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  • 09 Feb 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times

two criteria. The company had to have performed in the top half of its industry for a decade before the inception of the study, and we had to have evidence that these leaders had created a high commitment... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 20 Mar 2007
  • First Look

First Look: March 20, 2007

sales, inventory, and gross margin. We show that our model can be used to benchmark retailers' performance in sales, inventory, and gross margin simultaneously. Finally, we show that our model can be used to generate sales forecasts even... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Measure Outcomes & Cost for Every Patient - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

the patient’s condition in this way unlocks major opportunities to improve efficiency and guide reimbursement. For example, cost rates for individuals performing front line tasks can have as much as a ten-fold difference – a phenomenon... View Details
  • 2012
  • Working Paper

The Cost of Friendship

By: Paul A. Gompers, Yuhai Xuan and Vladimir Mukharlyamov
This paper explores two broad questions on collaboration between individuals. First, we investigate what personal characteristics affect people's desire to work together. Second, given the influence of these personal characteristics, we analyze whether this attraction... View Details
Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Investment; Performance; Personal Characteristics
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  • 12 Sep 2023
  • What Do You Think?

Who Gets the Loudest Voice in DEI Decisions?

practicing policies designed to increase inclusion and diversity, if not always equity, are more creative and productive than those that ignore such policies. Companies in the top quartile of gender and ethnic/racial diversity are 25... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 18 Aug 2022
  • Op-Ed

Your Best Employees Are Burning Out: A Framework for Retaining Talent

business leaders need to step up their game to attract and retain the top talent they need to remain competitive, productive, and cohesive to get through this tumultuous period. "Leaders must realize that their workers are their greatest... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and MaShon Wilson
  • Web

Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

With 150% growth in top line and improving margin performance over the last two years, Ranger was still generating negative net income and hence Leykum was worried if public markets would be able to... View Details
  • 07 Mar 2016
  • HBS Seminar

Scott Stern, MIT Sloan School of Management

  • 11 Feb 2002
  • Research & Ideas

The Quiet Leader—and How to Be One

not at the top of organizations. They don't have the spotlight and publicity on them. They think of themselves modestly; they often don't even think of themselves as leaders. But they are acting quietly, effectively, with political... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 18 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 18

innovation and entrepreneurship in renewable energy. Using data from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, we first show that patenting in renewable energy remains highly concentrated in a few large energy firms. In 2009, the top 20 firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Executive Education - Global

comprehensive leadership programs that prepare you to assume greater responsibility. Designed for individuals at all levels—from top executives and general managers to up-and-coming leaders and business owners—each intensive program... View Details
  • Web

HBS - The year in Review

the first campus construction projects completed after the launch of the Advancing Racial Equity plan , the renovation reflects the School’s efforts to partner with minority-owned businesses and bolster job site diversity. Sustainability on Campus & Beyond... View Details
  • Web

Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

October 2024. How to Use Sales Assessments By: Frank V. Cespedes October 2024 | Article | Top Sales Magazine Judging a person’s fit for a sales job is complex, and research shows that managers greatly overrate their ability to predict... View Details
  • 03 Oct 2017
  • Sharpening Your Skills

7 Effective Ways to Lead Teams

creating a team to build a city of the future. The Importance of Teaming Fast-moving work environments need people who know how to team on the fly. Pulpit Bullies: Why Dominating Leaders Kill Teams A high-powered boss can lead a team into poor performance. Build... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Cross-Registration Policies and FAQ - MBA

system work? At the conclusion of each course, the instructor assigns one of four grades designated as Category I, II, III, and IV. Category I - given to the top 15-25% of students Category II - given to the next 65-75% in a section. The... View Details
  • 24 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 24

While the risk functions of some organizations have a culture of quantitative enthusiasm and are dedicated to risk measurement, others, with a culture of quantitative scepticism, take a different path, focusing instead on risk envisionment, aiming to provide View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Satisfactory Academic Progress - MBA

throughout the course of the Program. The Academic Performance Committee (APC) performs this function on behalf of the School. The APC is comprised of faculty and MBA Program administrators appointed to... View Details
  • 30 Sep 2019
  • Book

6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees

companies, and, more often than not, business leaders remain silent on the issue. That cloak of silence from the top tends to enfold all employees. Ellis Cose, an author of several books about race and public policy, writes that young... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • Web

What You Can Do to Create an Anti-Racist Organization - Recruiting

top of people who are still alive.” Be Intentional with Language Another key focus of Manso-Brown’s work is being intentional about language. “Language creates worlds and we need to be as intentional and accurate as possible. That... View Details
  • 05 Nov 2013
  • First Look

First Look: November 5

the waiting time to enter the ED increased by 26 minutes. We do not find any indications of improved performance on clinical metrics, with no statistical change in the number of admissions to the hospital or readmissions to the ED within... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne