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- 01 Feb 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?
investors alike that, as Gaurav Goel put it, "Sustainable businesses have lesser risks associated with their future earnings ... triple bottom line (economic, social, and environmental sustainability) reduces uncertainty." Or as... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
Conant, he taught in a leadership course that he had designed for the company's high-potential managers. In all cases, higher-ambition leaders identified future leaders and developed them—usually through cross-functional and cross-geographic career paths. Q: How does... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 24, 2009
One of the partners in the firm, Joseph Shang, has created an innovative compensation system he calls the "A-B-C-D Model" which enables even the most junior associates to earn compensation for bringing in new business. This... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
disruptive innovation has gained considerable currency among practitioners despite widespread misunderstanding of its core principles. Similarly, foundational research on disruption has elicited frequent citation and vibrant debate in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
Abstract Firms with central or well-connected boards of directors earn superior risk-adjusted stock returns. Initiating a long position in the most central firms and a short position in the least central firms View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
likely attributable to improvements in comparability (i.e., better precision of across-firm information) than to changes in information quality specific to the firm (i.e., core information quality). If IFRS adoption improves financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
contained in the mandatory transitional documents required by International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 1 (2005). We find significant negative abnormal returns for firms reporting negative earnings reconciliation. Although the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Judgment Calls
particular challenge the company faced was about selling its line of prestigious, professional beauty tools to chain drugstores—risking dilution of the brand, losing existing core customers, and taking on financial commitments way beyond... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details
- 03 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 3
we identify core insights about how firms compete against one another in established markets. Based on our evaluation, we argue that a promising research opportunity for strategy lies in exploring how firms strategically interact in new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
some promising young managers to lead them; locate them safely away from the established businesses-is a recipe for failure, according to the authors. Meanwhile, CEOs spend too much time on managing today's earnings and too little time on... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 01 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 1, 2015
strong evidence that p*t is the single factor driving option-implied jump risk measures in the cross section of firms. This is a core assumption of the rare disasters paradigm. A number of empirical patterns further support the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
What’s Good about Quiet Rule-Breaking
cost reduction wave could eliminate her job. For the one in Bangalore, the most rewarding work is probably done in London, and her earnings are likely to be lower than those of her London counterparts. With the arrival of new candidates... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 14
disconnect between strategic goals and field implementation in sales. This article focuses on four areas where companies can improve links between strategy and sales. The article also outlines how selling activities materially affect core... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 27, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=507058 The Remains of the Day Summary: Reasoning From a Moral Code Harvard Business School Module Note 607-071 No abstract available. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 11
banking analysts issue early in the year relatively more optimistic and later in the year more pessimistic forecasts for banks that could be their future employers. This pattern is not observed when the same analysts forecast earnings of... View Details
- 14 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets
retarded, but we believe that it is not the way to do it. As a family, the philosophy has always been that you must remain consistent in your core values. You cannot just play around with them." A Common Commitment To Society As they... View Details
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
even after controlling for the focal district-industry's conditions. The core patterns hold when using local industrial conditions in 1994 to instrument for incumbent conditions in 2000-2005. The results highlight that the traits of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Retirement Planning
employees are asked to input their desired annual income in retirement. If they are not sure, the recommended target to maintain one's standard of living is around 70 percent of your annual income earned in the last few years of your work... View Details
- 18 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
performance. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55388 Product Quality and Entering Through Tying: Experimental Evidence By: Kim, Hyunjin, and Michael Luca Abstract—Dominant platform businesses often develop products in adjacent... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman