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- 2023
- Working Paper
The Real Effects of Fair Workweek Laws on Work Schedules: Evidence from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia
By: Caleb Kwon and Ananth Raman
Effective in eight jurisdictions and banned in four, Fair Workweek Laws (FWL) aim to increase the predictability and stability of work schedules. Among other requirements, these laws penalize employers for unilaterally adjusting work schedules without providing some...
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Kwon, Caleb, and Ananth Raman. "The Real Effects of Fair Workweek Laws on Work Schedules: Evidence from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia." Working Paper, October 2023.
- 01 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
John H. Patterson and the Sales Strategy of the National Cash Register Company, 1884 to 1922
all the benefits of the register, Patterson gave them scripts to memorize. The practice of writing out sales arguments was rare, but not as new as some of Patterson's biographers claim. Booksellers and other...
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by Walter A. Friedman
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
Business Review What’s the Right Kind of Bonus to Motivate Your Sales Force? By: Chung, Doug J., and Das Narayandas Abstract—Companies typically compensate their sales force by using some combination of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
I Found My Future at HBS and You Can Too
you: You belong here. You can succeed here. Your community will benefit from your being here. Your ideas will be valued at HBS—not because they conform to the status quo, but rather because they are different View Details
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
can also play an important role in facilitating within-country migration. In the face of physical, informational and social barriers to migration, firms with nationwide hiring practices can benefit from...
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- September 2013 (Revised June 2016)
- Case
The Morning Star Company: Self-Management at Work
By: Francesca Gino, Bradley R. Staats, Brian J. Hall and Tiffany Y. Chang
Morning Star, a collection of affiliated companies, had grown steadily since 1970 when Chris Rufer, president and founder, started the business hauling tomatoes to processing plants in a truck. The company's main products continued to be tomato-based, including a... View Details
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Business or Company Management;
Motivation and Incentives;
Working Conditions;
Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Food;
Management Practices and Processes;
Compensation and Benefits;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Gino, Francesca, Bradley R. Staats, Brian J. Hall, and Tiffany Y. Chang. "The Morning Star Company: Self-Management at Work." Harvard Business School Case 914-013, September 2013. (Revised June 2016.)
- September 2003 (Revised October 2005)
- Case
Performance Pay for MGOA Physicians (A)
Examines the transition of an orthopedic surgical group at a premier teaching and research hospital from a system in which the surgeons are compensated with flat salaries to a system where they are compensated based on profitability. Allows for an examination of...
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Value Creation;
Motivation and Incentives;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Health Care and Treatment;
Compensation and Benefits;
Health Industry
Barro, Jason R., Kevin J. Bozic, and Aaron Zimmerman. "Performance Pay for MGOA Physicians (A)." Harvard Business School Case 904-028, September 2003. (Revised October 2005.)
- September 3, 2003
- Article
Relationship Between Wages and Presence of a Match in Medical Fellowships
By: Muriel Niederle and A. E. Roth
Niederle, Muriel, and A. E. Roth. "Relationship Between Wages and Presence of a Match in Medical Fellowships." JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association 290, no. 9 (September 3, 2003).
- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
and implications of firms' benchmarks in rTSR-based contracts. Although compensation consultants suggest that a primary objective of rTSR is to filter shocks unrelated to managerial performance, following...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent
different people would tackle a job. Hiring managers would also benefit from thinking afresh in each case about which skills the job truly requires. Breaking down barriers to build talent All companies, whether they partner with OneTen or...
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- 02 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
December 4, 2017 Harvard Business Review How a Fast-Growing Startup Built Its Sales Team for Long-Term Success By: Cespedes, Frank V., and David Mattson Abstract—It’s common for leaders of sales teams to focus almost exclusively on...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
Benchmarks: Do Boards Follow the Informativeness Principle? By: Ma, Paul, Jee Eun Shin, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—Relative total shareholder return (rTSR) is increasingly used to incentivize and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 2012
- Working Paper
~Why Do We Redistribute so Much but Tag so Little? Normative Diversity, Equal Sacrifice and Optimal Taxation
Tagging is a free lunch in conventional optimal tax theory because it eases the classic tradeoff between efficiency and equality. But tagging is used in only limited ways in tax policy. I propose one explanation: conventional optimal tax theory has yet to capture the...
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Forecasting and Prediction;
Cost;
Framework;
Policy;
Taxation;
Analytics and Data Science;
Performance Efficiency;
United States
Weinzierl, Matthew. "~Why Do We Redistribute so Much but Tag so Little? Normative Diversity, Equal Sacrifice and Optimal Taxation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-064, January 2012. (Revised August 2012. NBER Working Paper Series, No. 18045, August 2012)
- 14 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots
of Colts fans. Their initial hypotheses correlated quite a bit with where everybody was from and what teams they liked, but I have to say, at the end of the day, the truth prevailed.” That truth will remain undisclosed for the View Details
- 25 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017
rates, deal premiums, and completion rates in the UK, relative to the other European G-10 countries. We find that M&A deal volumes in the UK declined significantly in the aftermath of the 2011 Reforms, relative to deal volumes in the...
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Carmen Nobel
- February 2000 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
Butler Capital Partners and Autodistribution: Putting Private Equity to Work in France
Describes a proposed buyout transaction of Autodistribution, an entrepreneurial firm that is the leading car-parts distributor in France. The deal became feasible because of a failed takeover battle for Autodistribution's parent company. Private equity investor Butler...
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Private Equity;
Leveraged Buyouts;
Valuation;
Executive Compensation;
Entrepreneurship;
Distribution Industry;
Auto Industry;
France
Kuemmerle, Walter, and William J. Coughlin Jr. "Butler Capital Partners and Autodistribution: Putting Private Equity to Work in France." Harvard Business School Case 800-224, February 2000. (Revised April 2004.)
- 16 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
How HBS Supported My Career Transitions During and After Graduation
Verticals team in October of 2020. How have you used career services since graduating? One of the benefits of being an alum is that you have access to continued career coaching. About a year after graduating I went back to Martha View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
and what was once considered the province of nonprofit organizations are becoming increasingly blurred." Businesses, says Austin, are finding they can benefit in many ways by working to strengthen the...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- Web
Social Media Guidelines for Faculty and Staff | About
screenshot) and reshared, possibly even becoming public. Additionally, even posts you consider personal or private may be viewed in the context of your HBS role and affiliation View Details
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
they’re putting out small fires everywhere by answering emails and crossing relatively menial obligations off the to-do list. To relieve time stress, people would benefit by setting aside blocks of time...
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by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost