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  • 01 Mar 2019
  • News

Research Brief: Unveiling the Truth about Transparency

Transparency in a Simple Labor Market,” she and Brown University’s Bobak Pakzad-Hurson drew on data from online platforms used by employers seeking temporary workers; they also conducted an experiment that involved managers and... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
  • 30 Dec 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2013

productivity and quality of care can be increased by uncovering organizational factors associated with operational failures so that hospitals can reduce the frequency with which these failures occur. Research by Anita L. Tucker and colleagues. View Details
Keywords: by Staff
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The Messy but Essential Pursuit of Purpose

By: Ranjay Gulati
Most forward-thinking executives have embraced the notion that purpose-driven companies can solve social and environmental problems while also generating wealth, creating win-win outcomes that benefit everyone. But ideal solutions are rare. Many purpose-driven... View Details
Keywords: Purpose; Sustainability; Mission and Purpose; Social Issues; Environmental Sustainability; Profit; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Decision Making
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Gulati, Ranjay. "The Messy but Essential Pursuit of Purpose." Harvard Business Review 100, no. 2 (March–April 2022): 45–55.
  • 19 Nov 2010
  • Research & Ideas

The Landscape of Integrated Reporting: An E-Book

make great progress in society. How can we get started down this path? One way is to introduce progressive ideas and practices that demonstrate to the world we care about more than profits. It's not that profits aren't important; no... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria; Accounting
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Diversity on Boards - Alumni

HBR. By: J. Yo-Jud Cheng, Boris Groysberg and Paul M. Healy Gender Diversity at the Board Level Can Mean Innovation Success January 2020, Article MIT Sloan Management By: J. Yo-Jud Cheng and Boris Groysberg New Venture Milestones and the... View Details
  • August 2005 (Revised August 2007)
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Why Study Emerging Markets

By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Kjell Ke-Li Carlsson
Emerging markets have attracted considerable attention and are likely to become an increasingly important political and economic force. They represent an enormous opportunity for entrepreneurs, multinationals, and investors but also pose a threat for products, jobs,... View Details
Keywords: Profit; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Governance; Emerging Markets; Problems and Challenges; Opportunities
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Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Kjell Ke-Li Carlsson. "Why Study Emerging Markets." Harvard Business School Background Note 706-422, August 2005. (Revised August 2007.)
  • 01 Jun 2002
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In VMI Partnerships, the Devil is in the Data

The expression “letting the fox guard the henhouse” comes to mind when you first hear about Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) systems, where a product manufacturer actually places orders for the retailer, determining quantities based upon... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA 1988)
  • 18 Jun 2007
  • Op-Ed

Leveling the Executive Options Playing Field

Harvard Business School professor Mihir A. Desai argues that investors and regulators are served poorly by the U.S. corporate financial reporting system, which allows companies to declare different profit figures to the IRS than they... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir Desai
  • 12 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

fulfillment of community needs. (Of course, Friedman's formulation leaves the manager with two problems: the sum of consumer desires does not necessarily equal community need, and many—perhaps most—governments to not define or fulfill... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 22 May 2007
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First Look: May 22, 2007

a higher price without raising its multiple. If the private equity firm wins the bidding contest, the profit model subsequently becomes a blueprint for managing the turnaround company and aligning company... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Jun 2014
  • Blog Post

Springing Forward on Social Enterprise Career Paths

the opportunity for feedback from panels of expert judges, to test their ideas in a rigorous and supportive environment. Within the Social Enterprise Track specifically, teams focused on ventures that generate significant social value, with enterprises across both for... View Details
  • 01 Jun 1997
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Taylor R. M. Keen

master," he says admiringly. After college, Keen served as a management trainee for Bath Iron Works, the Maine shipbuilding firm. Guided by the Native American philosophy that "any decision you make should consider the welfare of the next... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
  • 01 Sep 2007
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How to Take a Stand On UBS and Climate Change

if an NGO or activist organization like Greenpeace wants to reward the companies that contribute to the greater good, it won’t know how to ‘read’ this company,” he observes. “To send credible signals to the public, you need to do things that are about more than simple... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance
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Business Solutions for the Poor (Global and Local) - Course Catalog

to 350 words) and one final course paper (600 to 750 words), No Exam Enrollment Limited to 45 students Overview Customers at higher levels of the socioeconomic pyramid are usually served by businesses who synchronize value creation for customers with View Details
  • 22 Feb 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade

Readers also benefitted when, in 2008, we began to publish HBS faculty working papers—often the first expressions of emerging ideas on the cutting edge of management research. The most popular paper looks at the dark side of goal-setting,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 May 2015
  • First Look

First Look: May 19

and bank executives appear to profit from the analysts' bias since the bias is associated with higher levels of insider trading. Our results highlight the bias created by asking analysts to rate their outside opportunities in the labor... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 May 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Fixing the Marketing-CEO Disconnect

marketing function and the C-suite often drift apart, resulting in a disconnect between the overall strategy of the company and what marketing understands to be the actual needs of customers. One result is that company strategy becomes less attuned to market needs,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2004
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Charles Stoddard (MBA 1969)

any other bank in Grand Rapids. It was a niche bank with only one office and no tellers; instead, it had client service officers who would call customers by their name. The other unique thing about Grand Bank was corporate tithing. Ten percent of our pretax View Details
Keywords: Finance
  • 01 Jun 2001
  • News

HBS Press Books in Brief

they must do to reshape their businesses for the 21st century. The Attention Economy: Understanding the New Currency of Business, by Thomas H. Davenport and John C. Beck, presents a revolutionary model for managing and measuring... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
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Elaine MacDonald Archives | Social Enterprise

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services... View Details
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