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- 2008
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Managing Your Boss
By: John J. Gabarro and John P. Kotter
Managing your boss: Isn't that merely manipulation? Corporate cozying up? Not according to John Gabarro and John Kotter. In this handy guidebook, the authors contend that you manage your boss for a very good reason: to do your best on the job—and thereby benefit not...
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Keywords:
Communication;
Decision Making;
Information Management;
Managerial Roles;
Negotiation Tactics;
Performance Productivity;
Personal Development and Career;
Relationships;
Personal Characteristics
Gabarro, John J., and John P. Kotter. Managing Your Boss. Paperback ed. Harvard Business Review Classics. Harvard Business School Press, 2008.
- 2012
- Working Paper
Colonial Institutions, Trade Shocks, and the Diffusion of Elementary Education in Brazil, 1889–1930
By: Aldo Musacchio, Andre Martinez-Fritscher and Martina Viarengo
In this paper, we examine the role of trade shocks in promoting the diffusion of elementary education in subnational units in Brazil during a period (1889–1930) in which they had relative financial autonomy to collect export taxes and spend on public goods. The...
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Keywords:
History;
Literacy;
Voting;
Education;
Spending;
Performance Improvement;
Government and Politics;
Brazil
Musacchio, Aldo, Andre Martinez-Fritscher, and Martina Viarengo. "Colonial Institutions, Trade Shocks, and the Diffusion of Elementary Education in Brazil, 1889–1930." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-075, March 2010. (Revised December 2012.)
- November 2, 2021
- Article
The Cultural Benefits of Artificial Intelligence in the Enterprise
By: Sam Ransbotham, François Candelon, David Kiron, Burt LaFountain and Shervin Khodabandeh
The 2021 MIT SMR-BCG report identifies a wide range of AI-related cultural benefits at both the team and organizational levels. Whether it’s reconsidering business assumptions or empowering teams, managing the dynamics across culture, AI use, and organizational...
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Ransbotham, Sam, François Candelon, David Kiron, Burt LaFountain, and Shervin Khodabandeh. "The Cultural Benefits of Artificial Intelligence in the Enterprise." MIT Sloan Management Review, Big Ideas Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy Initiative (website) (November 2, 2021). (Findings from the 2021 Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy Global Executive Study and Research Project.)
- 02 Jan 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Managing the Family Firm: Evidence from CEOs at Work
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
structuring social sector management programs in order to educate cross-sector leaders capable of addressing critical societal problems. Organizational Errors: Directions for Future Research Authors:Paul S. Goodman, Rangaraj Ramanujam,...
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Carmen Nobel
- March 2019
- Article
Evidence of Upcoding in Pay-for-Performance Programs
By: Hamsa Bastani, Joel Goh and Mohsen Bayati
Recent Medicare legislation seeks to improve patient care quality by financially penalizing providers for hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). However, Medicare cannot directly monitor HAI rates and instead relies on providers accurately self-reporting HAIs in claims...
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Keywords:
Medical Coding;
Health Policy;
Healthcare-acquired Conditions;
Medicare;
Health Care and Treatment;
Policy;
Performance Improvement;
Quality;
Measurement and Metrics;
Government Legislation
Bastani, Hamsa, Joel Goh, and Mohsen Bayati. "Evidence of Upcoding in Pay-for-Performance Programs." Management Science 65, no. 3 (March 2019): 1042–1060. (2015 INFORMS Health Applications Society best student (H. Bastani) paper award.)
- 26 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 26
giant IBM? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/316143-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 416-019 Gap Inc.: Refashioning Performance Management In 2014, clothing retailer Gap Inc. rolled out a new View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jun 2023
- Research & Ideas
Four Steps to Building the Psychological Safety That High-Performing Teams Need
mission critical in today’s work environment,” Edmondson says. “You no longer have the option of leading through fear or managing through fear. In an uncertain, interdependent world, it doesn’t work—either as a motivator or as an enabler...
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by Kara Baskin
- 2009
- Chapter
Evaluating the Impact of SA8000 Certification
By: Michael J. Hiscox, Claire Schwartz and Michael W. Toffel
SA 8000, along with other types of certification standards and corporate codes of conduct, represents a new form of private governance of working conditions, initiated and implemented by companies, labor unions, and non-governmental activist groups. Whether these codes...
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Hiscox, Michael J., Claire Schwartz, and Michael W. Toffel. "Evaluating the Impact of SA8000 Certification." In Social Accountability 8000: The First Decade -- Implementation, Influence, and Impact, edited by Deborah Leipziger. Greenleaf Publishing, 2009.
- July 2009 (Revised May 2010)
- Case
Pfizer: Letter from the Chairman (A)
By: Robert L. Simons and Natalie Kindred
This case explores maximizing shareholder value as a goal in executive decision making. Over a period of nine years, three different Pfizer CEOs make critical decisions intended to increase shareholder value. But the results are disappointing. To allow students to...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Governance;
Annual Reports;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Value Creation;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
United States
Simons, Robert L., and Natalie Kindred. "Pfizer: Letter from the Chairman (A)." Harvard Business School Case 110-003, July 2009. (Revised May 2010.)
