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- 04 Dec 2000
- What Do You Think?
Have We Overdone Deregulation and Privatization?
effects. The highly publicized shortcomings of questionable efforts to deregulate are not encouraging—witness the case of the California electric power industry. It's not clear whether attempting to educate consumers about what to expect will improve or kill... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard
professional group's distinct standards can create a false impression that all is well. Yet the Murdoch case teaches us that nesting dolls require our full attention. Although these configurations may seem nimble, they can also be highly... View Details
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
winter. We suggest that the presence of membership fees can lead consumers to infer a "fees -> savings" link, spurring them to increase their spending independent of the actual savings afforded by such clubs. Using both field data and studies in which we... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
the individual is ambiguously or unambiguously successful. Then, in a field experiment set in an entrepreneurial pitch competition, where pride displays are common and stakes are high, we find suggestive evidence that learning about the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
the potential networking opportunities provided by CIC, formerly known as the Cambridge Innovation Center. CIC is widely considered the center of the Boston entrepreneurial ecosystem. We surveyed 1,334... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 3
Publicis Groupe 2009: Toward a Digital Transformation Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Matthew BirdHarvard Business School Case 309-085 After a series of acquisitions, Maurice Levy, the Chairman and CEO of Publicis Groupe, had View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
skill and effort, which can create incentives to shift earnings toward lower-uncertainty periods. We show that the resulting opportunistic earnings management is concentrated in CEOs, firms, and periods where such incentives are likely to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Apr 2021
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t More Leaders Teach?
senior corporate manager and a highly regarded teacher of future leaders. He cites, for example, lessons he learned working with former Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack. Among other things, they included the abilities to listen,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
Rhetoric and Independence Are Not Enough: Empowering Managers and Directors to Do What Is Right, you challenge the adequacy of the Business Roundtable's assertion that the selection of a well-qualified and ethical CEO is the most... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 06 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
How to Do Away with the Dangers of Outsourcing
Staffing, risks, benefits, and regulatory compliance are all increasingly externalized, most often to parts of the world where need routinely trumps prudence. Rather than manage their own corporate assets, CEOs and other top executives of... View Details
- 07 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence
conflicts of interest. For example, the change in the commission structure in 1974 created a whole new dynamic that influenced the role of research by investment banks. And the growing importance of consulting at public accounting firms... View Details
Keywords: by Harvard Management Update
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
competencies of each partner and create two-way value is evidenced by, among others, the collaboration between The College Fund (UNCF) and Merck. UNCF, the largest and oldest minority educational assistance organization in the United... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
David, Goliath, and Disruption
Overdorf (HBS MBA '99), CEO of Innosight, LLC, a company founded by Christensen in January 2000 to advise other firms about dealing with disruption. However, countered a panelist, citing the Palm Pilot as an example, some technological... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?
capitalism. By market capitalism we mean a system where decisions about what to produce and at what price are made by private firms operating in free markets. We wanted to know in what ways forces within capitalism itself might create... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
by establishing cultural bonds and demonstrating shared values. It also serves to stimulate interaction among clients with a shared interest in arts, and creates opportunities for communication in informal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 26, 2008
him to drive significant change in an industry and Japanese society in the second half of the twentieth century. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=408039 Leadership in Energy: Jim Rogers at Cinergy Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How to Compete Like a Judo Strategist
outside opportunities appear, one lesson should remain to the fore: The more you focus, the easier it becomes to channel and make the most of your resources. Once your business begins to sprawl, it becomes much harder to direct your... View Details
Keywords: by David B. Yoffie & Mary Kwak
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
New Dean Sets Five Priorities for HBS
science, engineering, health, and other fields, Nohria foresees opportunities for HBS faculty to join forces with their University colleagues to create entrepreneurial ventures... View Details
- 17 Oct 2016
- HBS Case
Business Solutions That Help Cut Food Waste
As much as 40 percent of food grown in the United States for human consumption is wasted. Source: Eivaisla After decades of wasteful food practices, where perfectly good food is discarded even as poverty keeps many families hungry, solutions are starting to come... View Details
- 20 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness
ecosystem of partnerships and collaborations." Three panelists outlined some of those collaborations. Mary L. Fifield, president of Bunker Hill Community College, described that school's partnership with a consortium of local businesses to View Details
Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette