transparency - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

fact that despite careful attention to the importance of neighborhood priority, Boston’s implementation of its 50-50 reserve–open seat split was nearly identical to the outcome of a counterfactual system without any reserves. Transparency... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

19 Mar 2013
First Look

First Look: March 19

for organizational forms beyond the executive team. Download the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1982531 Causes and Consequences of Firms' Self-Reported Anticorruption Efforts Authors:Healy, Paul M., and George Serafeim Abstract We use View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Breaking Through a Growth Stall

How did the pipeline grow? Did we add lower- or higher-profit and lifetime value customers? Are we targeting shorter or longer selling-cycle prospects? What are the implications for the "center of gravity" in the venture's business model? An ICP process... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

13 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Create Winning Streaks

accountability: Make information transparent and accessible, by fostering straight talk and communicating the facts, which builds trust and prevents denial. Cultivate collaboration: Create conversations across the organization; talking is... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel

15 Sep 2020
News

How To Make Diversity a Reality

And then would be responsible for executing, meeting and reporting out. There would be transparency in the company about what they were doing and how they were progressing along. The way I'm thinking about it, it's a completely different... View Details

01 Jun 2010
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Social Reporting

available to nonprofits, such as greater transparency and disclosure, performance assessment, industry self-regulation, and adaptive learning. But leaders must adapt any such mechanisms to suit their organization. The greatest payoffs... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

18 Jul 2018
Blog Post

Amira Rashad: An Ambidextrous Mind Meets Consumer Needs in the Middle East

make it easy for BulkWhiz to justify deliveries. But it's the transparent data that gives the company its greatest advantage. "We use data to serve customers and to help us better understand them. Our vertical growth potential is immense;... View Details

13 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Shouldn't Delay Software Updates—Even After CrowdStrike's Flaw

Vulnerabilities don’t work on a calendar. Cybercriminals show up when they show up.” You Might Also Like: How Transparency Sped Innovation in a $13 Billion Wireless Sector The Critical Computer Science Principles Every Strategic Leader... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Technology; Information Technology; Computer; Web Services

01 Sep 2020
News

Road Work

borrowing habits have unlocked more affordable loans and created increased transparency around (and investment in) a loan market the firm estimates at between $15 billion and $20 billion. As the coronavirus pandemic enters its third... View Details

Keywords: banking; LatinX; small businesses; COVID-19; Finance

01 Mar 2004
News

David Horgan: Iraqi Briefing, 21st November, 2003

create only the illusion of transparency - while delaying work. Donations yield reduced value because of inefficiency and security costs. A worse problem surrounds Madrid pledges. Pledges are not the same as cash, as Afghans found.... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

14 Mar 2023
Blog Post

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

use to rate performance, and eliminate ambiguous, vague, and malleable standards. Promotion and compensation. Set clear and transparent parameters for salary offers and raises. Review the outcomes of promotion and compensation decisions... View Details

18 Aug 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Courageous Leader Triggers a Moral Revolt of CEOs Against Trump

price increases and transparency about prices. He initiated a 32 percent price reduction on one of Merck’s most promising new drugs for Hepatitis C, Zepatier. In addition, he called out industry miscreants like Turing’s Martin Shkreli and... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

Web

Europe - Global Activities 2021

Center. In their conversation, Kerr and Dalton also explore the importance of being transparent about coming changes and working with employees, unions, governments, and others to identify mutually beneficial transitions. Managing the... View Details

03 Mar 2020
News

Can This Man Change the American Diet?

transparency in the food industry, and the iterative process that created Clover’s different look and feel. READ MORE Julia Hanna: So how would you describe Clover Food Lab to someone who’s never been there before? Ayr Muir: At its most... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture

01 Jun 2010
News

$how Me the Money

petition that calls for greater transparency in the global financial system and stronger enforcement of international money-monitoring laws and regulations. For Baker, this is the latest salvo in a long campaign that began in Nigeria,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Legal Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

15 Feb 2017
Op-Ed

What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

oversees a transparent award. Fourth, projects can be planned and sequenced to optimize cumulative benefit. While it’s tempting to spread infrastructure spending around for political reasons, that can lead to disconnected and unrelated... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction

19 Feb 2020
News

Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change

sticker shock would carbon prices trigger?). Elizabeth Lewis (MBA 2006), engagement officer for climate and impact investing at the International Finance Corporation, also responded that government policies needed to require more View Details

Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy

01 Dec 2018
News

Democratizing Funding, Diversifying Funders

transparent spirit of Kickstarter with the rigors of Securities and Exchange Commission oversight. The world of so-called equity crowdfunding holds the promise of democratizing both ends of the earlystage investment game, its advocates... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg

01 Mar 2018
News

Democratizing Data to Favor Farmers

struggled to determine if they were getting good deals,” Baron says. “They had to take their dealer’s word for it.” Years later, after spells at Google and HBS, Baron is now using modern tools—from cloud computing to machine-learning—to force View Details