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- 26 Apr 2024
- HBS Case
Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory
discipline. The coach required weekly school reports, and if students’ grades slipped, the coach’s wife tutored the players in the locker room. Years later, while playing football in college, Sanders began calling himself “Prime Time,”... View Details
- 30 Apr 2024
- Book
When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners
basis, were assigned daily sales quotas. For hitting their targets, employees could earn bonuses of up to $2,000 per quarter on top of their quarterly base salary of $7,500. Daily scorecards ranked individual employees against sales... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 26, 2007
increases US investors' equity FPI holdings by 21%, controlling for effects on FDI. This suggests that the residual tax on foreign multinational firm earnings biases capital flows to low corporate tax countries toward FPI. A one standard... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Sep 2023
- Research & Ideas
Working Moms Are Mostly Thriving Again. Can We Finally Achieve Gender Parity?
themselves to work, are more likely to be supervisors, and are more likely to earn higher wages than the daughters of mothers who stayed at home full time. The effects remained, even after controlling for parents’ education and type of... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- 05 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Reflecting on Work Improves Job Performance
and participants earned a dollar for each puzzle they solved in 20 seconds or less. After recording the results of the first problem-solving round, the researchers divided participants randomly into one of three conditions: control,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 22 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Forgiving Student Loan Debt Leads to Better Jobs, Stronger Consumers
Kalda, and Vincent W. Yao of Georgia State University. The paper shines a light on a student debt crisis that Democratic presidential hopefuls have called a national emergency. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has proposed forgiving student loan... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Jan 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Economic Transition and Private-Sector Labor Demand: Evidence from Urban China
- Web
Negotiation, Organizations & Markets - Faculty & Research
Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students February 2025 Case Managing Complexity at mymuesli By: Thomas Graeber and Stacy Straaberg In April 2009,... View Details
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
Piskorski Abstract This paper proposes a straightforward way of differentiating between central network positions that confer power and those that confer status. I argue that actors achieve high status by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Jul 2022
- HBS Case
How a Multimillion-Dollar Ice Cream Startup Melted Down (and Bounced Back)
business. “You don't raise $19 million and launch 16 stores and have $10 million in revenue and get on The Oprah Winfrey Show without doing a lot of things incredibly well,” says Eisenmann, who teaches an MBA course called... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- Web
HBS - The year in Review
students receiving their MBA degrees. Fifty students earned their diplomas with high distinction and were named Baker Scholars. Eighty-two students earned their diplomas with distinction and 198 View Details
- Web
Europe - Global
investor relations, consumer marketing, to policy-making issues and the impact of new technologies on business. Privacy Statement (English) Privacy Statement (French) Location Europe Research Center Paris, France News & Highlights November 2024 Cold View Details
- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Unilever—A Case Study
animal feeds. In Europe, its food business spanned all stages of the industry, from fishing fleets to retail shops. Among its range of ancillary services were shipping, paper, packaging, plastics, and advertising and market research. Unilever also owned a trading... View Details
- 11 Apr 2024
- In Practice
Why Progress on Immigration Might Soften Labor Pains
important, as in many settings, refugees face severe restrictions on how they can participate in the local economy. When you have a lower- or mid-skilled (non-refugee) migrant coming for US work opportunities, their motivation may be temporary. For instance, “This is a... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 14 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age
to share in decision-making and creating a culture that makes people feel safe enough to take risks and act on behalf of organizational interests. It’s also about earning trust from and offering trust to increasingly diverse stakeholders... View Details
- 15 Feb 2022
- Book
When Working Harder Doesn’t Work, Time to Reinvent Your Career
Decades ago, a talented young musician pursued his childhood dream of becoming the world’s greatest French horn player, studying with great teachers, attending music festivals, and always earning first chair. At 19, he dropped out of... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
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HBS - The year in Review
innovation and action through activities such as the popular Climate Rising podcast, reaching thousands of listeners around the world. Campus Sustainability Metrics 16 projects have earned LEED certification, the globally recognized... View Details
- 12 Apr 2022
- Book
Racism, Colonialism, and Britain's Legacy of Violence
Britain’s 20th century empire was the largest in human history, with a quarter of the world’s land and nearly 700 million people. Yet the empire drew its strength from violence. That’s the conclusion Harvard Business School Professor Caroline Elkins draws in her new... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- Research Summary
3D Negotiaton
In articles and books, often with David Lax, I have been developing a broad approach to effective negotiation that encompasses three "dimensions." In this "3D" approach, our first dimension — "tactics"-- is the most familiar territory. Tactics are the persuasive... View Details
- 05 Dec 2022
- What Do You Think?
How Would Jack Welch’s Leadership Style Fare in Today’s World?
doubt about what they think of Welch as a leader, although Cohan's is a more careful, balanced appraisal. For the Gen Zers and Millennials among us who don’t even recognize the name, this is a guy who, when he retired, was called “the CEO... View Details