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- 10 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Counting Up the Effects of Sarbanes-Oxley
it has proved beneficial. "Markets have been able to use the information to assess companies more effectively, managers have improved internal processes, and the internal control testing has become more cost-effective over... View Details
- 19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007
induced to behave rationally. Many other disciplines, including economics, finance, and marketing, have successfully incorporated departures from this rationality assumption into their models and theories. In this paper, we argue that operations View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’
Every business leader faces difficult tradeoffs when working to make a company both profitable and purposeful. But leaders who articulate a company’s deep purpose can tap into that broader vision to help them navigate short-term decisions... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 25 Feb 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Scholars and Students Unpack the Digital Business Revolution
hedge fund, an Amazon employee focused on retail data, and a forecaster at General Electric," says HBS David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration Marco Iansiti, who serves as faculty chair of the initiative and head of the Technology and Operations View Details
- 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1
Authors:Andrei Hagiu and Robin S. Lee Publication:Journal of Economics and Management Strategy (forthcoming) Abstract We analyze platform competition for content in the presence of strategic interactions... View Details
- 15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008
substantially expanded social value, but also pose unusually difficult challenges because the merging entities are often strikingly different in philosophy and operating styles as well as in scale. We examine three examples—Ben and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 21
stronger. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-051.pdf Quality Management and Job Quality: How the ISO 9001 Standard for Quality Management Systems Affects Employees and Employers (revised)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 4, 2008
International, a company publishing 70 editions of its free newspaper in 20 countries. Metro had been a pioneer in the free newspaper market, fighting incumbent publishers distributing traditional paid-for newspapers. Looks at the decision facing top View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 9, 2015
It is difficult for people to implement what they don't understand. Yet, research indicates that, on average, more than 50% of employees in organizations say they do not understand their organization's strategy. Further, the percentage of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
ways of thinking. It comes down to this: How do you rewrite all the implicit, explicit, and inefficient contracts and relationships that comprise the U.S. industry? To complete the move from such a protected market into a wide-open, hypercompetitive environment is a... View Details
- 07 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Negotiation and All That Jazz
negotiators” "You can't script the process," says Wheeler, the MBA Class of 1952 Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School. "Whoever who sits across the table from you is likely to be as determined, as smart, and as... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
recession. The financial crisis opened the door to massive public interventions in the world's economies, in which the government served as venture capitalist. But these efforts focused on the most troubled and poorly managed firms in the... View Details
- 10 Feb 2014
- HBS Case
Stressing Safety in South Africa’s Platinum Mines
the required Leadership and Organizational Behavior course (commonly known as LEAD), which focuses on how managers become effective leaders by addressing the human side of the enterprise. The Elements Of The Case Click on image to enlarge... View Details
- 01 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?
seeking crowdfunding need to be realistic about the difficulties they'll face down the line, rather than seeing the new technology as a panacea for their funding woes. Nanda adds that some companies might find it difficult to raise money... View Details
- 22 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon
risky projects or projects related to COVID-19, primarily in the life sciences sector, as the latter might have higher expected returns. As a result, entrepreneurs outside of the life sciences or pursuing more risky projects might find it View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2014
- What Do You Think?
Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?
opportunities in industry and services. "It is difficult to imagine how that will continue there has to be some solution and that solution has to be governmental." Several were more philosophical about the issue. As Wayne... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond
product," he adds. "But they're an attractive product for some savers, particularly those who find it difficult to open a bank account and want to put some money where they're not going to think about it." For now, Tufano... View Details
- 07 Nov 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is Less Becoming More?
$1,200 Testoni loafers?" Peter Vajda advises, "In our culture, the difference between 'have' and 'happy' is a most difficult lesson to learn indeed, and the psychological impact is great." As for producers, Richard Eckel... View Details
- 15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15
sources. Recently, the insertion into this world of business models incorporating advanced management expertise have demonstrated that commercial success is possible while significantly improving access to these basic services for the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2008
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First Look: May 6, 2008
emotional state, which the authors call competitive arousal, often leads to bad decisions. Managers can minimize the potential for competitive arousal and the harm it can inflict by avoiding certain types of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace