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- 2023
- Working Paper
Unselfish Alibis Increase Choices of Selfish Autonomous Vehicles
Human drivers routinely make implicit tradeoffs between their selfish interests and the safety of passengers, as when they perform a rolling stop in order to reach their destination faster. Here I explore whether they are comfortable with autonomous vehicles (AVs) that...
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De Freitas, Julian. "Unselfish Alibis Increase Choices of Selfish Autonomous Vehicles." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-043, February 2023.
- December 2010
- Article
Management and the Financial Crisis (We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us...)
The financial crisis of 2008-2009 has revealed that our broad model of corporate governance is broken, independent of the shortcomings in the regulatory system. Managers and boards of directors in scores of systemically important firms failed to protect employees,...
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Keywords:
Risk Management;
Human Capital;
Ethics;
Policy;
Corporate Governance;
Financial Crisis;
Finance;
Business and Shareholder Relations
Sahlman, William A. "Management and the Financial Crisis (We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us...)." Economics, Management, and Financial Markets 5, no. 4 (December 2010): 11–53.
- 07 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Competition of Countries
Countries, like companies, need development strategies to succeed in a world of growing globalization. Professor Richard H. K. Vietor is an expert on business regulation and the international political economy. Vietor has taught at...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- June 2022
- Article
A New Initiative to Track HIV Resource Allocation and Costs
By: Ryan McBain, AK Nandakumar, Michael Ruffner, Carlyn Mann, Mai Hijazi, Susanna Baker, Linden Morrison, Kalipso Chalkidou, Shufang Zhang, Iris Semini, Fern Terris-Prestholt, Steven Forsythe, Sarah Byakika, Joshua Musinguzi and Robert S. Kaplan
In early 2020, several global health institutions – including the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS); United States Agency for International Development; and Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator at...
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Keywords:
Activity Based Costing;
HIV;
Cost;
Health Care;
Healthcare;
Health Care and Treatment;
Activity Based Costing and Management;
Resource Allocation;
Health Industry;
Africa
McBain, Ryan, AK Nandakumar, Michael Ruffner, Carlyn Mann, Mai Hijazi, Susanna Baker, Linden Morrison, Kalipso Chalkidou, Shufang Zhang, Iris Semini, Fern Terris-Prestholt, Steven Forsythe, Sarah Byakika, Joshua Musinguzi, and Robert S. Kaplan. "A New Initiative to Track HIV Resource Allocation and Costs." Bulletin of the World Health Organization 100, no. 6 (June 2022): 358–358A.
- Article
When Every Employee Is a Risk Manager
By: Kurt Meyer, Anette Mikes and Robert S. Kaplan
Risk management needs to be part of the daily lives of all employees up, down, and across an organization. Here’s how the Swiss electricity network achieves that.
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Meyer, Kurt, Anette Mikes, and Robert S. Kaplan. "When Every Employee Is a Risk Manager." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (January 25, 2021).
- November 1993
- Case
Thurgood Marshall High School
By: John J. Gabarro
Presents the problem facing a newly appointed high-school principal. Raises issues about interpersonal and group behavior including lack of open conflict resolution and the need to intervene in an interpersonal conflict. Also raises the issue of intergroup conflict...
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Keywords:
Problems and Challenges;
Conflict and Resolution;
Employee Relationship Management;
Secondary Education;
Groups and Teams;
Education Industry
Gabarro, John J. "Thurgood Marshall High School." Harvard Business School Case 494-070, November 1993.
- 03 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018
and the normative orientation of medical professionals. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54600 Summer 2018 California Management Review CSR Needs CPR: Corporate Sustainability and Politics By: Lyon,...
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Dina Gerdeman
- August 2002 (Revised January 2003)
- Case
Australia-Japan Cable: Structuring the Project Company
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Carrie Ferman
In late September 1999, representatives from Telstri, Japan Telecom, and Teleglobe met to discuss the structure of the Australia-Japan Cable (AJC) project, a $520 million submarine cable system that would run from Australia to Japan. The sponsors, excited by the...
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Keywords:
Information Infrastructure;
Cooperative Ownership;
Organizational Structure;
Investment;
Ownership;
Capital;
Corporate Governance;
Management Teams;
Communication Technology;
Projects;
Compensation and Benefits;
Corporate Finance;
Telecommunications Industry;
Australia;
Japan
Esty, Benjamin C., and Carrie Ferman. "Australia-Japan Cable: Structuring the Project Company." Harvard Business School Case 203-029, August 2002. (Revised January 2003.)
