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- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
the board take into account? Bagley: The Business Roundtable is to be commended for its clear stand on the importance of selecting an ethical CEO. Anyone who ever wondered whether ethics matters need only look at the outflow of funds from the equity View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- April 2012
- Article
The Impact of Relative Standards on the Propensity to Disclose
By: Alessandro Acquisti, Leslie John and George Loewenstein
Two sets of studies illustrate the comparative nature of disclosure behavior. The first set investigates how divulgence is affected by signals about others' readiness to divulge. Study 1A shows a "herding" effect, such that survey respondents are more willing to... View Details
Keywords: Rights; Surveys; Management Practices and Processes; Ethics; Corporate Disclosure; Judgments; Consumer Behavior; Standards
Acquisti, Alessandro, Leslie John, and George Loewenstein. "The Impact of Relative Standards on the Propensity to Disclose." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 49, no. 2 (April 2012): 160–174.
- 21 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Are Crummy Products Your Next Growth Opportunity?
have owned started out as a disruptive company.— Clayton M. Christensen Copying the management best practices of leading firms isn't necessarily the answer, Christensen said. When inventors in the Middle Ages tried to invent a contraption... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
income remained relatively stable, about 3 to 1. Over the last 20 years, however, the financial markets that financed the housing system in the United States changed remarkably. Local markets once dominated... View Details
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
An Organization Your Customers Understand
If customers were unhappy, they reasoned, the product should be changed. Militant demands displaced an environment of mutual respect and shared learning. Needless to say, the practice of telling students they were customers was quickly... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 09 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 9
liberalism" and argue for their relevance to the contemporary global economy. The most essential principle is the need for markets to enjoy social legitimacy, because their political sustainability ultimately depends on it. From this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- April 1999 (Revised September 2000)
- Case
Interep National Radio Sales, Inc.
By: Benson P. Shapiro, Stephen X. Doyle and Wade Myers
Interep must mobilize sales information technology, organizational structures, and sales management processes to protect and enhance its strong position as a radio advertising sales firm. Opportunities and risks are high in this complex, rapidly changing sales agency... View Details
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Sales; Strategy; Information Technology; Advertising; Risk and Uncertainty; Opportunities; Fluctuation; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Advertising Industry; New York (state, US)
Shapiro, Benson P., Stephen X. Doyle, and Wade Myers. "Interep National Radio Sales, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 999-011, April 1999. (Revised September 2000.)
- 31 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 31
mathematical models has turned the negotiated order of organizational activities, which necessarily include particularistic elements, into abstract generalizations that favor quantifiable variables. This paper offers another logic, a social or institutional logic, to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance
world. What does the book add to the literature that you felt was lacking? Mihir Desai: Recent waves of globalization have had several distinct effects on firms that have not been addressed by many academics. First, rapidly integrating View Details
- 05 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change
governments can provide, firms serious about addressing it have a critical role well beyond greening their own operations. They must spur government action. But few are. "Green business" as currently practiced focuses on limited... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler
- 29 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Research Symposium 2014
intrusive, and negative." That wariness is costly, because feedback from the front lines is often vital to improving business practices and safety measures. With that in mind, Edmondson discussed how to foster a workplace culture of open... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Stop Thinking of Climate Change as a Religious or Political Issue
are the perfect arenas in which to unleash the innovative forces that are triggered by markets and prices. That's because practically no one says, "I want to buy 50 million British thermal units." Instead,... View Details
- 07 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Online Retailers Should Hide Their Best Discounts
e-commerce world is a brutal competitive environment,” says Harvard Business School marketing professor Thales Teixeira. “One of the biggest levers retailers have at their disposal to bring in customers is price.” More discounts, however,... View Details
- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?
For example, ads for Viagra, Prozac, and Allegra are seemingly everywhere, and have helped create powerful brands. Of course, this practice gives rise to much controversy. Does direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) make health consumers... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 03 Dec 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Against the Grain
Rospil.info, coauthored with HBS professor Paul M. Healy and research associate Matthew Shaffer, focuses on the Russian anticorruption blogger Alexey Navalny, who advocates tech-savvy ways to expose and encourage prosecution of unethical... View Details
- 23 May 2011
- Op-Ed
Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society
Reporting Advances Integrated reporting is an emerging management practice that involves the integration of a company's required financial report with its voluntary (except for a few countries) corporate social responsibility or... View Details
Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim
- 25 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Country Effect: Does Location Matter?
types of organizations. Highly entrepreneurial organizations are rabbits, emphasizing innovation and risk-taking. And tigers are built around competitive advantage and market superiority. Elephants are, as you would expect, full of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Value Judgments: Business Ethics Across Borders
terms of not only financial performance but management practices and reputation in the community. The result of her efforts is the MBA elective course Globalization, Culture, and Management. According to Paine, as students examine the... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 26 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 26, 2008
Working PapersDiffusing Management Practices within the Firm: The Role of Information Provision Authors:Michael J. Lenox and Michael W. Toffel Abstract A key role of corporate managers is to encourage subsidiaries to adopt innovative... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- May 2001 (Revised May 2002)
- Case
Infosys Technologies
By: Ashish Nanda and Thomas J. DeLong
Creating and sustaining a third-world-based technology company to compete globally (i.e. in the first-world) poses many challenges. Such challenges are examined through the genesis and progression of Infosys Technologies Ltd. Key decisions made by Chairman N.R.... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business or Company Management; Management Practices and Processes; Business Strategy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Planning; Technological Innovation; Emerging Markets; Information Technology Industry
Nanda, Ashish, and Thomas J. DeLong. "Infosys Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 801-445, May 2001. (Revised May 2002.)