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  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

times," he observes. Richard C. Whiteley (MBA '68), a management consultant and author who is writing a book titled "ReSpiriting Work," notes, "Another important factor is the aging of the American population. The baby... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
  • Web

Faculty | Information Technology

are setting up new accounts at HBS. Introduction to HBS IT for Faculty IT Technology Guide for Faculty Setting Up HarvardKey Setting Up MessageMe Setting Up Password Manager (1Password) Setting Up Two-Step Verification Daily Work View Details
  • April 2021
  • Article

The Effects of Quota Frequency: Sales Performance and Product Focus

By: Doug J. Chung, Das Narayandas and Dongkyu Chang
This study investigates the comprehensive and multidimensional effects of quota (goal) frequency on sales force performance. We develop a theory of salespeople’s behavior—aggregate effort and the product type focus—in response to the temporal length of a sales-quota... View Details
Keywords: Sales Force Compensation; Field Experiment; Quotas; Quota Frequency; Commissions; Bonuses; Goals; Salesforce Management; Compensation and Benefits; Goals and Objectives; Behavior; Performance
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Capturing Contemporary Latin American Business History - Creating Emerging Markets

Conferences Capturing Contemporary Latin American Business History – Oral History & Digital Resources The Capturing Contemporary Latin American Business History: Oral History and Digital Resources conference... View Details
  • 22 Jul 2002
  • Research & Ideas

How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”

Ghemawat The organizational challenges involved in World War II were a vital stimulus to strategic thinking. The problem of allocating scarce resources across the entire economy in wartime led to many innovations in View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
  • February 2014
  • Article

Governance and CEO Turnover: Do Something or Do the Right Thing?

By: Ray Fisman, Rakesh Khurana, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and Soojin Yim
We study how corporate governance affects firm value through the decision of whether to fire or retain the CEO. We present a model in which weak governance—which prevents shareholders from controlling the board—protects inferior CEOs from dismissal, while at the same... View Details
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Value; Retention; Resignation and Termination; Corporate Governance; Management Teams; Business and Shareholder Relations
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  • 11 Jan 2016
  • Blog Post

Meet the Business and Environment Initiative

environment; educate MBAs on the value of natural resources and the opportunities of environmental innovations; inform and engage alumni to leverage their expertise relating to environmental issues; and promote awareness across... View Details
  • 07 May 2020
  • News

Ensuring Student Equity

and deprivation, NCCP is distributing about 500 learning resource kits and 300 emergency food bags to some 400 families each week. Considered an essential operation, NCCP is allowed to have its employees deliver these View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
  • 01 Dec 2012
  • News

50 Years & Counting

are less likely to hire—women as leaders. Bazerman and his colleagues believe this implicit form of bias is still prevalent among managers and executives. And because people aren't even aware they're engaging in these behaviors, the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training
  • June 1997
  • Case

Massachusetts General Hospital: CABG Surgery (B)

By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Mikelle Eastley
Once the CABG care path is implemented and other care paths begun, hospital staff and administration examine the resulting data. Further methods of improving care and reducing cost are presented for analysis. View Details
Keywords: Cost Management; Policy; Retention; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Operations; Performance Improvement; Health Industry
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  • 10 Apr 2019
  • HBS Case

How Entrepreneurs Can Turn Lead Into Gold

the Academy of Management Annals. Their conclusion: Far too much focus is placed on raising money and signing formal contracts, but far too little attention on informal and non-financial resources that can... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • 01 Jun 1997
  • News

Bruce Rauner (MBA '81) Endows New Professorship

as laundry equipment, propane distribution, and funeral homes. "We may, for instance, try to find an existing company with a great management team that needs our resources to buy a competitor," explains... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
  • 04 Oct 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success

or just difficulty. It is the responsibility of senior managers to evaluate the e-commerce initiatives and decide on the right measures for their organization and ensure that the measures are captured and responded to properly. To obtain... View Details
Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein
  • August 2002 (Revised February 2003)
  • Case

Myteam.com

By: John T. Gourville, Joseph B. Lassiter III and Taslim Pirmohamed
Elliot Katzman is faced with the need to raise cash and cut spending to develop his online amateur sports software application, Myteam.com. Even with powerful allies such as Little League and Coca-Cola, "big deals with big players" had not kept the company from running... View Details
Keywords: Cash Flow; Financial Management; Leadership Style; Crisis Management; Resource Allocation; Alliances; Sports; Web Sites; Sports Industry; Web Services Industry
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  • Profile

Jack Perkowski

Against the advice of many, Jack Perkowski (MBA 1973) ditched his high-flying investment career and relocated to China in 1992 to build his own company. Through trial and error, Perkowski learned that the key to its success was in hiring young mainland Chinese with... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Manufacturing
  • June 2021
  • Teaching Note

Amazon: Cult or Culture?

By: Boris Groysberg, Kerry Herman and Amy Klopfenstein
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 421-008. Amazon was one of the first entrants in e-commerce. Under the leadership of founder Jeff Bezos, Amazon had expanded beyond books to manufacturing and selling a wide range of products and services globally. Bezos had built a... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Organizational Culture; Growth Management; Information Technology; Human Resources; Talent and Talent Management; Retail Industry; Technology Industry
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  • 29 May 2020
  • Op-Ed

How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents

according to the Nwunelis. Sahel Capital Agribusiness Managers, where Mezuo Nwuneli is the managing partner, provides capital and technical assistance to food and agriculture-focused small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through the... View Details
Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • 01 Dec 2002
  • News

Alumni Bookshelf

did not give rise to a “new economy,” and offers advice on how to restore American economic growth. The Brand Management Checklist by Alan Bradley (“Brad”) VanAuken (MBA '84) (Kogan Page) A comprehensive View Details
  • Career Coach

Sarah Zia

school. Sarah can provide insight into and support with 1) the tech / media industry - including what the job entails and how to stand out in the recruitment process, 2) finance recruiting - including networking tips and resource... View Details
  • 17 Jun 2025
  • Blog Post

Balancing Career Stability with Creative Pursuits with Jeff Roslund (MBA 2013)

Learn about the career resources available to HBS alumni through HBS Career & Professional Development With a background in materials and biomedical engineering, I hoped that Harvard Business School (HBS) would provide the business... View Details