- 2009
- Other Unpublished Work
When Does Industrial Policy Work? Evidence from the Brazilian Ethanol Fuel Industry
By: Santiago Mingo and Tarun Khanna
What is the impact of a state-led industrial policy program on entrepreneurial activity, industry evolution, and firm competitiveness? How and when is industrial policy an effective tool to spur the development of an emerging industry? To address these questions, we...
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- March 2015 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
CV Ingenuity (A): How to Evaluate the Commercial Viability of New Health Care Technologies
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Andrew Otazo
Duke Rohlen (HBS MBA ’01) hoped to win over a prominent venture capital investor for Series B financing of his firm CVI that was creating a drug-eluting balloon (DES) to treat peripheral arterial disease. As a second-mover, Duke felt he was more likely to acquire...
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Keywords:
CV Ingenuity;
CVI;
Drug Eluting Balloon;
DEB;
Drug Eluting Stent;
Angioplasty Balloon;
FoxHollow;
Medical Device;
Medical Device Startup;
Premarket Approval;
PMA;
Lutonix;
Stellarex;
LEVANT;
ILLUMENATE;
Clinical Trials;
Peripheral Arterial Disease;
PAD;
Healthcare Startups;
Covidien;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Testing and Trials;
Business Startups;
Commercialization;
Health Industry;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
United States;
Europe
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Andrew Otazo. "CV Ingenuity (A): How to Evaluate the Commercial Viability of New Health Care Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 315-045, March 2015. (Revised January 2024.)
- February 2008
- Case
EFI, Inc. (A)
By: David B. Godes and Lauren Barley
EFI has a unique sales compensation challenge. They cannot allocate sales credit for their core product to individual salespeople. So, they've historically paid the sales force as a team. This has worked out fine, since they've been a near-monopoly seller of a single...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Compensation and Benefits;
Performance Evaluation;
Groups and Teams;
Salesforce Management;
Motivation and Incentives
Godes, David B., and Lauren Barley. "EFI, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 508-044, February 2008.
- May 2024
- Article
Design of Off-Grid Lighting Business Models to Serve the Poor: Field Experiments and Structural Analysis
By: Bhavani Shanker Uppari, Serguei Netessine, Ioanna Popescu and Rowan P. Clarke
A significant proportion of the world's population has no access to grid-based electricity and so relies on off-grid lighting solutions. Rechargeable lamp technology is gaining popularity as an alternative off-grid lighting model in developing countries. In this paper,...
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Keywords:
Technological Innovation;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Consumer Behavior;
Poverty;
Logistics;
Business Model;
Utilities Industry
Uppari, Bhavani Shanker, Serguei Netessine, Ioanna Popescu, and Rowan P. Clarke. "Design of Off-Grid Lighting Business Models to Serve the Poor: Field Experiments and Structural Analysis." Management Science 70, no. 5 (May 2024): 3038–3058.
- May – June 2011
- Article
Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth: How High Status Individuals Decrease Group Effectiveness
By: Boris Groysberg, Jeffrey T. Polzer and Hillary Anger Elfenbein
Can groups become effective simply by assembling high status individual performers? Though an affirmative answer may seem straightforward on the surface, this answer becomes more complicated when group members benefit from collaborating on interdependent tasks....
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Keywords:
Groups and Teams;
Equity;
Theory;
Human Resources;
Integration;
Body of Literature;
Performance Effectiveness;
Status and Position;
Experience and Expertise
Groysberg, Boris, Jeffrey T. Polzer, and Hillary Anger Elfenbein. "Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth: How High Status Individuals Decrease Group Effectiveness." Organization Science 22, no. 3 (May–June 2011): 722–737.
- 06 Oct 2023
- Book
Yes, You Can Radically Change Your Organization in One Week
perspectives on the proposed solution. Improve your plan based on the feedback you receive. “I think that politicization has created a disconnect from the raw performance advantage that comes when different viewpoints are represented.”...
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by Kristen Senz
- January 2024
- Supplement
Winning Business at Russell Reynolds
By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco
In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting—and...
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Talent and Talent Management;
Compensation and Benefits;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Performance Evaluation;
Motivation and Incentives;
Consulting Industry
Bernstein, Ethan, and Cara Mazzucco. "Winning Business at Russell Reynolds." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 424-704, January 2024.
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
(a) fosters a longer-term perspective and (b) widens the firm’s scope; and ecosystem creation. While much of the dynamic capabilities literature has focused on testing causal relationships between key performance View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018
Diversity and Firm Performance By: Zhang, Letian Abstract—How does a firm’s gender diversity affect its performance? Existing work has shown conflicting evidence—some finding a positive effect of gender diversity while others finding a...
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Dina Gerdeman
- October 2001 (Revised March 2008)
- Case
Anagene, Inc.
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Christina L. Darwall
An entrepreneurial, publicly traded biotech company has begun production and sales of its core product--cartridges that permit DNA samples to be analyzed on a microchip. In the early quarters, sales are difficult to forecast and the company has experienced fluctuating...
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Keywords:
Cost Accounting;
Financial Reporting;
Production;
Performance Capacity;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Genetics;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Biotechnology Industry;
California
Kaplan, Robert S., and Christina L. Darwall. "Anagene, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 102-030, October 2001. (Revised March 2008.)