Standardization - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Jun 2005
What Do You Think?

Is a “Level Playing Field” a Good Thing?

haves and have nots. Economists point to the rapid increases in economic growth and productivity in China and India in relation to more developed economies as evidence that a more level playing field is resulting in huge advances in the View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

22 Feb 2022
News

New Urban Order

standardization has been a failure mode for innovation and productivity until recently,” he observes. Yang has spent much of his career in the cleantech industry and is founder and CEO of Liatris, an eco-friendly insulation startup. He... View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services

10 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

that companies can save 20-30 percent on costs by improving processes. In fact, we heard from two companies who are considered gold standards in operational efficiency in their industries, and in examining and honing their processes, they... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden

April 2023
Article

Performance on Patient Experience Measures of Former Chief Medical Residents as Physician Exemplars Chosen by the Profession

By: Lucy Chen and J. Michael McWilliams

OBJECTIVE To compare care for patients of primary care physicians (PCPs) who were former chiefs with care for patients of nonchief PCPs.

DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Using 2010 to 2018 Medicare Fee-For-Service Consumer Assessment of Healthcare... View Details

Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Forecasting and Prediction; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Competency and Skills; Surveys; Health Industry

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Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity

a cultural double standard of unconscious bias that I don’t think is getting enough attention and HBS could help educate future leaders and change our culture.” AGE 48, WHITE, WHOLESALE/RETAIL TRADE, UNITED STATES Composition of Senior... View Details

10 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

New Medical Devices Get To Patients Too Slowly

device was defined using the FDA's standard as one that "supports or sustains human life or is of substantial importance in preventing impairment of human health or presents a potential, unreasonable risk of illness or injury.") The... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Technology

25 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures

“Early wins might help depolarize the national discourse on climate change and kickstart more investment into the transition.” He thinks there are specific opportunities for his clients and the larger industry: “The proposed power plant emissions View Details

27 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution

million Firestone 500 tires at a cost of $150 million after taxes–an action that constituted the largest consumer recall in U.S. history.19 Firestone's move into radials was not only consistent with the company's standard operating... View Details

Keywords: by Donald N. Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation

04 Nov 2015
What Do You Think?

Why Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Performance?

the opinion of a European consultant that “those companies with female executives on top level are (hold your breath) ... only those who can afford having women on the board.” The research clearly did not meet the standards of these... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

24 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

time, managers and corporations seek capital for their ideas, but in doing so they have an inherent conflict of interest about what information to disclose. Therefore, for this complex system to work smoothly requires a governance system where View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu

19 Aug 2009
Working Paper Summaries

The Optimal Taxation of Height: A Case Study of Utilitarian Income Redistribution

Keywords: by N. Gregory Mankiw & Matthew Weinzierl

07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

data-id=_/HwZhW1Gssbb77V0GBoue][/div] Which types of brand stories should companies tell? After KFC was chastised by the U.K. Advertising Standards Authority for what it deemed inappropriate ads promoting the brand’s “finger licking good”... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

one million homes. In the past 12 years, I have seen technology rise to the opportunity. A 1.5 MW machine that was the standard platform in the past has since evolved into a machine that produces six times more today. This has allowed the... View Details

15 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat

power of states. But the world is not flat, argues HBS professor Pankaj Ghemawat. Think of it as partly globalized, or "semiglobalized." "Strategies that presume complete global integration tend to place far too much emphasis on international View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

04 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping

rather than just those in countries like Denmark where it is already a priority. In fact, Maersk’s government affairs director expressed disappointment in the fact that shipping was not included in the Paris Climate Agreement, which he believed could have set stronger... View Details

17 Dec 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’

writing." Levitt deployed that power again and again in his books and numerous HBR articles, including "The Globalization of Markets." In it, he described "a new commercial reality—the emergence of global markets for View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Retail

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Competing on a Common Platform

Why have over 100 firms joined the Eclipse Foundation to collectively produce an open source platform and tools for software application development? What are they trying to accomplish? This research analyzes IBMs divestment of the Eclipse Java Integrated Development... View Details

Reinventing State Capitalism

In this book we study the evolution of corporate governance arrangements that governments have adopted for their state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the last 20 years. We show that the process of privatization and liberalization of the 1990s and early 2000s created... View Details

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

selecting a college. What’s Trending? —What’s changing in college admissions including standardized test requirements, institutional priorities, Early Decision, and legacy status. What Do Colleges Consider? —The role grades, View Details

12 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Enron’s Lessons for Managers

new rules, such as the documentation of internal controls as dictated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, are turning out to be extremely expensive to implement. The new rules for the corporate governance system highlight three assumptions, he said: 1. The minimal View Details