Activity Based Costing and Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

What Your Non-Binary Employees Need to Do Their Best Work

preferences contribute to disparities in the workplace. Ultimately, this study aims to extend this line of research to include non-binary individuals, revealing how their beliefs and preferences compare and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

30 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music

based on the strength of one or two components if the other items are far less appealing. The sharper the differences in appeal, the more consumers will know exactly where "to draw the line" in deciding which subset of items to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music

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Podcast - Business & Environment

with Pasi Miettinen, CEO of Sagewell, a company that uses AI to help utilities and their customers manage energy demand efficiently. Pasi explains how Sagewell’s technology helps reduce peak electricity... View Details

01 Jun 2023
HBS Case

A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?

Miller vowed to hide his criminal past from the business world—a secret he managed to keep for more than 40 years. That was back in 1982, when arrest and prison records were recorded on paper, stored in... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Apparel & Accessories

02 Dec 2015
What Do You Think?

What Will It Take to Achieve Gender Equality in Leadership?

inequality is costing the global economy $12 trillion annually, with North America accounting for 25 percent of that total followed by China’s 20-plus percent. If diversity and gender equality have so much... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

27 Jan 2009
First Look

First Look: January 27, 2009

Alejandro Ruzzier Abstract It is often argued that competition forces managers to make better choices, thus favoring managerial autonomy in decision making. I formalize and challenge this idea. Suppose that... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Program

Senior Executive Leadership Program—China

peers who span functions, industries, and countries Take advantage of resources for lifelong learning as a member of the global HBS alumni community Who Should Attend Senior executives, senior functional leaders, or general View Details

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Students on the Job Market - Doctoral

Experiment There are concerns that managers repurchase shares myopically to benefit themselves at the costs of shareholders and society. Due to these concerns, the SEC adopted... View Details

17 Jan 2023
In Practice

8 Trends to Watch in 2023

As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

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South Asia - Global

South Asia Mumbai For the past decade the HBS community has demonstrated a strong interest in research related to South Asia. The India Research Center (IRC) was established in 2006 and is based in Mumbai.... View Details

11 Jan 2011
First Look

First Look: Jan. 11

supervisor, peers, and customers. You're constantly fighting fires. You're mired in office politics. You end each day exhausted and discouraged, wondering what, if anything, you've accomplished. You're not... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 30, 2007

based industries and about the legitimacy-seeking activities of entrepreneurs in an industry that is transported from one part of the world to another, making it novel only in... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Finance - Faculty & Research

Aparna Krishna This paper evaluates a low-cost, customized soil nutrient management advisory service in India. As a methodological contribution, we examine whether and in which settings satellite... View Details

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Latin America - Global

Research Center (LARC). Her responsibilities include leading research activities for the LATAM region, and providing programmatic support to different areas of HBS including admissions, executive education,... View Details

25 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 25

effectively, where they can be damaging, and where additional complementary mechanisms to spur innovation may be appropriate. Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/tnicholas/patents_creative_destructive.pdf Working Papers Does... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

June 2010 (Revised December 2010)
Case

Hôpital de Pontoise

By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Simon Harrow

In 2010, Andre Razafindranaly, managing director of a large French public hospital, considers which organizational structure will help them adjust to the changing health sector environment. The move from global budget to activity-based funding has led his and many... View Details

Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Health Care and Treatment; Leading Change; Service Delivery; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Health Industry; France

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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

sentiment in the US stock market More Info Leverage and the Beta Anomaly By: Malcolm P. Baker & Jeffrey Wurgler AUG 2020 Baker, Hoeyer, and Wurgler propose a simple tradeoff theory to explain the well-known... View Details

01 Dec 2023
News

The Imposter Among Us

thought it was crazy that they bet on me to establish this new capability, all based on the assumption I was a computer expert because I had a Mac computer. (Yes, the first 1984 Mac.) The first retail call was in three weeks, which didn’t... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

26 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

What Companies Want Most in a CEO: A Good Listener

top managers and in high income countries is still scant. More research is needed on whether key social skills can be learned, whether they’re inherently unique to some individuals, or whether it’s a... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

14 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets

long-standing business leaders from emerging economies across the globe. They offer compelling insights into how entrepreneurs based in these countries survived turbulence and change, View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Manufacturing; Auto

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