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- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
argue that competition can lead organizations to provide illicit quality that satisfies customer demand but violates laws and regulations and that this outcome is particularly likely when price competition is restricted. Using 28 million... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
and have kids, but Guillaume and I decided that we would rather take a reduced income from one of us not working full-time so that there’s a sort of shock absorber built into the system to handle sick days, teacher meetings, school... View Details
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Democratizing development: Inequality in Latin America | Institute for Business in Global Society
Businesses traditionally have focused on investing, innovating, and creating wealth. Recently, however, there has been a growing call for business leaders to take a more active role in creating an economic system that works for everyone.... View Details
- 01 Apr 2008
- News
“Let Us Now Praise Famous Women”
computer storing the data was not on campus. Doris at the dot-matrix printer, with a Decmate at the right Doris came to Alumni Records in 1979 after two years with the HBS Fund. That was the year HBS records were computerized using the VAX View Details
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
deductibles. We show how choice difficulties or biases may lead patients to respond to such increases in patient cost-sharing by reducing demand for high-value care, muddying the traditional argument that the price elasticity of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Agenda for Corporate Accountability Reporting
How do you measure corporate accountability? And can you do it credibly? Since the financial crisis of 2008-2009, for-profit corporations are facing greater demand to disclose more than revenues and expenses on annual financial reports. In response, some are pointing... View Details
- 12 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors
recalls Quattrone telling an analyst who wanted to issue a less than flattering report about a client. `Do you want to work in this firm? Do you want to be a team player? When it comes time for bonus review, all this will be remembered.' The managing director says... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 03 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Jurgen Weiss
environment. Over the last few years, I increasingly thought about how I can have a maximum impact on guiding, fostering, and encouraging the transition to a carbon free energy system that is needed to deal with climate change threats. At... View Details
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet
"custom assembly." In the former, managers pick an existing manufacturing system here, a human resources and finance system there, and bring them together to serve the operation's needs. In the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
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IFC India 2025: Decarbonizing Rice Paddy Farming - Pioneering Sustainability in Indian Agriculture - Blog - Business & Environment
Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business & Environment... View Details
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
organized systems for improvement. Traditional structures and cultures within AHCs, although well suited to the tripartite missions of teaching, research, and clinical care, are not easily adaptable to the tasks of measuring, reporting,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5
Black students in our community have spent the last few weeks grappling with the weight of a devastating truth: that our country and society has undeniably and systemically failed Black communities – and the false narrative that being... View Details
- 03 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 3
self-report of the licensee. The self-reporting aspect of the environment gives rise to demand for auditing by the licensor or third-party attestation by the licensee. We characterize the optimal royalty contract, accounting View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
road person does not talk to the power person who does not coordinate with the zoning authority. Or, where a “bridge to nowhere” gets funded, absent market demand for the crossing. Much of the above sounds like decades of “best practices”... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
View from the Top
when in-person contact isn't possible, we rely on videoconferencing and e-mail. We also use handheld e-mail systems to send messages. It's the ultimate in multitasking and allows one to stay constantly in touch. Wagoner: I think it's... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age
management systems used by direct marketers; software for creating and managing graphics, video, and sound; and convergence technologies such as broadband that provide simultaneous, high-speed transmission of sound, video, and data... View Details
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
tighter coupling is more likely in suppliers with certain types of managerial structures (certified management system and unions). We also find important interactions between these organizational structures: managerial structures offset... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
health-care system is in critical condition: The cost of U.S. health care not only hampers its citizens’ well-being and the country’s ability to compete globally, but it also draws funding away from other sectors, such as education, where... View Details
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
provide insights into why and how investors use reported environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information. Relevance to investment performance is the most frequent motivation for use of ESG data followed by client demand and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
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some of Wall Street’s most successful investment gurus (Benjamin Graham, John Neff, Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, and others) and shows readers how to combine their proven strategies into a disciplined investing system. The model portfolio View Details