Transparency - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Feb 2022
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Health Is Wealth | The Path To Creating A Venture

only their communication skills and their professional abilities, but also their remote working capabilities. “When you’re remote, transparency is key. Communication is key, and the ability to set boundaries and understand when you do or... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Health Care

01 Dec 2017
News

Case Study: The Doctor Deficit

employer and employee, Nomad manages the process, from background checks to malpractice insurance to payroll. It charges health care institutions a 15 percent commission for each hire—a transparency unheard of in a sector in which the... View Details

Keywords: April White

04 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

advanced care planning, and can help to ensure transparency of patient information throughout the institution. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54931 September–October 2018 Harvard Business Review The... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

19 Apr 2016
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April 19, 2016

campaign backfired because the Electoral Commission failed to fulfill its commitment to deliver a transparent and peaceful election. The decrease in trust is stronger in areas that experienced election-related violence and for individuals... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Staff Directory | Baker Library

financial reporting, and procurement. She is one of the points of contact between Baker Library and the HBS Finance Office, helping ensure coordination and alignment on financial processes. Dora enjoys collaborating across departments to promote efficient and View Details

24 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 24

selectively disclose relatively benign impacts, creating an impression of transparency while masking their true performance. What deters selective disclosure and leads firms to instead make disclosures more representative of their... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Michael Porter’s Prescription For the High Cost of Health Care

responsibility for their choices. But co-pays would be the same inside and outside of the network. Antitrust authorities would scrutinize system participants so that one hospital system or health plan did not unfairly dominate an important market. View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

17 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?

render their brick-and-mortar formats unable to earn their cost of capital. A few retailers face the challenge of successfully capturing the opportunities ecommerce presents to increase the productivity of their existing brick-and-mortar stores. The vast majority of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

07 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

If you ask any given environmentalist to identify the biggest threat to the planet, you may expect to hear about man-made climate change, consumerism, or overpopulation. But if you ask Harvard Business School's Joseph B. Lassiter, he'll toss in another: single-issue... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

30 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism

benefits to many, and if we don't look out, we may kill it." From Prediction To Fruition Problems that forum participants cited included environmental degradation, trade breakdowns, and failure of the rule of law. Concerns over the lack of View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

22 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms

regulated and transparent markets and institutions and into the lightly regulated or unregulated shadow markets encompassing mortgage brokers, hedge funds, private-equity funds, off-balance sheet structured-investment vehicles, and a... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services

17 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship in Asia and Foreign Direct Investment

corruption, as indicated by the fact that Singapore is one of the cleanest countries in the world, but it also has a huge cost. Huang pointed out in his presentation that Singapore and the United States rank similarly on Transparency... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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5.1 Community Standards/Disciplinary Process | MBA

5.1 Community Standards/Disciplinary Process 5.0 Community Standards Process The MBA disciplinary process reflects and safeguards the HBS Community Values . It is designed to be fair and transparent to all students involved. MBA Program... View Details

25 Jul 2017
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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
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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

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A Culture of Innovation | Baker Library

scene. 12 Viewing Vectograph prints and transparencies with polarizing glasses recreates the depth of the original scene. At Smith, Muller had helped Kennedy in his research on Vectographs, and she wrote her senior thesis on the process.... View Details

28 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?

Source: Cecilie_Arcurs George Serafeim has a startling suggestion to fix the world’s biggest environmental, social, and governance (ESG) problems such as water pollution, deforestation, and wealth inequality: encourage companies within industries to do less competing... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining

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