transparency - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2020
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Saving Grace

PensionBee in 2014 to address this lack of continuity and introduce transparency to an industry that’s known to be convoluted and confusing. The company is able to track down a customer’s pension plans and consolidate them into one, which... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

03 Mar 2016
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3-Minute Briefing: Pamela Meyer (MBA 1986)

sabotage these moments through passive-aggressive behavior. What you need are the three Ts. Transparency for openly communicating your goals, concerns, disappointments, and expectations. Trust for the small, significant circle of people... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Mar 2025
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Venture: Time Heals All

Assembling a nursing schedule for a hospital ward can be surprisingly difficult—a little like playing three-dimensional Tetris, says Ilana Springer Borkenstein (MBA 2022). “It is a really challenging, tedious task.” Nurse managers must take into consideration a host of... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford; Illustration by Klaus Kremmerz; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2010
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You’ve Been YouTubed

suggests that the moment can fade fairly quickly. Even so, an organization needs to be aware of how best to present itself in this new environment and respond to potential parodies of its brand. “It’s a transparent world,” he says. “This... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; social media; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services; Air Transportation; Transportation

01 Mar 2017
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Ask the Expert: Capital Architect

Brunell spent five years helping Vietnam transition to a market economy, instituting government transparency measures and a national competitiveness index. (© Whitehotpix/ZUMAPRESS.com) David Brunell (MBA 1962) is a master at making... View Details

01 Dec 2001
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Corporate Governance Conference Addresses Global Challenges

transparent and globally standardized methods of corporate governance. Dozens of countries worldwide, each representing different degrees of involvement of legal systems and regulators in corporate governance, were studied by Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

01 Dec 1999
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Dan Fenn

various descriptions, resisted the classic temptation to make the Bulletin into a house organ, so transparently a mouthpiece for their perspectives that no one would ever read anything but the class notes. Their restraint was both a... View Details

Keywords: Dan Fenn

08 Aug 2018
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Getting Life Back in Balance

of networking and communicating with key stakeholders prior to any important decision being made is fundamentally the same,” he explains. “I have been pleasantly surprised at the maturity of the local-government governance processes and the level of View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Jun 2008
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Faculty Research Online

Management Innovation Take Us? Management could change a lot in the coming years, says HBS professor emeritus Jim Heskett. A few reasons: continued development of the Internet and the transparency and communities it has spawned, and new... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Sep 2006
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East to West

“The case was very appealing because the CEO’s goal was to create a governance structure that would be transparent to investors and stakeholders anywhere in the world. The more we talked, the more it seemed like a way to understand the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Management

12 Apr 2011
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Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS

information from VIN numbers collected by mobile car shoppers. AI Exchange is a Boston-based technology financial services company whose mission is to reinvent hedge fund investing through disruptive technology, transparency and... View Details

Keywords: Multiple alumni

01 Jun 2010
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Get Well Soon

takeaway for students is the power of transparency as a mechanism for change,” says Tucker. “Another is the motivational value of benchmarking themselves to an internal standard of zero accidents instead of rationalizing poor perfor-mance... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

11 May 2020
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Better Than Cash

savings, security, and transparency for both the payer and the recipient, and they can serve as the spark for larger societal change, Goodwin-Groen explains. “Digital financial inclusion can build a foundation for achieving the United... View Details

17 Nov 2015
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Carbon Neutral

ambassador to Austria. Unlike cap-and-trade, which depends on the open market to determine costs for carbon emissions, a carbon fee would be transparent and predictable, allowing companies to figure in the cost to their bottom line while... View Details

Keywords: Michael Blanding

01 Jun 2011
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Where Conservation Means Business

plantations and company towns. Making the 10,400 photos ready for viewing requires that Anderson free each from its taped confines. Afterward, she places them in transparent Mylar sleeves to protect against dirt and handling. On a recent... View Details

Keywords: Roger thompson

25 Apr 2016
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Just Rewards

on his crusade for transparency and against excessive compensation. “It comes down to treating people the way you would like to be treated yourself,” he says. (Published April 2016) View Details

01 Mar 2005
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Desert Dust-Up

claims. “We are,” he declared, “living with an energy illusion of the highest order.” Simmons, who is writing a book on the subject and has spent the last two years researching Saudi technical data, has also called for more transparency... View Details

Keywords: Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2013
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Collective Wisdom

prize. In a community-based setting, you give up IP in exchange for complementary assets that create value for customers. Then there's the fear that my competitors will find out what I'm working on. Open companies have adopted a nuanced attitude that embraces View Details

Keywords: crowdsourcing; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Mar 2003
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Naina Lal Kidwai

foreign direct investment. Today, with more than nine thousand listed companies and a market capitalization of $125 billion, India has efficient back-office and settlement systems, and the ability to attract international capital. With greater View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Jun 2022
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Making It Count

microchip: “I remember that it was perceived by lots of people as affecting only the computer industry; but, of course, it’s led to the cellular phone and the internet, and it has changed all our lives. The same is going to happen here,” he says. True View Details