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  • 26 May 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Corporate Field Researchers Share Tricks of the Trade

Forming A Research Partnership Teresa Amabile discussed a comprehensive field study in which her research team collected confidential, personal work diaries from 238 white-collar employees at seven disparate companies. The View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 30 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 31, 2006

rules, and agreements to the governance process. Discusses the roles of three structures in family business governance: the top management team, the family employee council, and the board of directors.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Sep 2008
  • Working Paper Summaries

Wellsprings of Creation: Perturbation and the Paradox of the Highly Disciplined Organization

Keywords: by David James Brunner, Bradley R. Staats, Michael L. Tushman & David M. Upton
  • 24 Nov 2009
  • Working Paper Summaries

From Strategy to Business Models and to Tactics

Keywords: by Ramon Casadesus-Masanell & Joan Enric Ricart
  • October 2021
  • Background Note

How to Write an Action-Planning Memo

By: Ryan Raffaelli and Akshaya Varghese
The ability to communicate an action plan through writing is essential for advancing ideas, earning credibility, and garnering support. Research has shown that leaders who write formal plans are more likely to execute successfully—written plans help members of an... View Details
Keywords: Writing; Action Plan; Communication; Competency and Skills; Planning
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  • February 2022 (Revised January 2023)
  • Case

Creating and Measuring Purpose at Viega

By: Ethan Rouen, Suraj Srinivasan and James Barnett
At its headquarters in Attendorn, Germany, Viega’s chairwoman Anna Viegener gathered the company’s leadership team to discuss their progress on formalizing purpose-driven leadership as a strategic driver within the organization. Viega manufactured and distributed... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development; Employee Relationship Management; Leadership; Mission and Purpose; Expansion; Measurement and Metrics; Germany
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  • 28 Oct 2020
  • Blog Post

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged

While improving the fulfillment of any one drive enhances employee motivation somewhat, the key to a major employee-motivation advantage relative to other companies comes from improving all four drives in... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 08 Dec 2020
  • Blog Post

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged

While improving the fulfillment of any one drive enhances employee motivation somewhat, the key to a major employee-motivation advantage relative to other companies comes from improving all four drives in... View Details
  • 06 Mar 2020
  • News

‘Can everyone mute?’ Coronavirus means we must telecommute. We’re not ready

  • 10 Jan 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

Pay for Environmental Performance: The Effect of Incentive Provision on Carbon Emissions

Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles, Ioannis Ioannou, Shelley Xin Li & George Serafeim
  • March 2013 (Revised March 2014)
  • Case

Cummins, Inc.: Building a Home Community for a Global Company

By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris
In 2010, Tom Linebarger, president and COO of Cummins, Inc., the Columbus, Indiana-based manufacturer of diesel engines, has to decide where to locate the company's new manufacturing line for high horsepower engines. He has three choices to decide from: Seymour,... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing; Competitiveness; Competition; Education; Business and Community Relations; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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  • 11 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Adding Time to Activity-Based Costing

employees to activities. We also wrote several cases where other companies, independently, relied on this interviewing approach. These time surveys turned out to be the Achilles heel of ABC. They were time-consuming and expensive to... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

    How to Help (Without Micromanaging)

    Extensive research shows that when employees get hands-on managerial support, they perform better than when they’re left to their own devices, but unnecessary or unwanted help can be demoralizing and counterproductive. So how do you intervene... View Details

    • 06 Oct 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    Updating a Classic: Writing a Great Business Plan

    ventures being started in every corner of the globe. These ventures can raise money locally or globally. They can disperse talent in many countries. Take a company like Skype. When I visited Skype several years ago, it had 125 employees... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 14 Sep 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: September 14, 2010

    involved in the production of clean energy. One of the key bottlenecks threatening innovation in energy production is the inability of VCs to exit their investments at the appropriate time. This hurdle did exist in industries such as... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 03 Sep 2014
    • What Do You Think?

    Who Should Choose Your Boss?

    so." Carl Meyer added, "Clearly the board! The danger of favoritism among employees would be far too dangerous." Others figuratively said "not so fast." As Joel Koblentz put it, "The bottom line is that The... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett; Food & Beverage
    • 13 Dec 2004
    • Research & Ideas

    Sharing News That Might Be Bad

    This scenario, inspired by a Harvard Business School case, may ring familiar. It raises an increasingly prevalent, and difficult, management issue: how much information to share and when to share it. You look up to find the concerned face of a View Details
    Keywords: by Paul Michelman
    • 02 May 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    Casino Payoff: Hands-Off Management Works Best

    At the gambling meccas that employ them, they are called "casino hosts"—essentially front-line employees with nevertheless big responsibilities. These staffers work to develop one-on-one relationships with high-rollers to make sure they... View Details
    Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Entertainment & Recreation
    • 10 Mar 2021
    • Blog Post

    COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace

    A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will... View Details
    Keywords: All Industries
    • 14 Aug 2013
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Firm Competitiveness and Detection of Bribery

    Keywords: by George Serafeim