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- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
historical and hypothetical scenarios. Additionally, we demonstrate that the exponential penalty approach exhibits exceptional computational performance, implying practical viability. Our results suggest that this approach could lead to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Mar 2008
- What Do You Think?
Where Will Management Innovation Take Us?
not clear. Many suggested that the kind of management innovation described by Gary Hamel in his new book, The Future of Management, will more likely occur as a result of forces outside the organization. Tony Gattis described the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
financial crisis, but they may be hard to get rid of. The Washington political system struggles to deal with this gigantic fiscal challenge, and—no surprise—large tax increases and large expenditure reductions are not high on politicians'... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Big Business of Little Loans
the US Small Business Administration and now on the faculty at HBS. The situation worsened during the 2008 financial crisis, and lending to the sector has never really recovered. Armed with proprietary algorithms and can-do attitudes,... View Details
Keywords: Nancy Miller
- 05 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference across Borders
During the pandemic and the disruption in business worldwide, the HBS Career & Professional Development team made an appeal to alumni and recruiting partners that resulted in nearly 1,000 new full-time and internship opportunities for... View Details
- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
Democratic views than are Britannica articles, as well as more biased. The difference in bias between a pair of articles decreases with more revisions. The bias on a per word basis hardly differs between the sources because Wikipedia articles tend to be longer than... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 4
for a reduction in financial expenditures due to the subsidies accompanying loans. However, BNDES does not systematically lend to underperforming firms. Our results indicate that BNDES subsidizes firms that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jan 2018
- What Do You Think?
In the Wake of #MeToo, Should Corporate Boards Hire Compliance Officers?
role in selecting new board members. There was an implicit presumption of trust among the CEO and board members. At least a limited kind of camaraderie was thought to be essential among the leadership and the directors of a company. Those fearing dysfunctional... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Aug 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: After Charlottesville, Where Does a CEO's Responsibility Lie?
the most powerful and successful CEOs and companies, potentially resulting in extraordinary opportunities that might otherwise be entirely inaccessible or, worse, go to competitors. Pressing on the other side, however, is the simple fact... View Details
Keywords: by Gautam Mukunda
- 21 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 21, 2010
outcomes in the context of disputes. We find that control provisions increase competence-based trust, but reduce goodwill-based trust, resulting in a net decrease in the likelihood of continued collaboration. Coordination provisions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Always Pay Off
terms of costs." Going Forward Were the results due to unique circumstances at HP? The answer is yes and no, Beer and Cannon wrote. "HP's culture is one that historically placed more emphasis on management that builds commitment... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
candidates. Unconscious bias and a resulting lack of diversity can also impact a company’s bottom line. A study of venture capital firms found that “the more similar the investment partners, the lower their investments’ performance.” A... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 14 Feb 2019
- News
Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change
reach the goals of which McCarthy spoke. Moving away from the city to more rural areas, David Perry (MBA 1997), president, CEO, and director of Indigo Agriculture, said one-third of all carbon emissions are the result of the agriculture... View Details
- 20 Feb 2013
- News
Thanking Veterans Online
Veterans Affairs benefits, Hall and fellow Army Ranger Matthew Thompson (MBA 2010) sought to create a business that would help veterans receive the benefits they deserve. The result was TroopSwap, an online source for discounts and other... View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
rate shocks has a muted effect on portfolio risk at long horizons and does not diminish the benefits of global portfolio diversification to long-term investors. Empirically, we find that increased correlations of discount rate shocks View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
level of commitment varies among PWCs. The result is a high employee turnover rate, and departing employees take an average of 35% of their client base with them when they go. Now, with financials for the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
Illustration by David Plunkert Here’s a really scary thought. Now that the federal government has poured hundreds of billions of dollars into saving financial institutions deemed “too big to fail,” hasn’t it implicitly guaranteed similar... View Details
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Growth of the Social Enterprise
relationship can range from loose to tight with respect to the financial and operational interactions between affiliates and the central organization. A loose affiliation generally refers to a network of organizations committed to... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 09 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements
studies drivers of regulatory behavior as well as the resulting decision-making process of managers within regulated organizations. In the paper The Effects of Media Slant on Firm Behavior, forthcoming in the Journal of View Details
- 25 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 25, 2006
mishaps due to poor cross-functional integration in the supply/demand planning activities. The poor integration resulted from organization differentiation among the functions and an unsophisticated approach to integration. In response to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne