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Intangible Resources
Getting Known by the Company you Keep: Publicizing the Qualifications and Associations of Skilled Employees to Indicate Producer Quality (with Peter Roberts) Under second review at Industrial and Corporate Change.
In a second paper with Peter Roberts (Emory... View Details
- November 2017
- Article
Overcoming Institutional Voids: A Reputation-Based View of Long Run Survival
Emerging markets are characterized by underdeveloped institutions and frequent environmental shifts. Yet they also contain many firms that have survived over generations. How are firms in weak institutional environments able to persist over time? Motivated by 69... View Details
Gao, Cheng, Tiona Zuzul, Geoffrey Jones, and Tarun Khanna. "Overcoming Institutional Voids: A Reputation-Based View of Long Run Survival." Strategic Management Journal 38, no. 11 (November 2017): 2147–2167. (Video Abstract.)
- 2016
- Working Paper
Overcoming Institutional Voids: A Reputation-Based View of Long Run Survival
By: Cheng Gao, Tiona Zuzul, Geoffrey Jones and Tarun Khanna
Emerging markets are characterized by underdeveloped institutions and frequent environmental shifts. Yet they also contain many firms that have survived over generations. How are firms in weak institutional environments able to persist over time? Motivated by 69... View Details
Keywords: Institutional Voids; Intangible Resources; Business Ventures; Business or Company Management; Business History; Reputation; Emerging Markets
Gao, Cheng, Tiona Zuzul, Geoffrey Jones, and Tarun Khanna. "Overcoming Institutional Voids: A Reputation-Based View of Long Run Survival." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-060, January 2017.
- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
those one-out-of-ten firms grow into successful, sustained enterprises? Assistant professor Mukti Khaire believes that small companies can grow by developing intangible social resources such as legitimacy,... View Details
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New Venture Growth
Young and no Money? Never Mind: Strategies for New Venture Growth. Being revised (R&R) for Organization Science.
Mukti's dissertation, "Great Oaks from Little Acorns Grow: Strategies for New Venture Growth," explored how intangible resources such... View Details
- September 2017
- Article
Winning the War for Talent: Modern Motivational Methods for Attracting and Retaining Employees
By: Anais Thibault-Landry, Allan Schweyer and Ashley V. Whillans
Given the struggle that many organizations face hiring and retaining talent in today's tight labor market, it is critical to understand how to effectively reward employees. To address this question, we review relevant evidence that explains the importance of workplace... View Details
Keywords: Rewards; Total Reward Strategies; Incentives; Recognition; Motivation; Psychological Needs; Employees; Retention; Motivation and Incentives; Working Conditions
Thibault-Landry, Anais, Allan Schweyer, and Ashley V. Whillans. "Winning the War for Talent: Modern Motivational Methods for Attracting and Retaining Employees." Compensation & Benefits Review 49, no. 4 (September 2017): 230–246.
- June 2019
- Technical Note
Valuing Employee Equity at Early Stage Ventures
By: Shikhar Ghosh, Christopher Stanton and Sanchali Pal
The note introduces a framework to consider factors that influence the value of employee equity at early stage ventures. Valuing equity is complex, and it important to account for expected dilution, assess exit potential, and acknowledge the high rate of failure in... View Details
Ghosh, Shikhar, Christopher Stanton, and Sanchali Pal. "Valuing Employee Equity at Early Stage Ventures." Harvard Business School Technical Note 819-167, June 2019.
- 11 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Adding Time to Activity-Based Costing
cost systems with only two parameters. One is the cost rate of supplying resource capacity (such as cost per minute for people and machine-driven processes, or cost per cubic meter per day in a warehouse). The second is an estimate of the... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- June 2010
- Article
Are You a High Potential?
By: Douglas A. Ready, Jay A. Conger and Linda A. Hill
Some employees are more talented than others, and nearly every company has its method for identifying their high-potential managers. So how can you get on your company's high-potential list? Douglas A. Ready, of the talent-management research center ICEDR; Jay A.... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Employees; Leadership Development; Personal Development and Career; Personal Characteristics
Ready, Douglas A., Jay A. Conger, and Linda A. Hill. "Are You a High Potential?" Harvard Business Review 88, no. 6 (June 2010).
- July–August 2019
- Article
The Soul of a Startup
By: Ranjay Gulati
There’s an essential, intangible something in start-ups—an energy, a soul. It inspires enthusiasm and fosters a sense of deep connection and mutual purpose. While this spirit persists, engagement is high and businesses keep their edge.
But all too often,... View Details
But all too often,... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Mission and Purpose; Customer Focus and Relationships; Employees; Creativity; Business Growth and Maturation
Gulati, Ranjay. "The Soul of a Startup." Harvard Business Review 97, no. 4 (July–August 2019): 85–91.
- 08 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 8, 2010
trade in intellectual property are fragmentary. The intangibility of the trade makes measurement difficult, but budget cuts have added to the difficulties. Modest funding increases would result in data more useful for research and policy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- May–June 2015
- Other Article
HRM at a Crossroads: Comments on 'Evolution of Strategic HRM Through Two Founding Books: A 30th Anniversary Perspective on Development of the Field'
By: Michael Beer
I agree with Bruce Kaufman's evaluation of the HRM field and the danger to its relevance if change does not take place in the field's almost exclusive use of normal science, lack of focus on organizational change and development and indifference to the development of... View Details
Beer, Michael. "HRM at a Crossroads: Comments on 'Evolution of Strategic HRM Through Two Founding Books: A 30th Anniversary Perspective on Development of the Field'." Human Resource Management 54, no. 3 (May–June 2015): 417–421.
- 22 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 22
improving resource efficiency, optimizing care over the complete care cycle, and planning and budgeting of resource capacity. It also mentions that TDABC enhances quality of care and clinical outcomes while... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees
trip or dinner is more memorable and emotionally satisfying to them than just receiving cash, so it can act as a stronger motivator.” Give the gift of time—and other intangible perks A Glassdoor survey Whillans and her team conducted with... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Apr 2022
- Book
How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray
go further still, and teach that we have obligations to intangible legal entities like corporations. This aspect of business ethics can raise some practical difficulties. It is relatively easy and natural for a person to remember the... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Unilever—A Case Study
to portfolio investment), yet these are by no means straightforward concepts. A great deal of the theory of multinationals relates to the benefits—or otherwise—of controlling transactions within a firm rather than using market arrangements. In turn, transaction-cost... View Details
- 08 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated
motivation—are: Acquire. Obtain scarce goods, including intangibles such as social status. Bond. Form connections with individuals and groups. Comprehend. Satisfy our curiosity and master the world around us. Defend. Protect against... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 02 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters
resources-processes-values framework. Resources refer to tangible and intangible assets, processes deal with activities that turn resources into goods and services, and values... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
on intangible capabilities, such as the ability to assess the value of the knowledge and skills that are already present within the firm and in some instances within its broader ecosystem; to rapidly understand how to redeploy them in new... View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
early-stage ventures should be separated from the corporation's annual budget cycle; 6) Failing to leverage the organization's core capabilities. CEOs must play a central role in helping growth initiatives tap the resources of the core... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino