Business Performance - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 15, 2008

paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-090.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsChina Rising: An Economic Snapshot Harvard Business School Note 308-064 "Rising China: An Economic Snapshot" provides readers with an overview of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 26, 2008

with studies of immigration's impact for the public sector of host countries. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-013.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsAbraaj Capital Harvard Business School Case 809-008 Abraaj Capital... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

How Kayak Users Built a New Industry

The sport of rodeo kayaking—the use of specialized kayaks to perform acrobatic tricks and maneuvers in rough white water—began around 1968 when an avid sportsman by the name of Walt Blackader developed techniques for entering waves... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs

ventures aimed to grow the company from its core HMO business into the consumer health organization market, Phanstiel threw out a system in which managers' variable compensation was largely based on overall company View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

The Basics of Consumer Marketing in Asia

Consumer product makers looking to sell in Asia cannot expect the relative homogeneity they find in the U.S. or European countries, according to the panelists at the "Consumer Marketing in Asia" panel at the HBS Asia Business... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

17 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’

Every business leader faces difficult tradeoffs when working to make a company both profitable and purposeful. But leaders who articulate a company’s deep purpose can tap into that broader vision to help them navigate short-term decisions... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

05 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss

As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller

01 Mar 2004
Lessons from the Classroom

Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science

one in which your product had to operate 100 million miles from Earth and perform under a range of conditions which were hard to predict in advance), it was impossible to know up front exactly what form a faster, better, cheaper approach... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Race Does Matter in Mentoring

to become a major product family. His success in that position propelled him to a series of other assignments, including a temporary one in strategic planning, that eventually landed him a promotion to vice president and general manager, with profit-and-loss... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

05 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 5, 2008

transfer in security markets. We focus on connections between mutual fund managers and corporate board members via shared education networks. We find that portfolio managers place larger bets on firms they are connected to through their network and View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment

"Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment," at the Harvard Business School Möbius Leadership Forum on April 12. Hayes holds the Jacob H. Schiff Chair in Investment Banking at Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 Sep 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Google Engineer Deserved to be Fired by the CEO

pointed out, he justified his assertions by cherry-picking research on gender differences. The real risk of Damore’s generalizations, expressed in a business context, is that they give license to people to behave as if those beliefs are... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

05 Feb 2001
What Do You Think?

Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?

sources of support, both financial and nonfinancial, for such institutions? And aren't these some of the very dilemmas faced by organizations encountering the "innovator's dilemma"? What do you think? Original Article There are few thought leaders in View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 Aug 2011
First Look

First Look: August 16

incentive scheme over a linear one, even though this reduces pay for many subjects and despite the presence of clear feedback. Additionally, the linear scheme attracts demotivated, underconfident workers who perform below their ability.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: “The Architecture of Innovation”

case, a strong link between incentives and performance seems to be present. Reprinted by permission of Harvard Business Review Press. Excerpted from The Architecture of Innovation: The Economics of Creative... View Details

Keywords: by Josh Lerner; Financial Services

24 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility

liberal. To double check, the researchers ran the numbers excluding Scandinavia and found they still held up. “The idea that language affects a business strategy is pretty fundamental to our results” Furthermore, they View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

11 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now

chick” and said she performed surgery “like a girl.” Jurors ultimately awarded her $168 million, the largest judgment for a single victim of workplace harassment in United States history. Years later, sexual harassment remains a problem... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

06 Nov 2000
What Do You Think?

Succession at GE: What’s Next?

important qualities and capabilities to be sought in a successor to Welch is moot. But as in any good Harvard Business School case discussion, hindsight provides neither a guide to the future nor necessarily the best response. With that... View Details