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

12 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

which transparency can backfire. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55804 forthcoming PS: Political Science & Politics Informal Institutions and Survey Research in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq By:... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

20 Oct 2015
First Look

October 20, 2015

transactions and vice versa. This paper examines how service quality, competition, and poverty are related to demand and inventory (of electronic credit and physical cash) where, in this setting, service quality consists of pricing View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation

effects, then it is a disappointment. To be sure, the bill does address some causes of the crisis in meaningful ways. There is significantly enhanced transparency in the derivatives markets—a problem at the center of the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Oct 2020
What Do You Think?

Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?

of distribution (more transparency across multiple organizations in inventory management, lower inventory to sales ratios, fewer stockouts, etc.). Just as important was the question of who could lead the effort. Not surprisingly, it came... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

03 Dec 2015
Op-Ed

How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It

Leaders from some 150 nations have convened in Paris this week for the COP21 conference with a singular goal: to fight the global threat of climate change. Each of them have brought to Paris their own national plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that drive... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy

01 Sep 2005
News

London Forum Highlights the Best of HBS

next decade. As chairman of one of the world’s leading suppliers of food, household, and personal-care products, Burgmans addressed issues of corporate governance. If transparency is good for multinationals, why isn’t the same thinking... View Details

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

31 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

cryptocurrency, will power part of the project. Executives at Maersk believe that blockchain technology can provide much needed transparency to the global supply chain. Maersk plans to launch the blockchain trade platform as an... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

26 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

Evolving for Success [Part One]

networks that weave us together. The transparency of the Web is also key: the fact that information can be spread everywhere so rapidly. This is an interactive medium. Many people in many businesses forget that. The fact that we can send... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Dec 2004
News

The Future of Stem Cells

illnesses, positioning themselves in the mainstream,” predicts Debora Spar. “Venture capitalists will fund research into stem-cell science that runs in accordance with the wishes of society. Firms will cluster where the rules are View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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

22 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 22

open collaborative sample. Based on a detailed analysis of the cases in which the mirroring hypothesis was not supported, we introduce the concept of actionable transparency as a means of achieving coordination without mirroring. We... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

31 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

State and Local Governments Peer Into the Pandemic Abyss

Kristen Senz is a social media editor and writer for Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: iStock Photo] Related Reading Working Paper: Surfacing the Submerged State with Operational Transparency in Government Services What... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

09 Dec 2020
Blog Post

How to Create a Psychologically Safe Workplace

more productive. Lastly, respond productively in recruiting by keeping lines of communication open. Transparency and a clear indication of next steps helps to reduce anxiety. For more on creating a psychologically safe workplace, see... View Details

20 Jan 2015
First Look

First Look: January 20

Scrutiny, Norms, and Selective Disclosure: A Global Study of Greenwashing By: Marquis, Christopher, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Under increased pressure to report environmental impacts, some firms selectively disclose relatively benign impacts, creating an... View Details