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Sustainability in Supply Chain Management
This article describes supply chain transparency and shares recommendations to map and extend progress in this field.
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- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Faculty Research Online
Management Innovation Take Us? Management could change a lot in the coming years, says HBS professor emeritus Jim Heskett. A few reasons: continued development of the Internet and the transparency and communities it has spawned, and new...
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- 01 Oct 2015
- News
Banking on Trust
development. “We catalyzed demand for change, crowd-sourced solutions, and implemented them in transparent ways,” she notes. Her perspective was broadened when her HBS classmate and husband, Scott Rockafellow (MBA 1990), launched a...
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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
suggestion I have is to increase transparency by requiring all companies that file a proxy statement to include a graph showing executive compensation for the top three or four officers and compensation for the average worker over a...
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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Research Brief: If State Pensions Clean Up Their Books, Who Pays?
that states with the largest pension deficits and those with heavy unionization were most likely to want to keep the status quo—even when the public and financial experts pushed for the opposite. It makes sense: “The most likely scenario of increased View Details
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Erin Peterson
- 23 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It’s Effective
improve how workers are treated or betters the environment. But new research from Harvard Business School and London Business School demonstrates the first real evidence that mandatory CSR reporting works, and could give policymakers and companies themselves added...
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by Michael Blanding
- 16 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation
Transparency: Its official motive of transparency allows citizens more control of information that affects them. Giving "power to the people" puts a new set of eyes and ears on government and holds officials more accountable....
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- Portrait Project
Edrienne Brandon
showing them how I found mine. I will soften the inequities of capitalism within my sphere of influence. I will step deliberately, act purposefully, fail iteratively, live loudly, and think twice – every day. In the end, I hope to look back on a life that is a View Details
- 16 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation
hate for managers to get spooked away. Transparency still matters, and despite language barriers, you should try your best to get the message out there in a clear and transparent way." If the CEO has...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #10: Amanda Li (MBA 2018): Speeding Climate Change Solutions Through Project Finance Efficiencies
improve data management to increase transparency and standardization, which lowers risk and increases liquidity by opening opportunities into secondary markets and ATS. These foundational elements of Banyan unlock the ability to increase...
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- 16 Jul 2020
- News
Accounting for Real Change
prioritize environmental or social benefits in addition to profit, he writes. “Yet investors, as well as consumers and employees, lack transparency on the impacts companies make through their products, employment, and operations.” The...
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- 14 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Polluters, Encouraging Protectors
research point of view, we want to get a better understanding of why some firms are more transparent than others about their environmental practices and performance," Toffel explains. In the second project, the researchers hope that...
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- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
innovate frequently and rely on a systematic way of doing so. Publisher's link: http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/EBR%202014%20Magic%20of%20Innovation_2071dd24-fd3e-4fe0-bac0-167ef27c78e3.pdf Working Papers Creating Reciprocal Value Through Operational...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
video. These results suggest a phenomenon of desensitization or habituation of victims to crime exposure. Download working paper: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53446 Lifting the Veil: The Benefits of Cost Transparency By:...
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Carmen Nobel
- 08 Jul 2002
- What Do You Think?
Have We Carried the Concept of Alignment Too Far?
restoring common sense to compensation schemes and holding officers and directors responsible for their actions. All of which implies greater transparency in information, education for non-officer directors, and stiffer penalties for...
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by James Heskett
- 04 May 2017
- News
How Sheryl Sandberg’s Sharing Manifesto Drives Facebook
A recent BloombergBusinessweek magazine profile of Sheryl Sandberg (MBA 1995) offers an in-depth look at the Facebook COO’s philosophy of sharing and how that vision guides the company—now the world’s fifth largest by market value. The article traces Sandberg’s focus...
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- 09 Aug 2017
- Sharpening Your Skills
Productivity Tips You Probably Haven't Considered Before
transparency can increase productivity. Why Productivity Suffers When Employees Are Allowed to Schedule Their Own Tasks Deviating from an organization’s prescribed task schedule tends to erode productivity, even among the most experienced...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Braving an Insecure New World
Are limits or balance possible? Clemens Aichholzer (MBA 2003), London, England Additional Reading Scott Howe (MBA 1994) is making Big Data–driven marketing more transparent We've been trading privacy for convenience for a long time—from...
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- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students
rates, establish transparent benchmarks, and learn from other high-growth brands,” says Cartwright. Lillian Cartwright used her summer fellowship to work on startup she created as part of the HBS's Arthur Rock Center Accelerator program...
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- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Case Study: Something New
transparency to the pricing and cut out the middleman. So I say yes absolutely you can and should have some off-the-rack options (still tailored to fit). This may even be preferred for the woman who is time-strapped or low on creativity...
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April White