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- 09 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch
"changes in firm performance account for only 4 percent of the variance in CEO pay." That said, to what extent can you really argue that a CEO can affect the stock price of a company? There may be some connection, but the state... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 12 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 12, 2008
workforce diversity initiatives. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-019.pdf Cases & Course Materials Accounting for Business Combinations: Acquisition Method Harvard Business School Note 108-067 A technical note... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor
industries, the concept of a homer might take on other forms (e.g., an office worker typing a personal letter on his or her computer while at work). Q: Since the practice of employees using company time and resources to create personal... View Details
- 08 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Women Negotiating in the New Millenium
change," she said. "Now because of the changing workforce, we're challenging basic assumptions." To demonstrate the skills necessary for negotiation, Kolb presented a hypothetical situation (Jane's Dilemma), in which a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53888 Racial Heterogeneity and Local Government Finances: Evidence from the Great Migration By: Tabellini, Marco Abstract—Is racial heterogeneity responsible for the distressed financial conditions of U.S. central cities... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
Provides the reader with a basic understanding of organizational structure. The first section outlines some of the key tools and criteria that must be taken into account in designing organizational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2015
- What Do You Think?
What Happened to the ‘Innovation, Disruption, Technology’ Dividend?
How Patient Should We Be In Waiting for the Tech Productivity Dividend? Respondents to this month’s column cited a number of factors accounting for the fact that there is no discernable increase in the rate of improvement in human... View Details
- 15 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 15, 2015
account for the majority of sales and revenue. To tackle this challenge, we use machine learning techniques to estimate historical lost sales and predict future demand of new products. The nonparametric structure of our demand prediction... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
showing attack strategies in action. It then provides several specific counterstrategies for each basic category the authors have defined—including the following: Death-by-delay: Your enemies push discussion of your idea so far into the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2018
- Op-Ed
'Dear Working Knowledge'--Our Favorite Reader Comments of the Year
regulations, it's fewer. Is It Time to Break Up Amazon, Facebook, or Google?Craig Parietti & PartnersCraig comments: The concept of US antitrust is outdated. We are now a global economy. So, if we break up Amazon, Apple, Facebook, or... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Nov 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced?
Hildebrandt, calling pay for performance "a huge waste of time," said "I think a different logic applies if it (is) used to emphasize team spirit." Others were supportive of the concept if the proper performance... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 23 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick
responsibility programs are basically funded by an internal tax within the company,” says Robert Kaplan, Senior Fellow and Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. “The good that such... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
90th anniversary is a sensible time to revisit a basic question: Are organizations more likely to succeed if they adopt good management practices? The answer may seem obvious to most HBR readers, but these three economists cast their net... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Successful Negotiation
past several years, cannot be accounted for by gender differences in work commitment, education, and experience, or other considerations such as unionization. In this working paper, Hannah Riley Bowles and Kathleen L. McGinn review two... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
resource deployment. Methodology: The predictive model developed is based on a regression tree combined with copula-based simulations. We generalize the tree method to predict complete distributions, moving beyond point forecasts. To derive insights from the tree, we... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 19
owned. This book explores the political logic of reforms to land ownership and control, accounting for how land development and real estate have become synonymous with economic growth and prosperity in China. Drawing on extensive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures
such far-flung but tightly integrated subsidiaries? How do you ensure that financial reporting is effective while simultaneously optimizing your tax position? How do you design compensation systems that provide for local accountability... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 1
Robert S. Kaplan Publication:Balanced Scorecard Report 13, no. 5 (September-October 2011) Abstract In the second article of our two-part series, we explore the concept of an Office of Risk Management along with a case study of an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
From Tigers to Kaleidoscopes: Thinking About Future Leadership
Kanter takes the brains concept one step further, exploring what savvy leaders really need to know how to do: think across borders and through boundaries, almost as if turning a kaleidoscope to examine the same View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
full board committee membership for over 6,000 firms. Board committees provide benefits (specialization, efficiency, and accountability benefits) and costs (information segregation). Consistent with these benefits and costs, we find that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne