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- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
SEC Commissioner Sees “Healing and Reform”
step that the self-regulation of the auditing profession is over." What goes on in corporate boardrooms today is "dramatically different" from two years ago, now that boards are empowering audit committees, Turley said.... View Details
Keywords: by Catherine Walsh
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
a lifetime overcoming barriers as a woman in a male-dominated profession and as an Indian in the global marketplace. Now, as opportunities to play a role in the environment are beginning to open up, she has to decide the next direction to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook
firms globalize would only be much later formalized in the economic theory of the multinational enterprise, and it would take a further 20 years before the mainstream economics profession would identify globalization and global firms as a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 May 2002
- Op-Ed
A Cure for Enron-Style Audit Failures
disciplinary powers similar to those of the stock exchanges. And, like them, it would be overseen by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SRO board should balance members of the accounting profession with a majority representing... View Details
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
that arises from merely purchasing a product. Labor increases valuation of completed products not just for consumers who profess an interest in "do-it-yourself" projects, but even for those who express a preference for buying... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
practice related to AI in developing countries. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52296 December 2017 Journal of Advertising Research Rethinking the Profession Formerly Known as Advertising: How Data... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
transformations (particularly in rural areas). Overall, this article intends to depict the role and performance of Argentine trade intermediaries in the early years of the 20th century. It's Time to Make Management a True Profession... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: ’Fortune Tellers’
the stature of economic forecasting and embed the practice in every corner of business and government. They sought to create a distinction between the "respectable" profession of scientific forecasting, on the one hand, and the practices... View Details
Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman
- 19 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard
illegally. The 1993 Council of Europe's Resolution 1003 on the ethics of journalism clearly states that "In the journalist's profession the end does not justify the means; therefore information must be obtained by legal and ethical... View Details
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
margin market? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/811047-PDF-ENG Just an MOU or a Real Deal? Lena G. Goldberg and Mary Beth FindlayHarvard Business School Note 312-018 Notwithstanding the professed intention of a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Education, Technology, and Business: What’s the Catch?
foreseeable future. The teaching profession itself will need to undergo radical changes, said Salinas, where teachers need more training—to use technology among other skills—and more support in terms of salaries, staffing plans, and... View Details
- 23 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money
likely to stay employed and in professions where they want to develop a career. For the government, Vallée recommends, “Go big, as the efficiency of this tool is proven, while staying attentive to crafting the most appropriate design to... View Details
- 05 Sep 2008
- What Do You Think?
Is Case Method Instruction Due for an Overhaul?
early 20th Century from training for the law at Harvard by several members of the Harvard Business School faculty. And in other forms, it serves the medical and other professions as well. A kindergarten teacher once told me that she used... View Details
- 23 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
PublicationsEngineers and the State in Modern China Author:William C. Kirby Publication:In Prospects for the Professions in China, edited by William P. Alford, William C. Kirby, and Kenneth Winston, 283-314. Routledge Studies in Civil... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Sep 2020
- Op-Ed
Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SEC
A health care SEC could collect data on prices and outcomes that comply with its measurement standards, and certified, independent appraisers could attest that the numbers comply with accepted measurement standards—just as independent members of the accounting and... View Details
- 28 Jul 2016
- Op-Ed
Where is TripAdvisor for Doctors?
behavior as their doctors' interventions. POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES So, creating review sites around the medical profession has built-in challenges. But do some medical specialties lend themselves more than others to online reviews? Say I... View Details
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Three Steps for Crisis Prevention
Arthur Andersen, stated in a written testimony that "the future of the [accounting] profession is bright and will remain bright —as long as the commission does not force us into an outdated role trapped in the old economy.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman
- 02 Sep 2002
- What Do You Think?
What Can Business Schools Do to Avoid Bad Apples?
person's commitment to service outside of their profession ... as good an indication as any of a person's commitment to more than just achieving status and making money" (Tammy Doty); 3) encouraging a school's admissions group to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
Wrap-up: Software, Telecom, and Recovery
a dime and move into life sciences or whatever the next trend is, he said. Firms also need to grapple with their mission, added Kania (HBS MBA'82). Venture capital as an investment profession can be "hedge fund-like" with sector... View Details
- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Managing to Learn: How Companies Can Turn Knowledge into Action
and clear that knowledge is something to be shared throughout the firm, not hoarded. In the long run, Garvin observes, a learning organization doesn't rely on old answers to new problems but stimulates each generation of employees to collect and examine new data and... View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron