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- 25 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments
tests in virtually every part of the business. Booking.com Chairwoman Gillian Tans has said that the nimbleness that comes with a testing culture helps companies engage employees and develop better products. Setting too narrow an...
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by Danielle Kost
- Article
The Price of Equality: Suboptimal Resource Allocations across Social Categories
By: Stephen M. Garcia, Max Bazerman, Shirli Kopelman, Avishalom Tor and Dale T. Miller
This paper explores the influence of social categories on the perceived trade-off between relatively bad but equal distribution of resources between two parties and profit maximizing, yet asymmetric, payoffs. Studies 1 and 2 show that people prefer to maximize profits...
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Equality and Inequality;
Resource Allocation;
Societal Protocols;
Profit;
Decision Making;
Prejudice and Bias;
Market Transactions;
Ethics;
Power and Influence;
Distribution;
Organizations
Garcia, Stephen M., Max Bazerman, Shirli Kopelman, Avishalom Tor, and Dale T. Miller. "The Price of Equality: Suboptimal Resource Allocations across Social Categories." Special Issue on Behavioral Ethics: A New Empirical Perspective on Business Ethics Research. Business Ethics Quarterly 20, no. 1 (January 2010): 75–88.
- 2011
- Article
How Do Networks Matter? The Performance Effects of Interorganizational Networks
By: Ranjay Gulati, D. Lavie and Ravi Madhavin
A growing body of research suggests that an organization's ties to other organizations furnish resources that bestow various benefits. Scholars have proposed different perspectives on how such networks of ties shape organizational behavior and performance outcomes, but...
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Management Systems;
Organizational Design;
Performance;
Performance Effectiveness;
Networks;
Partners and Partnerships;
Research;
Perspective;
Value
Gulati, Ranjay, D. Lavie, and Ravi Madhavin. "How Do Networks Matter? The Performance Effects of Interorganizational Networks." Research in Organizational Behavior 31 (2011): 207–224.
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan
conclusion that follows is that perhaps the dream that Webvan was feeding—living off—will actually be realized by someone like Wal-Mart, managing only the information side of the business and not getting...
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- 28 Feb 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Colonial Land Tenure, Electoral Competition and Public Goods in India
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by Abhijit Banerjee & Lakshmi Iyer
- 10 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Prospective Students Steer Clear of Schools Rocked by Scandal
They collected application data using the US Department of Education’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System database, and when data for a particular college wasn’t available, they contacted the...
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- May 2011
- Article
Consequences and Institutional Determinants of Unregulated Corporate Financial Statements: Evidence from Embedded Value Reporting
By: George Serafeim
I analyze Embedded Value (EV) reporting by firms with life insurance operations to assess the impact of unregulated financial reporting on transparency and to examine the institutional characteristics that promote unregulated reporting. Under EV accounting the present...
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Financial Statements;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Financial Reporting;
Cash Flow;
Contracts;
Equity;
Profit;
Value;
Corporate Disclosure;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Business Earnings
Serafeim, George. "Consequences and Institutional Determinants of Unregulated Corporate Financial Statements: Evidence from Embedded Value Reporting." Journal of Accounting Research 49, no. 2 (May 2011).
- September 2009 (Revised September 2010)
- Case
Genzyme Center (A)
By: Michael W. Toffel and Aldo Sesia
Genzyme Corporation is in the midst of planning its new corporate headquarters, which incorporates many innovative green building features. After learning that the building as planned would likely earn a LEED Silver rating, an intermediate score in the LEED green...
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Green Building;
LEED Rating System;
Economic And Environmental Performance;
Program Evaluation And Assessment;
Tradeoffs Between Process- And Performance Standards;
Buildings and Facilities;
Business Headquarters;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Standards;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Performance Improvement;
Environmental Sustainability;
Pollutants;
Green Technology Industry
Toffel, Michael W., and Aldo Sesia. "Genzyme Center (A)." Harvard Business School Case 610-008, September 2009. (Revised September 2010.)
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Exploring Big Issues at the Intersection of Business and Society
For example, in “Reimagining Capitalism,” Rebecca Henderson, the John and Natty McArthur University Professor, examined how the private sector might play a major role in driving the systemic change needed to address big problems like...
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Educational Innovation
- 08 Jan 2001
- What Do You Think?
Have We Extended the Boundaries of the Firm Too Far?
extension of organization boundaries. In the future, will this phenomenon be limited primarily by the environment, or by the ability of managers to take advantage View Details
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by James Heskett
- October 2011 (Revised December 2013)
- Case
Lehman Brothers and Repo 105
By: Anette Mikes, Gwen Yu and Dominique Hamel
The collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 was the largest bankruptcy in US history. The case examines the economics of the off-balance sheet transactions Lehman undertook prior to the collapse, and highlights the corporate governance challenges in situations where firms...
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Accounting;
Policy;
Accounting Audits;
Corporate Governance;
Financial Instruments;
Risk Management;
Financial Services Industry
Mikes, Anette, Gwen Yu, and Dominique Hamel. "Lehman Brothers and Repo 105." Harvard Business School Case 112-050, October 2011. (Revised December 2013.)
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Professorship Brings Brierley's HBS Connection Full Circle
Harold M. Brierley (MBA '68), chairman and CEO of Brierley & Partners, describes himself as "an accidental entrepreneur," having entered HBS as a chemical engineer planning to pursue a management career...
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- November 2011 (Revised June 2013)
- Case
Allied Electronics Corporation Ltd: Linking Compensation to Sustainability Metrics
Robert Venter, second-generation Chief Executive (CE) of family-owned Allied Electronics Corporation Ltd (Altron), considered the pros and cons of more clearly linking the firm's compensation system to sustainability performance. In June 2011, Altron, a conglomerate...
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Eccles, Robert G., George Serafeim, Shelley Xin Li, and Alan Knight. "Allied Electronics Corporation Ltd: Linking Compensation to Sustainability Metrics." Harvard Business School Case 412-075, November 2011. (Revised June 2013.)
Omar Olivarez
Omar Olivarez is a third-year doctoral candidate in the Technology & Operations Management unit. His interests lie at the intersection of automation, labor, innovation, and managerial views of the firm. Omar received his BBA in Management Information Systems from...
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- November 1978 (Revised January 1983)
- Case
Vick International Division: Tom McGuire
Explores the ways in which International Division management uses formal management systems in carrying out its roles in the management processes of one division of a diversified drug company.
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Globalized Firms and Management;
Business Divisions;
Management Systems;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Vancil, Richard F. "Vick International Division: Tom McGuire." Harvard Business School Case 179-068, November 1978. (Revised January 1983.)
- Research Summary
Research Interests
Budgeting and planning, forecasting, incentives, management control systems, conflicts of interst in accounting.
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- 30 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning
pricing and the merits of billing over time. Also, see an excerpt from a recent Harvard Business Review article by Gourville and collaborator Dilip Soman. Mahoney: What are some first steps managers can take...
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by Manda Mahoney
- Web
Women and the MBA: 6 Important Aspects of the HBS Program - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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- November 14, 2022
- Article
Policies for Adapting to the ‘New Normal’ of the Anthropocene
By: Andrew J. Hoffman, P. Devereaux Jennings and Nicholas A. Poggioli
Keywords:
Natural Environment;
Environmental Management;
Economic Systems;
Behavior;
Technological Innovation
Hoffman, Andrew J., P. Devereaux Jennings, and Nicholas A. Poggioli. "Policies for Adapting to the ‘New Normal’ of the Anthropocene." Behavioral Scientist (November 14, 2022).
Edward McFowland III
Edward McFowland III is an Assistant Professor in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches the first-year TOM course in the required curriculum.
Professor McFowland’s research interests – which lie at the... View Details