Accountable Care Organization - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The Little Understood Problem Confronting Diverse Workplaces

Knitting together a workforce with diverse backgrounds, cultures, and other demographic differences is challenging even for experienced managers, who must socialize those employees into the organization and also help them form new work... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

The New Global Business Manager

environment to drive innovation." Out of that commitment came SK-II, a skin care product that sells for about $120 a bottle and has moved them into a whole new range. Now this prestige line is being rolled out globally. So the... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

01 Oct 2021
News

Fostering Diversity

believe is crucial to society. “You need to invest in the pipeline in order for things to change,” says Victoria, an independent consultant focused on health care and technology. “We believe that we need more diversity—race, gender,... View Details

26 Nov 2001
Op-Ed

Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed

uncoordinated, chaotic interactions as people make decisions on the basis of distorted information they receive from other units and from headquarters. Moreover, since managers are well aware that everyone is attempting to game the system for personal reasons, you... View Details

Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen

25 Apr 2023
Cold Call Podcast

Using Design Thinking to Invent a Low-Cost Prosthesis for Land Mine Victims

Keywords: Re: Srikant M. Datar; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

01 Oct 1996
News

Mastering the Competition — Michael E. Porter (MBA 1971)

typically hectic month last spring, he taught in three HBS executive education programs, gave several presentations to alumni, and spent a day each in Nicaragua and Costa Rica leading an effort to create an economic vision for Central America involving the seven heads... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

Profile

Emily Schlichting

understanding the industry you're regulating. Getting the joint degree is the best way to ensure I am literate on both sides of the health care equation." Incorporating business into her education fits View Details

Keywords: Healthcare/Biotech; Nonprofit/Government/Education

01 Jan 2005
News

Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971

material rewards of business. They will come if you first take care to match your abilities with the opportunities that are available." CURRENT READING When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi, by David Maraniss When Joe... View Details

07 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

What Drives Supply Chain Behavior?

inventory management), production, and logistics. Many of these [academic] papers pursue an optimizing approach given the assumption of a completely rational decision maker. In a supply chain, however, these activities are usually spread over multiple functions or... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston

19 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

The Landscape of Integrated Reporting: An E-Book

Editor's note: Harvard Business School in mid-October played host to the 2010 Workshop on Integrated Reporting: Frameworks and Action Plan. Under direction of conference organizer Robert G. Eccles, participants recently published an... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria; Accounting

24 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit

soap before meals can dramatically reduce rates of both diarrhea and acute respiratory infections. To that end, major health organizations have poured a lot of money into handwashing education campaigns in the developing world, but to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

04 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How Schmoozing with the Boss Helps Men Get Promoted

managers who earned higher pay didn’t perform better or work longer hours than those who earned less. The researchers found that higher-paid employees worked a similar number of days and hours, and they brought in similar sales revenue to the View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 May 2017
Research & Ideas

Bad At Your Job? Maybe It's the Job’s Fault

before.” “Today’s jobs are expanding in terms of what is expected of people, but the resources people get to do those jobs is not expanding” “In many companies today, people are being held accountable for measures that are much wider than... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

31 Jan 2014
News

Body, Heal Thyself

itself. It's all very exciting in theory, but moving a company from a one-man, one-patent startup to an organization that could change the face of therapy takes some business strategy. "We have a big sense of responsibility to make this... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon; biotech; Health, Social Assistance; Scientific Research and Development Services

July–August 2014
Article

Sustainability in the Boardroom: Lessons from Nike's Playbook

By: Lynn S. Paine

One surprising role of Nike's corporate responsibility committee is to provide support for innovation. More and more companies recognize the importance of corporate responsibility to their long-term success—and yet the matter gets short shrift in most boardrooms,... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Corporate Accountability; Globalized Firms and Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Sports Industry

Citation

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01 Dec 2022
News

Future Vision

Through these meetings I’ve gained a greater appreciation for how deeply people care about the School and the role they wish to see us to play in the world. I’ve also come to see how the collective efforts of this community are the... View Details

Keywords: Brian Kenny; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

23 Jun 2010
Working Paper Summaries

The Role of Institutional Development in the Prevalence and Value of Family Firms

Keywords: by Raphael Amit, Yuan Ding, Belén Villalonga & Hua Zhang

25 Jan 2024
News

Alumni Gain Insights on Nigeria’s New Government; Taipei Alumni Host Faculty Guest

presentation with slides and a lively Q&A session, as well as networking and drinks for in-person guests. The association’s president, Collins Onuegbu (OPM 40, 2010), and programs secretary, Dr. Blessing Ayemhere (AMP 195, 2018), View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

2021
Book

Management as a Calling: Leading Business, Serving Society

By: Andrew J. Hoffman

Business leaders have tremendous power to influence our society, how it operates, whether it is fair, and the extent to which it impacts the environment. And yet, we do not recognize or call out the responsibility that comes with that power. This book is meant to... View Details

Keywords: Business Education; Power and Influence; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Leadership