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  • 2012
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What Do Managers Do? Exploring Persistent Performance Differences among Seemingly Similar Enterprises

By: Rebecca Henderson and Robert Gibbons
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Performance Productivity
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Henderson, Rebecca, and Robert Gibbons. "What Do Managers Do? Exploring Persistent Performance Differences among Seemingly Similar Enterprises." Chap. 17 in Handbook of Organizational Economics, edited by Robert Gibbons and John Roberts, 680–731. Princeton University Press, 2012.
  • December 2016
  • Article

Industry Window Dressing

By: Huaizhi Chen, Lauren Cohen and Dong Lou
We explore a new mechanism by which investors take correlated shortcuts and present evidence that managers undertake actions—in the form of sales management—to take advantage of these shortcuts. Specifically, we exploit a regulatory provision wherein a firm’s primary... View Details
Keywords: Investor Shortcuts; Industry Classification; Opportunistic Managerial Behavior; Discontinuity; Management Practices and Processes; Investment; Sales
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Chen, Huaizhi, Lauren Cohen, and Dong Lou. "Industry Window Dressing." Review of Financial Studies 29, no. 12 (December 2016): 3354–3393.
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Total Quality Management and the Human Resource Professional: Applying the Baldrige Framework to Human Resources

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Christopher L. Hart
The still evolving discipline of total quality management (TQM) has left many human resource professionals confused about their role. The authors believe that the HR function personnel should spearhead company quality efforts, as well as assess the performance of their... View Details
Keywords: Quality; Management Practices and Processes; Human Resources
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Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Christopher L. Hart. "Total Quality Management and the Human Resource Professional: Applying the Baldrige Framework to Human Resources." Human Resource Management 30, no. 4 (Winter 1991): 433–454.
  • 28 Oct 1994
  • Lecture

Japanese and American Corporate Governance: Converging to Best Practice?

By: W. Carl Kester
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Management Practices and Processes
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Kester, W. Carl. "Japanese and American Corporate Governance: Converging to Best Practice?" Lecture at the Amherst College Family Weekend, Amherst College, Department of Economics, Amherst, MA, October 28, 1994. (Guest speaker.)
  • 01 Sep 2014
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The Changing Nature of Research

the globe. As a leader in management education, Harvard Business School has a strong commitment to improving the practice of management and to advancing a world that is more sustainable and inclusive, healthier, and better educated. As... View Details
  • 2014
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Management as a Profession

By: Rakesh Khurana and Eric Baldwin
Keywords: Managerial Roles; Practice
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Khurana, Rakesh, and Eric Baldwin. "Management as a Profession." In Wiley Encyclopedia of Management, Volume 2: Business Ethics. 3rd ed. Edited by Ronald James and Kenneth E. Goodpaster. John Wiley & Sons, 2014.
  • 2022
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Coordinating Marketing and Sales in B2B Organizations

By: Frank V. Cespedes
This chapter focuses on the topic of coordinating marketing and sales in Business-to-Business (B2B) organizations. It provides an historical overview, indicating that this is not a new issue facing firms, that the business press has outlined a recurring set of... View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Practice; Research; Sales
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Cespedes, Frank V. "Coordinating Marketing and Sales in B2B Organizations." In Handbook of Business-to-Business Marketing, edited by Gary L. Lilien and Rajdeep Grewal. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012.
  • 1978
  • Book

Understanding Management

By: J. W. Lorsch, James P. Baughman, James Reece and Henry Mintzberg
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes
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Lorsch, J. W., James P. Baughman, James Reece, and Henry Mintzberg. Understanding Management. New York: Harper & Row, 1978.
  • 1992
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Managing People and Organizations

By: J. J. Gabarro
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes
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Gabarro, J. J., ed. Managing People and Organizations. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1992.
  • February 1995
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Note on Reengineering, Transformation and New Management Principles

By: Richard L. Nolan
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes
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Nolan, Richard L. "Note on Reengineering, Transformation and New Management Principles." Harvard Business School Background Note 195-226, February 1995.
  • September 1984
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Balancing General Management Responsibilities

