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- 29 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business Press Is a Watchdog that Bites
Fraud," is published in the December 2006 Journal of Accounting Research. Miller, whose favorite non-academic business reading includes the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, and the investor... View Details
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
An Organization Your Customers Understand
the role of organization in regard to a business unit's success, or in the choice of which structure to use, is intertwined with a large number of other important factors.... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 17 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility
corporations are primarily economic instruments, the purposes of the corporation actually get defined and worked out differently in different countries View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 27 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning to Make the Move to CEO
"Everyone in this program has earned their stripes at a very senior leadership level," Simons notes. "It's important to have that kind of person because participants work in groups View Details
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Where Does Apple Go From Here?
Apple Computer knows how to make headlines. The company is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Macintosh and is enjoying the fruits of its launch into the digital... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
Jack." German entrepreneurs were autocratic and paternalist, but it is by no means clear that they had a particular lock on this sort of behavior. How many American CEOs... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
consideration a company's political contributions, advocacy work and engagement with nongovernmental organizations. To facilitate the subjective task of ranking these... View Details
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
John Irving’s Lessons for Business
the person show evidence of imagination? Of really knowing what it means to work very hard and persevere to solve... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 05 Aug 2010
- What Do You Think?
What Is Customer Opinion Good For?
dominance, mainly through the design of new businesses and products before the competition might get to them. They wrote, "To set a company on a strong, profitable growth trajectory it won't View Details
- 13 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
Paid Search Ads Pay Off for Lesser-Known Restaurants
The results, written up in new working paper Effectiveness of Paid Search Advertising: Experimental Evidence, showed these restaurants enjoyed a significant spike in exposure, in actions such as map requests... View Details
- 04 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
From Lone Star to Team Player
When does a star performer become a corporate nightmare? And what can you do about it? HBS Working Knowledge's Mallory Stark conducted this e-mail interview with Morten Hansen.Stark: Can you describe what... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 01 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Choose the Best Deal
of your prospective deals suddenly evaporates. Losing your fallback—even an uncertain one—means that you're operating without a safety net. Nevertheless, don't overreact and accept unfavorable terms in your... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
New Dean Sets Five Priorities for HBS
the competence and character that would inspire the world to think of them as leaders. That is an important part that must guide all the work we do," Nohria continued.... View Details
- 13 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future
were the basis of a second proxy. When corporate income taxes decline, investment opportunities of the firms improve—fewer taxes means companies can keep a larger fraction... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Turning High Potential into Real Reward
product alternatives that come from the technology, and of customer needs that come from pressures in the marketplace, to see where opportunity will emerge. What that means is... View Details
- 14 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Agenda for Corporate Accountability Reporting
How do you measure corporate accountability? And can you do it credibly? Since the financial crisis of 2008-2009, for-profit corporations are facing greater demand to disclose more than revenues and expenses on annual financial reports. In response, some are pointing... View Details
- 05 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV
requires four seats at least." His current projects include histories of German management thought and German capitalism, but working on the Porsche cases has given him a... View Details
- 07 Mar 2005
- What Do You Think?
Should Business Management Be Regarded as a Profession?
conform to the strictures and codes of ethics similar to those characteristic of medicine, law, and the clergy? These are two View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Apr 2019
- HBS Case
How Entrepreneurs Can Turn Lead Into Gold
offering a common connection or larger goal, through a relationship based on trust.” By leveraging less traditional means of support, a company can ultimately do more with less, conserving valuable financial... View Details
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Women Can Get More Venture Capital
have a lot of choices. They certainly don't have to work until they're sixty-five. And many of them have left. Many women say, "I have... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace