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- 17 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2020
to owners on the brink of ruin. Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness The pandemic has challenged managers as never before, but one powerful leadership strategy is being overlooked, say Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson: Be kind. The 5... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Jul 2024
- Op-Ed
Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty
Honeywell and Litton Industries, and served in the US Department of Defense. He has also served as a director of Goldman Sachs, ExxonMobil, Novartis, Target, the Mayo Clinic,... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Let Customers Call the Shots
What is consumer empowerment and what does it mean for you as an executive? HBS professor Luc Wathieu outlined his views in the following e-mail interview with HBS Working Knowledge senior editor Martha... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
spectrum of readers. Quantitative information in tables that stand out and use of color ensure that the key points of the data are clear and also helpful. Easily navigable... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Report from China: The New Entrepreneurs
tangible assets, and contacts that are useful to their ventures, the government has created incentives to attract them back to China, and is more lenient or flexible regarding... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Financial Reporting Goes Global
Thus, India has a unique opportunity to grab that position. When we combined V.G.'s knowledge of accounting and institutional features in India with the research in the area, it really became compelling to... View Details
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
"fallacies" that sometimes enter into discussions of art in relation to money. This, in turn, leads us to propose a framework to support more productive discussion and to describe a direction for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting
ESG issues tend to have the best future investment performance. Q: Why is that? A: If we have better information around ESG issues, and it is communicated and used more... View Details
Keywords: Re: George Serafeim
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
Provide a series of examples of how behavioral decision research can be leveraged to create psychological influence tactics for use in negotiation; (4) Consider the other side of influence, i.e., how targets... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 5, 2006
limit their equity exposures in politically risky countries by sharing ownership with local partners and by serving foreign markets with exports rather than local production. The residual political risk borne by parent companies leads... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Managing Alignment as a Process
outsourcers, and alliance partners are reflected in business unit strategies. Corporate support: The strategies of the local business support units reflect the priorities of the corporate support unit. Using... View Details
- 27 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 27, 2007
prospective buyers may be necessary to facilitate the sale. Such disclosures can, of course, be protected in principle through a confidentiality contract which gives the seller the right to sue for unauthorized use of the disclosed... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 26
agents, for whom the relative value of the reward is higher. Second, contrary to existing laboratory evidence, financial incentives do not appear to crowd out intrinsic motivation in this setting. Third, non-financial rewards elicit effort both by View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
Yin Abstract—We study how sell-side analysts produce information in a context where the central government can influence financial intermediaries. Leveraging seven economic periods between 2005 and 2015 when... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Aug 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night
be able to relate to this as well. Put us in the context for this case. The protagonist it sounds like might be China itself? Bill: Well since my area is China, it's China in part. But I'm writing a book looking at the future of... View Details
- 19 Jan 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing the Economic Crisis
sustainable, leaders must practice a clear set of principles. It is OK, even necessary, for leaders to be open with others, admit mistakes, and look to trusted friends and associates for advice View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 09 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale
Podcast with: Richard TedlowInterviewer: James AisnerRunning Time: 29 min., 09 sec.Transcript My name is Jim Aisner and I am Director of Media Relations at Harvard Business School. This is the first in a series of podcasts for the... View Details
- 12 Nov 2018
- Research & Ideas
'Always On' Isn't Always Best for Team Decision-Making
Goldilocks point. “It provides real instruction for [business] practice because that’s not where we’re going,” Bernstein says. “We’re not naturally going to be in a world of intermittency anymore. We’re naturally in a world of always on.” “People are View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
interests of the United States,” and “opposes undue burden on members of our community.” As of this writing, the signatories include some 50 Nobel Laureates and more than 14,800 faculty members at View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
of FairMarket, which provides online auction services for a variety of merchant and community sites. Meakem is the founder and CEO of FreeMarkets, which creates business-to-business online auctions for... View Details