Filter Results:
(214)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web (278)
- Faculty Publications (89)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web (278)
- Faculty Publications (89)
Sort by
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Value Judgments: Business Ethics Across Borders
of the individual, and concern for social responsibility. As Siam Cement expanded beyond Thailand, however, managers felt pressured to compromise the corporate code of ethics. The company's standards regarding improper payments, for... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 04 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Think of it as Professors in Cars Having Coffee
designed to make sure the executive office doesn’t have too much power.” Ep 15: Brainstorming the Affordable Housing Dilemma Desai: “There is a very real, genuine market failure. I think the answer is the government provides housing... View Details
- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
key is to be ruthlessly realistic with oneself. As I hope the book makes clear, this is one of the greatest challenges for any CEO. Q: The Innovator's Dilemma by HBS professor Clayton Christensen illustrated how formerly successful... View Details
- 13 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Inner Life of Leaders
reflecting on my research and writing, I became absorbed in extensive reading in the social sciences, notably anthropology and above all psychoanalysis. I suppose I could be accused of hero worship when I read intensively and extensively... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Apr 2001
- What Do You Think?
Telecommuting: Dangerous to Health?
"as part of a small team building a new company ... the time we spend together (as opposed to the day per week that she and her colleagues telecommute) ... is the most valuable." Jack Downey makes the case for the doubters: "Humans are View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Feb 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?
not directly competitive. They offer different products that provide different results for different markets. Alan Carswell points out that online programs are ideal for adult learners with "less need for the social role of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Sep 2010
- What Do You Think?
How Transparent Should Boards Be?
Summing Up The dilemma posed by the HP-inspired vignette of a CEO allegedly failing to adhere to company values divided respondents to the September column. Two schools of thought evolved. One was that the CEO should be fired for cause... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 29 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations of the Future
global rather than merely local. The issue of limited resources and inefficient distribution is creating environmental and social problems respectively, that businesses can no longer afford to neglect/be indifferent to. Technological... View Details
Keywords: by Teresa M. Amabile & Mukti Khaire
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
additional compensation across social category lines than it did within them. The results thus broach an ethical dilemma for managers: Is it appropriate to let mere social... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
an executive officer of a for-profit corporation? Is it the same standard you use when making decisions in your personal life? If not, how does it differ and why?" The board should ask candidates to describe situations in which they were faced with an ethical... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 02 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Indulgence vs. Regret: Investing in Future Memories
assigned to two groups and presented with the dilemma of choosing between an expensive clothing item that they loved and a cheaper item that would be just as useful but allow for savings to purchase necessities. Based on their assigned... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 30 Sep 2002
- What Do You Think?
Are Business Schools Really Important “Crucibles of Leadership?”
"teach[ing] and model[ing] ethical leadership?" Or can it also include the study of management practices that help create crucibles of leadership for others as well as dilemmas that enable one to "practice" for the day... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
improvement in their standards and monitoring procedures. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-097.pdf Corporate Social Responsibility through an Economic Lens Authors:Forest L. Reinhardt, Robert N. Stavins, and Richard... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jul 2024
- In Practice
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities
the subsequent international backlash in a number of ways. “Increasing restrictions to transnational commerce in and with China are best understood in terms of security dilemma dynamics.” We argue that China’s turn to regime security as a... View Details
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
Organizational Challenge of Pursuing Joint Social and Financial Goals: Social Enterprise as a Laboratory to Understand Hybrid Organizing By: Battilana, Julie Abstract— While in recent decades the View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry
a problem of nightmarish proportions [because of] the growing complexity of the systems and the interdependent structure of their designs. Each new computer system had to be designed from the ground up, and only new systems could take advantage of new technologies.... View Details
- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
several mechanisms: by conferring employer recognition, by enhancing social visibility, and by facilitating social comparison. In a nationwide health worker training program in Zambia, we design a field... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
Publications August 2013 California Management Review What Impact? A Framework for Measuring the Scale & Scope of Social Performance By: Ebrahim, Alnoor, and V. Kasturi Rangan Abstract—Organizations with View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
For decades, the U.S. auto industry ruled America's economy, shaped the country's development, and influenced American culture and social mores. Now, buffeted by globalization and other powerful forces, it faces a moment of truth. The... View Details
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-093.pdf Componential Theory of Creativity Author:Teresa M. Amabile Abstract The componential theory of creativity is a comprehensive model of the social and psychological components necessary... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel