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22 Nov 2016
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November 22, 2016

regulated entities’ compliance with law. The integrity of these regulatory regimes rests on the validity of the information third-party monitors provide to regulators. The challenge in designing third-party monitoring regimes is that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Engagement Opportunities - Business & Environment

sustainability initiatives. Applications due in September. Harvard University Student Sustainability Associate Program HBS SSAs are hired each year to connect with their peers and engage them in promoting sustainable living and working on campus. Applications due in... View Details

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

events. However, you may visit the HBS Online Business Insights Blog and HBS Online Facebook page for information about upcoming conferences and webinars featuring faculty, or join the HBS Online Community to build your network and... View Details

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Why HBS? - Doctoral

HBS campus. Record of Placement Harvard Business School doctoral students graduate and join many of the world’s leading business schools and universities. Recent HBS graduates have received job offers from institutions such as, Berkeley,... View Details

06 Jul 2016
What Do You Think?

How Do We Pay for the Costs of Globalization?

Research has shown that the benefits of globalization are substantial. For example, a study of the effects of the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership by the Peterson Institute for International Economics projects benefits in US economic... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Manufacturing

14 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

The Business Case for Becoming a Jack-of-All-Trades

causing researchers to miss vital information outside of their fields that could lead to new breakthroughs? “We find that generalists end up doing things not only earlier, but end up having more impact than folks who are more specialized... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

18 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift

period we are in today, had witnessed a dramatic loss of confidence in business and American institutions more generally. In 1968, 70 percent of the public thought business tried to strike a fair balance between profits and the public... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

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Demonstration Policy | About

other form of collective action on the HBS campus should register with HBS Operations at least three business days in advance of the desired date. Groups that may necessitate additional security should aim to register as far in advance as possible. Registration will... View Details

24 Feb 2022
Op-Ed

Want to Prevent the Next Hospital Bed Crisis? Enlist the SEC

institutions within individual and community networks. But they have not done so to date. Enter the SEC One novel way to assure that independent hospitals create network plans is to harness a new accounting standard, as specified by the... View Details

Keywords: by Regina Herzlinger and Richard Boxer; Health

24 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

board performance even more difficult. Effective boards are those that take the initiative to design clear and focused forward-looking agendas, concentrating board energy on a company's specific value drivers, and then employing tools and View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu

03 Jul 2013
What Do You Think?

What Are the Limits of Transparency?

suggested that we "share only data, not information among employees/colleagues." Just where we draw the line on information was the subject of many comments. As Carl put it, "transparency... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat

aggressive (high testosterone) and stressed (high cortisol). Consider Wall Street, where hard-hitting bankers compete for performance-driven bonuses, where "You eat what you kill" is the informal motto, and where investment fraud is a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

07 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 7

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/811059-PDF-ENG The Dutch Flower Cluster Michael E. Porter, Jorge Ramirez-Vallejo, and Fred van EenennaamHarvard Business School Case 711-507 Describes the Dutch flower cluster, or the group of interconnected growers,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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CORe Undergraduate Credit | HBS Online

other schools at Harvard. Harvard transfer credit is accepted by institutions around the world, but it is always up to the accepting university to determine transferability. Successful undergraduate credit option participants will also... View Details

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

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details

18 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Learning in Action

was charged with learning from these experiences as well. Today, CALL observation teams are among the first troops on the ground in any Army operation. They collect on-the-spot information about new practices and techniques, identify... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin

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Is AI Coming for Your Job?

they understand how to use cognitive AI to transform their operations, the impact on workers promises to be dramatic. White-collar workers whose job security was founded on their knowledge of complex processes and ability to integrate View Details

21 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54887 forthcoming Production and Operations Management The Operational Value of Social Media Information By: Cui, Ruomeng, Santiago Gallino, Antonio Moreno, and Dennis J. Zhang... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online

Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences HBS Online courses are excellent for anyone who wishes to learn more about a particular subject area or further develop their career. Corina Cristea Lavoie Corporate... View Details

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

Editor's Note: Christian Ketels wrote this paper for the World Bank's Development Debate, "What Do We Mean by Export Competitiveness and How Do Countries Achieve it in an Uncertain World?" held March 29, 2010. Ketels is Principal Associate at the View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

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