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  • 19 Apr 2016
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April 19, 2016

employee learning into changes in individual and organization behavior or improved financial performance. Put simply, companies are not getting the return they expect on their investment in training and education. By investing in training... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

By: Deller, Carolyn, and Tatiana Sandino Abstract—Using retail chain data, we study the effects of a tournament incentive plan based primarily on objective performance, but incorporating managerial discretion in the selection of winners. In principle, such plans could... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 12 Jul 2021
  • News

Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

With an interest in sharing accurate, practical advice and helping people ensure their personal safety during the current pandemic, the HBS Association of Northern California has hosted a series of weekly Zoom webinars with Dr. David... View Details
  • 10 Oct 2007
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First Look: First Look: October 10

array of the impacts that they generate (or can influence), from environmental conditions to employee health and safety to social conditions like the quality of public education. How can boards best organize... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Nov 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?

standpoints—layoffs; cost-cutting to the point where you know you're going to stretch your work force very, very thin; quality tradeoffs that may mean that you're not going to be delivering on what you say, and there may even be a safety... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007

deconstruction of gender inequality in organizations. Why Employees Are Afraid to Speak Up Authors:J. R. Detert and Amy C. Edmondson Publication:Harvard Business Review 85, no. 5 (May 2007) Abstract In a word—self-preservation. And... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 25

research typically prescribes task sequences implemented by managers. Yet employees often have discretion to deviate from their prescribed sequence. Using data from 2.4 million radiological diagnoses, we find that doctors prioritize... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Dec 2021
  • News

Rescue & Recovery

Tuesday tumbled into Wednesday, CEO Neal Keny-Guyer hosted a town hall meeting; apologies were issued. Jacobs remembers the week as “unlike anything I’ve experienced,” he says. “On Thursday, what felt like all of the employees at our... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Stephen Voss; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance
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essential, even if you don’t plan to be on the front lines or give frequent formal speeches. While this course focuses on public speaking, I designed it to also explore speaking beyond the formal podium: disagreeing with the boss, holding an View Details
  • 15 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 15

The company could also revisit the previous two applications, tracking and tracing processed meat and tracking employee safety practices. At the other extreme, after seven years of R&D and marketing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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