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  • May 2006
  • Article

Tying Odysseus to the Mast: Evidence from a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines

By: Nava Ashraf, Dean Karlan and Wesley Yin
We designed a commitment savings product for a Philippine bank and implemented it using a randomized control methodology. The savings product was intended for individuals who want to commit now to restrict access to their savings, and who were sophisticated enough to... View Details
Keywords: Information; Product; Philippines
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  • Program

Compensation Committees

Should Attend Directors on boards of publicly listed companies who serve as chairs or members of compensation committees Senior corporate executives who participate in compensation planning Also appropriate... View Details
  • February 2016 (Revised July 2017)
  • Case

Leadership and Independence at the Federal Reserve

By: David Moss and Marc Campasano
“From the Great Depression, to the stagflation of the seventies, to the current economic crisis caused by the housing bubble, every economic downturn suffered by this country over the past century can be traced to Federal Reserve policy.” Ron Paul, a Republican from... View Details
Keywords: Government Legislation; Central Banking; Policy; Financial Crisis; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; United States
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    Rakesh Khurana

    Rakesh Khurana is the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at the Harvard Business School. He is also Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, co-Master of Cabot House at Harvard College, and the Danoff Dean of Harvard College. 

    Professor... View Details

    Keywords: executive search
    • 18 Jun 2024
    • Research & Ideas

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

    When Katherine Coffman presents her research findings about how gender stereotypes shape the behavior of men and women in the workplace, she is often asked: What about non-binary individuals? “People understandably keep asking, ‘What... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • February 2021
    • Case

    Enterprise Agility at Komerční Banka

    By: Euvin Naidoo, Suraj Srinivasan and Sarah Gulick
    In 2017, Jan Juchelka, the new CEO of Komerční Banka, identified the need for the bank to start an enterprise wide agile transformation. He started by working to create a sense of urgency to kick-start a process to enable the level of service delivery to customers he... View Details
    Keywords: Agile; Agility; Transformation; Organizational Structure; Business Headquarters; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Systems; Banking Industry; Czech Republic
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      Michael A. Wheeler

      Mike Wheeler joined the HBS faculty in 1993 and has taught extensively in its MBA, Executive, and distance learning programs. His highly interactive 8-week/40-hour HBS Online Negotiation... View Details

      Keywords: arts; construction; e-commerce industry; energy; federal government; green technology; internet; legal services; nonprofit industry; petroleum; pharmaceuticals; publishing industry; real estate; service industry; sports; state government; utilities
      • 25 Jan 2021
      • Book

      In a Nutshell, Why American Capitalism Succeeded

      How did the United States become the world’s center of business growth following its founding in 1776? Surely a number of nations had powerful natural resources, stable financial and legal institutions, and dynamic entrepreneurs over that same span. Why was American... View Details
      Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing
      • October 2016
      • Case

      Elon Musk: Balancing Purpose and Risk

      By: Shikhar Ghosh and Sarah Mehta
      The case is used to illustrate the place of ‘Purpose’ versus financial risk and returns in a founder’s objectives. It also addresses personal risk profile of different founders, and when paired with the Risk Tolerance Exercise, it enables evaluating one’s own appetite... View Details
      Keywords: Electric Vehicle; Solar Power; Vision; Trade-offs; Leadership; Mission and Purpose; Risk and Uncertainty; Entrepreneurship; Failure; United States; North America
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      • 26 Apr 2011
      • First Look

      First Look: April 26

      PapersThe Impact of Forward-Looking Metrics on Employee Decision Making Authors:Pablo, F. Casas-Arce, Asís Martínez-Jerez, and V.G. Narayanan Abstract This paper analyzes the effects of providing... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • Web

      Competitiveness & Economic Development - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

      2011 National Governors Association Winter Meeting State Competitiveness: Creating an Economic Strategy in a Time of Austerity by Michael E. Porter 04 May 2012 BusinessWeek “Why America Needs an Economic... View Details
      • 2014
      • Case

      Meizhou Dongpo Restaurant: Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Culture

      By: F. Warren McFarlan, Weiku Wu and Jia Guo
      Meizhou Dongpo is a large catering group in China. On June 6, 1996, the first Meizhou Dongpo Restaurant was opened in Beijing. The enterprise entered the stage of rapid development in 2000, and set up Beijing Meizhou Restaurant Management Co., Ltd. In June 2003 the... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Leadership; National Culture; China; Restaurants; China
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      • 16 Jan 2013
      • Research & Ideas

      The Messy Link Between Slave Owners and Modern Management

      Caitlin C. Rosenthal didn't intend to write a book about slavery. She set out to tackle something much more mundane: the history of business practices. But when she started researching account books from the mid-1800s, a period View Details
      Keywords: by Katie Johnston
      • Web

      Interviews - Creating Emerging Markets

      (Microfinance, Development) “I’ve never thought that you can do good only through nonprofit activities. You can do good also by doing business.” Download Transcript Egypt Helmy Abouleish CEO, SEKEM Initiative (Agriculture) “We have this concept View Details
      • 16 May 2023
      • In Practice

      After Silicon Valley Bank's Flameout, What's Next for Entrepreneurs?

      The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in March left the startup world reeling. The biggest lender to fail since the 2008 financial crisis, SVB had become the preferred funder View Details
      Keywords: by Avery Forman; Technology; Financial Services
      • 09 Mar 2011
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Accounting Scholarship That Advances Professional Knowledge and Practice

      Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan; Education
      • 2012
      • Working Paper

      Rainmakers: Why Bad Weather Means Good Productivity

      By: Jooa Julia Lee, Francesca Gino and Bradley R. Staats
      People believe that weather conditions influence their everyday work life, but to date, little is known about how weather affects individual productivity. Most people believe that bad weather conditions reduce productivity. In this research, we predict and find just... View Details
      Keywords: Productivity; Opportunity Cost; Distractions; Weather; Performance Productivity; Social Psychology; Mathematical Methods
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      • 24 Jul 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      Part-Time Employees Want More Hours. Can Companies Tap This ‘Hidden’ Talent Pool?

      looking for talent in a tight job market. “A company has to understand that rigidity around job descriptions and work processes artificially constrains the pool of talent that they can access for a position.” The data were culled from... View Details
      Keywords: by Kara Baskin
      • 24 Sep 2013
      • First Look

      First Look: September 24

      Monetary Economics Cyclicality of Credit Supply: Firm-Level Evidence By: Ivashina, Victoria, and Bo Becker Abstract—Theory predicts that there is a close link between bank credit supply and the evolution... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 01 Dec 2023
      • News

      Turning Point: Where Credit Is Due

      Nagi Otgonshar (MBA 2015) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Nagi Otgonshar (MBA 2015) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Earning a full scholarship has always been the only realistic ticket to a superior education for me. It was this golden opportunity that allowed me to... View Details
      Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government