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- 2017
- Working Paper
Seeking to Belong: How the Words of Internal and External Beneficiaries Influence Performance
By: Paul Green, Francesca Gino and Bradley R. Staats
In this paper, we examine how connecting to beneficiaries of one’s work increases performance and argue that beneficiaries internal to an organization (i.e., one’s own colleagues) can serve as an important source of motivation, even in jobs that—on the surface—may seem... View Details
Keywords: Prosocial Motivation; Belongingness; Motivation; Job Design; Field Experiment; Motivation and Incentives; Strategy; Job Design and Levels
Green, Paul, Francesca Gino, and Bradley R. Staats. "Seeking to Belong: How the Words of Internal and External Beneficiaries Influence Performance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-073, February 2017.
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
and Rohini Somanathan Publication:In Handbook of Development Economics. Vol. 4, edited by T. Paul Schultz and John Strauss. Elsevier Science & Technology Books, 2008 Abstract This chapter focuses on the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- May 1999
- Teaching Note
Genset Initial Public Offering (A) & (B) TN
By: Paul A. Gompers
Teaching Note for (9-297-096) and (9-297-097). View Details
- May 1999
- Teaching Note
efficient market services: August 1993 Series TN
By: Paul A. Gompers
Teaching Note for (9-298-009), (9-298-010), and (9-298-011). View Details
Keywords: Service Industry
- May 1999
- Teaching Note
Cambridge Technology Partners - 1991 Start Up TN
By: Paul A. Gompers
Teaching Note for (9-298-044). View Details
- May 1999
- Teaching Note
Cambridge Technology Partners: Corporate Venturing (August 1996) TN
By: Paul A. Gompers
Teaching Note for (9-297-033). View Details
- January 1999
- Case
Prague Post, The
By: Paul A. Gompers
Lisa Frankenberg, co-founder of the Prague Post, is faced with several business and professional decisions. The English-language paper she founded is under pressure from competition and a Czech Republic recession. She must decide how to return the paper to... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Decisions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Profit; Competition; Financial Crisis; Personal Development and Career; Publishing Industry; Czech Republic
Gompers, Paul A. "Prague Post, The ." Harvard Business School Case 299-033, January 1999.
- April 1999 (Revised September 2001)
- Case
Penelope's Personal Pocket Phones
By: Paul A. Gompers
Provides students with an opportunity to use simple real options analysis to value a startup. Penelope Phillips is deciding whether to start a company to make wireless phones. Students get experience using traditional discounted cash flow valuation and a real options... View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Capital Budgeting; Corporate Finance; Manufacturing Industry; Electronics Industry
Gompers, Paul A. "Penelope's Personal Pocket Phones." Harvard Business School Case 299-004, April 1999. (Revised September 2001.)
- June 1997
- Case
Global Digital Utilities Corporation
By: Paul A. Gompers
Keywords: Technology Industry
Gompers, Paul A. "Global Digital Utilities Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 297-065, June 1997.
- June 1997 (Revised November 1998)
- Case
Tutor Time (A)
By: Paul A. Gompers
Gompers, Paul A. "Tutor Time (A)." Harvard Business School Case 297-064, June 1997. (Revised November 1998.)
- August 2012 (Revised July 2015)
- Background Note
A Note on Valuation in Private Equity
By: Paul A. Gompers
This note will provide an overview of valuation methodologies in private equity. View Details
Gompers, Paul A. "A Note on Valuation in Private Equity." Harvard Business School Background Note 213-034, August 2012. (Revised July 2015.)
- December 2001
- Teaching Note
Carlton Polish Co. TN
By: Paul A. Gompers
Teaching Note for (9-283-008). View Details
- December 2001
- Teaching Note
Record Masters, TN
By: Paul A. Gompers
Teaching Note for (9-899-020). View Details
Keywords: Information Industry
- December 2001
- Teaching Note
Dell Ventures TN
By: Paul A. Gompers
Teaching Note for (9-200-062). View Details
Keywords: Computer Industry
- December 2001
- Teaching Note
Honest Tea, TN
By: Paul A. Gompers
Teaching Note for (9-201-076). View Details
- December 2001
- Teaching Note
Fenchel Lampshade Company TN
By: Paul A. Gompers
Teaching Note for (9-291-014). View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing Industry
- February 2000 (Revised September 2001)
- Case
edocs, Inc. (B-1): Kevin Laracey
By: Paul A. Gompers
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Information Technology Industry
Gompers, Paul A. "edocs, Inc. (B-1): Kevin Laracey." Harvard Business School Case 200-020, February 2000. (Revised September 2001.)
- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
costs. But to realize those benefits, the acquirer needs to achieve economies of scale by absorbing the target's resources into its operations. CEOs, who are often unrealistic about the performance boost from such acquisitions, must be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne