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- 24 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Who Sets Your Benchmarks?
I wanted and who I was—but, for now, if I wanted to take the next step up the ladder, I needed to excel at what I was doing. Later, when it came time to pick a job and career, I asked my parents and friends for advice. I didn't fully... View Details
- 10 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing
remainder. The scans were analyzed according to the reading radiologist, the customer (hospital or radiology group practice) it came from, the anatomical area depicted, and the length of time it took to read. The Results The results... View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- Research & Ideas
What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets
difficulty of maintaining these over time, and as circumstances changed. Salvaj: The mistakes provided opportunities for these pioneers to display their confidence and to project self-assurance. They have been able to withstand shocks and keep investing in View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
underlying your strategy and analyze how it's implemented through your business processes and structures. Drawing on decades of research into performance management systems and organization design, Seven Strategy Questions is a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
what they should decide. Paper: http://hbr.org/2012/12/how-much-is-sweat-equity-worth/ar/1 When Identities, Interests, and Information Collide: How Subgroups Create Hidden Profiles in Teams Authors:Polzer, Jeff, and Lisa Kwan Publication:In Research on View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2016
- Research Event
Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium
bit of attention; 96 people submitted 410 programs, and 20 of the contestants had ideas that exceeded researchers’ expectations. The best solution increased the accuracy of the data from 91 percent to 97 percent and increased processing speed 15 View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
- 01 Aug 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is There an “Efficient Market” in CEO Compensation?
smaller companies who are used to accountability." Stever Robbins commented, "Why do we even spend our time debating whether a Fortune 500 CEO is 'worth it'? Why, instead, don't we seek to hire people who are so motivated to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
tolerated with others. The sales manager who brings in big bucks but acts in a hostile, domineering way with his team may be seen as the definition of success, yet letting “a brilliant jerk be a jerk” could cost a company many other... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
organizations around the world was delivered to the IMF's managing director in the first week of September, 2009 (Lombardi, 2009). Long-term governance reforms are central to the Bank's legitimacy as a global public institution. At the... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 02 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t
conveniently sends monthly samples to their home; purchase them for the first time through Amazon, where prices are often cheaper; and finally when they know which products they like, they can replenish them direct from cosmetics... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
ironic, given that in 2008 and 2009, they were given a hard time for issuing excessively positive ratings of structured products based on home mortgages that turned sour. Whatever they do, someone gets mad. That said, the mistakes on... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 10 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting
companies encouraging and funding ESG innovation. Dow Chemical has enormous energy consumption in their operations, but they've managed to save more than $10 billion through efficiency programs and are moving the world toward the adoption... View Details
Keywords: Re: George Serafeim
- 19 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future
On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details
- 14 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 14
about the role of marketplace institutions and the timing of transactions. Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/W16556 Cases & Course MaterialsCDG: Managing in China's Economic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 20
We propose and test a catering theory of nominal stock prices. The theory predicts that when investors place higher valuation on low-price firms, managers will maintain share prices at lower levels, and vice-versa. Using measures of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-078.pdf Deep Dives: The Role of Top Management in Linking Relevant Capabilities to Core Activities Authors:Howard H. Yu and Joseph L. Bower Abstract The inability of established firms to make necessary... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?
know the experience of daily shopping, the social structure of the marketplace and the corner store, the personal interaction with artisans and shopkeepers. Consumers today are increasingly insulated from the context of production. How much of a loss is this? Daily... View Details
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders
you and your coauthors of "Making Sense of Officership: Developing a Professional Identity for 21st Century Officers," a chapter in The Future of the Army Profession, decide to study professional identity as a part of leadership development? Why is this a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Surveying the VC Landscape
dramatically since several large public institutions (for instance, the California Public Employees Retirement System and the University of Texas Investment Management Company) have released onto the Internet the returns from the funds in... View Details
- 25 Jun 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Machiavelli, Morals, and You
they sort of coordinate their 'To Do' lists for the next day. There's a certain amount of bickering, but they do care about each other." At the end of the story, though, Stevens emerges as someone who poured everything into his career: he made that choice, and at... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace