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impact investing sector by studying the universe of portfolio companies that seek to generate social benefits alongside financial returns. Impact-Weighted Accounts The Impact-Weighted Accounts (IWA) Project was established in July of 2019...
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Leading Global Businesses
Management Excellence. Learn More Key Benefits Drawing on the diverse capabilities of a powerful faculty team, this highly personalized global leadership program develops both your global intelligence and your personal effectiveness in...
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- 23 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
This Company Lets Employees Take Charge—Even with Life and Death Decisions
percent of revenue for unforeseen costs; if that money isn’t used, a portion goes toward bonuses for nurses, meaning that they share ownership over the residual benefits of their out-of-the-box work. It all adds up to higher morale and...
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- 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 20 Oct 2016
- Webinars: Trending@HBS
Developing and Delivering Strong Pitches
Entrepreneurs--whether building and launching their own venture or launching new ventures in established businesses--are called on daily to explain the business opportunity they are pursuing to potential customers, partners, suppliers, advisers, investors, and...
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Managing the Future of Work
organization and create the workforce of the future? Featured Reports Healthy Outcomes By: Joseph B. Fuller 10 JAN 2024 An analysis of employers who offer employees caregiving support services shows that there is indeed a positive return on such investments. Such...
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- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
relationship between companies' shareholders and managers, as of 2012. It recounts the shift beginning in the 1970s toward shareholders claiming an increasing amount of power relative to corporate managers. The authors argue that shareholders have not View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
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Online Learning Track Programs | HBS Online
complete the work on their own time while meeting weekly course deadlines. Pricing Structure First-time HBS Online learners will pay full price for their first course, and then receive a 30% past participant discount off their second and third course within the...
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
won’t be considered an HBS student or alum. To become an HBS student, you must be enrolled in our MBA, doctoral, or select executive education programs. We offer ongoing learning opportunities and additional benefits for individuals who...
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- 07 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
3 Ways to Gain a Competitive Advantage Now: Lessons from Amazon, Chipotle, and Facebook
Network effects can provide an advantage Some products become more competitive the wider the network of customers. For instance, Facebook benefits from the wide user base that increases value for customers by allowing them to interact...
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by Michael Blanding
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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal
experimentation with financial stability. You will return to your company prepared to build change strategies that inspire organizational change and drive corporate success. This program is eligible for the Certificate of Management Excellence. Learn More Key View Details
- 26 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Where is Home for the Global Firm?
costs," he continues, "while readily identifiable and daunting, must be compared with the potentially large benefits created by managerial specialization and the ability to access differentiated resources easily." In the following...
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by Martha Lagace
- 2020
- Working Paper
Arbitration with Uninformed Consumers
By: Mark Egan, Gregor Matvos and Amit Seru
This paper studies the impact of the arbitrator selection process on consumer outcomes by examining roughly 9,000 consumer arbitration cases in the securities industry. Securities disputes present a good laboratory: arbitration is mandatory for all disputes,...
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Arbitration;
Financial Advisers;
Financial Advisors;
Brokers;
Consumer Finance;
Financial Misconduct;
Fraud;
Personal Finance;
Conflict and Resolution;
Information;
Fairness
Egan, Mark, Gregor Matvos, and Amit Seru. "Arbitration with Uninformed Consumers." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-046, October 2018. (Revise and Resubmit at the Review of Economic Studies. Revised May 2020. NBER Working Paper Series, No. 25150, October 2018)
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On the Representativeness of Voter Turnout
By: Louis Kaplow and Scott Duke Kominers
Prominent theory research on voting analyzes a variety of models in which expected pivotality drives voters' turnout decisions and hence determines voting outcomes. It is recognized, however, that such work is at odds with Downs's paradox: in practice, many...
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Voting Behavior;
Voting Turnout;
Paradox Of Voting;
Pivotality;
Elections;
Model;
Theory;
Governance Transparency;
Government;
Democracy;
Turnout;
Voting;
Governance;
Government and Politics;
Public Sector;
Political Elections
Kaplow, Louis, and Scott Duke Kominers. "On the Representativeness of Voter Turnout." Journal of Law & Economics (forthcoming).
- September–October 2013
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Learning from Customers: Individual and Organizational Effects in Outsourced Radiological Services
By: Jonathan R. Clark, Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats
The ongoing fragmentation of work has resulted in a narrowing of tasks into smaller pieces that can be sent outside the organization and, in many instances, around the world. This trend is shifting the boundaries of organizations and leading to increased outsourcing....
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Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Medical Specialties;
Health Care and Treatment;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Learning;
Customer Satisfaction;
Health Industry
Clark, Jonathan R., Robert S. Huckman, and Bradley R. Staats. "Learning from Customers: Individual and Organizational Effects in Outsourced Radiological Services." Organization Science 24, no. 5 (September–October 2013): 1539–1557.
- June 2016
- Supplement
Supply Chain Finance at Procter & Gamble Spreadsheet Supplement
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Scott Mayfield and David Lane
In April 2013, Procter & Gamble (P&G), the world’s largest consumer packaged goods (CPG) company, announced that it would extend its payment terms to suppliers by 30 days. At the same time, P&G announced a new supply chain financing (SCF) program giving suppliers the...
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Working Capital;
Supply Chain Finance;
Corporate Treasury;
Consumer Packaged Goods;
Value Creation;
Supply Chain;
Supplier Relationships;
Banking;
Liquidity;
Accounts Payable;
Accrual Accounting;
Financial Reporting;
Cash Flow;
Cost Management;
Banks and Banking;
Financial Strategy;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Supply Chain Management;
United States;
Brazil
- March 2017
- Article
Institutional Ownership and Corporate Tax Avoidance: New Evidence
By: Mozaffar N. Khan, Suraj Srinivasan and Liang Tan
We provide new evidence on the agency theory of corporate tax avoidance (Slemrod, 2004; Crocker and Slemrod, 2005; Chen and Chu, 2005) by showing that increases in institutional ownership are associated with increases in tax avoidance. Using the Russell index...
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Tax Avoidance;
Agency Costs;
Institutional Ownership;
Private Ownership;
Crime and Corruption;
Taxation;
Agency Theory
Khan, Mozaffar N., Suraj Srinivasan, and Liang Tan. "Institutional Ownership and Corporate Tax Avoidance: New Evidence." Accounting Review 92, no. 2 (March 2017): 101–122.
- Fall 2012
- Article
The Flattening Firm—Not As Advertised
By: Julie Wulf
For decades, management consultants and the popular business press have urged large firms to flatten their hierarchies. Flattening (or delayering, as it is also known) typically refers to the elimination of layers in a firm's organizational hierarchy and the broadening...
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Wulf, Julie. "The Flattening Firm—Not As Advertised." California Management Review 55, no. 1 (Fall 2012): 5–23.
- September 2010 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
B Lab: Building a New Sector of the Economy
By: Christopher Marquis, Andrew David Klaber and Bobbi Thomason
The founders of B Lab are on a mission to create a new sector of the economy and are specifically focused on a three objectives: 1) building a community of Certified B Corporations (B=Benefit) that legally expand their corporate responsibilities to include...
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Economic Sectors;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Investment;
Policy;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Business and Government Relations;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Social Enterprise;
Value Creation
Marquis, Christopher, Andrew David Klaber, and Bobbi Thomason. "B Lab: Building a New Sector of the Economy." Harvard Business School Case 411-047, September 2010. (Revised September 2011.)
- 2009
- Working Paper
Running Out of Numbers: Scarcity of IP Addresses and What to Do About It
By: Benjamin Edelman
The Internet's current numbering system is nearing exhaustion: Existing protocols allow only a finite set of computer numbers ("IP addresses"), and central authorities will soon deplete their supply. I evaluate a series of possible responses to this shortage: Sharing...
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Policy;
Resource Allocation;
Market Transactions;
Internet;
Technology Networks;
Technology Industry;
Telecommunications Industry
Edelman, Benjamin. "Running Out of Numbers: Scarcity of IP Addresses and What to Do About It." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-091, February 2009. (Revised March 2009.)
- 18 Apr 2011
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