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  • 11 Oct 2016
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October 11, 2016

Ethan Porter, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—As Americans’ trust in government nears historic lows, frustration with government performance approaches record highs. We propose that Americans’ views of government can be reshaped View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • September 2016
  • Article

Monitoring Global Supply Chains

By: Jodi L. Short, Michael W. Toffel and Andrea R. Hugill
Firms seeking to avoid reputational spillovers that can arise from dangerous, illegal, and unethical behavior at supply chain factories are increasingly relying on private social auditors to provide strategic information about suppliers' conduct. But little is known... View Details
Keywords: Monitoring; Transaction Cost Economics; Industry Self-regulation; Auditing; Codes Of Conduct; Supply Chains; Corporate Social Responsibility; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Supply Chain; Globalization
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  • Web

Porter Prize India - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC About Michael Porter About Michael Porter A Letter from Michael Porter Biography The Essential Porter Honors & Awards Affiliated Organizations & Institutions VBHCD... View Details
  • 11 Jul 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11

customers, and (4) becoming a supplier to a multisided platform. These ideas can be used by physical as well as online businesses. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52837 forthcoming The Laryngoscope... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Course History - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Decker, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Whole Foods, and Zurich Financial Services. Workshop participants also have the opportunity to reconvene to review the first two years in the job and to recalibrate their agendas. Related Resources Oct 2004 Harvard Business Review... View Details
  • 12 Apr 2016
  • News

The Existential Question Facing the Auto Industry

  • Web

Research - Race, Gender & Equity

in... May 2024 (Revised May 2024) Case MStudio and Djoli: Accelerating Startup Growth in Francophone Africa By: Paul A. Gompers , Pippa Tubman Armerding and Temitayo Lawal Djoli, a procurement platform, was one of the startups launched and supported View Details
  • 08 Aug 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017

subsumed by the other three. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53024 August 2017 Obstetrics & Gynecology Relationship Between Labor and Delivery Unit Management Practices and Maternal Outcomes By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Aug 2017
  • News

Email and Calendar Data Are Helping Firms Understand How Employees Work

  • August 1990 (Revised January 1992)
  • Case

Eli Lilly and Co. (B): Europe

By: Michael Y. Yoshino
Examines the challenges facing the company in light of the changing economic, regulatory, and competitive environment in the European pharmaceutical industry. Examines the steps taken by the company adapting to this changing situation as part of a total globalization... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Economics; Global Strategy; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Adaptation; Competition; Pharmaceutical Industry; Europe
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  • 2015
  • Book

Leading Sustainable Change: An Organizational Perspective

By: Rebecca Henderson, Ranjay Gulati and Michael Tushman
The business case for acting sustainably is becoming increasingly compelling—reducing our global footprint to sustainable levels is the defining issue of our times, and it is one that can only be addressed with the active participation of the private sector. However,... View Details
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  • 30 May 2023
  • News

Finding PRIDE

Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Anthony Gerace In the late 1970s, a dozen or so gay men found one another at HBS and decided to band together, calling themselves the Alternative Executive... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 2021
  • Article

Nudging the Commute: Using Behaviorally-Informed Interventions to Promote Sustainable Transportation

By: Ashley Whillans, Joseph Sherlock, Jessica Roberts, Shibeal O'Flaherty, Lyndsay Gavin, Holly Dykstra and Michael Daly
Dramatic reductions in carbon emissions must take place immediately. A human-centric method of reducing environmental impacts is to “nudge” employees away from single-occupancy vehicles (SOVs) toward more sustainable commuting options. While an abundance of research... View Details
Keywords: Behavioral Science; Transportation Demand Management; Commuting; Single-occupancy Vehicle Commutes; Transportation; Behavior; Change; Environmental Sustainability
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  • 2007
  • Working Paper

Hedge Fund Investor Activism and Takeovers

By: Robin Greenwood and Michael Schor
We examine long-horizon stock returns around hedge fund activism in a comprehensive sample of 13D filings by portfolio investors between 1993 and 2006. Abnormal returns surrounding investor activism are high for the subset of targets that are... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; Investment Return; Investment Activism; Investment Portfolio; Corporate Governance
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  • 03 Jun 2016
  • News

Airbnb bans N.C. host for life after racial slur is used against guest

  • November–December 2024
  • Article

Why Employees Quit

By: Ethan Bernstein, Michael B. Horn and Bob Moesta
The so-called war for talent is still raging. But in that fight, employers continue to rely on the same hiring and retention strategies they’ve been using for decades. Why? Because they’ve been so focused on challenges such as poaching by industry rivals, competing in... View Details
Keywords: Retention; Recruitment; Talent and Talent Management; Employee Relationship Management; Motivation and Incentives
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  • Forthcoming
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Communication within Firms: Evidence from CEO Turnovers

By: Stephen Michael Impink, Andrea Prat and Raffaella Sadun
This paper uses novel, firm-level communication measures derived from communications metadata several months before and after a CEO transition for 102 firms to study whether and how this organizational event is reflected in employees’ communication flows. We find that... View Details
Keywords: Information; Communication; Management Succession; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Alignment
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  • March–April 2016
  • Article

Scrutiny, Norms, and Selective Disclosure: A Global Study of Greenwashing

By: Christopher Marquis, Michael W. Toffel and Yanhua Zhou
Under increased pressure to report environmental impacts, some firms selectively disclose relatively benign impacts, creating an impression of transparency while masking their true performance. We identify key company- and country-level factors that limit firms' use of... View Details
Keywords: Disclosure Strategy; Disclosure; Environmental Performance; Environmental Strategy; Environment; Symbolic; Reporting; Corporate Disclosure; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
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  • 25 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 25

  Publications August 2013 Social Psychological & Personality Science Matchmaking Promotes Happiness By: Anik, Lalin, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Four studies document and explore the psychology underlying people's proclivity to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 May 2015
  • News

Get in the Right State of Mind for Any Negotiation