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- 07 Apr 2011
- What Do You Think?
When Should the Public Sector Take Over in a Meltdown?
might be threatened. Rob Houck reminds us that considerations of potential legal liability often inhibit transparency in such cases. Should the public sector wait for an "invitation" for its intervention? The sentiment here seemed to be that it View Details
- 24 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility
Researchers have long shown that there are differences in how socially responsible companies depend on the culture of their country of origin. Companies located in countries including Germany, Japan, and most Nordic nations are more...
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by Michael Blanding
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
order to smooth earnings (Graham, Harvey and Rajgopal, 2005). We estimate that marketing actions can be used to boost quarterly net income by up to 20% depending on the depth of promotion. But there is a price to pay, with the cost in the...
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Martha Lagace
- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
span refers to the amount of help an individual can expect from people in other organizational units. Again, the slider can be set anywhere from narrow to wide depending on how much commitment from others...
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by Robert Simons
- 05 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Should Not Do in the Next Banking Crisis
financing—multinational firms with access to foreign capital, for example—recovered more quickly than companies reliant on local financing. Companies may do well to consider that fact as they position themselves to weather the next crisis, says Steinwender. “Companies...
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- 23 May 2011
- Op-Ed
Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society
Reporting Advances Integrated reporting is an emerging management practice that involves the integration of a company's required financial report with its voluntary (except for a few countries) corporate social responsibility or sustainability report. Sometimes View Details
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by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Do I Dare Say Something?
relevant ideas and concerns they have is the focus of this research. Upward voice refers to communications directed to someone higher in the organizational hierarchy with the perceived power or authority to take action on the problem or...
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by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 06 Sep 2017
- What Do You Think?
Summing Up: What Are the Limits of CEO Activism?
still makes a statement.” Referring to the specific action of Ken Frazier, CEO of Merck, who resigned from a presidential appointment in protest, hollidsu said, “Frazier was showing true leadership. He should be commended even if the...
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by James Heskett
- 16 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology
day at different learning centers. In addition to studying various subjects, students are given lessons in different "modalities" depending on how they learn best—whether through lectures, videos, computer programs, or group...
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- 22 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business
lending in this market. Traditional bank loans may yield a return of 5 to 7 percent, but many alternative lending platforms charge yields ranging from 30 to 120 percent of the loan value, depending on the size, term duration, and risk...
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- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
correlations between their risk-based return premia, and periodic flights to quality. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mbaker/cv/papers/Comovement_RAPS.pdf The Effect of Reference Point Prices on Mergers and Acquisitions...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Making Money Making Movies
leave money on the table if they solely pursue shorter release windows. Q: Every Monday morning we hear about the weekend's top movies at the box office. Are opening-weekend numbers an accurate indicator of longevity? A: No, although it View Details
- 10 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting
markets will provide incentives for companies to behave responsibly and companies will exhibit those behaviors because they'll have lower costs if they do. But that will depend on organizations like SASB, and to what extent they're...
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Re: George Serafeim
- 06 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 6, 2016
advantage is modeled as a stock of capability that accumulates over time, a firm's proclivity to manage short-term earnings at the expense of long-term investment can have very different consequences depending on whether the firm's...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Prospective Students Steer Clear of Schools Rocked by Scandal
in applications, although just how many students shy away from applying depends largely on how widely the incident is reported in the media. The June research paper The Impact of Campus Scandals on College Applications shows that a...
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- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
call may be having a dramatic experience during this crisis is an important subtext for how they are navigating the conversation with me.” “[Pacing] ourselves as leaders to remain strong for all the people that depend on us, [managing]...
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by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
will correspond to the technical patterns of dependency in the system under development. Thus the hypothesis predicts that developers with few or no organizational linkages will design independent system components, while developers with...
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Martha Lagace
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
sales for the retailer. We refer to this phenomenon as the value of concealment. A negative value of concealment is possible and represents the event that rationally acting consumers respond to the additional uncertainty by purchasing...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Growth of the Social Enterprise
relationship can range from loose to tight with respect to the financial and operational interactions between affiliates and the central organization. A loose affiliation generally refers to a network of organizations committed to...
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by Carla Tishler
- 20 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Activist CEOs Are Rising Up—and Their Customers Are Listening
future than those in the other two groups,” wrote Toffel and Chatterji in a recent article in Harvard Business Review. They also looked to see whether reactions differed depending on whether they supported same-sex marriage—and thus more...
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by Michael Blanding