Reaching For Yield - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 May 2020
Op-Ed

Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness

percent. For much of the past decade, H-1B visas have run out within a single week (see Figure 4). Despite even the COVID-19 pandemic, the government received 275,000 applications in March of this year for... View Details

Keywords: by William R. Kerr

15 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

Funding the Design of Livable Cities

urban population, expected to reach 3 billion over the next four decades, will require housing, places to work, and transportation systems. Second, the natural resources necessary to support this growing population, including freshwater... View Details

Keywords: by Lisa Chase; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

02 Jul 2015
Op-Ed

The Future of the Greek Economy

measures. But he is wrong in his assumption that the approach he has followed for the past six months will help the Greek people. Greece is now closer than ever to an exit from the European Union. As of today, capital controls limit the... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini & George Serafeim; Banking

27 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work

its resources. The analysis approach holds that by identifying lots of issues, a high-value problem will turn up, which if solved will yield a disproportionately high benefit. However, the researchers were in View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry

14 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Creating a Global Business Code

both heartening and disturbing. “We were looking for 'Generally Accepted Conduct Principles.'"—Rohit Deshpandé The good news is that the researchers found broad consensus among the employees of the four multinationals who were asked... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

23 May 2011
Op-Ed

Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society

Editor's note: Please see related story, Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It's Effective. To what extent companies contribute to a sustainable society is a question increasingly important, not only to the companies themselves, but also to investors, the countries... View Details

Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim

25 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy

back more investors overall. "It's about increasing the size of the pie available to all the firm's stakeholders," he says. Not A Universal Solution But Chapter 11 isn't the answer for all companies, Gilson says. It might View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Financial Services

26 May 2015
Research & Ideas

Corporate Field Researchers Share Tricks of the Trade

provides the opportunity for a few faculty members to share recent work with an audience of doctoral students, staff members, and other professors. In a panel discussion, several professors shared the practical findings of recent field... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

16 Jul 2014
HBS Case

Marketing Obamacare

variety of ways to reach each group, including billboards, print advertisements, radio, TV, online, and social media, tailoring the message to the medium. For the "cautious optimist" group, which... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

12 May 2003
Research & Ideas

How Hot is the “Hot Spot” Business?

high-speed Internet access over a short distance of a few hundred feet. A portable computer or PDA equipped with a Wi-Fi card can tap into the hot spot and jump onto the Net for wireless surfing. Although the hot-spot phenomenon is big... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne & Martha Lagace; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

30 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Retirement Planning

Many of us are sailing toward retirement with the hope that Social Security, personal savings, and money saved in an employer's 401(k) or 403(b) plan will add up to the magic sum required to enjoy our remaining years in reasonable style. But how to View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services

27 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: September 27

model for explaining how network resources contribute to organizational performance. Reach is the extent to which an organization's network connects it to diverse and distant partners. Richness represents... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?

Ninety percent of new entrepreneurial businesses that don't attract venture capital fail within three years. A software engineer at the government contractor EG&G, Don Brooks had been working on computer systems for the Idaho National... View Details

Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner

03 Mar 2010
What Do You Think?

To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?

of identity. Perceptions vary widely on the issue of "identity" and economic performance, particularly as it applies to the U.S. One school of thought is summarized by C. J. Cullinane when he says, "Our identify has changed, and not View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

02 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Casino Payoff: Hands-Off Management Works Best

customer, they got back $1.38 in expected revenue the next year, according to the paper. For comparable employees in loosely monitored units the $1.00 yielded $1.82. "If I call you every time I see a... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Entertainment & Recreation

07 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders

We all know the importance of mentors and other early career experiences in shaping the kind of leaders we ultimately become. But how important to that development are the particular companies we work for? For Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

24 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Who Sets Your Benchmarks?

Reaching Your Potential. Kaplan continues his theme of self-directed assessment and improvement with his new book, to be released in early May, What You're Really Meant to Do: A Road Map for View Details

05 Aug 2015
What Do You Think?

What Happened to the ‘Innovation, Disruption, Technology’ Dividend?

expected productivity increases so critical to wage and economic growth haven't occurred, at least not in the US. We've waited for at least a decade for this new era of information innovation to View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology

21 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Will American Brands Be a Casualty of War?

of war. We have reached the tipping point where Pax Americana now threatens Brand America. For some, the problem is the Bush administration's pattern of unilateral decision making. View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Jun 2015
Research & Ideas

The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting

is increasing yields in their production while moving the supply chain toward more productive and just labor conditions. Novo Nordisk, a leading healthcare provider for diabetes, is making great strides in... View Details

Keywords: Re: George Serafeim

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