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  • 08 Jul 2002
  • What Do You Think?

Have We Carried the Concept of Alignment Too Far?

should have insured and enforced fairness and honest reporting." Many questions were raised about the level and form of compensation afforded U.S. business leaders today. Allen Roberts comments, "In sustainable, successful organizations, levels of View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 22 Oct 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Motivate Me, Please

governments to get citizens to do the right thing. Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity Forget management by walking around. Decreasing workplace transparency can increase worker productivity. Money and Quotas Motivate the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Mar 2009
  • Op-Ed

Credit is Not the Bogey

commercials. From one vantage, the credit industry is to blame for our economic woes. The solutions have centered on tightening credit—loaning only to homebuyers who can make a 20 percent down payment, returning to the standards of 20 years ago where buyers were... View Details
Keywords: by Nicolas P. Retsinas & Eric S. Belsky; Construction; Real Estate; Financial Services
  • 12 Apr 2010
  • Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

companies a clear view of risks to and opportunities in their own strategy. Second, One Report speaks with one voice to all stakeholders, who can even engage with the company via Web 2.0 tools and technologies. One Report is thus an essential element of demonstrating... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 19 May 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy

need not be the case; high-disclosure services play an important role in a transparent market and informed consumers adjust their choices accordingly. Moreover, when disclosure revenues exceed price revenues (i.e., when advertisers'... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products
  • 22 Sep 2014
  • Op-Ed

Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business

daily from the borrower's bank account over several months. Given the short loan terms, the rate a small business borrower could pay on an annualized basis is a median of about 50 percent at OnDeck for a business term loan, but can range... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking; Financial Services
  • 26 Jul 2006
  • Research & Ideas

The Strategic Way to Go to Market

could not be economically reached before. Customers need more than just information. They need the logistics to get the physical product, and they pay a considerable cost too, such as, for example, waiting for the delivery. What it means... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jan 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your Future Compensation

executives by examining how they are penalized in starting pay when looking for new work. The study, co-written with Eric Lin of the United States Military Academy at West Point, reveals these executives pay... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • 03 Feb 2020
  • What Do You Think?

Can an Organization Have Too Much 'Rebel Talent'?

try to be as transparent as possible in their dealings with others. It’s important to note that these findings complement, not necessarily contradict, those of Gino’s. Organizations exhibiting so-called rebel qualities have been found to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 02 Jan 2020
  • Op-Ed

Medicare for All or Public Option: Can Either Heal Health Care?

enrollees—delivers real efficiencies. Medicare spends as much as seven times less than private insurers on administrative costs. The program also pays hospitals 40 percent less and providers 2-3.5 times less than private insurers View Details
Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger and James Wallace; Health; Public Administration
  • 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
  • 02 Jul 2015
  • Op-Ed

The Future of the Greek Economy

out of the brinkmanship of the past weeks, but not after payments to the International Monetary Fund have been missed, and European funding has ended. These tactics have created high and unnecessary uncertainty that has brought the Greek economy to a standstill. Why... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini & George Serafeim; Banking
  • 03 Nov 2008
  • HBS Case

Economics of the Ethanol Business

What happens when a group of Missouri corn farmers gets into the energy business? With consumers paying more than double for gasoline than they did a year ago, turning crops into fuel, not food, seems like a good way to go—but not so... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Energy
  • 03 Apr 2019
  • Book

Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business

That is the story of my family. If we want to have a more equitable economy, if we want America to continue to be the land of opportunity, we need to pay close attention to this trend. Lagace: What are the sticking points in getting... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Banking; Financial Services
  • 17 Jun 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship in Asia and Foreign Direct Investment

growth. Governments, which in the past promoted FDI to the neglect, or even to the detriment, of local firms, may face increasing difficulties in the future. This line of thinking ought to entail important policy implications. Singapore: The Importance Of Competitive... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 07 Oct 2013
  • Research & Ideas

The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

reflected by revenue-neutral taxes: a carbon emissions tax, a security-of-supply tax, a catastrophe insurance tax, and even a local emissions abatement tax," he says. "While people hate the thought of paying more taxes, we are in truth... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities
  • 28 Jul 2016
  • Op-Ed

Where is TripAdvisor for Doctors?

to do by care providers and payers. Consumer empowerment in health care is nowhere as advanced as it is in the travel industry and financial services, for example. Doctors are not especially interested in providing transparent data about... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health
  • 26 Oct 2017
  • Research Event

In an Era of 'Fake News,' What is the Future of Advertising and Publishing?

A year ago, discussions of the business of digital media may have focused on the plateauing ebook market or the diminishing pay for content providers. But after the 2016 presidential election, in which Russian operatives allegedly used... View Details
Keywords: by Jen Deaderick; Media & Broadcasting; Journalism & News
  • 15 Feb 2017
  • Op-Ed

What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

projects, for example, don’t generate enough water bill revenue to pay for themselves. But, rather than go without water for lack of current funds or skills, municipalities like Algiers, Algeria, have contracted for water with GE on an... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction
  • 14 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

challenge, which is aligning the interests of different stakeholders. When you think about a business, ideally the customers are paying for a product that generates revenue for the firm, which ultimately generates value in the form of... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
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