- July 2019 (Revised May 2020)
- Case
AT&T, Retraining, and the Workforce of Tomorrow
By: William R. Kerr, Joseph B. Fuller and Carl Kreitzberg
By the late 2000s, rapid changes in the telecommunications industry forced AT&T’s management team to take on a task that CEO Randall Stephenson called the “biggest logistical challenge” they had ever seen: retraining 100,000 workers by 2020. In 2012, internal company...
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Keywords:
AT&T;
Workforce;
Skills;
Future Of Work;
Telecommunications;
Unions;
Technological Change;
Layoffs;
MOOCS;
Strategic Planning;
Employees;
Training;
Competency and Skills;
Labor;
Learning;
Labor Unions;
Technology Adoption;
Talent and Talent Management;
Telecommunications Industry;
Communications Industry;
United States
Kerr, William R., Joseph B. Fuller, and Carl Kreitzberg. "AT&T, Retraining, and the Workforce of Tomorrow." Harvard Business School Case 820-017, July 2019. (Revised May 2020.)
The Heart of Business—Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism
How to unleash “human magic" and achieve improbable results.
Having recently stepped down as Chairman and CEO of Best Buy, Joly shares the leadership principles – illustrated by multiple vivid and concrete stories -- that underpinned... View Details
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Future of Boards
they relate to each other are of crucial importance. If you're going to have a successful board, you need to think about it in terms of successful human relationships. I think that's a tenet that really...
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by Julia Hanna
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Manager or Mentor? Why You Must Be Both
discouraged needs to speak up, Thomas answered, "As a manager, question your assumptions." While there are responsibilities on both sides, he said, it's too easy and too common for managers—faced with a sudden departure, for...
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by Martha Lagace
- August 2007 (Revised July 2008)
- Case
HCL Technologies (A)
When Vineet Nayar became president of HCL Technologies, a global IT services business, in April 2005, he knew the company needed drastic change. Since its founding as a hardware company in the 1970s, HCL had grown into an enterprise with $3.7 billion in revenues and a...
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Keywords:
Customer Relationship Management;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Employee Relationship Management;
Leading Change;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Competition;
Information Technology Industry;
Service Industry;
India
Hill, Linda A., Tarun Khanna, and Emily Stecker. "HCL Technologies (A)." Harvard Business School Case 408-004, August 2007. (Revised July 2008.)
- 08 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Employee Analytics: Productivity Dream or Micromanagement Nightmare?
With more data available than ever before, why would any executive gamble on a hunch—especially for decisions that involve their own employees? An emerging field that uses data to study human behavior at work, “people analytics” is...
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by Ben Rand
How Fast and Flexible Do You Want Your Information, Really?
Almost all executives want more and faster information, and almost all companies are racing to provide it. What many of them are overlooking is that the real aim should not be faster information but faster decision making, and those aren't the same things. Executives...
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- October 2004 (Revised March 2005)
- Case
Citizens Bank
By: Rajiv Lal and Arar Han
In November 2004, Larry Fish, chairman of Citizens Bank, is wondering about the challenges posed by the latest and largest acquisition in the history of the bank. Fish has always believed that the success of Citizens thus far was facilitated by the credo he introduced...
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Change Management;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Employees;
Leading Change;
Performance Effectiveness;
Banking Industry
Lal, Rajiv, and Arar Han. "Citizens Bank." Harvard Business School Case 505-034, October 2004. (Revised March 2005.)
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
civilians' support for the opposition, who failed to protect them. Instead we show that such violence increases parochial forms of solidarity and social engagement within the refugee community. Altogether this suggests that, when civilians can escape the conflict zone,...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Aug 2023
- Book
You’re More Than Your Job: 3 Tips for a Healthier Work-Life Balance
multiplicity of skills, networks, industries, and irons in the fire—and that might also mean multiple income streams,” Wallace says. From a managerial point of view, diversification means being open to reallocating talent when there are disruptions, such as new...
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by Kara Baskin
- 26 Apr 2023
- In Practice
Is AI Coming for Your Job?
cuts in white-collar staff. Joseph Fuller is a Professor of Management Practice in General Management and co-leads the Managing the Future of Work initiative at HBS. Ayelet Israeli: For now, AI still needs View Details
- 03 Sep 2014
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Choose Your Boss?
decisions." Mason Oghenejobo said that the solution lies in selecting the leader who will meet or surpass the aspirations of key stakeholders. "Board members need not be the only persons involved." According to Karen...
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