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- 2010
- Working Paper
Beyond Agency Theory: The Hidden and Heretofore Inaccessible Power of Integrity (PDF file of Keynote Slides)
By: Michael C. Jensen and Werner Erhard
There is far too much concern today about the conflicts of interest between people; for example, conflicts of interest between agents and owners—historically a favorite topic of Jensen—and not enough attention paid to the damage caused by an individual's conflict of... View Details
- 14 Mar 2023
- In Practice
What Does the Failure of Silicon Valley Bank Say About the State of Finance?
crisis—and was the second-biggest to fail ever. Analysts say SVB was largely unprepared for the Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest rate increases, which shrank the value of its investments. As word spread... View Details
- March 2008 (Revised May 2008)
- Case
Blogging at BzzAgent
BzzAgent is a word-of-mouth marketing firm. The founder, Dave Balter, sees blogs as an important way to communicate BzzAgent's unique positioning: transparency. He sees the firm's blog--the BeeLog--as a way for the firm to participate in conversations with clients,... View Details
Godes, David B. "Blogging at BzzAgent." Harvard Business School Case 508-102, March 2008. (Revised May 2008.)
- 04 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Life
speak again with the help of Rosetta Stone English and his six-year-old granddaughter, but he still gets words mixed up once in a while, and apologizes often for speaking slowly. Three years after his cancer... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Web
Podcasts - Managing the Future of Work
leadership 28 AUG 2024 | Managing the Future of Work The noted executive coach on the value of letting go of the past, taking candid and anonymous 360-degree feedback, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
customers, in other words — and its position vis-à-vis competitors. If an enterprise had different lines of business, it might view these in historical terms — “First we got into radio, which led us into... View Details
- November 2001 (Revised March 2002)
- Case
Digital Angel
By: Youngme E. Moon and Kerry Herman
Digital Angel is considering the appropriate marketing plan for the launch of its new locator device. The device, a watch and pager worn in combination, provides GPS location information and monitors heart rate and body temperature via body sensors. Parents of young... View Details
Keywords: Information; Safety; Rights; Market Entry and Exit; Ethics; Product Launch; Brands and Branding; Product Development
Moon, Youngme E., and Kerry Herman. "Digital Angel." Harvard Business School Case 502-021, November 2001. (Revised March 2002.)
- September 2018
- Article
Do Experts or Crowd-Based Models Produce More Bias? Evidence from Encyclopædia Britannica and Wikipedia
By: Shane Greenstein and Feng Zhu
Organizations today can use both crowds and experts to produce knowledge. While prior work compares the accuracy of crowd-produced and expert-produced knowledge, we compare bias in these two models in the context of contested knowledge, which involves subjective,... View Details
Keywords: Online Community; Collective Intelligence; Wisdom Of Crowds; Bias; Wikipedia; Britannica; Knowledge Production; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Dissemination; Prejudice and Bias
Greenstein, Shane, and Feng Zhu. "Do Experts or Crowd-Based Models Produce More Bias? Evidence from Encyclopædia Britannica and Wikipedia." MIS Quarterly 42, no. 3 (September 2018): 945–959.
- 07 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Rediscovering Schumpeter: The Power of Capitalism
capitalism. The word "globalization" is accurate enough, but if anything it understates the case, in part because of the information revolution wrought by the Internet. This situation makes... View Details
- 26 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
High-Stakes Decision Making: The Lessons of Mount Everest
decisions. The Everest analysis suggests that leaders must pay close attention to how they balance competing pressures in their organizations, and how their words and actions shape the perceptions and beliefs View Details
Keywords: by Michael A. Roberto
- 03 Jul 2013
- What Do You Think?
What Are the Limits of Transparency?
enthusiasm you may have for the word itself. Now the topic has been thrust into our everyday lives with disclosures, or leaks, of alleged US secret intelligence information by Edward Snowdon. Increasingly,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Future of Boards
do you use? Then you get into a very messy debate. To what extent should boards focus on shareholders? To what extent should they focus on other stakeholders in society at large? A lot of people are arguing about this now, and they use... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 08 Sep 2008
- HBS Case
The Value of Environmental Activists
There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Too Much of a Good Thing?
While conceding that songwriters and poets can make a strong case for "I love you," economists know that the three little words that really make the world go around are "supply and demand." This familiar marketplace mantra - its symmetry... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Biotech
[having] a dictionary that lists all the words in the English language but doesn't include their meanings." How those words are defined remains to be seen, but most analysts agree that if the 1990s... View Details
- 19 Nov 2014
- News
The Power of Yes
Sasha Dichter (MBA/MPA 2002) became an easy mark after word got out about his “generosity experiment.” For 30 days he would say yes to everyone who asked him for money—from people on the street to nonprofits. There would be no question... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 12 Apr 2022
- Book
Racism, Colonialism, and Britain's Legacy of Violence
Britain’s 20th century empire was the largest in human history, with a quarter of the world’s land and nearly 700 million people. Yet the empire drew its strength from violence. That’s the conclusion Harvard Business School Professor Caroline Elkins draws in her new... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
remember Doriot vividly. He stressed commonsense themes such as self-improvement, teamwork, and contributing to society, while spicing up his philosophy with practical and pithy words of advice: “A real... View Details
- 11 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
The High Risks of Short-Term Management
companies are being managed for the long term." Their first order of business was to determine a method for categorizing companies on the short-term/long-term continuum. The answer came in the very words... View Details