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- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform
even more specific and linked to the performance of individual directors. Some large pension funds like CalPERS, as well as some smaller, socially based funds, are moving in this direction. These funds use their Web sites to publish their... View Details
- 21 Jul 2006
- Op-Ed
Enron Jury Sent the Right Message
natural gas strategy to the water and broadband businesses, the unprofitable international power development strategy, the perverse financial incentives for executives, the aggressive use of mark-to-market accounting, the performance... View Details
Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter
- June 2020
- Article
How Scheduling Can Bias Quality Assessment: Evidence from Food Safety Inspections
By: Maria Ibanez and Michael W. Toffel
Accuracy and consistency are critical for inspections to be an effective, fair, and useful tool for assessing risks, quality, and suppliers—and for making decisions based on those assessments. We examine how inspector schedules could introduce bias that erodes... View Details
Keywords: Assessment; Bias; Inspection; Scheduling; Econometric Analysis; Empirical Research; Regulation; Health; Food; Safety; Quality; Performance Consistency; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
Ibanez, Maria, and Michael W. Toffel. "How Scheduling Can Bias Quality Assessment: Evidence from Food Safety Inspections." Management Science 66, no. 6 (June 2020): 2396–2416. (Revised February 2019. Featured in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Food Safety Magazine, Food Safety News, and KelloggInsight. (2020 MSOM Responsible Research Finalist.))
- 26 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes
party currently in power, Congress, in the form of the government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, does not have a clear successor PM-candidate. Parties are preoccupied with their own internal affairs and not attending to the business of... View Details
Keywords: by Zeenat Potia
- 11 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 11
environmental performance, and social responsibility evaluation, which cover the company in the national, regional, and corporate levels for the purpose of realizing the comprehensive evaluation of economic and environmental performance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Viewpoints: Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
‘Resource Revolution’ +Elizabeth Lewis (MBA 2006) Managing Director of ESG, BlackstoneWe Have Never Had More Power to Fight Climate Change than We Do Right Now+Barbara Littlefield (MBA 1988) Chairwoman and Lead Operating Officer, Resilient Infrastructure... View Details
- 2010
- Report
Vietnam Competitiveness Report 2010
By: Christian H.M. Ketels, Nguyen Dinh Cung, Nguyen Thi Tue Anh and Do Hong Hanh
The 2010 Vietnam Competitiveness Report contains a broad assessment of Vietnam's current competitiveness, an analysis of the key challenges and opportunities ahead, and a proposal for an economic strategy to enable Vietnam to reach a higher level of sustainable growth.... View Details
Keywords: Economic Growth; Trade; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Labor; Industry Clusters; Performance Capacity; Performance Productivity; Competitive Strategy
Ketels, Christian H.M., Nguyen Dinh Cung, Nguyen Thi Tue Anh, and Do Hong Hanh. "Vietnam Competitiveness Report 2010." Report Series, Central Institute for Economic Management, Hanoi/Singapore, December 2010.
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
the effect of mandatory sustainability reporting on corporate disclosure practices. Specifically, we examine regulations mandating the disclosure of environmental, social, and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
The World's Banker
responsibility and helping the less fortunate. Since becoming head of the Bank, Wolfensohn has traveled extensively around the world, not only visiting development projects but reaching out to representatives of government, business, labor, View Details
- 16 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed?
that meet performance standards at reasonable costs. But in practice, too few government managers are skilled in understanding and using industry financial incentives or the process of controlling costs,... View Details
- 2020
- Working Paper
Directors' Perceptions of Board Effectiveness and Internal Operations
By: J. Yo-Jud Cheng, Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and Rajesh Vijayaraghavan
- June 1989 (Revised July 2006)
- Case
Chaircraft Corporation, 1988
Illustrates the difficulty of effective production planning and production control in a multistage production process affected by seasonal demand. A rewritten version of an earlier case by S.C. Wheelwright. View Details
Keywords: Governance Controls; Demand and Consumers; Production; Performance Effectiveness; Planning
Wheelwright, Steven C. "Chaircraft Corporation, 1988." Harvard Business School Case 689-082, June 1989. (Revised July 2006.)
- 01 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care
payment model undoubtedly simplifies billing matters for the patients, the main impetus is to lower health care costs while simultaneously improving quality of care. In the traditional fee-for-service model, hospitals secure permission from the patient's insurance... View Details
- May 2011 (Revised January 2012)
- Teaching Note
Risk Management at Wellfleet Bank: All That Glitters Is Not Gold (TN)
By: Anette Mikes
Teaching Note for 110011. View Details
Mikes, Anette. "Risk Management at Wellfleet Bank: All That Glitters Is Not Gold (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 111-139, May 2011. (Revised January 2012.)
- April 2014
- Teaching Note
Risk Management at Wellfleet Bank: All That Glitters Is Not Gold
By: Anette Mikes
Teaching Note for 110011. View Details
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
Review 89 Abstract The capitalist system is under siege. In recent years business has been criticized as a major cause of social, environmental, and economic problems. Companies are widely thought to be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
shaping the business environment and, in turn, influencing performance at the industry and firm level. Since joining the faculty in 1989, Emmons has conducted extensive research on the interaction between View Details
- March 1991 (Revised October 1991)
- Case
CEO Evaluation at Dayton Hudson
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Describes the Dayton Hudson CEO evaluation process, one of the most intensive in corporate America today. The board of directors' role in the evaluation is examined, as is the question of whether the Dayton Hudson CEO evaluation process should serve as a model for... View Details
Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Succession; Management Teams
Lorsch, Jay W. "CEO Evaluation at Dayton Hudson." Harvard Business School Case 491-116, March 1991. (Revised October 1991.)
- October 2002 (Revised June 2006)
- Case
KnowledgeNet (A)
By: William A. Sahlman and Elizabeth Kind
Describes the internal reporting package for a rapidly growing company in the e-learning industry. Management must analyze the data in the package and decide what actions to take. They must also decide what to communicate to the board of directors. Contains a... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Growth Management; Governing and Advisory Boards; Performance Improvement; Performance Evaluation; Education Industry
Sahlman, William A., and Elizabeth Kind. "KnowledgeNet (A)." Harvard Business School Case 803-034, October 2002. (Revised June 2006.)