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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
search for answers about the past and future of executive compensation and corporate governance. In recent conversations, they reflected on key issues. Edited excerpts follow. Brian Hall focuses his teaching and research on View Details
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
to focus in order to improve this crucial dimension of talent acquisition. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50539 December 15, 2015 Harvard Business Review Don't Turn Your... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Books
making boards smaller, ensuring their independence, maintaining three core committees, and providing leadership that reinforces the board’s independence and effectiveness. Within this general framework, they suggest numerous ways that boards can View Details
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
analysts' forecasts of firm performance actually reflect any of these factors and which are considered most important. We use survey data from 967 analysts ranking 837... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2013
- News
More Seats at the Table
youngest person as well. That didn't sit well with her for several reasons. While equality was one of them, improving companies was another. So two years ago she started Trewstar, with one goal in mind:... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
David Horgan: Iraqi Briefing, 21st November, 2003
sanctions. Much of the southern improvement comes, not from oil production, but removing bottlenecks arising from sanctions. Improved underlying View Details
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
housing bubble, significant weaknesses in our financial architecture, and a deep crisis of confidence, particularly in the financial sector. He suggested that the first problem was at the heart of things and... View Details
- 01 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 1
benefiting their performance irrespective of whether these decisions negatively affect other profit centers. However, the firm implemented a third system that would potentially lead managers to benefit other... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Groundwork
and improvements to this residential space. 4 Klarman Hall ETA 2018 Klarman Hall will replace Burden Hall as a venue for events and gatherings. The building will include elements of a large-scale conference... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Come Clean
career: Simon still writes music and plays jazz piano. “I’ve recorded nine CDs and at one point performed a couple dozen times a year around the country. I was able to put at least one of my kids through... View Details
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
Management: Can a Balanced Scorecard Change a Culture? By: Gibbons, Robert, and Robert S. Kaplan Abstract—Agency theorists, historically, have analyzed what kinds of performance measures should be used in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
executives compare the cash flows from innovation against the default scenario of doing nothing, assuming—incorrectly—that the present health of the company will persist... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees
types of work Cash rewards are best suited as a motivator for work that is measured quantitatively, Whillans says. Many studies of the service and sales industries show that cash rewards lead to increased... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 21 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Marketing Resources Allocation Puzzle
ability to improve performance by understanding and predicting customer behavior. Can you illustrate some of the things that Harrah's does in this area? A: Harrah's does a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2008
- News
Election ’08, HBS Style
refunded?” Stymied, the candidates slowly responded by talking about improving the lines of communication between the SA and the student body, possibly cutting fees and the big events they help fund, and... View Details
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Shared Value & Investors - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
intervening to improve that performance The essential social role of investors is multiplied by recognizing and capitalizing on the shared value opportunity Making the case for... View Details
- 10 Jan 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Operations Management
cross-functional coordination, and profitability management. Current product-tracking technology makes problem diagnosis much easier than the time of the original study. By and large, companies using this methodology see lowered costs and... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success
concert held at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum on the second night of the conference. The following evening, alumni traded their tie-dyed T-shirts for more formal attire to attend a View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Alumni Books
Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits by Leslie R. Crutchfield (MBA ’01) and Heather McLeod Grant (Jossey-Bass) What makes nonprofits great? The authors studied twelve nonprofits that have extraordinary influence —... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
what all those employees, who call themselves "athenistas," will be doing: improving health care efficiency and quality by connecting doctors, hospitals, and patients. For decades now, EHRs—computerized versions View Details