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  • 20 Jul 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Five Discovery Skills that Distinguish Great Innovators

performance of identical twins on a battery of ten creativity tests could be attributed to genetics. 6 In contrast, roughly 80 percent to 85 percent of the twins' performance on general intelligence (IQ)... View Details
Keywords: by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gergersen & Clayton M. Christensen
  • September 2009 (Revised May 2011)
  • Case

Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (A)

By: Alnoor Ebrahim and V. Kasturi Rangan
Acumen Fund is a global venture capital firm with a dual purpose: it looks for a return on its investments, and it also seeks entrepreneurial solutions to global poverty. This case examines Acumen's new projects in Kenya. The organization's investment committee and its... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Venture Capital; Investment Return; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Social Enterprise; Financial Services Industry; Kenya
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  • October 1990 (Revised April 1998)
  • Case

John Smithers at Sigtek

Describes an ill-fated effort to institute a total quality program. Using the vantage point of one of the managers selected to be a quality instructor, the case traces the rise and fall of the quality effort during its very brief existence over the course of six... View Details
Keywords: Quality; Change Management; Performance
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1.11 Leaves of Absence - MBA

their studies at any time before graduation may request a leave of absence. Requests for a leave of absence may be granted by the Registrar in consultation with other officers of the University, as appropriate. With respect to a voluntary leave of absence for medical... View Details
  • 26 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 26

conducted by OWS, and allows students to understand implications of the growth strategy for financial performance and valuation. Additionally, the case highlights the role of corporate boards and audit committees in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Sep 2019
  • Book

6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees

American customers, company officials tapped black employees for their insight, which helped signal that race is important, the authors say. 6. Be mindful of the “mini me” phenomenon Managers should also check themselves when they... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 07 Jul 2021
  • Book

Good News for Disgraced Companies: You Can Regain Trust

providing a warm, welcoming, personalized experience at every level, from executives and managers to housekeeping and wait staff. And Patagonia has demonstrated its pro-environment stance by continually re-examining its practices—from... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • 05 Sep 2006
  • First Look

First Look: September 5, 2006

helping intentions; in other words, those participants who did not dehumanize outgroup victims were the individuals most likely to report volunteering for hurricane relief efforts. Internet Companies' Growth Strategies: Determinants of Investment Intensity and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2015
  • Chapter

How Leaders Use Values-based Guidance Systems to Create Dynamic Capabilities

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Matthew Bird, Ethan Bernstein and Ryan Raffaelli
How do strategic leaders create change-adept organizations? Based on qualitative field research, this chapter argues that well-defined institutionalized purpose, values, and principles act as an organizational guidance system that integrates and strengthens the... View Details
Keywords: Dynamic Capabilities; Field Research; Intrinsic Motivation; Organizational Identity; Ecosystem; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Mission and Purpose; Motivation and Incentives; Research; Management Systems; Change
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  • 31 Mar 2022
  • Op-Ed

Navigating the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ in Professional Services

easy. Small firms operate informally. Continuing an informal approach to management strains performance as a firm grows. Costs begin to increase and errors in operations and service delivery begin to... View Details
Keywords: by Ashish Nanda
  • Research Summary

Current working papers

Organizational restructuring: the influence of formal and informal structure on tie formation. This paper considers how changes in formal structure and a key element of informal structure – the embeddedness of employee... View Details

  • 27 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes

company's level of productivity (number of barrels), efficiency (cost per barrel), and reliability (production "up" time) came to exceed the industry's previous benchmark. Two of the company's newer platforms had been designed from the start to reflect the... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities
  • Web

Student Research - Doctoral

Student Research Student Research Examining critical issues in management Featured Research Capital Market Integration and Growth across the United States By: Leonardo D'Amico and Maxim Alekseev 31 OCT 2024 | Faculty & Research Trade... View Details
  • 30 Mar 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Commuting Hurts Productivity and Your Best Talent Suffers Most

they work,” either by allowing them to work remotely or by providing incentives to move closer to offices, Wu says. The highest performers suffer the most While previous studies have shown that long commutes can affect a worker’s mental... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • 10 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: January 10

also find substantial variation in management practices across organizations in every country and every sector, mirroring the heterogeneity in the spread of performance in these sectors. One factor linked to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Aug 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs

Bill George, now a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School. "Innovators need to be able to try things out, fail, correct them, and then bring them back into the organization." You really need to develop two... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
  • 15 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 15

is asked to investigate the matter and to decide what, if anything, to do about it. The case raises issues in aligning strategy and sales systems, performance evaluation criteria, and on-going performance... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • July 1976
  • Article

Effects of Externally-Imposed Deadlines on Subsequent Intrinsic Motivation

By: T. M. Amabile, W. DeJong and M. R. Lepper
Studied the effects of externally imposed deadlines on individuals' task performance and their subsequent interest in the task. In 1 deadline condition, 20 male undergraduates were given an explicit time limit for solving a series of initially interesting word games.... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Time Management; Social Psychology; Situation or Environment
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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

– 5 Modules Business Analytics Beginning with basic descriptive statistics and progressing to regression analysis, you’ll implement analytical techniques in Excel and apply fundamental quantitative methods to real business problems—from View Details
  • 13 Aug 2012
  • Research & Ideas

When Good Incentives Lead to Bad Decisions

readily be reclaimed by investors in the firm who lost money." In a new research paper, coauthored with World Bank economists Martin Kanz and Leora Klapper, Cole explores how various performance incentives affect lending decisions... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking