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  • 03 Nov 2003
  • What Do You Think?

Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency?

insiders of the insider's equity..." Several respondents suggested the need for a careful approach to the issue of greater transparency. E. Smith asked, "Do investors care about immaterial smoothing [of earnings]? I do not believe so. It is when ... earnings... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 28 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 28

  PublicationsManager-Specific Effects on Earnings Guidance: An Analysis of Top Executive Turnovers Authors:Francois Brochet, Lucile Faurel, and Sarah McVay Publication:Journal of Accounting Research (forthcoming) Abstract We investigate how View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jan 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]

go off on your own and create something different. With consensus decision making and shared responsibility for everything, nobody feels responsible. In our book, we discuss how Japanese companies need to adopt more business unit structures where groups of View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
  • 26 May 2003
  • Research & Ideas

What Your Competition is Telling You

in general apparel, but we may be able to identify a couple of categories—high-quality jewelry and high-end kids' apparel—that we can lock up," says Anthony W. Deering, chairman of the board and CEO of The Rouse Company, of Columbia, Md., a leading U.S. developer... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
  • 18 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 18

successful television shows in history; how she created the company, Harpo Productions, that produces that show as well as other media offerings; how she leads and manages her organization; and how she has... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Oct 2017
  • News

Can Farming Save the Planet?

magnitude and complexity of the problem. Don Wiviott (MBA 1984) begs to differ. For him, the solution is both simple and doable. The solution Wiviott envisions is to convert typically high-production, conventional, GMO-based farms to certified organic practices. This... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Organic farming; Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry; Agriculture
  • 23 Nov 2020
  • Blog Post

We Rise

founders themselves bring up.”—Rudina Seseri (MBA 2005), founder and managing partner, Glasswing Ventures But, Gompers cautions, hiring a woman as “window dressing,” often in an effort to avoid negative publicity, may not View Details
  • 01 Sep 2020
  • News

We Rise

It’s starting to be something that founders themselves bring up.” —Rudina Seseri (MBA 2005), founder and managing partner, Glasswing Ventures But, Gompers cautions, hiring a woman as “window dressing,” often in an effort to avoid negative... View Details
Keywords: April White; Finance
  • 06 Feb 2025
  • News

How to Judge Your Next Job

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Clay Christensen was a legendary professor and thinker and his “Jobs to Be Done” theory—this idea that customers buy products to solve problems—was one of his iconic intellectual contributions.... View Details
  • 26 Feb 2019
  • Blog Post

Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees

variety of rewards and measure which ones appeal to employees and motivate them the most. Praising employees can be a stumbling block for leaders who mistakenly believe being harsh produces stronger results or who worry they will appear... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 08 May 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018

forthcoming Management Science Evidence of Upcoding in Pay-for-Performance Programs By: Bastani, Hamsa, Joel Goh, and Mohsen Bayati Abstract—Recent Medicare legislation seeks to improve patient care quality by financially penalizing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Mar 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan

JP(D) and foreign inventors JP(F) patenting in Japan. Source: Tom Nicholas, "The Origins of Japanese Technological Modernization", Explorations in Economic History (2011, forthcoming). http://people.hbs.edu/tnicholas/Jmod.pdf Willy C. Shih, Professor of View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
  • 16 Jun 2015
  • First Look

First Look: June 16, 2015

Abstract—Under fairly general assumptions, expected stock returns are a linear combination of two firm fundamentals-book-to-market ratio and return on equity. This parsimonious relation is pervasive, producing expected return proxies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Feb 2005
  • Research & Ideas

How to Harness Auction Fever

little about why this sale surprised the auction community? Deepak Malhotra: Auctioneers are often able to predict selling prices pretty accurately. In this particular auction, actual prices were approximately seven times initial estimates. Furthermore, the cost of... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls; Web Services; Technology
  • 30 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 30

provides insight into how the broader management of experience accumulation affects team performance. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-145.pdf Measuring and Understanding Hierarchy as an Architectural Element in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Dec 2007
  • First Look

First Look: December 11, 2007

organization's skills and culture as the vehicle to produce improved performance. This is by necessity a longer-term strategy. Andrew Sigler, CEO of Champion International (now part of International Paper Company), pursued this approach... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Oct 2020
  • News

Sewn with Love

treat patients first in Europe and then in New York. It started with Hanazawa, who began to research the breakdown in the medical-gown supply chain. The gowns were produced by a tight circle of manufacturers that had begun to shut down... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
  • 20 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation

unconventional field settings. Their mission was to produce a DNA sequencing test that was cost effective, robust, and operable in extreme field conditions. After several months of effort, the team in consultation with company experts... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 04 May 2010
  • First Look

First Look: May 4

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810114-PDF-ENG Tennant Company Toby Stuart, Lynda M. Applegate, and James WeberHarvard Business School Case 810-040 Tennant, a leading producer of floor cleaning equipment, must determine how to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Feb 2019
  • Blog Post

The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition

primarily focus on TPG’s middle market buyout and growth equity investments, which are made out of TPG Growth and The Rise Fund, a double–bottom line impact fund that was launched in 2016.” Gandhi: “I am a music producer and drummer whose... View Details
Keywords: All Industries