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  • September 2016
  • Article

Monitoring Global Supply Chains

By: Jodi L. Short, Michael W. Toffel and Andrea R. Hugill
Firms seeking to avoid reputational spillovers that can arise from dangerous, illegal, and unethical behavior at supply chain factories are increasingly relying on private social auditors to provide strategic information about suppliers' conduct. But little is known... View Details
Keywords: Monitoring; Transaction Cost Economics; Industry Self-regulation; Auditing; Codes Of Conduct; Supply Chains; Corporate Social Responsibility; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Supply Chain; Globalization
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  • Program

Senior Executive Leadership Program—India

approaches to business challenges Seize growth opportunities and compete successfully in a complex global economy Improve your organization's ability to deliver value to customers Lead authentically and ethically at all levels and foster a culture of accountability... View Details
  • Article

Corporate Social Responsibility and Access to Finance

By: Beiting Cheng, Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim
In this paper, we investigate whether superior performance on corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies leads to better access to finance. We hypothesize that better access to finance can be attributed to a) reduced agency costs due to enhanced stakeholder... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; Sustainability; Capital Constraints; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Stakeholder Engagement; Disclosure; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Capital
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    Paul Hamilton

    Paul studies the economic complements needed for firms to realize productivity gains from machine learning and artificial intelligence. These complements include data, human capital & skills, organizational processes, and business models. 
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    • November 2023
    • Article

    Psychological Factors Underlying Attitudes toward AI Tools

    By: Julian De Freitas, Stuti Agarwal, B. Schmitt and N. Haslam
    What are the psychological factors driving attitudes toward AI tools, and how can resistance to AI systems be overcome when they are beneficial? In this perspective, we first organize the main sources of resistance into five main categories: opacity, emotionlessness,... View Details
    Keywords: Policy; Self; AI and Machine Learning; Attitudes; Technology Adoption
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    • 07 Oct 2024
    • Blog Post

    Four Ways to Make The Most of Your Company Events

    If you are looking to engage with Harvard Business School students and share why your company is a great place to work, consider hosting a company event. The key to a successful event is the dialogue between students and recruiters. Company events provide the perfect... View Details
    • 2017
    • Working Paper

    Shopping for Confirmation: How Disconfirming Feedback Shapes Social Networks

    By: Paul Green Jr., Francesca Gino and Bradley Staats
    Many organizations employ interpersonal feedback processes as a structured means of informing and motivating employee improvement. Ample evidence suggests that these feedback processes are largely ineffective, and despite a wealth of prescriptive literature, these... View Details
    Keywords: Developmental Feedback; Self-concept; Positive Illusions; Social Network; Threat; Identity; Social and Collaborative Networks; Behavior; Performance; Social Media
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    • March 2007
    • Supplement

    Bain & Company, Inc.

    In late 2001, the consultancy Bain must decide whether to launch information technology as a practice area within the firm. The senior executives who are Bain's clients have been asking more and more IT-related questions of the firm's partners, who find themselves... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Market Entry and Exit; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry
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    • 11 Aug 2015
    • News

    The Top Questions Facing Alphabet, the New Google Conglomerate

    • 03 Apr 2009
    • What Do You Think?

    How Much Obsolescence Can Business and Society Absorb?

    existing organization communication patterns" [such as bottom up plus top down, outside in—from customers—plus inside out, etc.]. Challenges of new information technologies and how to deal with them... View Details
    Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Publishing; Journalism & News
    • Web

    Capstone | MBA

    discussions. Like in the case method classroom, the presenter, advisors, and fellow students share their opinions and experiences. It’s a collegial conversation, a debate stage, a celebration of hard work, and a showcase of two years of building the foundation to lead... View Details

      David B. Yoffie

      Professor David B. Yoffie is the Max and Doris Starr Professor of International Business Administration at Harvard Business School. A member of the HBS faculty since 1981, Professor Yoffie received his Bachelor's degree summa cum laude and Phi Beta... View Details

      Keywords: information; information; information; information; information; information; information; information; information; information; information; information; information
      • January 2021
      • Article

      Turbulence, Firm Decentralization and Growth in Bad Times

      By: Philippe Aghion, Nicholas Bloom, Brian Lucking, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
      What is the optimal form of firm organization during “bad times”? We present a model of delegation within the firm to show that the effect is ambiguous. The greater turbulence following macro shocks may benefit decentralized firms because the value of local information... View Details
      Keywords: Decentralization; Growth; Turbulence; Great Recession; Organizational Design; System Shocks; Economic Growth; Performance
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      • September–October 2023
      • Article

      Reskilling in the Age of AI

      By: Jorge Tamayo, Leila Doumi, Sagar Goel, Orsolya Kovács-Ondrejkovic and Raffaella Sadun
      In the coming decades, as the pace of technological change continues to increase, millions of workers may need to be not just upskilled but reskilled—a profoundly complex societal challenge that will sometimes require workers to both acquire new skills and... View Details
      Keywords: Competency and Skills; AI and Machine Learning; Training; Adaptation; Employees; Digital Transformation
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      • 05 Jul 2006
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Bankers, Industrialists, and Their Cliques: Elite Networks in Mexico and Brazil During Early Industrialization

      Keywords: by Aldo Musacchio & Ian Read; Banking
      • July 2012 (Revised August 2012)
      • Case

      Global Knowledge Management at Danone (A) (Abridged)

      By: Amy C. Edmondson and David Lane
      This case explores French consumer goods company Danone's novel approach to knowledge management. In 2007, Human Resource Chief (Executive Vice President) Franck Mougin assesses the company's knowledge-sharing tools and considers his options going forward. Through... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Employee Relationship Management; Knowledge Management; Knowledge Sharing; Social and Collaborative Networks; Expansion; Consumer Products Industry; France
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      • 06 Oct 2016
      • HBS Seminar

      John Van Reenen, MIT Sloan School of Management

      • 29 May 2020
      • Op-Ed

      How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents

      COVID-19 is creating unprecedented strains on food security worldwide. The United Nations' World Food Programme warns that the pandemic could almost double the number of people facing food crises in low- and middle-income populations to 265 million by the end of 2020.... View Details
      Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Agriculture & Agribusiness
      • Research Summary

      Overview of Research

      My research examines approaches to improving the performance of our health care delivery system with a primary focus on health information technology. Reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of my program, my dissertation draws upon theories and insights from... View Details

      • 17 Jul 2014
      • News

      Motivating Corporations to Do Good