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  • 10 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 10

menu. We illustrate this result empirically in the context of 401(k) plans, where we show a negative relation between the number of investment choices in a 401(k) plan and the quality of the optimal portfolio achievable given those... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Jun 2012
  • Research & Ideas

The Business of Life

"discovery-driven planning," created by Ian MacMillan, a professor at the Wharton School, and Rita McGrath, a professor at Columbia. In the interest of simplicity, How Will You Measure Your Life? distills the tool to a single question: "What assumptions must prove true... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 17, 2009

planned to pursue an aggressive schedule, moving the firm's Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease imaging compounds through clinical trials and into the market. This involved expanding the firm's facilities and headcount, and he View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Jan 2019
  • Op-Ed

These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership

leadership roles at Procter & Gamble and Nestlé before becoming CEO of Unilever in 2009. Observing the dangers of global warming, Polman focused on sustainability, introducing Unilever’s Sustainable Living Plan and applying it to... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George; Health; Banking; Food & Beverage; Consumer Products
  • August 2005 (Revised December 2005)
  • Case

Coach K: A Matter of the Heart

By: Scott A. Snook, Leslie A. Perlow and Brian DeLacey
Successful college basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski faces the decision whether to accept a lucrative offer to coach a professional basketball team or continue to coach at Duke University. Provides a context for discussing various styles of power, influence, and... View Details
Keywords: Power and Influence; Strategic Planning; Decisions; Personal Development and Career; Interpersonal Communication; Management Teams; Goals and Objectives; Decision Choices and Conditions; Sports Industry; North Carolina
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Snook, Scott A., Leslie A. Perlow, and Brian DeLacey. "Coach K: A Matter of the Heart." Harvard Business School Case 406-044, August 2005. (Revised December 2005.)
  • 01 Jun 2007
  • What Do You Think?

How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance?

required." Whether this is the case or not, several voiced the need to link pay to both financial and non-financial performance measures. As Ellis Baxter put it, " sanity is paying for what you want to have done ." Karla Ortega commented that " a... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 27 Jun 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Recovering from the Need to Achieve

real sense of purpose and a "flatness"—in career and in life. They often go through patches of life without creating or enhancing meaningful relationships, and even lack strength to deal with life's failures. A former chief... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
  • 28 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 28

deeming it unearned. They also reported a heightened sense of belonging, optimism about career advancement, and access to expanded networks. Yet among those who interacted regularly with Japanese counterparts, narratives also revealed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Oct 2020
  • Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

business administration. STRATEGY Tip: Confront unknown unknowns in your strategic planning The term VUCA originated in the US War College to describe situations that are volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. In this world,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jun 2021
  • In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

Barack Obama narrating A Promised Land. There truly is no other way to absorb this massive tale of his life, family, marriage, and political journey. I'm five hours into the 29-hour tale and plan to listen to Michelle's version of the... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
  • 11 Aug 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

performance indicators that shifts strategic decision making to customer-facing edges of the organization. Others advocate less sweeping but still significant changes: Housing the budgeting and strategic planning functions in one office,... View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gary
  • February 2013 (Revised September 2013)
  • Case

Elasto Therm: The Next Step

By: Jim Sharpe and James Weber
Julia and Nate Burstein were living their dream running their own business and balancing the demands between their work and family obligations while creating a company that was responsive to their employees' and their customers' needs. The Bursteins had joined a large... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurs; Pricing; Pricing Policies; Pricing Strategy; Pricing Structure; Sales Force Management; Acquisitions; Work/family Balance; Family-owned Business; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Expansion; Work-Life Balance; Manufacturing Industry; Rubber Industry; United States
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Sharpe, Jim, and James Weber. "Elasto Therm: The Next Step." Harvard Business School Case 813-030, February 2013. (Revised September 2013.)
  • 05 Feb 2018
  • What Do You Think?

Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?

narrow target pay range for every position in the company can be made transparent without revealing the exact pay for any person. This can help employees in their career planning and ambitions."... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services
  • June 2018 (Revised February 2019)
  • Teaching Note

Home Nursing of North Carolina

By: Richard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff and Ahron Rosenfeld
In 2011, immediately after graduating HBS, Ari Medoff began a self-funded search for a small firm to buy and run as its CEO. After just three month of searching, he identified Home Nursing of North Carolina (HNNC), a home care agency based in Greensboro, NC, as a... View Details
Keywords: Small Firms Management; Acquisition; Negotiation Process; Investment; Small Business; Management; Personal Development and Career
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Ruback, Richard S., Royce Yudkoff, and Ahron Rosenfeld. "Home Nursing of North Carolina." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 218-130, June 2018. (Revised February 2019.)
  • 26 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

The Office of Strategy Management

formulation and strategy execution. . . . [But] it doesn't have to be like this." Successful companies, they write, are establishing a new corporate-level unit called the office of strategy management. This unit is distinctly different from the strategic View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 15 Nov 2016
  • First Look

November 15, 2016

417-035) provides background of the company and an outline of each people practice. This case takes a closer look at succession planning at the top of the organization, including a focus on leadership competencies and development.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Nov 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Recruiters: Highlight Your Company’s Diversity, Not Just Perks and Pay

11-week-long field experiment in 2021 with 178,862 customers of Zippia, a career service agency. Customers seeking job postings received an email containing several recommended positions and basic information about the jobs, including... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 30, 2016

conditional compensation in the form of quota-bonus incentives to improve performance; however, it may lead to lower future performance. We find little evidence that effectiveness differs between a quota-bonus plan and a punitive-bonus... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

Law Review 126, no. 4 (forthcoming).18-23: (February 2013) Abstract Roger Fisher's career and writings not only offer lessons about negotiation but also about how an academic, especially in a professional school such as law or business,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 07 May 2013
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First Look: May 7

the form of an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). Initially, Nate ran the business and after a few years changed roles with Julia to stay at home with their young children for three years. The two were in charge as co-CEOs before Julia... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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