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- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
stringency of the ban on market transactions for organs (Steiner 2009). In essence, many would argue that blood, organs, and cadavers should not be considered goods. That said, the demand for cadavers remains strong, and numerous ideas... View Details
- 06 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health
When news broke March 24 that a young co-pilot for Lufthansa's low cost-airline Germanwings had intentionally crashed a passenger jet into the French Alps, killing himself and 149 others, people struggled for answers. What would make someone take his own life along... View Details
- 13 May 2002
- Op-Ed
A Cure for Enron-Style Audit Failures
If companies and regulators are ever to learn from the collapse of Enron—and prevent similar corporate debacles in the future—they must look more closely at the relationship between auditors, managers and the company audit committee. The Enron scandal is not an... View Details
- 28 Mar 2011
- News
Why Manufacturing Matters
- 06 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Expensing Options Doesn’t Solve the Problem
It is fascinating to observe pundit after pundit come down strongly on the side of expensing stock options in the reported financial statements, as if that were the silver bullet for combating corporate malfeasance and resolving all our accounting problems. But the... View Details
Keywords: by William Sahlman
- 17 Jun 2022
- News
In Defense of Online Anonymity
- 22 Dec 2016
- Op-Ed
The Small Business Administration is a Model for How to Drive Economic Growth
A recent Washington Post editorial suggested that the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) is, in many ways, a remnant of days gone by. The arguments implied that small businesses that make up our nation’s “Main Street” sector are not particularly... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills
- 22 Oct 2019
- News
Alexander Hamilton's Case For Impeachment
- 17 Jan 2023
- Cold Call Podcast
Nestlé’s KitKat Diplomacy: Neutrality vs. Shared Value
- 25 Feb 2011
- News
Uncorking enterprise
- Research Summary
Secrets of Succession (Financial Times, December 6, 2002, with Nicholas Carr)
By: Rakesh Khurana
Boards often choose a new chief executive in response to outside pressures, skewed perceptions and simple convenience. In this extended essay, we argue for a return to objectivity and rigour in the selection process. View Details
- 23 Sep 2011
- News
Asia sticks with conglomerate model
- 2023
- Other Unpublished Work
Visions of Vision Pro
Daily ups and downs of the market are often driven by changes in interest-rate expectations and investor risk aversion. But over the long run, it's often technological change that is the primary driver of value. A decade ago, Tyler Cowen argued in his book The Great... View Details
Cohen, Randolph B. "Visions of Vision Pro." August 2023. (LinkedIn Articles.)
- 11 Sep 2020
- Video
James Mwangi
James Mwangi, CEO of Kenya’s Equity Bank, which has one of the largest customer bases of any bank in Africa, argues that the lack of financial literacy posed a far bigger challenge to the bank in Kenya than problems of corruption. View Details
- 18 Jun 2021
- News
William Watson: When not knowing pays
- 24 Jul 2018
- Op-Ed
4 Ways Managers Can Exercise Their 'Agency' to Change the World
PeopleImages New business school graduates have now made their way from campus to workplace. For them, this should be a time of optimism and energy, of setting ambitious goals and testing new ideas. At Harvard Business School, where I teach, many of these passions and... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
Podcast: Yelp ratings may be predictor of how restaurants fare after a minimum wage increase
Some restaurants owners have argued that raising the minimum wage may force them to close, or cut staff. Now a new study suggests that this only really happens to... View Details
- 21 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse
Stephenson’s comparisons in his seminal novel, for one thing—yet they argue that the Strip is a perfect model for a future metaverse. The Strip largely formed as the result of corporate cooperation, rather than top-down urban planning and... View Details