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  • 29 Apr 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services

specific mechanics, he is chosen directly or indirectly by the very people he is expected to lead. In addition, his peers also have an ownership interest in the firm. So unlike the senior executives in a... View Details
Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney
  • 08 Mar 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”

thirty-nine-year-old fellow we interviewed cashed out his start-up software business for a cool $19 million in 1999 and felt ashamed to tell his peers he hadn't made more! When records break at such... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson
  • 06 Nov 2015
  • Blog Post

Casey Gerald: Becoming a Leader at HBS

Selected by his peers as the 2014 student speaker for graduation, Casey Gerald’s impassioned speech to his fellow MBAs quickly garnered national attention. Highlighting the motivation that has shaped his... View Details
  • 10 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 10

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-086.pdf With a Little Help from My (Random) Friends: Success and Failure in Post-Business School Entrepreneurship Authors:Josh Lerner and Ulrike Malmendier Abstract To what extent do View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Mar 2021
  • News

Empowering School Leaders to Meet Today's Challenges

her new ways to lead through a crisis and the ability to tap into a network of peers when she needs advice and support. She plans to take the... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
  • March 1998
  • Teaching Note

The Job Search Workshop TN

By: David A. Thomas and Emily Heaphy
An effective catalyst for the job search, this note is an opportunity for students to focus on the "next steps" of their job search. Students are introduced to a model of career decision-making, which frames their discussion and sophisticates their understanding of the... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Job Search; Personal Development and Career
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  • 15 Sep 2003
  • Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act

division?" Questions like these force students to take a stand on divisive issues and try to convince their peers of the merits of their point of view. That, of course, is... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
  • 14 Dec 2011
  • News

A Manifesto for Sustainable Capitalism

  • 04 Mar 2014
  • HBS Seminar

Carey Morewedge, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University

  • 22 Dec 2016
  • Video

Technology & Operations Management: Climate Change Challenge

  • 19 Jun 2020
  • Blog Post

Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 5/5

to my reality. Then, I am asking you to do better! Until you realize that racial inequity is all of our problem, progress will be stagnant.   But first, this is my black experience:  My Black experience is... View Details
  • 28 Dec 2016
  • News

Harvard’s New Online Negotiation Course

  • September 2013 (Revised June 2016)
  • Case

The Morning Star Company: Self-Management at Work

By: Francesca Gino, Bradley R. Staats, Brian J. Hall and Tiffany Y. Chang

Morning Star, a collection of affiliated companies, had grown steadily since 1970 when Chris Rufer, president and founder, started the business hauling tomatoes to processing plants in a truck. The company's main products continued to be tomato-based, including a... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Motivation and Incentives; Working Conditions; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Food; Management Practices and Processes; Compensation and Benefits; Manufacturing Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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  • Blog

Crossing the Bridge from Program Learning to Practical Application

two meaningful promotions. That would not have been possible without the insights and frameworks I acquired in the program." Beyond specific program learning, Barnes also says the program has helped her develop relationships with risk View Details
  • 17 Oct 2022
  • Blog Post

6 Things to Know About Sustainability at HBS

Environment Initiative to highlight six things prospective and current students should know about sustainability on campus. Interested students can become Sustainability Associates The Student Sustainability Associate (SSA) program... View Details
  • 22 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 22

is presented in which people base their labor search strategy on the average wage and the average unemployment duration of people who belong to their peer group. It is shown that, if the distribution of wage... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Jul 2009
  • What Do You Think?

Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?

Seidman's words, "Workers will become increasingly self-managed and the manager's role will require the ability to facilitate dialogue, clarify roles and responsibilities, gain alignment, drive to... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 30 Sep 2009
  • Working Paper Summaries

Breakthrough Inventions and Migrating Clusters of Innovation

Keywords: by William R. Kerr; Technology
  • November 2019
  • Case

Chief: Role for Carolyn Childers

By: Katherine B. Coffman, Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Kathleen L. McGinn, Katherine Chen and Julia Kelley
In 2018, Carolyn Childers is preparing to launch Chief, a New York-based peer network for women executives, and must decide whether to bring on a co-founder. After becoming the senior vice president of operations at her previous company, Childers was inspired to build... View Details
Keywords: Networking; Founders; Entrepreneurship; Networks; Negotiation
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  • Research Summary

Non-Financial Incentives

My research shows how firms combine many facets of internal governance to motivate managers. A perspective that underlies much of my research is that managers are not motivated by financial rewards alone: “it’s not just about the... View Details