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- 11 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The IT Leader’s Hero Quest
strongest—on his relationship to the IT department—and tended to retreat into the IT "basement" in times of conflict with business units and senior management. Barton paid attention to his staff, while at the same time more effectively managing communication... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 Feb 2021
- Book
Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy
other business function. But the ROI is disappointing because much of the training misunderstands how salespeople learn, is classroom-centric, and fails to take advantage of new tools that stimulate peer learning and enable the use of... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 22 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
Pulling Campbell’s Out of the Soup
get things done." Conant put together a two-year leadership development program that he personally ran, requiring leaders to attend five major sessions of two or three days each, giving them homework and reading assignments, and requiring them to work with a View Details
- 13 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Managers, Here’s How to Bond with New Hires Remotely
firm, since about 75 percent of the interns typically accept offers to join the company. But the firm’s leadership wondered if remote work would change all of that. Would the interns be able to build ties with their peers and supervisors?... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 16 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Simple Economics of Open Source
"signaling incentive," include the "career concern incentive" which refers to future job offers, shares in commercial open source-based companies or future access to venture capital, and the "ego gratification incentive," focused on a... View Details
- 30 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Are You Supporting Your B Players?
hierarchy, based on the concept of social relativity, when individuals wonder how they compare to their peers. Even satisfied people get antsy when they see their peers moving forward. People wonder, "Am I in or am I out?"—... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 May 2021
- Op-Ed
Why America Needs a Better Bridge Between School and Career
employers grow faster than their peers in the dataset. This offers some promise for the future. But, given the starkness of the COVID re-employment challenge, it will be more critical than ever to foster linkages between education... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller and Rachel Lipson
- 27 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Build 'Scaffolds' to Improve Performance of Temporary Teams
2013 joined Stanford University as an assistant professor of management science and engineering. Valentine says one caveat of the quantitative improvement is that the hospital was not performing as well as its peers before the redesign.... View Details
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
When Silence Spells Trouble at Work
every interaction, shut down creativity, and undermine productivity. Take the case of Jeff, a team leader at a Fortune 100 company who was working on a large, long-term, high-pressure project. Each Tuesday, Jeff and his peers had a... View Details
Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow
- 11 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Perfecting the Project Pitch
Steenburgh's course, students give their pitches in front of peers who evaluate the performances on a number of factors, including the quality of the idea itself, how likely it is to succeed, and how effectively the presenter communicated... View Details
Keywords: by Dennis Fisher
- 18 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education
How can schools around the world educate their students better? What does the future hold? Most researchers who study these questions in the field of education peer through the lenses of sociology and public policy. HBS professor Clayton... View Details
- 09 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns
peer group in the recovery? “According to our research, companies that master the delicate balance between cutting costs to survive today and investing to grow tomorrow do well after a recession These companies reduce costs selectively by... View Details
- October 1994
- Case
Trading Foods in Russia
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Peer Ederer
Goldberg, Ray A., and Peer Ederer. "Trading Foods in Russia." Harvard Business School Case 595-034, October 1994.
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Overview
Engaged with field work in East Africa, South Asia, and in several large hybrid organizations in the United States, Professor Whillans places a focus on exploring questions with strong theoretical motivation in the social psychological literature and relevant... View Details
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Geography of Corporate Giving
generate homogeneity within communities in regard to corporations' social activities. We suggest that there are three main factors that influence corporations to follow locally established patterns: what the government encourages; what local View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
travel reservation systems, payment card systems, marketplaces, rebate services, search engine advertising, and various types of brokers and agencies. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2373671 Search Based Peer Firms:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
recommendations underperform those for sell-side peers by 5.9% using market-adjusted returns and by 3.8% using four-factor model abnormal returns. However, these findings are driven by differences in the stocks recommended and their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
Entrepreneurship Authors: Josh Lerner and Ulrike Malmendier Publication: Review of Financial Studies (forthcoming) Abstract To what extent do peers affect our occupational choices? This question has been of particular interest in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Building an IT Governance Committee
a peer at the senior management and board level. The expert's job is to challenge entrenched in-house thinking. He or she should not think ill of technology-averse cultures and must be a skilled communicator who does not hide behind... View Details
Keywords: by Richard Nolan & Warren McFarlan
- 01 Dec 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund?
in part for their own enrichment. As one might imagine, he is not popular with many of his peers in the mutual fund industry. To combat these practices, he has been perhaps the strongest advocate for indexed (vs. managed) funds as well as... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett