Harvard Business Review

3.22 pm | 23 Nov 2006

Analysts often operate under incentives that are inconsistent with telling the truth. Retail investors, who tend to be less sophisticated, may fail to...

5.35 pm | 22 Nov 2006

As Harvard Business School's ninth Dean, Jay Light takes control at a critical point in time. Light discusses the opportunities brought by globalism, ...

3.11 pm | 22 Nov 2006

Without knowing it, we have already heard a great deal about "dependency ratios." We can expect to hear a lot more, both at the level of nations and i...

1.46 pm | 22 Nov 2006

The United States and Germany continue to top an annual review of the business competitiveness of 121 countries, which is compiled by Professor Michae...

4.24 pm | 12 Oct 2006

The dependency ratio is simply the ratio of unemployed to employed people, whether globally, nationally, or organizationally (where retirees are the u...

4.00 pm | 12 Oct 2006

As business goes global, pressure is increasing for adoption of a single set of accounting standards worldwide. ...

2.32 pm | 11 Oct 2006

"RLBOs have a bad rap, but Josh Lerner says the reputation is not deserved. Studying almost 500 private equity-led IPOs over a 22-year period, Lerner ...

2.13 pm | 11 Oct 2006

These committees now are responsible for ensuring compliance with existing accounting and financial regulatory rules and standards, as well as for pro...

12.00 am | 11 Oct 2006

Now, more than ever, the members of compensation committees are feeling an increased need to perform their duties more effectively, create compensatio...

7.42 pm | 04 Oct 2006

Mexico and Brazil had different institutional structures in the early 20th century. Did entrepreneurs in these two countries organize their business n...

7.18 pm | 04 Oct 2006

We describe a dynamic strategy that can be employed by firms capable of architectural innovation....

7.11 pm | 04 Oct 2006

On a recent trip to Cairo, Rosabeth Moss Kanter studied three international companies to better understand the effects of globalization on them and th...

1.34 pm | 04 Oct 2006

Each week First Look summarizes new working papers, case studies, and publications produced by Harvard Business School faculty. Here readers will be a...

7.31 pm | 27 Sep 2006

How great organizations put failure to work to improve and innovate....

7.27 pm | 27 Sep 2006

While marketing largely is a delegated business function and not naturally inherent in the day-to-day job of top leaders, there is increasing evidence...