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- 04 Jan 2022
- What Do You Think?
Firing McDonald’s Easterbrook: What Could the Board Have Done Differently?
transferred to a personal account from his corporate email account. The board also was able to allege that Easterbrook had actually had physical sexual relationships with three other McDonald’s employees in 2018. In other words, Easterbrook had lied to the board.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Brand Manager’s Guide to Losing Control
doctoral studies. Brand managers entered the social media landscape with the same approach they used for television and radio advertising, she says. "With both of those media, we have an understood contract with consumers: In order... View Details
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
commission and put one person in charge. The results of the closed bidding for construction contracts only reinforced that decision: the commission invited bids on the entire project on October 9, 1906—and rejected all four bids in... View Details
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
would not be achieved even if the product offered a payout ratio comparable to U.S. insurance contracts. We present evidence suggesting that lack of trust, liquidity constraints, and limited salience are significant non-price frictions that constrain demand. We suggest... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Ethical People Become Unethical Negotiators
earlier research with Iris Bohnet and Alexandra van Geen found that people are less sexist when assessing multiple people.) Even changing where on the page people sign contracts can encourage honesty. When people sign a form before... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?
called "The Morals of a Market Society" focusing on the virtues Smith wrote about in The Theory of Moral Sentiments (TMS). Once I started more research in behavioral economics, I realized how closely Smith's work from TMS View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 16 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 16
James K., and Laurence A. Green Abstract—Following a brief summary of Henry A. Kissinger's career, this paper describes three of his most pivotal negotiations: the historic establishment of U.S. diplomatic relations with the People's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
compensation incentives for CSR. We test our predictions using novel executive compensation contract data and find that firms with more shareholder friendly corporate governance are more likely to provide compensation to executives linked... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty)
with how employees are motivated than the actual consequences they receive. Motivation is important in business for one reason: In the contract between employers and employees, it’s simply not possible to spell out how employees’ roles... View Details
- 19 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Company Loyalty
Few business leaders would deny the importance of organizational loyalty; perhaps fewer still believe they can achieve it the way they once did. After all, the lifetime contract expired long ago, and your people—especially your best... View Details
Keywords: by Lauren Keller Johnson
- 08 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Hunt for Talent on Digital Platforms, Not in Resume Piles
contracted the national polling company CivicScience to survey more than 13,000 workers from a variety of industries across the country. They found that nearly 18 percent of workers were recruited to their positions by a firm or an... View Details
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Globalization: The Strategy of Differences
usually much less profitable than domestic business. Why is globalization proving so hard to get right? The answer is related in part to how companies frame their globalization strategies. In many if not most cases, companies see... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 01 Oct 2014
- What Do You Think?
Is Too Much Focus a Problem?
"Excess of everything is bad it always relates to the matter in point (for example) getting big data about our customers and focusing too deeply on it will lead to not noticing other important facets However, while finalizing a View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Internet of Things Needs a Business Model. Here It Is
changed its business model from selling copiers to renting copiers and charging by the number of copies made, IoT-based companies may need to innovate on how they charge for their products, selling assets, or software-as-a-service, or shared savings View Details
- 11 Feb 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI
However, that’s not the reality of the enterprise world. Big enterprises by default are averse to change unless they are convinced the alternative is worth their business development effort and the time involved of the legal-finance team to negotiate View Details
Keywords: by Rocio Wu
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
that have other so-called executory contracts like supply agreements and collective bargaining agreements which receive similar favorable treatment under the Bankruptcy Code; and those that have deeper business problems that might benefit... View Details
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
Health Organization recommendations when the crisis was still far away. The protocols were ready within two weeks. By mid-March, the implementation was monitored on a daily basis by a crisis committee. Key learnings We can derive three broad ideas View Details
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
network of individual contracts or the vision of its entrepreneur. The people inside firms learned, developed effective routines, and innovated. While we have sophisticated theories of competition in economics, the cooperative teamwork... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Unexpected Way Whistleblowers Reduce Government Fraud
opportunity to work to overcome the whistleblower’s allegations. Government agencies only reduce total contract dollar volume if the allegations are ultimately deemed to have merit. “I think it’s a surprisingly sophisticated interplay... View Details
- 08 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 8
supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/311135-PDF-ENG Penn Warranty Corporation Richard S. Ruback and Royce YudkoffHarvard Business School Case 212-007 Penn Warranty Corporation sold warranty contracts to the used-car market.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne