Business Performance - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 4

point out that they may benefit politically connected capitalists or bail out inefficient firms. We study the effect of loans and equity investments of the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES) and find that they do not have any consistent effect on firm-level... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

The Future of Boards

In discussions that continue to swirl in the aftermath of the financial crisis, the question of corporate governance's role is often front and center. In The Future of Boards: Meeting the Governance Challenges of the Twenty-First Century, Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

04 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 4, 2007

employee communication about operational failures. Doing so may result in higher levels of frontline system-improvement efforts and ultimately improved work processes. Cases & Course MaterialsAllianz AG: Becoming a European Company Harvard View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

Professorship of Business Administration, "HBS alumni were directly involved in establishing the modern mutual fund industry and continue in prominent leadership positions today. Much like management consulting and venture capital,... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Financial Services

02 May 2016
Research & Ideas

Why People Don’t Vote--and How a Good Ground Game Helps

strictly an American phenomenon. “Voter turnout has been declining in many Western democracies over the past decades,” says Vincent Pons, assistant professor at Harvard Business School in the Business, Government, and the International... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Communications; Public Relations

02 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat

both online and in-store, which can reduce stores' ability to upsell, make complementary sales (recall the Best Buy example), and make impulse sales (think candy at the checkout), resulting in smaller shopping baskets. This basket disruption could cause the View Details

Keywords: Re: Rajiv Lal; Retail

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Women on Boards: How Lara Druyan and Ann Lucena Are Shaping the Future of Corporate Leadership - Blog: RGE Report

Ann Lucena Are Shaping the Future of Corporate Leadership Lex Schroeder Author tag Board Diversity As active members of Harvard Business School’s Board Diversity Network, Lara Druyan (MBA 1994) and Ann Lucena (MBA 2012) want more alumni,... View Details

30 Apr 2021
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Revealing the Rules

conventional rules for success aren’t enough. There is another set of expectations that determine who gets ahead and who doesn’t. Top performers follow these patterns without realizing it—and managers expect them from employees but often... View Details

01 Jun 2005
News

Bringing Hope to a Violent Land

nomads, the students had assembled to perform a welcoming ceremony for Van Gerpen and other guests. Among the school’s four grades and seventy children were only a handful of girls, most of them very young. “For Class 3, behind a line of... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; UNICEF; nonprofit; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

06 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI

apartheid and its first democratic elections in 1994, was doing everything right. They had liberalized the economy. They had enacted economic reforms that made it easy for foreign capital to flow in and out. They performed well on various... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 16

economic theory of GAAP under the assumption that GAAP's objective is to facilitate efficient capital allocation within an economy. The theory predicts that GAAP, as shaped by the economic forces of demand for and supply of financial information would focus on View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 28

paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1636719 Cases & Course MaterialsReSource Pro Lynda M. Applegate, William R. Kerr, Elisabeth Koll, and David LaneHarvard Business School Case 812-031 Matt Bruno, founder and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 May 2025
News

If I Knew Then

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: On May 29, a fresh crop of MBAs will receive their diplomas and go off into the world to begin a new chapter in their lives. But before they walk across the stage on Baker Lawn, Dean Srikant... View Details

Keywords: challenges; failure; advice; experience

23 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Status: When and Why It Matters

like to believe that people pay for status for purely symbolic reasons, but the empirical evidence for that has been weak at best," says Harvard Business School's Daniel Malter, an assistant professor in the Strategy unit who studies... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Role (MDD) - Course Catalog

understanding and use of highly relevant, practical skills, and how to use them in day-to-day activities that enhance their ability to make better decisions and to improve their own and their team's performance in decision making... View Details

28 May 2019
News

Case Study: Building the Base

given its popularity, I’d suggest they combine a newsletter strategy and opinion for more in-depth audio. That would allow them to gain more of the market via the new medium, without the extensive investment required for video. They could do A/B testing to see how... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

15 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

Are the Most Talented Employees the Highest Paid? Yes—If They’re Bankers

in the paper Are Bankers Worth Their Pay? Evidence from a Talent Measure by Boris Vallée, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School, and Claire Célérier, an assistant professor at the University of Zurich. “What we are saying is... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking

19 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem

logistics and profitability while making life much better for workers. Mercadona offers the lowest prices in Spain, and its operational performance exceeds that of comparable Spanish and foreign chains. In 2008, Mercadona's sales per... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Food & Beverage

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Don’t Listen to “Yes”

If people smile, nod, and say "yes" at your company, maybe it's time to start an argument. According to HBS professor Michael Roberto, the lack of good conflict—constructive conflict—within an organization makes it that much harder to accurately evaluate... View Details