Relative Performance - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

When Gender Changes the Negotiation

environments in which payoffs are determined by comparing relative performance. It's not that the pressure of competition causes women to stumble but, rather, that men step up their performance in... View Details

Keywords: by Dina W. Pradel, Hannah Riley Bowles & Kathleen L. McGinn

18 Mar 2024
Research & Ideas

When It Comes to Climate Regulation, Energy Companies Take a More Nuanced View

Common wisdom holds that oil and gas companies, electric utilities, and other industries known for their large carbon emissions generally oppose clean energy policies. Now, a study of corporate advocacy spanning 30 years reveals that many companies are more flexible... View Details

Keywords: by Desmond Dodd; Energy; Utilities

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Recent Advances in the Empirics of Organizational Economics

By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen

We present a survey of recent contributions in empirical organizational economics, focusing on management practices and decentralization. Productivity dispersion between firms and countries has motivated the improved measurement of firm organization across industries... View Details

Keywords: Economics; Management Practices and Processes; Performance Productivity; Geographic Location; Motivation and Incentives; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Competition; Human Capital; Markets; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Multinational Firms and Management; India; Brazil; United States

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04 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Governing the Family-Run Business

dividends than do their relative owners who work in the business. Both viewpoints are typically legitimate and must be reconciled in a respectful way to set direction for the enterprise and preserve harmony in the family. To effectively... View Details

30 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax

consistent with the aversion seen in some EU 15 countries. Alfaro: Overall, other countries can look to Slovakia as a model of what might happen when a flat tax is adopted, as this example illustrates several aspects. The overall economic View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

08 Mar 2021
In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

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 employees want to flock back to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

09 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times

that avoids liquidation of human and cultural assets." The book looks broadly at what it takes to build a high commitment, high performance (HCHP) system inside companies. It asks and answers questions such as: What outcomes must... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

07 Mar 2016
HBS Seminar

Scott Stern, MIT Sloan School of Management

18 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

What Your Non-Binary Employees Need to Do Their Best Work

based on a large online survey and was cowritten with Boston College Professor Lucas Coffman and Boston University Professor Keith Marzilli Ericson. Understanding the aspirations of non-binary people Relatively little research has been... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

With 150% growth in top line and improving margin performance over the last two years, Ranger was still generating negative net income and hence Leykum was worried if public markets would be able to understand Ranger’s business strategy... View Details

10 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 10

failed ventures, but also to allow managers of going concerns to divest stores in efforts to enhance performance and to change strategy. The operations literature has examined product liquidation, but retail store liquidation differs... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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

27 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?

Wall Street than is yet common in Asia. Wall Street has strong expectations about the behavior and performance of executives and about succession. There is less freedom of action for executives and boards in America than in Asia. In Asia,... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

05 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 5, 2010

Demand: Model and Estimation Methodology Authors:Nathan Craig, Nicole DeHoratius, and Ananth Raman Abstract To set service levels, firms must understand how changes in service affect customer demand. Supply learning is a process whereby customers use past supplier... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Fast Answer

Exchange rates: current & historical

ticker and display a menu of related functions, such as the Historical Price (HP) and the Line Chart (GP) functions. For the best and worst performing currencies relative to a selected currency use the World... View Details

25 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Why Unqualified Candidates Get Hired Anyway

had performed well at an easier job (managing a relatively calm airport), while others had performed less well at a harder job (managing an unruly airport). As with the... View Details

Keywords: by Anna Secino; Education; Employment

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

Bandiera and B. Kelsey Jack A substantial body of research investigates the effect of pay for performance in firms, yet less is known about the effect of non-financial rewards, especially in organizations that hire individuals to View Details

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Team Scaffolds: How Mesolevel Structures Enable Role-based Coordination in Temporary Groups

By: M. Valentine and A. C. Edmondson

This paper shows how meso-level structures support effective coordination in temporary groups. Prior research on coordination in temporary groups describes how roles encode individual responsibilities so that coordination between relative strangers is possible. We... View Details

Keywords: Fluid Personnel; Team Scaffolds; Team Effectiveness; Role-based Coordination; Multi-method; Service Delivery; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams; Performance Efficiency