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  • Article

Human Capital and the Future of Work: Implications for Investors and ESG Integration

By: Sakis Kotsantonis and George Serafeim
Human capital development (HCD) is a key consideration for most companies, but only recently have investors focused on understanding the risks and opportunities related to human capital with the emergence of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment... View Details
Keywords: Future Of Work; ESG; Employee Engagement; Employee Compensation; Human Capital; Human Resources; Employees; Compensation and Benefits; Wages
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  • 2007
  • Other Unpublished Work

Positions of Power and Status: Reciprocity in the Venture Capital Industry

By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
This paper proposes a straightforward way of differentiating between central network positions that confer power from those that confer status. I argue that actors achieve high status by receiving numerous exchanges from actors who receive numerous exchanges from... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Power and Influence; Opportunities; Status and Position
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  • 2010
  • Casebook

Global Capital and National Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture

By: Laura Alfaro
All managers face a business environment in which international and macroeconomic phenomena matter. International capital flows can significantly affect countries' development efforts and provide clear investment opportunities for businesses. During the 1990s and early... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Capital; International Finance; Globalized Economies and Regions; Policy; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations
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  • 17 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 17

relationship between companies' shareholders and managers, as of 2012. It recounts the shift beginning in the 1970s toward shareholders claiming an increasing amount of power relative to corporate managers. The authors argue that shareholders have not View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jun 2023
  • HBS Case

This Company Lets Employees Take Charge—Even with Life and Death Decisions

percent of revenue for unforeseen costs; if that money isn’t used, a portion goes toward bonuses for nurses, meaning that they share ownership over the residual benefits of their out-of-the-box work. It all adds up to higher morale and... View Details
Keywords: by Annelena Lobb; Health
  • 2007
  • Working Paper

The Effects of a Centralized Clearinghouse on Job Placement, Wages, and Hiring Practices

By: Muriel Niederle and Alvin E. Roth
New gastroenterologists participated in a labor market clearinghouse (a "match") from 1986 through the late 1990's, after which the match was abandoned. This provides an opportunity to study the effects of a match, by observing the differences in the outcomes and... View Details
Keywords: Health; Employment; Marketplace Matching; Selection and Staffing; Job Offer; Compensation and Benefits; Health Industry
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  • Web

Help - Alumni

Clubs Visiting Campus Giving to HBS Alumni Benefits Baker Library Bulletin & Class Notes General Information General Information What constitutes Harvard Business School alumni status? A Harvard Business School alumnus/a is defined as any... View Details
  • Program

Senior Executive Leadership Program—China

Summary Today's global business environment offers many exciting prospects for talented executives and ambitious organizations. To take full advantage of emerging opportunities in China and beyond, businesses need exceptional... View Details
  • Research Summary

Research

The founding and expansion of new firms is central to innovation and economic growth, but the determinants of a new idea’s success are difficult to ascertain. The decision to form a new firm and its ultimate outcome are impacted by ownership structure, financing... View Details

  • 25 Apr 2012
  • Research & Ideas

The Importance of Teaming

effective teams. Teaming is teamwork on the fly. It involves coordinating and collaborating without the benefit of stable team structures, because many operations like hospitals, power plants, and military installations require a level of... View Details
Keywords: Re: Amy C. Edmondson
  • 23 Oct 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Will the “Long Tail” Work for Hollywood?

video via Amazon—but does that create the best environment for the consumer? Research on "overchoice" by HBS professor John Gourville has shown that people can be so overwhelmed by the variety of products available that they go... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Entertainment & Recreation
  • Web

Policies, Rules & Guidelines | About

Self-Catering Self-supplied food and non-alcoholic beverages is referred to as "self-catering". Sexual Harassment & Other Sexual Misconduct The School is committed to maintaining a safe and healthy educational and work View Details
  • 03 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 3

  PublicationsLords of the Harvest: Symbolic Signaling and Regulatory Approval of Genetically Modified Organisms Authors:Shon R. Hiatt and Sangchan Park Publication:Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management (2010) Abstract Firms in regulated View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 May 2024
  • Research & Ideas

How Much Does Proximity Influence Startup Innovation? 20 Meters' Worth to Be Exact

A new study of startups sharing a coworking space offers a new wrinkle in the debate over work-from-anywhere: Proximity matters, especially close proximity, to spread knowledge between disparate enterprises. “The more different the startups are, the more they’re going... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
  • 2011
  • Working Paper

Do U.S. Market Interactions Affect CEO Pay? Evidence from UK Companies

By: Joseph J. Gerakos, Joseph D. Piotroski and Suraj Srinivasan
This paper examines the extent that interactions with U.S. markets impact the compensation practices of non-U.S. firms. Using a sample of large U.K. companies, we find that the total compensation of U.K. CEOs is positively related to the extent of the firm's... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Markets and Industries; Corporate Governance; Executive Compensation; Management Practices and Processes; Motivation and Incentives; United Kingdom; United States
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  • 2022
  • Article

Becoming a Learning Organization While Enhancing Performance: The Case of LEGO

By: Thomas Borup Kristensen, Henrik Saabye and Amy Edmondson
Purpose - The purpose of this study is to empirically test how problem-solving lean practices, along with leaders as learning facilitators in an action learning approach, can be transferred from a production context to a knowledge work context for the purpose... View Details
Keywords: Performance Efficiency; Learning; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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  • 22 Mar 2018
  • News

Sustainability: A New Way of Doing Business

  • 29 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 29, 2007

certify structured products with a low default likelihood as safe and from a large supply of investors who view them as such. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-102.pdf The Persuasive Appeal of Stigma Authors:Michael... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jan 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Passion at Work Is a Good Thing—But Only If Bosses Know How to Manage It

employees’ passion.” This may include learning what employees themselves are more and less passionate about, and to create a psychologically safe environment where potential difficulties are welcomed... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jan 2018
  • Blog Post

8 Tips to Help You Prepare for the Case Method

is essentially a low-risk environment to refine your talking points and, at the bare minimum, make sure that you survive the dreaded HBS cold call. I have lost count of the number of times that the manufacturing guru or the ex-banker in... View Details