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A New Vision – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

activities, sentiments, interactions, norms, and personal and professional connections of individuals and groups that had developed over extended periods of time. The existence of the informal organization, argued the Hawthorne... View Details
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Bibliography – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Hawthorne Revisited: Management and the Worker, Its Critics, and Developments in Human Relations in Industry. Ithaca: Cornell University, 1958. Parsons, J.M. "What Happened at Hawthorne?" Science , vol. 183,... View Details
  • November 1992
  • Case

PPG: Developing a Self-Directed Work Force (A)

By: David A. Garvin and Norman Klein
PPG has built a state-of-the-art glass plant in Berea, Kentucky. The plant is pursuing the goal of a "self-directed workforce." The case describes the progress to date and the unresolved issues faced by management. These include questions about shift rotation,... View Details
Keywords: Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Organizational Culture; Managerial Roles; Management Style
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Field Course: Venture Capital Journey - Course Catalog

with it will cease to exist and will be superseded by this course. In VCJ, students will learn all aspects of the venture capital process, including: Deal sourcing Developing an investment thesis Conducting... View Details
  • August 1998
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Venture Capital Growing Pains: Should the Market Diet?

By: Paul A. Gompers
Keywords: Venture Capital; Growth and Development; Markets
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  • 2010
  • Casebook

Global Capital and National Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture

By: Laura Alfaro
All managers face a business environment in which international and macroeconomic phenomena matter. International capital flows can significantly affect countries' development efforts and provide clear investment opportunities for businesses. During the 1990s and early... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Capital; International Finance; Globalized Economies and Regions; Policy; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations
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  • 2016
  • Working Paper

Who Pays for White-Collar Crime?

By: Paul Healy and George Serafeim
Using a proprietary dataset of 667 companies around the world that experienced white-collar crime, we investigate what drives punishment of perpetrators of crime. We find a significantly lower propensity to punish crime in our sample, where most crimes are not reported... View Details
Keywords: Crime; Gender Bias; Women; Women Executives; Corruption; Legal Aspects Of Business; Firing; Human Capital; Human Resource Management; Prejudice and Bias; Crime and Corruption; Judgments; Law Enforcement; Human Resources; Corporate Governance; Gender
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Reflections: Toward a Normative and Actionable Theory of Planned Organizational Change and Development

By: Michael Beer
A normative and actionable theory of planned organizational change and development is proposed based on fifty years of engagement by the author as a scholar-consultant. Five principles are central features of the theory and practice proposed: 1) Organizations are... View Details
Keywords: Consultant; Process; Systems; Silence; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership; Learning; Management Teams
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  • 2007
  • Chapter

Labor Market Regulations and European Venture Capital Investment

By: Ant Bozkaya and William R. Kerr
Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment; Human Capital; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations; Europe
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  • July 2013
  • Supplement

Interview with Bill Allen and Maria Pejter: A.P. Møller - Maersk Group

By: Boris Groysberg
In 2012, Bill Allen and Maria Pejter, of Maersk Group's Human Resources Department, sat down to consider some key aspects of Maersk's talent management strategy. In this video, Allen and Pejter discuss in some greater detail some of the challenges they faced as... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Development; Human Resource Management; Talent Management; Organizational Change And Transformation; Corporate Culture; Hiring; Employee Training; Strategy; Selection and Staffing; Talent and Talent Management; Training; Retention; Diversity; Denmark
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  • March 2001 (Revised April 2001)
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Sustainable Development & Socially Responsible Investing: ABB in 2000

By: Forest L. Reinhardt
Several investment firms and mutual funds position themselves as providers or facilitators of opportunities for socially responsible investment. This case addresses the impact of these firms on publicly traded companies. Focuses on managers at ABB, a large... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Social Enterprise; Corporate Governance; Business Strategy; Capital Markets; Management Teams; Business and Community Relations; Trade; Electronics Industry; Switzerland
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Investment Management and Capital Markets - Course Catalog

capital markets and asset classes are updated every year. Classes often feature guest speakers to help students develop an up-close perspective on the issues raised in the case discussion and enhance... View Details
  • May 2008
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Why Doesn't Capital Flow from Rich to Poor Countries? An Empirical Investigation

By: Laura Alfaro, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan and Vadym Volosovych
We examine the empirical role of different explanations for the lack of capital flows from rich to poor countries—the "Lucas Paradox." The theoretical explanations include cross country differences in fundamentals affecting productivity and capital market... View Details
Keywords: International Finance; Wealth and Poverty; Development Economics; Income; Capital Markets; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Australia; Peru
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  • 1988
  • Chapter

Creative Human Resources in the R&D Laboratory: How Environment and Personality Impact Innovation

By: T. M. Amabile and S. S. Gryskiewicz
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Creativity; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Research and Development; Innovation and Invention; Personal Characteristics
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  • September 2021 (Revised February 2022)
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Sawiris Foundation: Elevating Education in Egypt

By: Brian Trelstad and Alpana Thapar
Founded in 2001 by the Sawiris family, one of the wealthiest families in Egypt, the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development (SFSD) invested in human capital and provision of basic social services for the most marginalized Egyptians. In 2015, Noura Selim’s (MBA 2013)... View Details
Keywords: Sustainable Development; Social Enterprise; Education; Social Issues; Partners and Partnerships; Growth and Development Strategy; Education Industry; Egypt
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  • 08 Dec 2021
  • Blog Post

The Drive to Succeed: Silvio Memme (MBA 2020) and the Transition to Venture Capital

to move from Toronto, Canada to Maranello, Italy to join the Ferrari Product Development team and kick off his career in the automotive industry. However, this is not a story about Memme’s career designing engines for some of the top... View Details
  • 27 Jun 2023
  • News

Why Entrepreneurs Don’t Need Venture Capital to Scale

  • 10 Nov 2009
  • Working Paper Summaries

Endowments, Fiscal Federalism, and the Cost of Capital for States: Evidence from Brazil, 1891-1930

Keywords: by André C. Martínez Fritscher & Aldo Musacchio
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Enter Elton Mayo – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

take no account of human nature and social motives, so long may we expect strikes and sabotage to be the ordinary accompaniment of industry. Elton Mayo, Professor of Industrial Management, Harvard Business School, 1920 Elton Mayo at... View Details
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Spreading the Word – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

1933, Mayo published The Human Problems of an Industrial Civilization . Modern society, he wrote, had destroyed “the belief of the individual in his social function and solidarity with the group.” 11 It would be up to an administrative... View Details