rankings - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

5,000 board members from around the world to find out. We found that, overall, innovation does not rank as a top strategic challenge for the majority of boards. Although directors in certain industries are more cognizant of the threat of... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Mar 2005
News

Venture Capital’s Comeback

2003. But the road ahead remains uncertain for many, especially those not in the top ranks in terms of size and investment track record, say industry veterans. For all but the leading firms, raising money remains difficult. And deciding... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

07 Jun 2004
What Do You Think?

How Important are Big Ideas?

Summing Up Judging from responses to the June column, big ideas rank high on a list including technology and intellectual property as sources of competitive advantage. But they are only a starting point, outweighed by methods and the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Sep 2020
News

Maintaining a Resilient Democracy

country. “On a scale of 1 to 10, only about 30 percent of US respondents born since 1980 ranked it at 10,” he shares. “That concerns me. “Ours isn’t the first contentious chapter in US history,” Moss elaborates. “But when we’ve put the... View Details

Keywords: Deb Blagg

04 Sep 2019
News

The School that Donham Built

array of challenges: HBS courses were taught in classrooms scattered across Harvard Yard; faculty and student ranks had been severely depleted by the Great War; finances were precarious; and the curriculum—focused on industry-specific... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

06 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53787 Subjectivity in Tournaments: Implicit Rewards and Penalties and Subsequent Performance By: Cai, Wei, and Susanna Gallani Abstract—This study explores the effects of subjective adjustments of objective performance... View Details

31 May 2023
Research & Ideas

With Predictive Analytics, Companies Can Tap the Ultimate Opportunity: Customers’ Routines

2,000 users, homing in on passenger usage data between January and November in 2018. After a rider had been active for three weeks, the authors tracked how—and, more important, when—customers used the service. The researchers then ranked... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Transportation

March 2025
Case

Intuit: Lobbying to Save TurboTax

By: Joseph L. Badaracco and Tom Quinn

Intuit’s TurboTax software held a dominant market position in the online tax preparation market. Many politicians over the years had proposed changes that would have harmed Intuit’s business—notably, allowing the Internal Revenue Service to develop a government-owned... View Details

Keywords: Lobbying; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Government Legislation; Taxation; Business and Government Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Reputation; Civil Society or Community; Public Opinion; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Rank and Position; Power and Influence; Technology Industry; United States; Europe

Citation

Educators

01 Jul 2019
What Do You Think?

Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?

little communication between the ranks and the top about how they were (or were to be) achieved. Both are now trying to regain reputations that may be lost for some time. Stretch goals have wide acceptance in the business world.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

24 Nov 2014
Research & Ideas

Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes

assessments of corruption such as enforcement actions, independent directors, and more rigorous auditing. Furthermore, relative to firms with high anticorruption rankings, firms with low rankings had higher sales growth in regions... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

05 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 5

scientists that may be due to a performance management system that leaves top performing employees slighted by the practice of uniform ratings. In an effort to retain top employees, the company institutes a forced distribution model of performance rankings, moving from... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

The Trick of Balancing Business and Government

is no simple matter to rank the importance of myriad institutions. Minimum conditions of basic education, transportation, and communications must be in place; but the question of institutions remains centered on basic empowerment.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Profile

Georges F. Doriot

strategy for supporting the war effort earned him the rank of Brigadier General. He was an outlier who believed deeply in innovation, disciplined analysis and future focus. He refused to use HBS’s vaunted case method, preferring to... View Details

Web

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

Doriot held seven positions in four divisions of the Quartermaster Corps and eventually rose to the rank of brigadier general. Thereafter referred to as "the General," even in civilian life, Doriot proved tremendously adept in bringing... View Details

01 Jun 2006
News

One-on-One with Tom Oreck

grounding in every aspect of the business. “I like to tell people that I rose up the ranks through the sheer force of nepotism,” he deadpans with self-deprecating humor. He made HBS his last training stop before taking over as president... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

06 Jul 2020
Blog Post

A Letter from the Women in Investing Club

organization and be consistently ranked as one of the clubs people value the most at HBS. With our generous sponsors, we were able to host over 700 registrants for our annual Summit in Klarman Hall, featuring fantastic keynote speeches... View Details

01 Sep 2003
News

These Are the Good Old Days

made their mark in the media and entertainment realm — be it publications, television, movies, theater, or the arts. At graduation, investment banking and consulting ranked as top career choices. But over the years, she’s seen her fellow... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

08 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile

ranked Chile at 23, the second least corrupt country in Latin America just behind Uruguay. The United States itself is 16. In contrast, Argentina comes in as 107, far worse than even such corruption stalwarts as Brazil, China, India, and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

05 Nov 2013
First Look

First Look: November 5

person one rank above them instead of the person one rank below. Last-place aversion suggests that low-income individuals might oppose redistribution because it could differentially help the group just... View Details