Pay Transparency - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices

being in second place, it’s a pretty good place to be.” Consumers end up paying more To study how pricing algorithms affect competition, MacKay and Brown collected detailed pricing data from five large, multicategory retailers selling the... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail

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

08 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 8, 2008

those with strong financial performance (which are very highly correlated), are likely to receive an "initial bargain" and then switch suppliers or use legacy systems, rather than pay locked-in rates. The "best"... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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

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

12 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

study how transparency into the levels and changes of relative sustainability performance affects consumer choices. Our work considers two forms of transparency: process transparency, in which customers receive information about the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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

22 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms

regulated and transparent markets and institutions and into the lightly regulated or unregulated shadow markets encompassing mortgage brokers, hedge funds, private-equity funds, off-balance sheet structured-investment vehicles, and a... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services

19 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

LEED-ing by Example

this strategy actually worked, up until now. “LEED [adoption] is not just something to pay attention to when there's a bid to rebuild city hall.” In a new paper, Public Procurement and the Private Supply of Green Buildings, authors... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

04 Apr 2005
What Do You Think?

Can an Organization’s “Deep Smarts” Be Preserved?

organizational leaders should insist on and practice greater transparency in management decision making." In a U.K. bank, David Physick relates that "we encouraged knowledge sharing through "lunch 'n' learn' sessions."... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 6

and the consumers' discount factor, while statistically significant, fall in the region where PlayStation 2's position is unsustainable. Working PapersPay Dispersion and Work Performance Authors:Alessandro Bucciol and Marco Piovesan Abstract The effect of intra-firm... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

Become a Value Creator

asked how he could pay back the favor. Cash put his arm around his colleague's shoulder and said, "You don't owe me anything, Brian. This is the way we do things here. Just pay it forward."... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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

26 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

Evolving for Success [Part One]

next logical stage of development in terms of how we manage, how we lead. It also means evolving ourselves so that we are better suited for a world of networked communications. Q: What inspired you to begin exploring this kind of evolution? A: When I started to View Details

Keywords: by Staff

05 Mar 2014
What Do You Think?

When Will the Next Dot.com Bubble Burst?

has been an increase in the use of (the) Internet, and users are well aware of the importance of certain applications and services." AIM agreed that: "compared to dot.com bubble days we are living in a much broader information based society that necessitates... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Publishing; Retail

30 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax

doesn't distinguish between different levels of income. Wealthy, middle class, or poor, you pay the same rate. Also, a flat tax system is often completely free of deductions, exemptions, and exceptions. These efforts aim to make the tax... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

30 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 30, 2015

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46138 Forthcoming Accounting Review An Analysis of Self-reported Anticorruption Efforts By: Healy, Paul M., and George Serafeim Abstract—We use Transparency International's ratings of... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

04 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?

there in the labor room. When I got home, I got a bill. I had never made it to the delivery room—pitocin acts suddenly. But I had a charge for the delivery room on my bill. And I called the clerk at the hospital who said, "Why are you even bothering? You're not... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health

13 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative

multiplied by a marginal Federal borrowing cost of 3 percent), eliminating any price advantage of Medicare. The comparison between the administrative expenses of private insurers and Medicare also ignores the fact that Medicare pays no... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

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