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Administration, Senior Associate Dean, Business in Global Society, Unit Head, General Management Matthew C. Weinzierl Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean,... View Details

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Organizational Behavior - Doctoral

field and advancing theoretical understanding in posts at schools of management or in disciplinary departments. The Organizational Behavior program is jointly administered by the faculty of Harvard Business School and the Department of... View Details

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Technology & Operations Management - Doctoral

begin research in the summer preceding their first year by working with a TOM faculty member. Over the first two years in the program, students are encouraged to explore their research interests as they complete relevant coursework.... View Details

October 2020 (Revised March 2021)
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Pete Carroll: Building a Winning Organization through Purpose, Caring, and Inclusion

By: Ranjay Gulati, Matthew Breitfelder and Monte Burke

Competing at the highest levels of the National Football League (NFL) requires tremendous skill, dedication and persistence. The most successful coaches in the NFL know how to draw out a higher level of performance and consistency from their players. This is typically... View Details

Keywords: National Football League; Leadership Style; Organizational Culture; Mission and Purpose; Relationships; Performance; Success; Sports; Sports Industry

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Ian studies extrinsic rewards -- monetary incentives from formal compensation systems, as well as other formal and informal external rewards-- in order to help businesses understand the tensions and tradeoffs inherent in motivating employees. His research takes a... View Details

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Business, Government & the International Economy - Faculty & Research

More Publications In the News 11 Apr 2025 BBC Asian Markets Open Lower Re: Meg Rithmire 10 Apr 2025 Peggy Smedley Show Innovation: Returning to the Moon Re: Matthew Weinzierl 09 Apr 2025 Fortune Apple CEO... View Details

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Business, Government & the International Economy Faculty - Faculty & Research

Business Administration Awa Ambra Seck Assistant Professor of Business Administration Marco E. Tabellini Assistant Professor of Business Administration Gunnar Trumbull Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration Marlous van Waijenburg Assistant Professor of... View Details

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Placement - Doctoral

studies, are uniquely individualized. Factors like departmental fit, location preferences, dual career choices, and family needs shape these decisions. We celebrate when students secure a position that brings them joy! Students are supported throughout their job search... View Details

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Accounting & Management - Doctoral

individual firms; rewarding and monitoring the performance of managers; formulating, executing and evaluating strategy by firm managers; understanding the profitability of suppliers, products, customers, distribution channels, and... View Details

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For Alumni - Doctoral

Bulletin Submit Class Notes Faculty In The News Innovation: Returning to the Moon Re: Matthew Weinzierl 10 APR 2025 | Peggy Smedley Show Why CEOs Should Think Twice Before Using AI to Write Messages Re:... View Details

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Business, Government & the International Economy Curriculum - Faculty & Research

Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Managing International Trade and Investment Meg Rithmire Fall 2024 Q1Q2 3.0 The Role of Government in Market Economies Matthew Weinzierl Spring 2025 Q4 1.5 Space, Public And Commercial... View Details

January 2011 (Revised August 2013)
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An Intern's Dilemma

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Matthew Preble

An HBS student is asked to misrepresent himself during the course of his summer internship by his employer in order to obtain data from industry competitors. View Details

Keywords: Leadership & Corporate Accountability; Conflict; Leadership; Conflict Management; Competition; Ethics; Knowledge Acquisition; Organizational Culture; Employees; Power and Influence

June 2024
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Real Growth in Space Manufacturing Output Substantially Exceeds Growth in the Overall Space Economy

By: Tina Highfill and Matthew Weinzierl

Accurately measuring real economic output in the space economy is made difficult by the rapid increase in capabilities and decrease in prices of launch and satellite technologies achieved over the past two decades. Nominal measures of output in space will tend to... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Economic Growth; Price; Production; Aerospace Industry

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August 2013 (Revised December 2014)
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Taking Dell Private

By: David J. Collis, David B. Yoffie and Matthew Shaffer

In July 2012, Michael Dell, CEO and founder of Dell, Inc., met with a representative of Silver Lake Partners to explore taking his company private. The company, which he had founded in his dorm room as a college freshman and which had made him the youngest Fortune 500... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Going Private; The PC Market; Market For Corporate Control; Corporate Strategy; Leveraged Buyouts; Change Management; Private Equity; Market Entry and Exit; Private Ownership; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Internet and the Web; Computer Industry; Technology Industry; United States

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Faculty & Research - Race, Gender & Equity

Sandra J. Sucher Matthew C. Weinzierl Ashley V. Whillans Letian Zhang Gender & Race in Organizations Research Group This group of scholars examines issues of gender and race at schools across Harvard and... View Details

April 2019 (Revised April 2021)
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Wayfair

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Susie L. Ma and Matthew G. Preble

In 2016 Niraj Shah and Steve Conine, founders of online home goods retailer Wayfair, are faced with a decision about how to improve user experience on their e-commerce sites. A key driver of consumer interest and conversion to purchase in the home category is visual... View Details

Keywords: Visual Assets; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Decision Making; Business or Company Management; Growth Management; Innovation and Invention; Operations; Strategy; Technology; Retail Industry; Service Industry; United States; Massachusetts