Safety Regulations - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Dec 2006
First Look

First Look: December 5, 2006

self-conscious focus on increasing safety and effectiveness—which compelled workers to adopt a set of work practices that supported deep and ongoing learning—had the secondary consequence of disrupting and revising the hyper-masculine... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Nov 2023
Op-Ed

The Beauty Industry: Products for a Healthy Glow or a Compact for Harm?

In my recently published book Deeply Responsible Business, I write about business leaders since the 19th century who have acted responsibly, often by putting the welfare of their communities above the idea of maximizing profits. I make a sharp distinction between... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Beauty & Cosmetics

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Policies, Rules & Guidelines | About

educational and research purposes for which it was designed and prohibits the use of its network to violate the law, including the U.S. Copyright Act. Drone Policy HBS community members have requested information on using UAS or drones on campus. The FAA maintains... View Details

07 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success

encourages the psychological safety necessary for cultivating a growth mindset among employees. To nurture that sense of shared purpose, as well as customer-centric thinking, participants described how they sent cross-functional or... View Details

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards

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About - Business & Environment

University seeking to learn about business management, industrial environmental management, and environmental policy. Soon after graduating Yale with an MBA and a Master’s degree from its environmental school, Toffel became the director of environment, health, and... View Details

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Student Research - Doctoral

gifts... 2025 Article Nature Communications Emotion Regulation Contagion Drives Reduction in Negative Intergroup Emotions By: Michael Pinus, Yajun Cao , Eran Halperin, Alin Coman, James J. Gross and Amit Goldenberg When emotions occur in... View Details

14 Feb 2023
HBS Case

Is Sweden Still 'Sweden'? A Liberal Utopia Grapples with an Identity Crisis

successful for liberal and moderate governments—not in spite of one of the highest tax levels in western Europe and Scandinavia, but because of it, Spar says. (As a former prime minister said, “Entrepreneurs have the courage to jump” because the View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

Troncoso, Isamar, Frank V. Cespedes, and Stacy Straaberg. "TagHive: Edtech Pricing and Distributor Decisions." Harvard Business School Case 525-001, June 2025. Balancing Digital Safety and Innovation By: Tomomichi Amano and Tomomi Tanaka... View Details

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

University and several corporations, leaders are following a simple, two-part playbook: Demand transparency from suppliers and avoid entire classes of chemicals. Keywords: Occupational Health ; Safety View Details

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Leadership - Faculty & Research

to serve highly regulated enterprises demanding on-premise deployments, or shift focus entirely toward a broader base of cloud-first enterprises, including both technical and non-technical users adopting its new AI-native IDE, the... View Details

28 Nov 2023
Book

Economic Growth Draws Companies to Asia. Can They Handle Its Authoritarian Regimes?

democracies, which are imperfect and messy, but endeavor to fundamentally protect the rights and safety of people.” Sean Silverthorne: In general, what do business leaders need to know about operating in authoritarian regimes? Meg... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

21 Jul 2021
Research & Ideas

What Does an ESG Score Really Say About a Company?

Receiving more information can clarify the complex, but not when it comes to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores. A recent study shows that the more information a company discloses about its ESG practices, the more rating agencies disagree on how well... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Impact - Health Care

areas. Impact Stories Beyond Medical Devices: Filling in the Gaps at HBS Michael Chang Taking Advantage of Boston’s Health Care Ecosystem Martin Grasse Fraudulent Billing and Safety Net Hospitals Jonas Heese Areas of Impact Advancing... View Details

16 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

suppliers to curate subscription boxes of artisanal food sold online. Why employees don’t want to return Barriers to rebuilding restaurant staffing begin with ensuring the safety of restaurant workers, including the need to take into... View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

2020
Discussion Paper

Acting Now While Preparing for Tomorrow: Competitiveness Upgrading Under the Shadow of COVID-19

By: Christian H.M. Ketels and Peter Clinch

This paper aims to provide policy makers, especially those focused on the longer-term growth potential of their countries, with an initial framework to think about their action priorities in the context of the overall COVID-19 response. Our focus is on the... View Details

Keywords: Competitiveness; COVID-19 Pandemic; Competition; Government Administration; Health Pandemics; Economy; Supply Chain; Safety

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07 May 2020
Research & Ideas

The One Good Thing Caused by COVID-19: Innovation

distancing. New patterns of consumer and worker behavior and expectations have emerged during the first weeks of the crisis. COVID-19 represents a tremendous economic shock and burden. In recent weeks, the focus has begun to shift towards ways to address its health and... View Details

Keywords: by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso

01 Dec 2006
What Do You Think?

How Important Is Quality of Labor? And How Is It Achieved?

level regulating against outsourcing, controlling borders to discourage labor migration, or training for "quality"—including attitude and skills as well as other attributes? What do you think? Original Article Over the past... View Details

Keywords: by by Jim Heskett

09 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?

suppliers' production processes—whether it be their pollution emissions, the human rights of their workers, or the pay and safety conditions under which their workers operate. Wal-Mart's recent initiatives that have been so widely... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

21 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

Inside the OR: Disrupted Routines and New Technologies

The anesthesiologist and perfusionist [the technician who runs the heart-lung bypass machine] now must work closely together to regulate blood pressure, the surgeon and the anesthesiologist must coordinate to monitor the position of the... View Details

Keywords: by Hilah Geer

31 Aug 2021
Book

Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate

to agitate, innovate, and orchestrate change, but also because how power will be distributed ultimately comes down to what we all choose to value and how we decide to regulate control over those valued resources. These collective choices... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

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