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- 16 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Messy Link Between Slave Owners and Modern Management
monitoring their profits—often using even more sophisticated methods than manufacturers in the North. Several of the slave owners' practices, such as incentivizing workers (in this case, to get them to pick more cotton) and depreciating... View Details
Keywords: by Katie Johnston
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Engaged with field work in South Asia and East Africa, Professor Hussam places a focus on exploring questions with strong theoretical motivation in the economics literature as well as relevant downstream policy implications. Her research spans four broad interests.... View Details
- 09 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization
backlash from other organizational members. [div class=infogram-embed data-id=_/mcqxpioCi4O4ZaScUhLN][/div] In response to the broader perspective offered by his team’s devil’s advocate, one CEO shared that he took proposed across-the-board View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 15
where a firm monetizes its product through sponsors rather than setting prices to its customer base. We analyze strategic interactions between an innovative entrant and an incumbent where the incumbent may imitate the entrant's business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Profiles - MBA
covered by insurance, I saw the critical role technology can play in bridging gaps in healthcare accessibility, inspiring me to develop software to help patients like my dad monitor their illnesses from home. While healthcare software is... View Details
- 18 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking the Right Questions
to change. It's so hard to monitor or fix compared to the machine. Layne: In layman's terms, how does your solution, BEAT, work? You mentioned surge pricing for car services as an example. Israeli: So,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 01 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
John H. Patterson and the Sales Strategy of the National Cash Register Company, 1884 to 1922
John H. Patterson created an intricate system of management to monitor and train company salesman. He gave them scripts to memorize and assigned them territory to cover. He held conventions and thematic sales contests, and pressured... View Details
Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman
- 24 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Activity-Based Costing
can also be used in discussions with customers about the pricing of new business. Note that these rates are lower than those estimated using traditional ABC methods (see the exhibit "Doing ABC the Traditional Way"). Doing the... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & Steven R. Anderson
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Accounting & Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Asset Management’s Quantitative Research Institute for his paper with Aaron Yoon, “Stock Price Reactions to ESG News: The Role of ESG Ratings and Disagreement." Suraj Srinivasan : “The Changing Landscape of Auditors’ Liability” with... View Details
- 08 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Decision Rights: Who Gives the Green Light?
for the pricing of bids made by its foreign subsidiaries. The company believed that its U.S.-based executives would be more effective in making pricing decisions because they had a broader purview of the... View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research
corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports and (b) how the risk of governmental monitoring affects the extent to which CSR reports are symbolic or substantive. First, we examine how firm characteristics reflecting dependence on the... View Details
- 09 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?
at least in the U.S. the average consumer is pretty unaware of these programs. Companies that want to differentiate themselves in this way need to figure out how to do so. If it involves a cost premium, how can that be translated into a View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Behavioral Finance—Benefiting from Irrational Investors
How "sleepy" or "awake" are you when it comes to your stock portfolio? If you're like most people, you probably don't spend a great deal of time monitoring your investments. So when another company uses stock to... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 31 Jan 2023
- Op-Ed
Can Insurance Technology Solve the Uninsured Driver Problem?
pay a price because their premiums have to incorporate the risk of getting into an accident with an uncovered driver. Uninsured drivers increase premiums for drivers with insurance by $27 billion annually and $6 billion in California... View Details
- 24 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit
“Obhyash nai,” which means “I do not have the habit,” Hussam says. Monitoring vs. offering incentives The researchers randomly divided the villages into “monitoring” and “incentive” villages, taking two approaches to inducing the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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My focus is empirical financial accounting research, with particular interests in governance, valuation, M&A, and short-sellers. All three of my papers to date fall under the broad heading of “alternative governance mechanisms”—studies of how accounting information is... View Details
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My focus is empirical financial accounting research, with particular interests in governance, valuation, M&A, and short-sellers. All three of my papers to date fall under the broad heading of “alternative governance mechanisms”—studies of how accounting information is... View Details
- 25 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 25, 2016
growing component of many firms' retailing strategies, particularly in the fashion industry. Outlet stores offer attractive prices in locations far from central shopping districts. The main perspectives on why outlet stores exist can be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
strategy will provide focus to information-gathering and a roadmap for decision-making. Even then, many decisions will have to be made with imperfect data. Flexibility is important. Revisit your conclusions and pivot as needed. Utilizing short-term KPIs (30-day, or so)... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online
Choices Performing the X-Test Using Control Systems Interactively Show Hide Details Modules Managing the Tensions of Strategy Execution Aligning Job Design to Strategy Energizing Employees to Execute Strategy Measuring and Monitoring... View Details