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Richard R. Ellsworth
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes
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Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr., and Richard R. Ellsworth. "Balancing General Management Responsibilities." Harvard Business School Background Note 385-154, September 1984.
  • May 1998
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Octane Service Station

By: David F. Hawkins
The owner of a gas station must prepare financial statements. View Details
Keywords: Practice; Financial Statements
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Hawkins, David F. "Octane Service Station." Harvard Business School Case 198-059, May 1998.
  • April 1976 (Revised January 1989)
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Yellowtail Marine, Inc.

Designed for use as an in-basket exercise in a general management course. Focuses on the first few hours work of the new president of Yellowtail Marine, Robyn Gilchrist, and the decisions she has to make. The decisions mix strategic and operations issues and make the... View Details
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Operations; Business Strategy
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Hatten, Kenneth J. "Yellowtail Marine, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 376-235, April 1976. (Revised January 1989.)
  • Editorial

New Directions for Practice: Nonprofit Strategy Formulation, Organization and Measurement

By: Elaine Backman, Allen Grossman and V. Kasturi Rangan
Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Strategy; Measurement and Metrics; Practice
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Backman, Elaine, Allen Grossman, and V. Kasturi Rangan. "New Directions for Practice: Nonprofit Strategy Formulation, Organization and Measurement." Nonprofit Management & Leadership 11, no. 3 (Spring 2001). (Editorial.)
  • February 2008 (Revised February 2015)
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Your Strategy—A Strategy Formulation Exercise for the General Management Program (GMP)

By: Tarun Khanna, Robyn C. Davis and Stephanie R. Khurana
This exercise is meant to help students take strategy concepts learned and adapt/apply them to their organizations. View Details
Keywords: Learning; Business or Company Management; Practice; Strategy
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Khanna, Tarun, Robyn C. Davis, and Stephanie R. Khurana. "Your Strategy—A Strategy Formulation Exercise for the General Management Program (GMP)." Harvard Business School Exercise 708-494, February 2008. (Revised February 2015.)
  • October 1988 (Revised February 1990)
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HCC Industries

Describes a corporation that switches its philosophy of budgeting from "stretch" targets to "minimum performance standard" targets. The change has implications for management incentives, compensation, and corporate planning. Early results suggest the concept was not... View Details
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Budgets and Budgeting
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Merchant, Kenneth A. "HCC Industries." Harvard Business School Case 189-096, October 1988. (Revised February 1990.)
  • April 1942 (Revised December 1982)
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Dashman Co.

The vice president in charge of purchasing sends a letter to each of the company's 20 purchasing executives requesting that contracts made in excess of $10,000 be cleared with him prior to signing. The branches promise to cooperate, but no notices of negotiations are... View Details
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Accounting; Business Processes
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Lombard, George F. "Dashman Co." Harvard Business School Case 642-001, April 1942. (Revised December 1982.)
  • 01 Apr 2005
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Seven Transformations of Leadership

Keywords: David Rooke, William Torbert
  • 2014
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Rituals Alleviate Grieving for Loved Ones, Lovers, and Lotteries

By: Michael I. Norton and Francesca Gino
Three experiments explored the impact of mourning rituals after losses—of loved ones, lovers, and lotteries—on mitigating grief. Participants who were directed to reflect on past rituals or who were assigned to complete novel rituals after experiencing losses reported... View Details
Keywords: Loss; Practice; Emotions
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Norton, Michael I., and Francesca Gino. "Rituals Alleviate Grieving for Loved Ones, Lovers, and Lotteries." Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 143, no. 1 (February 2014): 266–272.
  • 01 Dec 2016
  • News

Bloomberg’s Gift to Boost Cities

in the field about best practices and effective management tools, so they can expand their knowledge and sharpen their leadership skills. The new Bloomberg-Harvard partnership seeks to bridge that gap.” —Excerpt from an August op-ed in... View Details
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