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  • January 1996 (Revised December 2005)
  • Case

First Community Bank (A)

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
First Community Bank, a bank-within-a-bank at Bank of Boston, was established in 1990 as a unique venture to serve urban communities. By 1995 it has achieved profitability but must manage relationships with the mainstream at Bank of Boston, serve as a change agent and... View Details
Keywords: Banks and Banking; Business Ventures; Business and Community Relations; Agency Theory; Change Management; Leadership; Balanced Scorecard; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Structure; Problems and Challenges; Banking Industry; Boston
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  • 13 Jun 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Why Global Investments Are Still a Good Bet

own investment portfolios, and whether they should be investing more in the United States or globally,” Viceira says. First things first. Why have markets become increasingly correlated? The paper proposes two possibilities. The first View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • 29 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 29

discusses the common growth drivers (e.g., school accountability, 21st century skills, and advanced technological innovations) and theories of change (e.g., personalization, access, and productivity) for edtech products and services.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jan 2002
  • News

Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)

Ballroom dancing, painting Recommended Reading Einstein's Dreams, by Alan P. Lightman "Written by a humanist/scientist, this is a compelling collection of fables focusing on various conceptions of time, as seen through the imagined dreams of young Albert Einstein at... View Details
  • 26 Jul 2022
  • Blog Post

Driving Change in Education-to-Employment

enterprise? This summer is pushing me to think about different future theories of change, both my personal one and that of the work I pursue, within the education-to-employment field. Year Up has operated one of the most successful... View Details
  • 25 Aug 2022
  • News

A New Platform for Alumni Engagement

exchanges, McKenney says. The Institute’s founders consider the SIP an “innovation in progress,” a way to test theories about how best to bring timely research insights to those both on and off campus. “They were testing, iterating,... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • September 2004
  • Article

Trust in Agency

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell
Existing models of the principal-agent relationship assume the agent works only under extrinsic incentives. However, many observed agency contracts take the form of a fixed payment. For such contracts to succeed, the principal must trust the agent to work in the... View Details
Keywords: Trust; Agency Theory; Relationships; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Contracts; Business Model; Emotions; Forecasting and Prediction; Ethics; Standards; Risk and Uncertainty
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  • 27 Feb 2012
  • Research & Ideas

When Researchers Cheat (Just a Little)

information," she says. John holds a PhD in behavioral decision theory from Carnegie Mellon University, where she also earned an MSc in psychology and behavioral decision research. View Details
Keywords: by Katie Johnston; Education
  • 01 Feb 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy

managers put into practice in the late 1980s and 1990s. Most recently, we have tried to develop a holistic view of how performance measurement and control systems function in the new economy. A considerable amount of new theory has come... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert Simons
  • Student-Faculty-Profile

Michelle Shell & Ryan Buell

them. Ryan: At HBS, research literally meets practice. The questions we tackle arise from a deep understanding of both the extant theory and the real problems managers face. Michelle entered the doctoral program fascinated by impediments... View Details
  • Web

Navigating Your Worth: AI, Negotiations, and the Nature of Expertise - Course Catalog

competitive? What are the legal, ethical and social implications of the choices you make? We will use theory and evidence from economics, law, and psychology to understand what your best strategy is, and to anticipate how the labor market... View Details
  • 26 Oct 2020
  • News

A Social Impact Roadmap; Arts Leadership in a Pandemic; Amplifying Hispanic Contributions

good? And if we believe profit, purpose and social returns are not in conflict, how do we put that theory into action as a corporate executive, entrepreneur, or investor?” Cissy Chen (MBA 2019), who helped organize the event for the HBS... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 25 Nov 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity

Academy of Management's Organization and Management Theory Division and Organizational Behavior Division. "First the embeds were quietly shown 'better ways' of accomplishing tasks by their peers-a 'ton of little tricks' that 'kept... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing
  • 07 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 7

at both the senior management and director levels affect corporate philanthropic contributions. We also find that organizational structure constrains the philanthropic influence of board members, but not senior managers, a result that is contrary to what existing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Jun 2012
  • First Look

First Look: June 5

firms' geographic expansion across time and markets. Specifically, we build a model in which two firms that differ in their capabilities enter sequentially into two markets with different potentials for profit. The model is solved using game View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Nov 2010
  • First Look

First Look: November 23

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-048.pdf Regulating for Legitimacy: Consumer Credit Access in France and America Author: Gunnar Trumbull Abstract Theories of legitimate regulation have emphasized the role of governments either in fixing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 May 2016
  • News

2016 Alumni Achievement Awards

Bridgespan bridges philanthropists and nonprofit organizations in the social sector. It bridges theory and practice, the business and nonprofit worlds, to increase impact through better strategy and organization.” View Details
  • 01 Oct 2000
  • News

Faculty Retirements

Strategy, among other works, and his latest book, Theory of the Firm: Governance, Residual Claims, and Organizational Forms, will be published this year by Harvard University Press. He is the founding editor of the Journal of Financial... View Details
  • 17 Feb 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 17

information content. The theory yields interesting results about the informational role of targeted advertising and its consequences. First, targeting can itself serve as a signal on product attributes. Second, the effectiveness of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Mar 2021
  • News

Sister Soldier

What really strikes me is how enduring the governmental institutions they helped create have been. Raqqa, for example, still has a women’s council, and women co-lead every civil council (the governing body of each town), even though in View Details