 30 Nov 2016
  • News

Improving On-the-Fly Teamwork in Health Care

    Can Wages Buy Honesty? The Relationship between Relative Wages and Employee Theft

    In this study we examine whether, for a sample of retail chains, high levels of employee compensation can deter employee theft, an increasingly common type of fraudulent behavior. Specifically, we examine the extent to which relative wages (i.e., employee wages... View Details
    • 2012
    • Chapter

    Institutional Pressures and Organizational Characteristics: Implications for Environmental Strategy

    By: Magali A. Delmas and Michael W. Toffel
    A broad literature has emerged over the past decades demonstrating that firms' environmental strategies and practices are influenced by stakeholders and institutional pressures. Such findings are consistent with institutional sociology, which emphasizes the importance... View Details
    Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Natural Environment; Business Strategy
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    • Research Summary

    Dissertation: "Essays in International Non-market Strategy and the Political Economy of Environmental Regulation"

    My dissertation is part of a research agenda intended to advance our understanding of the interaction between companies and non-market actors (e.g. regulators) in an international context. The empirical setting of my analysis is the European Union Emissions Trading... View Details

    • 01 Feb 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    The ‘Luxury Prime’: How Luxury Changes People

    Are people who travel in town cars and on corporate jets different—on a psychological level—from you and me? Does the availability of luxury goods "prime" individuals to be less concerned about or considerate toward others? The answer from new View Details
    Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
    • 02 Aug 2020
    • What Do You Think?

    Is the 'Experimentation Organization' Becoming the Competitive Gold Standard?

    Korrawin SUMMING UP Will Digital Experimentation Take Hold in Industies Outside High Tech? The several responses to this month’s column generally were favorable to the notion that experimentation is gaining momentum as an everyday habit in many organizations,... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology
    • Web

    ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

    Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy... View Details
    • 30 May 2023
    • News

    Finding PRIDE

    develop the curriculum for this Executive Education program. It will feature new cases, as well as in-person visits by US Senator Tammy Baldwin, actress Anna Deavere Smith, and designer Debbie Millman, with a focus on authentic storytelling and the latest View Details
    Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
    • 14 Jul 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina

    the city an opportunity to rebuild its low-performing public school system. What led you to do this research and teach case studies on this subject? Stacey Childress: I developed and teach an MBA elective course at HBS called... View Details
    Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education
    • 01 Dec 2015
    • First Look

    December 1, 2015

    into consumer psychology. To reach this goal, we first briefly outline several methods that are part of the consumer neuroscience toolkit and how they are currently used. We then provide an overview of the research that has laid the... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Research Summary

    Overview

    By: Ashley V. Whillans
    Engaged with field work in East Africa, South Asia, and in several large hybrid organizations in the United States, Professor Whillans places a focus on exploring questions with strong theoretical motivation in the social psychological literature and relevant... View Details
    • 25 May 2016
    • News

    Backing Harvard’s Work for Children

    research that will lead directly to breakthrough outcomes in education and health for children living in poverty.” Tichio, who hosted an informational dinner at his Greenwich, Connecticut, home that introduced the center’s activities to... View Details
    • 07 Jun 2021
    • Blog Post

    The Value of the HBS Case Method – Lessons from an SVMP Participant

    leadership positions on campus. I have a non-traditional background for an MBA, and my intellectual curiosity led me to search for opportunities and seek mentors who gave me educational and professional advice. After doing research on top... View Details
    • November 2002
    • Compilation

    Four Principles of Biomedical Ethics: Definitions and Examples

    By: Sandra J. Sucher
    Introduces four principles of biomedical ethics, excerpted from Principles of Biomedical Ethics, Tom L. Beauchamp and James F. Childress (Oxford University Press, 2001). The principles provide a conceptual framework for the analysis and resolution of moral problems... View Details
    Keywords: Framework; Moral Sensibility; Health Care and Treatment; Distribution; Problems and Challenges; Research; Emotions; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Pharmaceutical Industry; Health Industry
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    • October 2007 (Revised December 2007)
    • Case

    TiVo 2007: DVRs and Beyond

    By: David B. Yoffie and Michael Slind
    Tom Rogers, CEO of TiVo, had placed multiple strategic bets on his company. In September 2007, that strategy was due for a major test. TiVo was a maker of digital video recorder (DVR) products and a distributor of DVR technology. Rogers believed that macro-trends in... View Details
    Keywords: Advertising; Business Model; Television Entertainment; Intellectual Property; Lawsuits and Litigation; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Distribution; Problems and Challenges; Partners and Partnerships; Research; Internet; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States
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    • 17 Aug 2021
    • Op-Ed

    Dispensing Justice: The Case for Legalizing Cannabis Nationally

    legalizing cannabis has been growing steadily over the years. According to the Pew Research Center, as of April 2021, 91 percent of adults in the United States supported legalization; 60 percent supported legalization for both medical and... View Details
    Keywords: by Ashish Nanda and Tabatha Robinson
    • 20 Oct 2010
    • Op-Ed

    Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

    (Grossman/Helpman, 1991). Exports, then, might not be beneficial per se, but only if they occur in the "right" activities. The empirical analyses tried to provide insights into the factual linkages between trade and growth. Many View Details
    Keywords: by Christian Ketels
    • 16 Sep 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: September 16

    relationship; (b) reviews the literature on antecedents, consequences, and integration of M&A in the context of innovation; and (c) identifies potential directions of further research on this topic that have both theoretical and... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 15 Jul 2019
    • Book

    Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

    researches tax policy, international finance, and corporate finance. The book grew out of his efforts to make finance more accessible through executive education teaching and his online course Leading with Finance. His previous book, The... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • 30 Mar 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

    researched how to fix broken global teams. “They may not be able to completely reassure workers about what will happen tomorrow, but they can provide a glimpse of the big picture from their perspective,” says Neeley, who is writing a case... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman