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- 22 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
Use Artificial Intelligence to Set Sales Targets That Motivate
by sales employees. “You get a lot of pushback at the initial stages,” says Chung. “You can see people who get a higher quota saying, this is not right.” When companies stick with the program, however, Chung has seen such resistance from employees lessen over time.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
Publications 2006 pub Matching Firms, Managers, and Incentives By: Bandiera, Oriana, Luigi Guiso, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract—We exploit a unique combination of administrative sources and survey data to study the match between firms and managers. The... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 25 Oct 2010
- HBS Case
Tesco’s Stumble into the US Market
five-year plan to profitability that would come due in 2011. Q: The case ends with Tesco in the fourth year of its five-year plan, with largely disappointing results. We heard the news recently that Philip Clarke has authorized a new... View Details
- 28 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
projects were pursued with little dialogue with the marketing function. Although Unilever had a strongly networked senior management, the tradition of decentralized authority created in some respects one of the world's least cohesive... View Details
- 22 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
10 Reasons to Design a Better Corporate Culture
excerpt, the authors outline the top 10 lessons of the best practitioners, from ING Direct to Build-A-Bear Workshop to Harrah's Entertainment.We can learn a great deal from organizations whose strong and adaptive ownership cultures give... View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
Protect and Pivot Boris Groysberg, Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration. MARKETING Tip: Tailor your brand stories to the new reality. Which types of brand stories should companies tell? After KFC was chastised by the U.K. Advertising Standards View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Where to Find Remote Work Now: 250 Million Job Postings Paint a Complex Picture
authors write. Jobs based in San Francisco, Boston, and New York continue to offer a high-level of job postings with one or more days a week of remote work. Miami, among other cities in the southern US, is almost back to its pre-pandemic... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Happier-ness at Work
Professor Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey get the good news/bad news out of the way on page 5 of their new book, Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier. “If the secret to total happiness existed, we would have all found it by now,” they write.... View Details
- 04 Nov 2009
- What Do You Think?
What is the Role of Government Vis-à-Vis Capitalism?
the classic "invisible hand" that Scott claims leads at times to a "free-for all," like an athletic contest without rules. What's to be done about it? That's where a political authority comes in, one similar to FIFA in... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
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Historical Data & Sources - Business History
Transitions, 1800-2013 Notes: Definitions based on criteria such as executive recruitment, constraints on executive authority, and political competition. "Anocracy"= mixed, or incoherent, authority regime â œDemocracyâ = 1. citizens can... View Details
- 01 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
A Penny for Your Thoughts? For Big-Picture Ideas, the Right Pay Structure Matters
employees to propose new ideas when it came to “narrow-scope innovations” having to do with their particular task, the authors find. For example, a machine operator might suggest ways to limit mechanical breakdowns that are lowering... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
- 05 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
China Tariffs and Coronavirus a Double Hit to American Retailers
the trade war,” Cavallo says. To the extent that tariffs exacerbate the cost of the pandemic, their continued application could further drag down the American economy, harming companies and consumers alike. In the end, companies may have no choice but to pass their... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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The Essential Porter - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Harvard Business School. University professorship is the highest professional recognition that can be awarded to a Harvard faculty member. A leading authority on company strategy, the competitiveness of nations and regions, and strategic... View Details
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Doing Business in a Divided World - Alumni
compete. The first is a widening of societal divisions across many vectors—location, education, socio-economic situation, and political beliefs. The second is growing lack of trust in traditional authority structures, and a corresponding... View Details
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Business Insights Blog | HBS Online
the Blog Email * Please complete this required field. Email must be formatted correctly. Please complete all required fields. RSS feed 31 Jul 2025 How to Use Perceptual Mapping to Assess Your Competition Ally Heinrich Author Staff tag... View Details
- 30 Apr 2020
- Book
Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism
Rebecca Henderson spent her young adult years living two lives. At work, she preached the risks of resisting change to MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, drawing on lessons she learned while watching factories close as a management consultant.... View Details
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
Spring 2018 MIT Sloan Management Review The Store Is Dead—Long Live the Store By: Bell, David R., Santiago Gallino, and Antonio Moreno Abstract—In this article, we pursue two interconnected themes: the expansion of online-first retailers into offline stores that serve... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 3
Publications August 2013 University of Chicago Press Innovation Policy and the Economy By: Lerner, Josh, and Scott Stern Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/I/bo18508109.html August 2013 Innovation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Revisiting the Classical View of Benefit-Based Taxation
Keywords: by Matthew Weinzierl
- 09 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 9
PublicationsAuctions, Market Mechanisms, and Their Applications Authors:Peter Coles, Sanmay Das, Sébastien Lahaie, and Boleslaw Szymanski Publication:Second International ICST Conference, AMMA 2011 Abstract This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne