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- 02 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Good Deeds Invite Bad Publicity
Do companies with reputations for acting in socially responsible ways receive public goodwill when unpleasant news hits? The question of how much (or even if) corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies benefit companies beyond the... View Details
- 04 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Attention Medical Shoppers: What Health Care Can Learn from Walmart and Amazon
panel discussion held at Harvard Business School, where several experts talked about how to treat the troubled industry at a time when the year-old Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 is still in its relative infancy.... View Details
- 17 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 17
Publication:MIT Sloan Management Review 51, no. 2 (winter 2010): 57-61 An abstract in unavailable at this time. Read the preview: http://sloanreview.mit.edu/the-magazine/articles/2010/winter/51220/what-it-takes-to-make-star-hires-pay-off/ View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 2009
- What Do You Think?
Can the “Masks of Command” Coexist with Authentic Leadership?
masks of command force the leader to be something other than his or her true self? Can a leader both act and be real?" (To underline questions about the theatrical nature of leadership that Bennis raises, he selected actress Glenn... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 03 Apr 2009
- What Do You Think?
How Much Obsolescence Can Business and Society Absorb?
questions that we might consider. In Harwood's words, "How do we measure the quality of the information we receive? What makes information worth acting upon? When is information certain enough?" And Norman asked, "What will... View Details
- 04 Apr 2008
- What Do You Think?
Who Owns Intellectual Property?
rate—a stark reminder of the perils of owning intellectual property in China at that time. Turning to the Internet itself, and particularly to content-sharing sites, the matter of ownership is challenged in a different way. Content produced by news media as well as... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 05 Dec 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is Growth Good?
an issue under debate. Who or what body decides all of this, or will it be the independent actions of government and business leaders acting in national interests? If that is the case, who worries about what has been known for years as... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital
the spotlight, providing American entrepreneurs with the resources they need to act on their ideas and dreams. In Apax chairman Ron Cohen's view, the European VC and private equity community is headed in the same direction, with added... View Details
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
Pittsburgh had a second act (or third, counting the city's reversal from untenable air and water pollution levels in the 1940s). Pittsburgh's recovery offers a potential model for Detroit. It went on to become a technology hub, anchored... View Details
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
and marginal-cost options. The emphasis on short-term earnings per share as the primary driver of share price, and hence shareholder value creation, acts to restrict investments in innovative long-term growth opportunities. These are not... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 15, 2015
Individuals Notice and Avoid Unethical Behavior By: Zhang, T., P. O. Fletcher, F. Gino, and M. Bazerman Abstract—Research on ethics has focused on the factors that help individuals act ethically when they are tempted to cheat. However, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 1
perspective or philosophical approaches, and used a normative approach by focusing on the question of how people should act when resolving ethical dilemmas. In this paper, we briefly describe the traditional approach to ethics and then... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring
for Leaders: Protect and Pivot Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and... View Details
- 25 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017
principles can be valuable to a welfarist facing this limitation if they act as informational proxies, carrying accumulated knowledge about the effects of policy that otherwise cannot be considered. This argument can be seen both as... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 5
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/811055-PDF-ENG Caterpillar, Inc. (A) David F. HawkinsHarvard Business School Case 111-031 2010 Healthcare Reform Act eliminates Medicare Part D subsidy and Caterpillar recognizes a $100 million... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
of real-world systems. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-059.pdf Quality Provision, Expected Firm Altruism and Brand Extensions Author:Julio J. Rotemberg Abstract This paper studies quality choice in a model where consumers expect firms to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Choose the Best Deal
or the other? Maybe there's a win-win possibility if Jim can quickly forge a deal with the bank and spare it the expense of putting the orchard on the open market. On the other hand, Jim might act differently if he hears of a competing... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
product, customer, and order, but do managers act on this information? As usual in business, the first levers are leadership and management, not technology or legacy habits. Elliot Ross: After that, the tools needed are not exotic or... View Details
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
wrought by Wall Street's first panic, the New York legislature acted quickly to ban outdoor securities auctions and a popular class of financial instruments known as "time bargains," both of which were thought to have... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
to act as "citizen diplomats," spreading greater understanding of our values and helping countries that empower their people and build their economies. Develops an ethos of a community that cares about others and a program of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne